MONDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Thoughts: The view from the window is the only thing that saves me. I like the geometry of buildings. But this green, weird one... Either the architect was a fan of pistachios.
Now it's time to finish the coffee and get ready for work. But first, a quick decision: should I wash my hair now or push through until the evening?
[[Wash hair|Monday_Wash]]
[[Don't wash hair|Monday_NoWash]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 100>>
<<set $realEnergy to 64>>
<<set $playerSigns to ["Real energy: 64%"]>>
<<set $energyHistory to []>><<run $playerSigns.push("Washed hair: -17%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 100>><<set $realEnergy to 47>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Wow! What beautiful hair. People on the bus will be thrilled. But you paid 20% for giving joy to others. For the feeling of freshness you got 3%.
[[Go to work|Monday_Work_Arrival]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Didn't wash hair: -3%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 100>><<set $realEnergy to 61>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You decided to skip washing your hair to save time and effort. It only cost you a little energy 3%, but you feel slightly untidy.
Now it's time to head out.
[[Go to work|Monday_Work_Arrival_NoWash]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 83>><<set $realEnergy to 47>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
During work, you receive yet another email stating that you have an electricity bill debt. You no longer live in that apartment, and it looks like the landlord simply didn't transfer the contract under the new name.
[[Spend time and write to the landlord. You will have to talk in a language that is new to you. -15%.|Monday_Landlord_Read]]
[[Forget it, you don't live there anyway + you save energy.|Monday_Landlord_Ignore_Wash]]
<<if $playerSigns.length is 0>>
You haven't made any choices yet.
<<else>>
<<for _sign range $playerSigns>>
_sign
<</for>>
<</if>><<link "Settings">>
<<script>>
Dialog.setup("Settings");
Dialog.wiki(Story.get("Settings_Content").processText());
Dialog.open();
<</script>>
<</link>><<run $playerSigns.push("Conversation with landlord: -15%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 68>><<set $realEnergy to 32>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
The landlord called you back and said that new tenants are renting the apartment. They were in the middle of transferring the contract, which is probably why the bills are still coming to the old address. He asked you to send him the bills so that the new tenants could pay them.
[[Next|Monday_Search_Receipts]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 97>><<set $realEnergy to 61>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You decided not to bother and save your energy. And that's right, you won't change anything anyway.
In the evening, your friend invites you to see a movie that you have been waiting for for so long.
[[You can go and enjoy the movie (+10%). But there is a chance that your friend will try to get closer, as it has already happened once. In the end, men don't know how to just be friends with women (-15%). Total: -5%.|Tuesday_Bank_SMS]]
[[Don't go and just miss out at home.|Monday_Home_Lonely]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Searching for the bills: -8%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 68>><<set $realEnergy to 24>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You returned home after work, tired and angry. Searching for the bills took 8% of your energy.
[[Next day|Tuesday_Risk_Zone]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Went to the movies: -5%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 92>><<set $realEnergy to 57>>\
TUESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You receive a notification from the bank stating that your card has been blocked. You make an appointment to meet with the manager and find out the reason.
[[Next|Tuesday_Bank_Return]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Anxiety at home: -20%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 97>><<set $realEnergy to 41>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You arrived home, and it's so lonely there - your roommates won't be back for another week. You decide to go to bed early, but then, out of nowhere, you start thinking about all the unpaid bills. The anxiety keeps you up most of the night, and you wake up feeling completely exhausted. -20%
[[Next day|Tuesday_Lawyer_Email]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Stayed home to recover: +25%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 85>><<set $realEnergy to 49>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You chose to stay home to recover.
[[Next|WEDNESDAY]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Forced to work: -25%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 35>><<set $realEnergy to -1>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You chose to gather your strength and go to work. The bills won't pay themselves.
[[Next|Tuesday_GameOver_Work]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Bank problems and work stress: -30%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 92>><<set $realEnergy to 26>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You managed to get an emergency slot for today. You have to leave early because the bank closes at 6 p.m., just like your office. You ask your boss for time off. He lets you go but asks you to finish the project by tomorrow because it's very important. You have no choice but to agree.The bank manager says he doesn't know why your card was blocked since your documents are all in order. But he can't unblock it - the system won't let it through. He suggests getting a new card and schedules another appointment for next week at the same time. You can already imagine what your boss will say about this, but you have no other options.
