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<<nobr>><<set $Setting to "In Los Angeles, 1936">>
<<set $Relationship1p1 to "Family">>
<<set $Relationship1p2 to "Work">>
<<set $Relationship1p3 to "Ships in the night">>
<<set $Relationship1p4 to "Romance">>
<<set $Relationship1p5 to "Crime">>
<<set $Relationship1p6 to "Community">>
<</nobr>>$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("In-laws in a secret affair", "Cousins who've always been enemies", "Competive siblings", "Estranged Parent / child", "Separated husband and wife", "Kindly Aunt / uncle and nephew / niece raised as child")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p2">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Flirty boss / employee", "Night-shift workmates and best friends", "Seedy insurance agent / naive client", "Working stiff / angry client", "Obsessive Salesman / clueless customer", "Loyal lawyer / wealthy, demanding client")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p3">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Cheap hoods wanting to settle the score ", "Foolish sports figure / wise manager", "Old fraternity / sorority buddies with a secret", "Desperate nightclub owner / diva entertainer ", "Veterans of the Great War", "Office workers falling in love")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p4">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Young, naive, runaway lovers", "A frozen marriage", "One-time fling that might be something more", "Secretly incestuous family members ", "Angry exes", "Young married couple with secrets from each other")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p5">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Dirty cop / mob boss", "Slimy pimp / angry prostitute", "Clever hustler / foolish mark", "Crime boss / on-the-make hood", "Outlaws on the lam", "Bumbling thieves")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p6">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Elected officials, one moral, one corrupt", "Embezzling bankers", "Earnest community volunteers", "Suprisingly tough priest and naive nun", "Cynical city official and newbie", "Police partners who hate each other")>><<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 out">>
<<set $Need1p2 to "To get even">>
<<set $Need1p3 to "To get rich">>
<<set $Need1p4 to "To get respect">>
<<set $Need1p5 to "To get the truth">>
<<set $Need1p6 to "To find love">>
<<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 $Need2 to either("... of town - ASAP, before the #$&@ hits the fan", "... from all this #$@%ing pressure", "... from gambling debts long past due", "... before the FBI put two and two together", "... before I finally snap and kill him/her", "... of a toxic relationship")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p2">><<set $Need2 to either("... with the cops who staged the whole thing", "... with your demented, dangerous ex", "... with your old boss who got away with it all", "... with the studio exec who used you up", "... with the one who stole your lover", "... with a family member who everyone believed instead of you")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p3">><<set $Need2 to either("... through one big crooked political deal", "... through a can't miss scam", "... through blackmail", "... through the steal of the century", "... through the ingenue who doesn't know her own value", "... through the murder of Great Aunt Bess")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p4">><<set $Need2 to either("... from the cops, once they realize they can't push me around", "... from the industry, when they realize how talented I am", "... from your lover, by proving yourself", "... from the mob, when they realize who they messed with", "... from the family, by finally making my mark", "... from yourself, by finally making that big break happen")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p5">><<set $Need2 to either("... about what your lover really did", "... about the secret that destroyed your family", "... about the mistake that haunts you", "... about that big business deal that will transform the city", "... about what the mayor is hiding", "... about that secret file at work")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p6">><<set $Need2 to either("... because you have so much to give", "... with the guy/girl at work who's perfect in every way", "... with the star/starlet you came to town to find", "... with the one who got away", "... as revenge on your #$@$ing ex", "... to run away with, far from all this")>><<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 "Downtown">>
<<set $Location1p2 to "Tinseltown">>
<<set $Location1p3 to "Working-class Century City">>
<<set $Location1p4 to "Bay City/old Santa Monica">>
<<set $Location1p5 to "Off the beaten path">>
<<set $Location1p6 to "Outside of town">>
<</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("The 77th Precinct police station ", "Los Angeles City Hall", "The District Attorney’s Art Deco mansion ", "The Athletic Club", "The old Belfort Hotel ", "Florian’s dive bar")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p2">><<set $Location2 to either("An unused RKO backlot", "Grauman’s Chinese Theater", "Bullock’s Wilshire department store", "Geiger’s rare books", "The Jigsaw Gothic mansion, up Laurel Canyon Drive", "Bryson Towers apartments")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p3">><<set $Location2 to either("Del Mar racetrack", "Tony Acosta’s sausage factory", "Art Huck’s auto garage and filling station", "The County Morgue", "The faded lobby of the Mayfair Hotel, now a boarding house ", "A backroom in Union Station")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p4">><<set $Location2 to either("The Red Griffin Room in the Georgian Hotel", "The gambling ship S.S. Rex, three miles out in Santa Monica Bay ", "Thelma Todd’s Sidewalk Café, up the Pacific Coast Highway ", "Casa del Mar beachfront hotel", "“Dr. Feelgood’s” office in Ocean Park", "On the pier at midnight")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p5">><<set $Location2 to either("Eddie Mar’s illegal casino under the Hotel Metropole", "Holly’s Burlesque Theatre", "Mandy Menendez’ Club: El Privado", "A pawnshop on Wilcox Boulevard", "The rundown Hobart Arms apartments", "Frankie’s boxing gym")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p6">><<set $Location2 to either("An abandoned airstrip near La Jolla", "The J-class racing yacht “Lolita”, moored in the Malibu Pier", "The John Reed Club, Boyle Heights", "Tuck-Me-Inn Motel, Big Bear Boulevard", "A secluded cabin near Cedar Lake", "A faded Pasadena estate")>><<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 "Untoward">>
<<set $Object1p2 to "Transportation-related">>
<<set $Object1p3 to "Dangerous">>
<<set $Object1p4 to "Valuable">>
<<set $Object1p5 to "Informational">>
<<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 box of stag reel loops featuring a major star", "A syringe full of pure heroin", "The murder weapon", "Pictures of the Senator with his boyfriends", "Counterfeit plates for $100 notes ", "A jewel-encrusted sex toy with some recognizable initials")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p2">><<set $Object2 to either("A sleeper car on the Super Chief train down to San Diego ", "A “Yellow Car” downtown trolley with some interesting modifications", "A secret plan for the city's new transportation network", "A car with a secret in the trunk", "Plans for an incredible, futuristic new flying appartus", "A prototype car of tomorrow")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p3">><<set $Object2 to either("The gun, complete with fingerprints", "The deadly chemical formula for the perfect poison", "The cursed long-barreled .2 Colt automatic with a bone grip", "The jewel dagger that was supposed to be a harmless prop... but wasn't", "The experimental Nazi bomb", "The earthquake machine")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p4">><<set $Object2 to either("Key to a safe deposit box at the Commonwealth Savings & Loan", "Gold bar stamped with a swastika and the number 30422", "Hollow figurine of a ballet dancer with microfilm inside", "A silk bag of uncut diamonds", "Battered briefcase full of opium bricks ", "$100,000 in Series A bonds")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p5">><<set $Object2 to either("High-class madam’s black book of phone numbers", "Celluloid discs of wiretap recordings", "Eastman camera with a Zeiss telephoto lens and film yet to be developed", "The family bible that proves everything", "Two sets of accounting books: official ones and the real ones", "Imprint of address left on writing pad after top sheet was ripped off")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p6">><<set $Object2 to either("192O mega gold watch with retirement inscription on back", "Sapphire engagement ring", "Box of old love letters proving the affair", "Postcard from Tijuana with a note revealing what happened", "The teddy bear from 60 years ago", "Sweat-stained hat with a hidden pocket in the lining")>><<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]]