JM's Ad Hoc, Custom, Seat-of-the-pants Choose Your Own Adventure system, Version One.  The rules will be enhanced on the fly.<br/><br/>Rules:<br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Godmoding: Will happen all the time</li><li>GM: Speaks in 2nd person</li><li>Player: Speaks in 1st person</li><li>Turns: Each turn, the GM will move the main story line along by describing the consequences of anything that happened before and presenting a new circumstance.  At the end of his post, he will present two or more options.  Each turn, the Player will respond to the options by choosing one and describing how and in what fashion she will explore that option.  It is expected that the Player will make reasonable guesses as to the outcomes of basic actions, but will not make overall consequence-deciding contributions.</li></ul><br/>~~<br/><br/>You wake to the familiar bleating of the alarm at your bedside.  Tapping sleepily at the "dismiss" button that shows on the OLED screen of your gorgeous new Windows 8.1 phone, you roll over onto your stomach, groaning.  You take a deep breath and look around.<br/><br/>You worked hard for the one bedroom flat on the Upper West Side, delighted both by its proximity to the American Museum of Natural History and the Park, as well as by the unusually large space for the price.  When you landed the position as VP of Engineering at Virtual Reality Systems, Inc., you were on Cloud Nine.  A start-up that had taken the world by storm with its new Virtual Reality Simulation System, Embedded (tm), you had been eager not just to join as an early member of a rising star tech hit, but also because you were intrigued by what such a technology would mean for the world.  At 6am on a Monday morning, the thought certainly crosses your mind that you wish you could just<em>virtually</em>get out of bed.<br/><br/>The warm sun streams in early morning oranges through half-open windows and translucent drapes facing East towards the Park from the top floor of your five story brownstone.  The air is surprisingly warm already -- a perfect start to an early Fall day.  You can hear the sounds of distant traffic and the occasional raised human voice from a nearby apartment.  The walls are reasonably thick, but early morning during school season can definitely be a little loud sometimes.<br/><br/>You're a little surprised, now that it occurs to you, that you haven't seen your cat this morning.  In fact, it's more than that -- everything feels a little bit strange this morning, though you can't put your finger on exactly why.  You are dressed in your night shirt, a large cotton thing that falls all the way to your knees, and your undergarments as you rise, and the large, Persian rug that covers most of the dark, hardwood floor feels soft under your feet as you swing yourself out of bed.  Creaking floorboards protest in a familiar way under this new disturbance as you make your way to greet the day.<br/><br/>~~<br/><br/>You can:<br/><br/>A.  Turn on the TV in the bedroom and begin preparing yourself to get out and head towards mid-town to the office.<br/><br/>B.  Turn on the TV in the bedroom and begin looking for your cat.<br/><br/>C.  Skip TV and make yourself a more homey breakfast and read the paper at the table.<br/>