You return home completely broken. In parallel with cooking dinner, you are finishing the project for work. All this nervousness completely throws you off balance. - 30%
[[Wednesday|Wednesday_Bank_Start]]WEDNESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Because you missed work yesterday, your boss yelled at you. In general, you don't care, he's an idiot, but he threatened not to renew your contract. The contract expires in three months. You spent your entire lunch break thinking about whether you should start looking for a new job or just ignore him.
[[Look for a job|Wednesday_Search_Job]]
[[Ignore him|Wednesday_Ignore_Job]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died - 1%")>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<run $playerSigns.push("Searched for vacancies: -8%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 85>><<set $realEnergy to 41>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You couldn't push through and already started looking at vacancies on your way home. Everywhere requires language proficiency at a C1 level. WHAT? Even your coworkers don't speak it properly. You can be as angry as you want, but it doesn't change the fact that for a new job, you need to find time, money, and energy for language courses. All this stress took 8% out of your energy.
[[Next|Wednesday_Job_Path_End]]ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
No need to buy into the boss's threats - you are an excellent worker! In the end, you can get a certificate from your psychiatrist. You weren't throwing a party, after all.
[[Next|Wednesday_Ignore_Path_End]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 77>><<set $realEnergy to 41>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You haven't seen your friends for two weeks: everyone has their own life and work. You still hope that at least one of your friends will agree to meet up. But unfortunately, no one can make it. You would gladly talk to your mom, but she doesn't understand what's wrong with you, how you can feel so bad. Inside, a creeping sense of total deprivation settles in. Your skin, bones, and teeth, everything is ground down into one viscous substance. It feels like you are disappearing.
[[Next day|Thursday_Therapy_Session]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Covered for a colleague: -25%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 85>><<set $realEnergy to 49>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Your colleague got sick, and your boss asks you to cover for them. You don't even have the energy to do your own duties, let alone do the work of two. But you are not in a position to be picky. Working late takes 25% out of your energy.
[[Next day|Thursday_Risk_Zone_Burnout]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 60>><<set $realEnergy to 24>>\
THURSDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE IN THE RISK ZONE
From exhaustion, your emotions just shut off. There is no joy, no suffering. You don't remember the last time you laughed. You don't want anything. You just want to survive until the weekend to go to sleep and not wake up. The second exhausting day took another 25% out of you.
[[Next|Thursday_GameOver_Burnout]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Another exhausting day: -25%")>><<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -1%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 35>><<set $realEnergy to -1>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<run $playerSigns.push("Therapy session: -10%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 77>><<set $realEnergy to 41>>\
THURSDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Before work, you have a therapy session. You hope that you will feel better. You share with the therapist what is happening to you, that the pain inside is becoming unbearable again, and that your suicidal thoughts have returned. She says she will discuss your condition with a psychiatrist. You feel a bit of relief - at least someone cares about you, even if you are paying for it.-10%
[[Next|Thursday_After_Therapy]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 67>><<set $realEnergy to 41>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You feel absolutely exhausted and do your work automatically. You are just waiting for the day to end. You are fighting off sleep, your eyes are closing, and eventually, you fall asleep right at your workplace.
[[Next day|Friday_Start_Routine]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Morning routine: -5%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 67>><<set $realEnergy to 31>>\
FRIDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You got home yesterday and went straight to bed. You slept for twelve hours, but the pain won't ease up. You would gladly stay home, but after the boss's tantrum, you still have to go to the office. You're lucky he wasn't at work yesterday. You get out of bed on autopilot, thinking that the absolute maximum you can do today is brush your teeth and wash your face. - 5%
[[Go to work|Friday_Work_Psychiatrist]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Psychiatrist session: -30%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 62>><<set $realEnergy to 26>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You are at work. You receive a message from the psychiatrist. She suggests meeting today at 7 p.m. You agree, but ask to do the session online because you have absolutely no strength to get there.
