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<<nobr>><<set $Setting to "In Hong Kong, 1997">>
<<set $Relationship1p1 to "Criminals">>
<<set $Relationship1p2 to "Family">>
<<set $Relationship1p3 to "Shared history">>
<<set $Relationship1p4 to "Romance">>
<<set $Relationship1p5 to "Related by sin">>
<<set $Relationship1p6 to "Tortured connection">>
<</nobr>>$Setting, you are part of a group with the relationship:
<<set $Relationship1 to either("$Relationship1p1", "$Relationship1p2", "$Relationship1p3", "$Relationship1p4", "$Relationship1p5", "$Relationship1p6")>>$Relationship1
[[Keep going->Relationship2]]
[[Redo this step->Start]]To be specific, you have the relationship:<<nobr>><<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p1">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Impatient boss and talented, moody gunman ", "Punks out to make their name", "Mortal rivals jockeying for the same big score ", "Cop and the untouchable criminal", "“Sure I’m on the take. Good thing you’ve got money.” ", "Visiting foreign “consultant” and local host")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p2">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Siblings on opposite sides of the law", "Powerful boss and nephew who gets no respect", "Unknowingly related—closely related", "Parent and child, both lying", "Always in older sibling’s shadow", "Orphans, bound by a deadly secret")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p3">><<set $Relationship2 to either("“Our loved ones were killed by the same people”", "Debt of honor", "Mentor and student", "The Kai-Tak job, when some of the score went missing ", "Survivors of the epic shootout", "“If not for you, I would have gotten away with it”")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p4">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Star-crossed lovers", "Obsessed crush and unknowing object", "Estranged but bound by fate", "Contenders for the same heart", "Earth-shattering sex, that one time, long ago, far away", "Newlyweds, one with a secret")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p5">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Adulterers, one with a dangerous spouse in play", "Addict and supplier", "The sex is good, but money changes hands every time", "Blackmailer and mark", "Partners in addiction", "Trusting boss and backstabbing lieutenant")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p6">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Assassin and beloved target", "Killer and victim who survived", "Citizen and (maybe) ghost", "Amnesiac and secret keeper", "Could be twins, but not even related", "Savant with skills and the one who knows how to trigger them")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
[[Keep going->Need1]]
[[Redo this step->Relationship2]]
[[Go back a step->Start]]You have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
<<nobr>><<set $Need1p1 to "To get revenge">>
<<set $Need1p2 to "To get respect">>
<<set $Need1p3 to "To get the truth">>
<<set $Need1p4 to "To get squared away">>
<<set $Need1p5 to "To get out">>
<<set $Need1p6 to "To get rich">>
<<set $Need1 to either("$Need1p1", "$Need1p2", "$Need1p3", "$Need1p4", "$Need1p5", "$Need1p6")>><</nobr>>$Need1
[[Keep going->Need2]]
[[Redo this step->Need1]]
[[Go back a step->Relationship2]]To be more specific, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:<<nobr>><<if $Need1 is "$Need1p1">><<set $Need2 to either("...by framing someone your enemy loves ", "...for all those years in prison", "...on those who forced you out", "...by burning it all down", "...by gently taking the reins of power ", "...for what happened to Uncle Mao")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p2">><<set $Need2 to either("...so you can finally lead your own crew", "...from your dead father", "...from Brother Lao of the Hundred Circle Gang", "...or die trying", "...by proving you can take it", "...by pulling the biggest score ever")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p3">><<set $Need2 to either("...about that night in Two Doves Alley", "...about why they shot you in the head", "...about what happened to the girl in the photograph ", "...about what you did during your blackout", "...about how Wong got back to town before you", "...about why they didn’t shoot you in the head")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p4">><<set $Need2 to either("...in the month you have left to live", "...and prove you can be trusted again", "...because you promised her as she died that you would", "...even though you know a double-cross is coming", "...and show these heartless bastards the meaning of honor", "...because you have nothing left")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p5">><<set $Need2 to either("...of a dangerous gambling debt", "...of a relationship that has turned weird", "...of Hong Kong before the handover", "...before somebody finds out what you did", "...that deal with the slaughterhouse and these 500 pig carcasses ", "...of this teahouse before the cops arrive")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p6">><<set $Need2 to either("...so you can pay for the surgery", "...so they won’t shoot you in the kneecaps", "...so both of you can disappear", "...so you can make your play for power", "...and destroy that son of a bitch in the process", "...without your parents finding out how you did it")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Need1 $Need2
[[Keep going->Location1]]
[[Redo this step->Need2]]
