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"I'm sure your meeting can wait," she says. "Besides, you're in no shape to be interviewing for a job, or wherever it was you were going. If you like, I can turn the TV on for you. Do you like Jeopardy! ?" |
Who's got time for game shows? you think, but you're starting to realize you don't have the energy to put up a fight. The nurse points the remote control at the TV, and indeed Jeopardy! is the first thing you see. |
Alex Trebek is reading a clue off the blue video screen. "In the 2002 movie Gangs of New York, the Five Points crime boss William Cutting is also known by this macabre nickname." |
"Who is Bill the Butcher? I'll take 'Scorsese Flicks' for five hundred." |
The nurse stands back to regard her handiwork, once you are tucked back in the bed where she seems to think you belong. "There. Better?" |
Maybe. Probably. Actually, you have no clue what happened or why you are here, except that you have this unusual headache. The pain is dull, so you must be medicated. |
"Oh, by the way, these flowers came for you today. Would you like to read the card that came with them?" |
She points to a small calling card, propped on a plastic stick and surrounded by a bouquet of blue and white flowers. Who even knows you are here? You nod, and she hands the card to you. It reads: |
Get well soon. |
Regards, |
Walter Berringer. |
PS: Better luck next time. |
THE END<|end_of_text|> |
<|begin_of_text|>The hospital seems to be completely empty. You wake up in an old rundown hospital with no memory of how you got there. You look around and see broken equipment lying around the room. |
> You leave the hospital and see if there is anything outside. |
Outside the hospital you see a worn down road and empty cars. Everything is strangely quiet and you start getting worried. You feel hungry and wonder when the last time you ate was. |
> You try to find a working car. |
You find a car with the keys in the ignition and try to start it. Nothing happens. You keep looking and find another car that looks like it might work. You manage to get the engine started. |
> You drive around looking for any people or stores that might have supplies. |
You drive around the town and see many boarded up buildings, but no people. Eventually you find a store that you think might have supplies. |
> You go inside the store and see if there are any supplies. |
It looks like the store has been ransacked and all the shelves are empty. You manage to find a package of granola bars and a flashlight behind the counter. |
> You eat a granola bar. |
You feel a little bit better. But you're still hungry. |
> You eat another granola bar. |
You feel better. You should probably save the rest of your food though. |
> You leave the store and get back in the car. |
As you leave the store you notice movement out behind your car. A man steps out with a hungry look in his eyes. His clothes are in tatters and he is carrying a crowbar. |
> You run at the man and attack him. |
You run forward to attack the man. His crowbar crashes into your chest and you fall to the ground. He kicks you a few times and then grabs your granola bars and runs off. |
> You go after him. |
You go after him. As you try and stand up though you realize you're in extreme pain. You think one of your ribs is broken. You manage to get yourself on your feet, but realize catching him is impossible. |
> You look for something to wrap your chest with. |
You walk back into the store and find a few shirts that you tear and wrap around your chest. It helps you feel slightly better. But you're still in a lot of pain.<|end_of_text|> |
<|begin_of_text|>As you leave the store you notice movement out behind your car. A man steps out with a hungry look in his eyes. His clothes are in tatters and he is carrying a crowbar. |
> You ask the man what he wants and where everybody is. |
He looks at you confused. "What are you stupid? This is the end of the world man!" he says. |
> You say "What do you mean? I just woke up in a hospital with no memory. What happened?" |
He responds "Like I said, the end of the world. When the bombs starting falling three years ago we thought we could pull through. But then the skies turned black, crops started dying and everyone went crazy. Most people died in the first couple months." |
> You ask him how he managed to survive. |
He tells you that he was away hunting when it all started happening. He managed to live off the land for the first little while. But after the animals started dying he ran out of food and came to the city. |
> You ask him if you two can work together. |
The man shakes his head. "Hardly enough food for one person. I've only lived this long by looking after myself." He turns and starts walking away. |
> You run after the man and tell him you'll both do better together. |
He stops and thinks about it for a second, then says, "Fine. I guess there might be advantages to working together." |
> You ask him where he thinks you should go next. |
He tells you there is a house on the road that looked undisturbed that might be worth checking out. |
> You start going towards the house. |
You are walking towards the house. You reach an intersection. There is a police station on one corner an office building on another. The house is another half mile down the road. |
> You keep going towards the house. |
You keep walking and eventually reach the house. You see a two story house that looks fairly undisturbed. There's a garage on the right and a path to the backyard on the left. |
> You go around the house to the backyard. |
You go to the backyard of the house. There's a dirty grill and an overturned slide. There's a door to the house on the back porch. |
> You open the back door into the house. |
You open the back door into the house and go inside. You're in a combined kitchen and living room. You see several cupboard doors are hanging open, a fridge and several couches around a TV.<|end_of_text|> |
<|begin_of_text|>The man shakes his head. "Hardly enough food for one person. I've only lived this long by looking after myself." He turns and starts walking away. |
> You leave the store and get back in your car. |
You think about what the man said. How is this possible? Why were you in that hospital and what should you do now? |
> You drive back to the hospital to see if you can find any clues. |
As you pull in to the hospital parking lot the car sputters and dies. It's out of fuel an slows to a halt. |
> You go back to the room you woke up in. |
You get to the room. It's the same as how you remember it. Broken equipment everywhere. But there's also a small notebook that you didn't notice before lying on the floor. |
> You read the notebook. |
It looks like a journal. As you flip through the pages you see drawings of the death and destruction. The journal talks about someone's horrific experiences during the aftermath of the war. |
> You try to see if anything in it sparks your memory. |
you read for a while hoping this will give you some clue. None of the events written about spark anything, but you do read someone's name that you feel like you should know. "Sarina". It says she heard about a community called "Bright Meadow" that was safe and had food and was leaving to find it. |
> You see if you can find out where Bright Meadow is from the journal. |
You look through the journal to see if there are any clues about where Bright Meadow is. You find a crude map that shows Bright Meadow to the north of a town called Clayton. |
> You go to Clayton. |
You don't know where Clayton is. But maybe if you found a map you could figure out where it is. |
> You look for a map somewhere in the hospital. |
You start looking around for a map. You find an administrator's office that you think might have one. |
> You search the office for a map. |
You look through the filing cabinets for a map. You find a bunch of patient records in a filing cabinet. In the desk you find a map that shows other hospitals in the region. It says Clayton is 15 miles to the West of here. |
> You leave the hospital and start heading towards Clayton. |