You don't remember how you got home. Your head is in a fog, as if you are high on something. Your eyes are closing, you hear the call from the psychiatrist, but it's already too late. -30%
[[Next|Friday_GameOver_Psychiatrist]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died - 4%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 32>><<set $realEnergy to 41>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<set $visibleEnergy to 62>><<set $realEnergy to 26>>\
WEDNESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You wake up to a message from your friend, who tells you she is coming to your city for just a couple of days. She invites you to dinner. You feel like a wreck, but on the other hand, the loneliness only makes your condition worse.
[[Of course, you agree to meet up! +20%. Especially since you haven't been out in such a long time. But since the restaurant is located downtown, the commute will take 10% out of you.|Wednesday_Bank_Restaurant]]
[[Invite her over to your place and have a cozy, quiet evening. She understands that you simply don't have the energy for socializing. +25%|Wednesday_Bank_Home_Next]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Dinner with a friend: +10%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 72>><<set $realEnergy to 36>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
In the evening, you step out of the office, and it's pouring. You know how it rains in Rome, so you always have an umbrella with you. The buses are running late, and you realize you can't make it on time. You apologize to your friend, and of course, she understands completely. You start getting angry at the situation: you want so badly to spend time with your friend, but at the same time, you can't afford to stay up late.
In the end, you spent so little time together. After dinner, your friend invites you to go dancing. You would love to go because you know how much fun you have partying together. But it's time to head home. Your result at the end of the day could have been 72%, but...
[[Next|Wednesday_Bank_Restaurant_Bus]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Depressive episode: -40%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 72>><<set $realEnergy to 36>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
while on the bus, you started thinking about how to come to terms with your body's limitations. It’s so simple: a few steps, a few words. Everyone can do it, but not you. It's like you're in quarantine, and your body only lets you be normal once in a while. You are angry at it, which you'll be held hostage to for the rest of your life.
You wake up. A new day. You go to the bathroom. You feel a dull ache in your chest. You are scared to look at your reflection. Holding onto the wall, you return to bed. A familiar feeling of loss begins to consume you. You have entered a depressive episode. - 40%
[[Next|Thursday_Bank_GameOver]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Quiet evening with friend: +25%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 87>><<set $realEnergy to 51>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
In the evening, you step out of the office, and it's pouring. You know how it rains in Rome, so you always have an umbrella with you. The buses are running late, and you realize you can't make it on time. Your friend says she will stop by for groceries herself and that you have nothing to worry about. God, thank you for such a friend!
Once home, you prepare dinner together, or rather, she does most of the cooking since you have no energy left. You thank her for the support. It truly means a lot to you.
[[Thursday|Thursday_Bank_Yoga_Start]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -4%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 32>><<set $realEnergy to -4>>\
THURSDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<set $visibleEnergy to 87>>\
THURSDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Finally, you don't feel so exhausted and even decide to go to a yoga class. It feels like you might be getting better.
[[Next|Friday_Bank_Start]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 87>>\
FRIDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Of course, you are not making a recovery. Who are you kidding! Just because you got a tiny bit of energy back, it feels like you can finally catch up on everything you’ve been putting off for the last two years. But the truth is, you woke up in a really bad place. You comfort yourself with the thought that you just need to make it through until the evening, and then you can simply sleep all weekend.
[[Next|Friday_Bank_Aperitivo_Choice]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 87>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Right after work, your colleagues are gathering for aperitivo. You want to go because you know they will lift your spirits, and the weekend is finally here. On the other hand, you might wake up completely broken tomorrow.
[[Go with them +10%|Friday_Bank_Aperitivo_Go]]
[[Don't go -10%|Friday_Bank_Aperitivo_Stay]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Went to aperitivo with colleagues: +10%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 97>><<set $realEnergy to 61>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You decide to go to the bar with your colleagues. You have a great time. You even forget about your fatigue for a while.
Right in the entrance of your building, you run into your neighbor. She is your exact opposite: active, optimistic, and strong-willed. She invites you to the beach tomorrow.
[[Go to the seaside|Saturday_Bank_Sea_Go]]
[[Don't go to the seaside|Saturday_Bank_Sea_Stay]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Stayed home Friday: -10%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 87>><<set $realEnergy to 51>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You go back home. You’re so afraid that you’ll feel worse that you decide to play it safe. After spending a couple of quiet hours at home, you start feeling so down that your condition gets 10% worse.