[[Go back a step->Need1]]You have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
<<nobr>><<set $Location1p1 to "Someplace criminal">>
<<set $Location1p2 to "A place where paths cross">>
<<set $Location1p3 to "A place where business can get done ">>
<<set $Location1p4 to "A place where violence happens">>
<<set $Location1p5 to "A major landmark">>
<<set $Location1p6 to "Someplace odd">>
<</nobr>><<set $Location1 to either("$Location1p1", "$Location1p2", "$Location1p3", "$Location1p4", "$Location1p5", "$Location1p6")>>$Location1
[[Keep going->Location2]]
[[Redo this step->Location1]]
[[Go back a step->Need2]]To be more specific, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:<<nobr>><<if $Location1 is "$Location1p1">><<set $Location2 to either("A cunningly hidden, highly explosive drug lab ", "A dockside warehouse full of smuggled goods ", "An airport hangar, with an idling Learjet LJ-45 ", "A slaughterhouse where problems... disappear ", "Bustling police station", "Benny Chan’s auto shop")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p2">><<set $Location2 to either("Hospital full of innocents", "Two apartments with balconies that see each other", "Art museum, currently hosting a most valuable collection ", "Dragon boat festival", "Embassy dinner for international business", "A dove-filled church")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p3">><<set $Location2 to either("Jimmy Ting’s bar", "Heavenly Orchid escort house", "Lucky Nines casino (with live music!)", "Thirtieth floor penthouse suite", "At the end of the pier", "Crippled Li’s noodle stand, just outside the precinct house")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p4">><<set $Location2 to either("Boats in Kowloon Bay", "Rooftop shantytowns of Tai Kok Tsui", "Helicopter pad on a tower rooftop", "Old Master Tsao’s Teahouse", "The Night Market", "Bridge. Truck. Rush hour.")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p5">><<set $Location2 to either("Star ferry", "Happy Valley racecourse", "Victoria Peak—on the tram", "Bird Market, Kowloon", "Giant Buddha of Po Lin Monastery", "Man Mo Temple")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p6">><<set $Location2 to either("Chung King tenements", "The Yao family shrine, high up on the hillside ", "The sets for a new martial arts epic", "Police academy graduation", "A crowded double-decker streetcar", "Three Moons Temple in the old neighborhood")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Location1: $Location2
[[Keep going->Object1]]
[[Redo this step->Location2]]
[[Go back a step->Location1]]You have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
$Location1: $Location2
And it involves something:
<<nobr>><<set $Object1p1 to "Gun-related">>
<<set $Object1p2 to "Dangerous">>
<<set $Object1p3 to "Informative">>
<<set $Object1p4 to "Valuable">>
<<set $Object1p5 to "Vehicular">>
<<set $Object1p6 to "Sentimental">>
<</nobr>><<set $Object1 to either("$Object1p1", "$Object1p2", "$Object1p3", "$Object1p4", "$Object1p5", "$Object1p6")>>$Object1
[[Keep going->Object2]]
[[Redo this step->Object1]]
[[Go back a step->Location2]]To be more specific, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
$Location1: $Location2
And it involves something:<<nobr>><<if $Object1 is "$Object1p1">><<set $Object2 to either("A rare custom-made sniper rifle with even rarer ammo ", "A .45 that’s killed... everyone", "An ancient, rusty, lucky revolver", "A derringer on a wrist slide—one shot, make it count ", "A well-used sawed-off shotgun", "A gym bag full of guns. ")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p2">><<set $Object2 to either("A beat-up machete", "A bomb with a twitchy trigger", "Twin pearl-handled butterfly knives", "An unlimited supply of rocket-propelled grenades", "“Not a hammer—the hammer.”", "Venom of a coral sea snake")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p3">><<set $Object2 to either("Mickey Zhao’s left thumb, on ice", "A security video revealing who really robbed Benny Chan ", "A coded notebook detailing numerous sins", "A timetable of International Security Agency armored cars ", "A witnesses real name and location", "The mole’s mobile phone with all his contacts")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p4">><<set $Object2 to either("One dozen blank, genuine US passports", "Twenty million in diamonds, surrounded by guys with guns ", "Plates for a perfect 500 Euro note", "A Mercedes in the kidnap job (victim optional)", "A rare bird worth millions", "A shipment of children’s toys, stuffed with heroin")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p5">><<set $Object2 to either("An ambulance, a pregnant lady, and a pissed-off doctor", "A paraglider stowed on the roof of the Bank of China tower", "Four hundred cop cars", "A motorcycle, still revving", "Two speedboats", "A waiting limousine")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p6">><<set $Object2 to either("Dice, the owner of which cannot be killed—or so they say", "A napkin with a lipstick kiss and a disconnected phone number ", "A sad harmonica tune", "One wedding dress, never used", "A blood-stained locket, inscribed with a children’s rhyme", "The luckiest deck of playing cards in Hong Kong")>><<else>><</if>><</nobr>>
$Object1: $Object2
[[In summation->End]]
[[Redo this step->Object2]]
[[Go back a step->Object1]]To sum up: $Setting, you have the relationship:
$Relationship1: $Relationship2
You need:
$Need1 $Need2
This is all happening at:
$Location1: $Location2
And it involves something:
$Object1: $Object2
[[Start over->Start]]