High powered executive environment. Big city. Big dreams.
Melnar is secretary, enters room with deference.
Small decision on a project. Color choices, composition.
Momentary tension with Melnar.
PHONERINGS. Something big. Private jet is ready. Leaving in ten minutes. You tell them to make it FIVE.
You land in Buenos Aires. Government officials are threatening to force the company out. Corruption! Intrigue!
[Negotiate with officials, come to agreement (or not)]
[Through savvy political attacks, the board of commerce is replaced with corporate-friendly puppets.(or you fail and are chased out by military)]
Melnar is dutifully by your side at all times.
Return to San Francisco. Pick up some cool quirky socks at a store. Pick the ones with dinosaur hula dancing, or kangaroo yoga. Melnar approves.
You see a kerfluffle in the street.
Two burrito shop-owners are verbally assaulting each other. Dispute about copyright infringement on their signage. Melnar cool and calm walks between the groups. He defuses the situation. You...
[Make a short speech about the importance of active listening. You query each member on their businesses, make a call to Development and submit new work redesign both company's branding with a few personal touches. Within minutes, new signs are airlifted into place and the two shopkeepers hug for an awkwardly long time.]
[You grab a spraycan from a nearby street artist, add a few touches on each sign. Both shop owners are shocked at the quality and distinctiveness. Several cars screech to a halt to run in with a sudden inescapable urge to eat burritos.]
Melnar responds with admiration. Your phone rings again, what needs your attention now...
RISKY, COMPASSIONATE DECISIONS vs. CUTTHROAT AND EFFICIENTJapan. Countryside outside of Osaka.
Making plushies in a really cute room. Traditional design.
Melnar is making some tasty lasagna. You eat it and talk about life. [Top hats are perfectly acceptable attire] [If you lived in space, what would you do?]
You put the finishing touches on a stegosaurus. It's for one of your coolest customers, a toy shop in Akihabara.
You daydream and decide to make:
a T-Rex with a monocle 3 feet tall
a cat --> on a rocketship --> keychain sized
a pegasus or a big butt as a backpack
It's another breezy afternoon in rural Japan. Birds are chirping outside.
[[Your crafting table has a plush animal on it.]]
{
(set: $conversationTurns = 0)
(set: $topHats = false)
(set: $space = false)
(set: $butts = false)
(set: $animal = "")
(set: $monocle = false)
(set: $topHat = false)
(set: $sneakers = false)
}On your table, you see a half-constructed stegosaurus. It is made of microfiber and felt. It needs a pair of eyes.
[[Glue some felt together to make angry eyes.]]
[[Sew on two handcrafted buttons.]]
[[Draw two arcs with a marker to make happy eyes.]]A white patch, a black pupil, and some black triangles are perfect for some real angry eyebrows.
[[Set the stegosaurus down.]]You made the buttons from clay harvested in the back yard. That was a fun day.
[[Set the stegosaurus down.]]Anime eyes look great. Big time saver too.
[[Set the stegosaurus down.]]You have been making dinosaurs for a shop in Osaka. They pay well. They also got you a great discount on materials.
[[A pot is clanging in the kitchen.]]The kitchen is traditional. The walls and cabinets were made by a carpenter that lives in your village.
Brandon is placing lasagna noodles in a dish. The sauce is simmering in a copper pot.
[[Sniff the sauce.]]You place your head above the copper pot and breathe deeply. The aroma tickles your nose.
[[Sit at the table.]]You prepare a couple plates and cutlery. Light is shining through the pine trees along the porch.
[[You and Brandon sit down while the lasagna cooks.->The lasagna cooks.]](if: $conversationTurns is 0)[Brandon quickly assembles the lasagna, places it in the oven, and you sit down to play a few cheap card games you picked up in the city.](Else:)[You play another round.]
(if: $topHats is false)[ [[Talk about top hats.]] ]
(if: $space is false)[ [[Talk about space.]] ]
(if: $butts is false)[ [[Talk about grasshoppers.]] ]
(if: $conversationTurns > 1)[ [[The lasagna is ready!]] ]"Top hats are totally cool to wear anywhere."
[[Go on...->Tophats1]]"I heard there is more dark matter than normal matter."
[[Go on...->Space1]]"Do grasshoppers have butts?"
[[Go on...->Butts1]]
"If grasshoppers can poop, they definitely have butts."
[[Go on...->Butts2]]"No way! Butts aren't really butts if they don't have cheeks."
[[Go on...->Butts3]]That's sorta mean. Grasshoppers hop around all day. They deserve butts.
[[Talk some more.->The lasagna cooks.]]
(set: $conversationTurns += 1)
(set: $butts = true)"I would wear a top hat with or without a monocle. It's its own thing."
[[Go on..->Tophats2]]"We should make a top hat dispenser that only gives you tiny top hats for your pets."
[[Go on...->topHats3]]"That would be sweet."
[[Talk some more.->The lasagna cooks.]]
(set: $conversationTurns += 1)
(set: $topHats = true)"Maybe all the dark matter is just normal matter that got lonely."
[[Go on...->Space2]]"So dark."
"I bet we could time travel if we made friends with dark matter."
[[Go on...->Space3]]"I would travel back to whenever a bully was mean to the matter before it turned dark and make it stay mattery."
"TIME PARADOX!"
[[Talk some more.->The lasagna cooks.]]
(set: $conversationTurns += 1)
(set: $space = true)Just two people eating the best heckin lasagna ever.
[[Smooch and get back to work.]]Back at the crafting table. You can do whatever you want.
You should make...
[[A cat.]]
[[A grasshopper.]]
[[A Pegasus.]](set: $animal = "cat")You grab a few blobs of cotton and a length of orange fiber. A few quick runs through the sewing machine and BAM! It's a life-sized kitty.
[[Add an accessory?]](set: $animal = "grasshopper")A little tricky, but it is good to try something new. Some cardboard tubes, green felt, and a bit more cardboard to help keep the legs on. Looks pretty cute.
[[Add an accessory?]] (set: $animal = "pegasus")Your pegasus forms from a few chunks of cotton and some carboard to give it shape. It is all wrapped in a hemp fiber that is great for that horse-like feel.
[[Add an accessory?]]What kind of accessory should it have?
(if: $monocle is false)[ [[A monocle.]] ]
(if: $topHat is false)[ [[A top hat.]] ]
(if: $sneakers is false)[ [[Sneakers.]] ]
[[It looks good.]](set: $monocle = true)Cool. It has a monocle now.
[[Add something else?->Add an accessory?]]
[[Time for bed. It has been a good day.]](set: $topHat = true)A distinguished choice. Today is a momentous occasion.
[[Add something else?->Add an accessory?]]
[[Time for bed. It has been a good day.]]All done.
[[Time for bed. It has been a good day.]](set: $sneakers = true)Some sweet kicks. They look good.
[[Add something else?->Add an accessory?]]
[[Time for bed. It has been a good day.]]Life is good.
{
(set: $plushie = $animal)
(if: $topHat is true)[ (set: $plushie += 'TopHat') ]
(if: $sneakers is true)[ (set: $plushie += 'Sneakers') ]
(if: $monocle is true)[ (set: $plushie += 'Monocle') ]
(print: '<img src = "images/'+$plushie+'.png">')
}
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