Someone rings your doorbell. It’s your neighbor. She’s the complete opposite of you: active, strong-willed, and optimistic. She returns the suitcase she borrowed for her trip and invites you to go to the beach with her tomorrow.
[[Go to the seaside|Saturday_Bank_Sea_SatGo]]
[[Don't go to the seaside|Saturday_Bank_Sea_SatStay]]
<<run $playerSigns.push("Trip to the beach: -30%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 97>><<set $realEnergy to 31>>\
SATURDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You decide to go to the beach. Worst case scenario, you can just sleep right there. Surprisingly, you find the energy to even try paddleboarding. Your neighbor suggests going dancing later. You agree, sure you can push through for at least an hour, and invite a friend you haven't seen in ages.
You get back home and agree to go out again in a couple of hours. You need to rest, but your nervous system is on edge, and you can't sleep, even with your eyes closed. After lying awake for a while, you realize the beach trip completely drained you. You feel so guilty about flaking on your friend, so to make it up, you think of inviting her for coffee tomorrow. - 30%
[[Go anyway|Saturday_Bank_Dance_Go]]
[[Don't go and invite your friend for coffee tomorrow|Sunday_Bank_Coffee_Invite]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Pharmacy run and budget stress: -30%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 97>><<set $realEnergy to 41>>\
SATURDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You decide to stay home after all, because you’re worried you won’t have enough time to recover over the weekend.You’ve also run out of your medication, so you go to the pharmacy and buy the cheapest ones you can find. When you take out your money, you realize you only have €50 left. The medication costs €26, leaving you with just €24 to get by until your next, painfully small paycheck.
You’re so tired of living like this. There’s never enough money, you’re constantly exhausted, and something always seems to go wrong. You’ve been thinking about getting a second job for a while, but you know you can barely keep up with your regular job as it is.
So what’s the point of trying to survive like this, day after day? Never feeling financially secure is exhausting. -30%
[[Next|Sunday_Bank_Mom_Call]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Went dancing at the club: -25%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 67>><<set $realEnergy to 6>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You gather your strength and go dancing anyway. Your condition is terrible, but luckily the club is not that far from your place. Your nerves are shot. The loud music makes you feel awful - how couldn't you think of this before! You see the girls head to the bar. You think about slipping away and just going home because your legs are giving out. You get out of the club and find a quiet spot to call a taxi. -25
[[Next|Sunday_Bank_Taxi_Risk]] <<run $playerSigns.push("Woke up for friend: -10%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 67>><<set $realEnergy to 21>>\
SUNDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You woke up absolutely exhausted. You slept until the very last minute, but now it's time to get up, after all, you promised your friend. You just brush your teeth and pull your messy hair into a ponytail. You've already forgotten when you last wore makeup. But you don't really care anymore.
Because of the hellish heat, your body temperature rises, and you feel a drop of sweat running down your spine. It's Sunday, and the buses aren't running on time. You wait for 40 minutes and text your friend that you're going to be late. She replies that she's already there. You can tell by her voice that she's annoyed. Finally, a bus arrives. -10%
[[Next|Sunday_Bank_Bus_Risk]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Taxi ride: -10%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 42>><<set $realEnergy to -4>>\
SUNDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE IN THE RISK ZONE
You get into the taxi. The driver takes a longer way, arguing that the streets are closed for roadwork. You know that's not true; he just wants to rip you off. You're nervous because you don't have much money, and picking a fight with a driver in the middle of the night isn't exactly your favorite activity.
You get lucky - you had enough cash. You barely make it home, trying to find the right key to open one door after another. Finally, you are inside. You turn on the light -it's pitch black. -10%
[[Next|GameOver_Taxi_Branch]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Beautiful Sunday: -25%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 57>><<set $realEnergy to -4>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE IN THE RISK ZONE
The AC on the bus is broken. You start to feel really unwell. This heat is simply killing you. Finally, you reach the cafe.
