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<<nobr>><<set $Setting to "Aboard the RMS Leviathan">>
<<set $Relationship1p1 to "Family">>
<<set $Relationship1p2 to "Friends">>
<<set $Relationship1p3 to "Intrigue">>
<<set $Relationship1p4 to "Onboard">>
<<set $Relationship1p5 to "Courting">>
<<set $Relationship1p6 to "Special">>
<</nobr>>$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("Parent and adopted orphan", "Newly married", "Eccentric uncle and nephew/niece", "Warring siblings", "In-laws", "Old married couple")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p2">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Affable tramps with an eye for mischief", "Pen pals just united", "Society gadfly and hanger-on", "From the Great War", "Inseparable, simply inseparable", "Built on a lie")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p3">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Foreigners", "Saboteur and fellow traveler", "Mutinous", "Sworn oath", "“Who are you and why are you in my closet?” ", "Cultists")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p4">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Wealthy invalid and voracious ingénue ", "“We appear to be sharing a cabin”", "Entertainers", "Dedicated bon vivants", "Mutual impostors, stowaways, and criminals ", "First class and steerage")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p5">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Confirmed bachelor and his bachelor companion ", "Ships passing in the night", "Estranged honeymooners", "Unrequited love", "A rake, an innocent, a promenade deck ", "Former lovers")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Relationship1 is "$Relationship1p6">><<set $Relationship2 to either("Heiress and cat burglar", "Ship’s doctor and patient", "Ship’s purser and rescued whaler Captain and Chief Engineer", "Rival stewards", "Detective and criminal", "Trained warriors")>><<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 "Revenge">>
<<set $Need1p2 to "The Truth">>
<<set $Need1p3 to "Respect">>
<<set $Need1p4 to "Recovery">>
<<set $Need1p5 to "Escape">>
<<set $Need1p6 to "To Survive">>
<<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("On the one who humiliated you—who's now rooming across the hall ", "On your rival once and for all", "On all landlubbers for what they don’t know about the sea ", "Because your family was destroyed by Capitalists", "For what happened that one night off the Labrador Coast ", "On the Captain, because it’s now or never")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p2">><<set $Need2 to either("About the secret your father took to the grave ", "About a missing lifeboat", "About uncomfortable family history", "“Why are we so very, very off course?”", "About an unmarked crate that was loaded in the still of night ", "About forged safety inspection certificates")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p3">><<set $Need2 to either("... from shipmates about a haunting error", "... for yourself because the ridicule is too great", "... by recovering your fortune", "... from your in-laws, no matter the cost", "... from those who doubt your righteous cause, and the strength of your sword", "... from your lover, who must accept that it’ll never happen again")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p4">><<set $Need2 to either("... from libelous accusations to restore your family’s honor", "... from financial ruin to get even with that confidence man", "... from amnesia and the inevitable deluge of your former life", "... from mounting gambling losses before it’s too late", "... from the beating you took to find those who dealt it", "... from years of abuse by a manipulative employer")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p5">><<set $Need2 to either("... from an arranged marriage", "... to avoid a scandalous newspaper headline", "... to immigrate because of your beliefs", "... from a terrible family responsibility", "... from prying eyes", "... the Royal Navy, who would like a word about a recent “minor misunderstanding”")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Need1 is "$Need1p6">><<set $Need2 to either("... the disaster, aboard the last lifeboat", "... the duel, because that’s not how things were done back home ", "... the flooded forward compartments, and your fear of water", "... the mysterious whirlpool the ship is circling", "... the fire, to claim your true love", "... the sacrifice that will stop the Deep God from rising")>><<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 "A flashback">>
<<set $Location1p2 to "Onboard the ship">>
<<set $Location1p3 to "A disaster">>
<<set $Location1p4 to "On deck and off">>
<<set $Location1p5 to "Around the ship">>
<<set $Location1p6 to "The bowels of the ship">>
<</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("To the sweethearts' first meeting", "Which shows your face is the same as the man in the shadows", "To Pemberton University, way back when", "To a palatial mansion—and its servant’s quarters", "To a dimly lit, smoke-choked seaside saloon", "To that brothel near Calcutta")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p2">><<set $Location2 to either("A private, first-class stateroom", "The captain’s quarters", "To steerage, crammed with destitute immigrants", "To the brig", "To the Captain’s Ball, Lido Deck", "Aboard another vessel")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p3">><<set $Location2 to either("A flooded companionway in the eye of the storm", "A truly unfortunate juxtaposition of hull and iceberg ", "The ship, boarded and ravaged", "The ship, capsized", "A collapsed bulkhead taking on water", "The ship, drift and on fire")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p4">><<set $Location2 to either("Observation Deck", "Fog-shrouded aft deck", "Clutching the starboard rail, sick as a dog", "Overboard", "Drenched and tangled in the lifelines", "A shuffleboard tournament on the Lido Deck")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p5">><<set $Location2 to either("Dining at the Captain’s table on lamb with mint sauce, roast squab, pâté de foie gras, and peaches in Chartreuse jelly", "Bawdy repurposed luggage room in steerage ", "Captured by pirates ... or worse", "Umbrella drinks in deck chairs", "Passed out in the Grand Ballroom", "In the orchestra pit, with the band")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Location1 is "$Location1p6">><<set $Location2 to either("In the aft cargo hold", "B Deck, in a dimly lit chain locker", "A walk-in galley freezer", "An open porthole or hatch", "On the bridge", "Behind a triple-expansion steam engine")>><<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 "Unmentionable">>
<<set $Object1p2 to "Nautical">>
<<set $Object1p3 to "Dangerous">>
<<set $Object1p4 to "Prurient">>
<<set $Object1p5 to "Precious">>
<<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("“About that body in your stateroom...”", "A rogue wave", "A misplaced infant", "A sacrificial dagger with engravings of the loathsome Sea God ", "A turbine operating pressure gauge", "An eye patch")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p2">><<set $Object2 to either("A lifeboat", "A master key", "A life belt", "A short-wave radio", "A ship’s safe", "A logbook")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p3">><<set $Object2 to either("A ticking time bomb", "Distress rockets", "An engraved sword cane", "A coal shovel", "A grand piano on casters", "Block and tackle, with longshoreman’s cargo hook")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p4">><<set $Object2 to either("A scandalous cable received just this moment", "Personal baggage delivered to the wrong room", "A scrawled note slipped in someone’s pocket", "An overheard conversation between Fascists", "Falsified divorce papers", "Indiscrete photographs")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p5">><<set $Object2 to either("A notorious diamond the size of your fist", "The Shroud of Turin", "A tiara", "Bars of Spanish gold", "The prized poodle of a Madison Avenue socialite", "An alternate draft of the United States Bill of Rights ")>><<else>><</if>>
<<if $Object1 is "$Object1p6">><<set $Object2 to either("A scented kerchief with an embroidered monogram ", "A gramophone with unreleased pressings", "A golden locket with portrait", "“Dear diary, today has been such a busy day!”", "Moonlight, dancing on the waves", "A filigreed urn, heavy with ashes")>><<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]]