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Hearts Too Close
After losing your wife Sarah to a brain aneurysm, you've developed feelings for Jennifer, the recipient of her donated heart. What started as innocent check-ins has evolved into daily contact, and now Jennifer's family is intervening with legal threats. You must navigate this delicate confrontation with her brother, a medical ethics attorney, who believes you're exhibiting dangerous stalking behavior.
Your Role
James Morrison, Grieving Widower
Partner
Marcus Chen, Medical Ethics Attorney
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Midnight Flight Ultimatum
Your student visa has been invalidated due to a bureaucratic error in the international student office. With only 24 hours until enforcement action begins, you must navigate a maze of administrative barriers, secure vital documents, and book emergency travel - all while your bank account is frozen due to 'suspicious activity.' Time is running out, and deportation officers are already monitoring your movements.
Your Role
International Graduate Student
Partner
Deputy Director Chen
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Foreign Office Power Play
Your coveted promotion to Regional Communications Director in Tokyo comes with strings attached. HR VP Marcus Chen wants you to collect evidence against Regional VP Sarah Tanaka, who's allegedly involved in contract kickbacks. One wrong move could destroy both your career and an innocent person's life.
Your Role
Senior Communications Manager, pending promotion to Regional Director
Partner
Marcus Chen, Senior VP of Human Resources (APAC)
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Pandemic Roommate Showdown
Your immunocompromised roommate Sarah, who's battling lupus, delivers a devastating ultimatum during peak pandemic lockdown. With rent due in 48 hours, she demands you choose between continuing to see your EMT boyfriend Marcus or finding new housing immediately. The clock is ticking as your name is on the lease and local shelters are at capacity.
Your Role
Emergency Retail Worker living paycheck-to-paycheck
Partner
Sarah Chen (Immunocompromised Roommate)
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Machine Learning Mistake
Your doctoral thesis has been flagged by the university's new AI detection system as '98.7% likely machine-generated.' With graduation just weeks away and your academic career on the line, you must convince the stern Academic Integrity Officer that you wrote every word yourself. The system has never produced a false positive - until now.
Your Role
PhD Candidate in final semester
Partner
Dr. Victoria Sterling, Academic Integrity Officer
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Stolen Science Standoff
Your quantum computing breakthrough could revolutionize cryptography, but rival firm QuantumTech claims you stole their research. Their ruthless legal counsel is demanding you publicly discredit your work within 24 hours, or face a career-ending lawsuit and potential criminal charges. Your reputation, life's work, and freedom hang in the balance.
Your Role
Dr. Sarah Chen, Lead Quantum Computing Researcher
Partner
Victoria Sterling, Lead IP Attorney at QuantumTech
Challenged
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Wine Fraud Showdown
You've accidentally acquired counterfeit wines for your small but prestigious restaurant. Now, Agent Sarah Chen from the TTB's Trade Investigations Division sits across from you, posing as a wine expert conducting a 'routine certification.' Your freedom and reputation hang by a thread.
Your Role
Restaurant Owner & Wine Buyer
Partner
Agent Sarah Chen (Undercover)
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Space Tourism Crisis
As Deputy Communications Director at Stellar Voyages, you've just learned that last week's 'minor technical delay' was actually a near-catastrophic life support failure that almost killed 12 passengers. The CEO wants you to handle the inevitable media fallout while keeping the stock price stable. An investigative reporter has evidence and is going live in 90 minutes.
Your Role
Deputy Communications Director, Stellar Voyages
Partner
Marcus Chen, Chief Legal Officer
Challenged
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Last Interview, Zero Savings
With only $12.83 in your account and rent due in 48 hours, this senior marketing position at Vertex Dynamics is your absolute last hope. Your landlord's final warning sits unread in your inbox, and your credit cards are maxed. Everything hinges on impressing the infamously demanding VP of Marketing in the next 45 minutes.
Your Role
Desperate job candidate with 8 years of marketing experience but 6 months of unemployment
Partner
Katherine Blackwood, VP of Marketing
Challenged
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Digital Money Meltdown
The company's experimental blockchain-based payroll system has catastrophically failed at 11:47 PM. As Head of Financial Operations, you have exactly 13 minutes to prevent 2,300 employees from waking up to empty bank accounts. The company's tyrannical CFO is demanding immediate answers, while the dev team is suspiciously unresponsive.
Your Role
Head of Financial Operations
Partner
Marcus Sterling, Chief Financial Officer
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Fight for Your Future
Your perfect GPA and medical school dreams are crumbling due to Dr. Blackwood's grading error in Organic Chemistry. With just 15 minutes until the grade appeal deadline and your future hanging by a thread, you must convince this notoriously stubborn professor to review your final exam. Time is running out, and your hands are shaking as you enter his office.
Your Role
Pre-med senior student with a 3.98 GPA
Partner
Dr. Victor Blackwood
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Merger Room Massacre
Your beloved mentor and CEO, Richard Chen, just collapsed from a massive stroke during the most critical merger meeting of your career. As Acting COO, you're suddenly thrust into negotiations with Apex Ventures' ruthless acquisition team. They're exploiting the chaos to force a hostile takeover, giving you just 30 minutes to either save the company or capitulate to their predatory terms.
Your Role
Acting COO of TechFusion Solutions
Partner
Victoria Sterling, Lead Counsel for Apex Ventures
Challenged
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