You talk with your friend, but because of exhaustion, you're mostly just pretending and barely enduring it. You so need to sleep. You ask your friend to forgive you because you feel dizzy and need to leave. She responds coldly "Ok". It seems you are no longer her friend. Whatever. You call a taxi, stand up from the seat, but you can't move. Your energy has completely left you. -25
[[Next|GameOver_Bus_Branch]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died - 4%")>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -4%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 32>><<set $realEnergy to -4>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<run $playerSigns.push("Called mom for money: -25%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 67>><<set $realEnergy to 16>>\
SUNDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You wake up in the morning and realize you'll have to ask your mom for money. This is incredibly hard for you. You call her and explain the situation; she feels sorry for you but says her own financial situation is even worse. She just made a car loan payment and has absolutely nothing left. She says she could take the money out of her investment account, but she’d lose 20% by doing so. Of course, you can’t ask her to do that.
A wave of guilt begins to choke you. The worthlessness of your existence, the endless bleakness - nothing ever changes. -25
[[Next|Sunday_Bank_Dad_Tragedy]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Family tragedy: -1000%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 42>><<set $realEnergy to -984>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE IN THE RISK ZONE
You fell asleep. You wake up to a call from your mom. It’s hard to tell whether it’s still evening or already night outside.
She tells you that your father has died from another stroke. Even though your parents have been divorced for years and he was never really a father to you, for some reason, it hits you so hard that you feel like you’ll never recover from it. -1000%
[[Next|GameOver_Tragedy_Branch]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -994%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to -958>><<set $realEnergy to -994>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<set $visibleEnergy to 77>>\
TUESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
It’s only Tuesday, and you’re already desperately looking forward to the weekend. Because you know that on weekends, no one will bother you with phone calls. You won’t have to hold your breath, waiting for the next problem to come up.
But it’s only Tuesday.
You get an email from your lawyer saying that, to renew your residence permit, you need to provide a certificate confirming that your home meets the requirements.
What? What kind of certificate is that?
You call your lawyer - who, by the way, is actually a very reasonable and helpful woman - and she explains that they won’t even process your application without it.
First, you need to ask your landlord to fill out a form. He also needs to give you a document called a floor plan. Then you have to hire architects to check whether the apartment actually matches the floor plan. If everything is in order, they’ll issue you a certificate.
Then you have to take all these documents to the municipality. And, sometime around a month later, you’ll finally get this fu###ng certificate.
[[Next|Tuesday_Lawyer_Anxiety]]ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You ask your lawyer why she didn’t tell you about this certificate earlier. She knew how hard it was for you to convince your landlord to let you register your residency, and now you have to go back to him with yet another request.
What if the apartment doesn’t match the floor plan? Would you have to move? You have a one-year lease!
You hang up. Your heart is pounding. You try to focus on your work, but the fear that your residence permit won’t be renewed is eating you up inside.
What are you supposed to do?
[[Next|Tuesday_Lawyer_Evening]]ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
In the evening, you come home completely exhausted. As you walk, you can feel your anger building with every step.
What the hell? You’ve always done everything by the book. You’ve gotten every document and certificate they’ve ever asked for, many of which they didn’t even look at. You never took any scholarships or asked for help. You’ve always paid for everything yourself. You found a job, just like you were supposed to after graduating from university.
What more do they want from you? Why the hell do they need this technical document?
The anger pushes the fear aside, and now all you feel is a completely justified WTF?
[[Wednesday|Wednesday_Lawyer_Start]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Anger brought back strength: +10%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 77>><<set $realEnergy to 51>>\
WEDNESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You would think this situation should have drained you by 30%, but surprisingly, you actually feel more energized instead. +10%.
During your lunch break, you wonder: should you deal with this certificate or not?
[[Of course, you should deal with it. This is just a temporary difficulty. You’ve already put so much effort into this that giving up now would be ridiculous.-20%|Wednesday_Lawyer_Deal_Next]]
[[Screw them! My residence permit is still valid for another six months. You can always consider other countries where immigrants are treated more humanely. The Holocaust also started with bureaucracy...|Wednesday_Lawyer_Ignore_Next]]
<<run $playerSigns.push("Dealing with certificate: -20%")>><<run $playerSigns.push("Inability to foresee the future: -40%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 67>><<set $realEnergy to 31>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You don’t know this yet, but you would want to know before making this choice.
