conversations.from: system
conversations.value: ##Join a Virtual World!##
  
  **VR Works is hiring players to help our clients have the ride of a *lifetime!***
  
  We offer virtual worlds where you can be a cowboy, an astronaut, a revolutionary, a romantic interest, or practically anything else. Acting experience and a willingness to do what it takes to get the job done are *key.* Players will be sent into our state-of-the-art worlds to help create the best client experience possible. 
  
  **Get paid to play!** We like to *reward* our staff with bonuses when they go above and beyond. Do more? Get paid more! **The sky's the limit!**
  
  Come down to our offices daily between 9am and 5pm - your interview is *guaranteed* when you bring a resume and a photo ID. **You may even start work that day!**
  
  
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  This game asks the question: how much compensation will you demand before you do something ethically or morally questionable, even if it isn't real?
  
  Where do *you* draw the line?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reception: VR Works' front desk, where everyone is very chipper and upbeat. Looking around, it's easy to think what a fun place this will be to work.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Michele from HR: The kind of HR lady who jokingly refers to you as her next "victim." That's okay, right?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dystopian City: In a world that needs a *hero,* you fight for the right side of history.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: VR Works Conference Room: Where your crash-course training and orientation take place.
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: VR Pod Room: A series of pods in a circle. Yours is cushy and comfortable, and the AI headset fits comfortably. Time to take a spin.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dystopian Underground: When the rebels said they were going underground, they really *meant* underground.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dystopian Subway: You take the Tube to get from point A to point B like everyone else. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gina: The "chosen one" leader of the rebels in the dystopian nightmare, a teenage girl with powers she never knew she had before.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tyler : Tyler is just here to do the technical stuff. Don't try to talk with him, he doesn't care about you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: User Interface (Jaden): When you're in one of the worlds, this is your connection to VR Works and the real world.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Duke: The old friend Gina grew up with who lives a double-life as a good citizen and funneling resources into the resistance. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jack "Jackpot" Callahan: One of the resistance's "bad boy" leaders, Jackpot brought Gina into her role as the "chosen one." Her relationship with Duke worries him.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Wife: If she were a real person, you'd be worried about her. Since she's not, you can only marvel at the simplistic way she was designed.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Daughter: Aww, isn't she darling?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Son: You can call him "champ" or "sport" or "tiger." he's into sports and teams and not much else. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Let's Do This!: Strap in and turn on. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Is This Real Life?: Or is it just fantasy?
  
  Caught in a landslide, lose 20% of your grip on reality. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: User Interface (Nina): When you're in one of the worlds, this is your connection to VR Works and the real world.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Crack the Core (Jaden): Your job is to get the Chosen One to The Core in time to shut down the Controller Beams. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Countess Kyburg: Wife of the Late Count Kyburg. Many years younger than her husband--whom she adored, by all accounts--and stands to inherit everything.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dr. Aline Rutterhauser: Self-taught chemist on holiday from Germany. Became famous for inventing an ulcer treatment she proved worked by testing it on herself.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Monsieur Guerin: French businessman of a suspiciously-unspecified field.
  
  Moves with unusual grace for a captain of industry.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Commodore Paxton (Ret.): Rose up in the ranks from RAF pilot to Squadron Leader to Base Air Commodore. 
  
  Recently retired from his post.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Vivian Lowe: Up-and-coming film starlet. Taking a break from a film shoot in Prague to enjoy the Alps and Count Kyburg's hospitality.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Professor Packworth: Australian expedition leader. Seen carrying a machete at breakfast. Asked the cook if she had any snake meat. Rugged, but questionably sane.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Count Kyburg's Estate: A stunningly beautiful mansion on top of a rock spire. Accessible only by a slim, winding road--and via Count Kyburg's hot air balloon, of course.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Count Kyburg: Swiss Count and avid hot-air balloonist. Friend of the Goethe family.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nina's Winnings: $2,000: Nina's total winnings from her time as a VR Works employee.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Observation: What did you see? 
  
  What did you hear?
  
  What does it mean?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Investigate: A man is dead, and you must find out whodunit.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Nina's Winnings: $3,000: Nina's total winnings from her time as a VR Works employee.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Prisoner's Dilemma: Work Together: You put the search for truth above your own personal motives, or at least appear to.
  
  *Note: If Nina and Jaden both play cards on this challenge, they both go together to Countess Kyburg to share their findings.*
  
  *At any point before this challenge is complete, even if one person has played a card on it, Nina or Jaden may go to Countess Kyburg on their own and collect a reward independently.*
  
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Prisoner's Dilemma: Jaden: Your pockets are empty, and $5,000 would make them a lot fuller. What do you have to lose?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Prisoner's Dilemma: Nina: What's better than $3,000? $8,000.
  
  The man in Pod #7 can fend for himself.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jaden's Winnings: $5,000: Jaden's total winnings from his time as a VR Works employee.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cause of Death - Jaden: The sleeper agent kills quietly and publicly. But how?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cause of Death - Nina: The sleeper agent kills quietly and publicly. But how?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Snooker Cue: Not the sturdiest of weapons, but it's got reach.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Nina's Winnings: $5,000: Nina's total winnings from her time as a VR Works employee.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Neighbor's Husband: What a nice-looking guy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reveal the Sniper: Two paintings beside two bedroom doors are the only remaining clue to discovering who's behind the sniper's scope.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Kill Paxton: You have narrowed down the list of suspects to just one. 
  
  Now it is time to end this nightmare by ending the man behind it all.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Anytown, USA: Emerald-green lawns, azure skies, birds singing and breeze lightly blowing. This is the perfect place to be!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Open the Door: The bell is ringing. That typically means you should open the door.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Master's Student: Your education is both expensive and important. You have to pay for it somehow. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Clever: It doesn't take long for you to figure out what's going on around you. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Desperate: Things are getting pretty lean in your life. You're not quite at the point of eating nothing but beans, but you're getting close. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Keep It Together: You've heard that the more immersive worlds can make you forget who you are and what you want. You don't want that to happen to you. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Plays to Win: You love any game that lets you walk away a big winner. Maybe you win big, and maybe you don't--for you, the rush comes from the attempt, not the payout.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lucky: You don't actually believe in luck--what you believe in is your ability to be in the right place at the right time, your knack for making the right decision in the moment, and an excellent sense of timing.
  Lucky is just easier to say.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Can't See The Big Picture: You gravitate to little details, barely-visible tells, and the latest "One Weird Trick" being talked about online, all the while missing what lies behind the scenes.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You Wanna Win: Grab the cash. Take the bet. Spin the wheel. Dig through the cereal box to find the prize inside.
  
  If there's money on the table, you have to have it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You KNOW Paperwork: You've signed so many contracts and disclosures and waivers that you practically understand them like a second language.
  
  If only you had decided to become a lawyer.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: In For a Penny...: This was not your first choice of ways to make a buck, but you need the cash and so you're going to make the most of it. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: False Sincerity: George Burns once said: “Sincerity--if you can fake that, you've got it made.”
  
  You intend to fake it 'til you make it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Freefalling: You are neither a gamer nor an actor. This is going to take some adjustment.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Guns? Guns! Guns?!: You just point and shoot...right?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Caring: The welfare of others is always at the top of your list of priorities.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Somebody's Lying: Somebody's lying to you. They have to be. But who?
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sellout: You don't need real friends. 
  
  Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson, Grant, and Franklin will keep you company.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Bear Market for Bullshit: You're used to faking it 'til you make it, but this particular bluff is dead on arrival.