The real estate agent tells you that your landlord has gone to Colombia to visit his son. He won’t be back for another six months. While he’s away, he has asked you not to get any of the required documents.
You and your lawyer go to the municipality to find out what you can do in this situation. Some guy from the technical department tells you that he won’t accept your documents without the landlord’s signature. He suggests that you start looking for a new apartment. -40%
[[Next|GameOver_Lawyer_Branch]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -9%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 27>><<set $realEnergy to -11>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<run $playerSigns.push("Lawyer refusal stress: -30%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 87>><<set $realEnergy to 51>>\
THURSDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You start looking into other countries to move to and find a couple of interesting options. You call immigration lawyers, but they all tell you the same thing: unfortunately, you don’t meet the requirements for various reasons. Most of them have to do with your low income. -30%
[[Next|Friday_Lawyer_Risk]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Adrenaline rush: -25%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 32>><<set $realEnergy to -4>>\
FRIDAY
ENERGY: 57%
Signal: YOU ARE IN THE RISK ZONE
You don't plan to give up so easily, and despite the fact that you have much less energy, you just don't feel it because you are on adrenaline.
Now you spend all your free time looking for options that could work for you, and you find one! You don’t even need to deal with a ton of paperwork.
In a chat, you find a person who has already moved like this. You ask him a question; your entire future will depend on his answer... -25%
[[Next|GameOver_Lawyer_Ignore_Branch]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died - 4%")>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<run $playerSigns.push("Trip to the beach: -30%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 77>><<set $realEnergy to 11>>\
SATURDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You decide to go to the beach. After all, you can always sleep right there. Surprisingly, you even have enough energy to go paddleboarding. In the evening, your neighbor suggests going out dancing. You agree, thinking you can manage at least an hour, and invite a friend you haven’t seen in a very long time to join you.
You come back home and agree to meet again in a couple of hours. You need to rest, but your nerves are completely shot, and even with your eyes closed, you just can’t fall asleep. After struggling to sleep for a couple of hours, you realize that the trip to the beach has completely drained you.
You feel really bad about your friend, so you think about inviting her for coffee tomorrow to make it up to her. -30%
[[Go anyway|Saturday_Bank_Dance_SatGo]]
[[Don't go and invite her for coffee tomorrow|Sunday_Bank_Coffee_SatGo]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Pharmacy run and budget stress: -30%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 77>><<set $realEnergy to 11>>\
SATURDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You decide to stay home after all, because you’re worried you won’t have enough time to recover over the weekend.You’ve also run out of your medication, so you go to the pharmacy and buy the cheapest ones you can find. When you take out your money, you realize you only have €50 left. The medication costs €26, leaving you with just €24 to get by until your next, painfully small paycheck.
You’re so tired of living like this. There’s never enough money, you’re constantly exhausted, and something always seems to go wrong. You’ve been thinking about getting a second job for a while, but you know you can barely keep up with your regular job as it is.
So what’s the point of trying to survive like this, day after day? Never feeling financially secure is exhausting. -30%
[[Next|Sunday_Bank_Mom_SatStay]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Went dancing at the club: -13%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 47>><<set $realEnergy to -2>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE IN THE RISK ZONE
You gather your strength and go dancing anyway. Your condition is terrible, but luckily the club is not that far from your place. Your nerves are shot. The loud music makes you feel awful - how couldn't you think of this before! You see the girls head to the bar. You think about slipping away and just going home because your legs are giving out. You get out of the club and find a quiet spot to call a taxi. - 13%
[[Next|GameOver_Taxi_SatBranch]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Woke up for friend: -11%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 47>><<set $realEnergy to 0>>\
SUNDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE IN THE RISK ZONE
You wake up feeling completely exhausted. You slept until the very last moment, but it’s time to get up - you promised your friend you’d meet her. You just brush your teeth and pull your messy hair into a ponytail. You can’t even remember the last time you wore makeup. Honestly, you just don’t care anymore.
You walk to the door and open it, but you can’t make it outside. Your body suddenly gives out. You feel a tremor in your legs. What is happening? Even those simple movements have taken the last bit of energy you had. -11%
[[Next|GameOver_Bus_SatBranch]]
<<run $playerSigns.push("Called mom for money: -25%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 47>><<set $realEnergy to -14>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE IN THE RISK ZONE
You wake up in the morning and realize you'll have to ask your mom for money. This is incredibly hard for you. You call her and explain the situation; she feels sorry for you but says her own financial situation is even worse. She just made a car loan payment and has absolutely nothing left. She says she could take the money out of her investment account, but she’d lose 20% by doing so. Of course, you can’t ask her to do that.
A wave of guilt begins to choke you. You feel like your life is completely pointless. Everything feels hopeless, and it’s always the same. It seems like you’ll never get out of this state. And you decide to stop trying. -25%
[[Next|GameOver_Mom_SatBranch]]
<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -2%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 34>><<set $realEnergy to -2>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: 0%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 36>><<set $realEnergy to 0>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -14%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 22>><<set $realEnergy to -14>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<set $visibleEnergy to 60>><<set $realEnergy to 24>>\
TUESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE IN THE RISK ZONE
You feel very bad. You are experiencing dissociation again (you don't feel your body). You do breathing exercises that usually help you calm down, but not this time. Your strength leaving you and you return to bed.
You know you need to take care of yourself, but then you'll have to stay home and miss work.
[[Stay home and miss work +25%|Tuesday_Stay_Home]]
[[Force yourself to go to work - 25%|Tuesday_Go_To_Work]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 97>><<set $realEnergy to 61>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
During work, you receive yet another email stating that you have an electricity bill debt. You no longer live in that apartment, and it looks like the landlord simply didn't transfer the contract under the new name.
[[Spend time and write to the landlord. You will have to talk in a language that is new to you. -15%.|Monday_Landlord_Read_NoWash]]
[[Forget it, you don't live there anyway + save energy.|Monday_Landlord_Ignore]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Conversation with landlord: -15%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 82>><<set $realEnergy to 46>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
The landlord called you back and said that new tenants are renting the apartment. They were in the middle of transferring the contract, which is probably why the bills are still coming to the old address. He asked you to send him the bills so that the new tenants could pay them.
[[Next|Monday_Search_Receipts_NoWash_Read]]
<<run $playerSigns.push("Searched for the bills: -8%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 82>><<set $realEnergy to 46>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You returned home after work, tired and angry. Searching for the bills took -8% of your energy.
[[Next|Tuesday_Dinner_Friends]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Washed hair: -5%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 74>><<set $realEnergy to 38>>\
TUESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You feel low and drained. When was the last time you laughed? Ugh, and now you have to wash your hair too! You’re exhausted.
Then you remember that you’re going out to dinner with your friends tonight. You haven’t seen each other in about two months, so you’re looking forward to a nice evening. -5% for washing your hair.
[[Next|Tuesday_Dinner_Friends_End]]<<run $playerSigns.push("After friends meeting: -10%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 69>><<set $realEnergy to 33>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
The day flies by because you couldn’t wait to see your friends. But when you meet up, you feel strange. You don't laugh at jokes, you can't keep the conversation going, and you feel no emotion.When they ask how you are, you can't even force a smile. Instead, you keep talking non-stop about your depression, feeling bad, and being lonely. You have no one else to share your feelings with, so you're just glad to finally talk.Your friends support you and say they understand your pain. But after dinner, you're left with a nasty feeling. - 10%
[[Next|Wednesday_NoWash_Routine]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 59>><<set $realEnergy to 23>>\
WEDNESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
You are at work. One boring task after another. Сoffee, lunch, coffee. For the first time in two years, you take a cigarette. Since you are not used to it anymore, it feels like you burned your lungs.
Automatically, you take out your phone and scroll through social media. Suddenly, you notice a new photo. Your friends from last night are sitting on a brown leather couch, cuddled up together. In some places, the leather is cracked.
On the left, there is a burn hole from a cigarette. You made it by mistake on your friend's birthday. You put your phone away and go back to work. You feel absolutely nothing.
[[Next|Wednesday_NoWash_Evening]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 59>><<set $realEnergy to 23>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
After work, you go to the supermarket and then come home. The apartment is quiet - your neighbors won’t be back for another week.
You make a simple dinner and eat in silence. You suddenly feel so hurt by what happened that, if you could, you would flood the entire apartment with your tears.
But you can’t even remember the last time you cried. You’ve become kind of numb.
[[Next day|Thursday_NoWash_Crisis]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Loneliness: -25%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 59>><<set $realEnergy to 23>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
A new day, new opportunities.
You’ve been lying in bed for two hours already, and you don’t want to get up. If someone from work messages you, you’ll say you have a fever. You touch your forehead — it’s cold.
You keep lying there like a mummy. Little by little, you start getting anxious because no one from work is calling. Maybe you don’t even exist anymore? Your head starts to hurt, and you need to eat. You force yourself out of bed and into the kitchen. It’s gray outside. Is it going to rain?
You chew on yesterday’s focaccia, and suddenly the loneliness becomes unbearable. It feels like no one else exists in the world, and neither do you. You catch yourself realizing that you’ve started dissociating - you can’t feel your body. Even your body isn’t yours.
You barely make it back to bed, knowing that the moment you touch it, you’ll fall into the darkest place of all. The feeling that you don’t belong in this world takes away 25%.
[[Next|GameOver_NoWash_Final]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -2%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 24>><<set $realEnergy to -2>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<set $visibleEnergy to 83>><<set $realEnergy to 47>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Your boss wants you to fix your paperwork because they can't sign a full contract with you while you're on a student residence permit. You obviously know the deal, and you’ve been trying to score a simple piece of paper for over a month. But your boss doesn't want to hear your latest bureaucratic excuses. After all, it's your issue to deal with.
[[Next|Tuesday_Waiting_Email]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 83>><<set $realEnergy to 47>>\
TUESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You are waiting for an email from the employment office so that they can send you a simple certificate that all your friends received in just five seconds. Truth be told, that was a year ago. You check your email at the end of the working day - there is nothing. Someone told you that the rules for immigrants had tightened, but could it really be this much? You aren't asking for benefits, you have never applied for a stipend, and you have already found a job. You understand that it's best to just go to their office and resolve the issue on the spot. But this means you will have to ask for time off from work. It would be even worse if they fire you altogether.
[[Wait for the document and don't make the boss angry (-5%)|Tuesday_Wait_Document]]
[[Ask for time off and hope you won't be fired (-20%)|Tuesday_Ask_Time_Off]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Waiting for document: -5%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 78>><<set $realEnergy to 42>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You decided to wait until the end of the week. During your lunch break, your colleague complains that he is being sent on a business trip. A thought occurs to you: is he going with the boss? He is. Thank God! You learn that they won't be in the office on Wednesday and Thursday, and you decide to go for the document on one of those days.
Your mood improves +5%
[[Next|Wednesday_Go_To_Office]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Asked for time off: -20%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 63>><<set $realEnergy to 27>>\
TUESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You ask your boss for time off. To your surprise, he reacts calmly to your request and simply tells you to resolve this matter as quickly as possible.
[[Next|Wednesday_Office_Right_Branch]]
<<run $playerSigns.push("Mood improved: +5%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 83>><<set $realEnergy to 47>>\
WEDNESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You come to the employment office. You are asked if you have an appointment. What? You reply that you don't, to which a polite employee offers you the earliest date - it will be in two weeks! You say that you need the document urgently, as your residence permit is expiring. The employee just shrugs and says that you should have taken care of this in advance. You get angry. You took care of it in advance and requested the document a month ago, but no one answered you! The employee says that everyone was on vacation. You take the appointment and leave.
[[Next|Wednesday_Office_Street_Encounter]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Document bureaucracy: -15%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 83>><<set $realEnergy to 47>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You had walked a couple of meters when you heard someone calling out to you. He says that they can accept you earlier if someone cancels an appointment. You know perfectly well that no one will bother with this, but you leave your phone number anyway. All this bureaucratic mess took 15% out of you.
[[Next|Thursday_Exam_Results]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Failed exam panic: -15%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 68>><<set $realEnergy to 32>>\
THURSDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You finally receive an email with your exam evaluation - you didn't pass. This is already the third exam that you have failed. You start to panic. Does this really mean that you will have to stay for another year?But then you won't be able to get a work contract!
- 15%
[[Next|Thursday_Return_Home_Drained]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 53>><<set $realEnergy to 17>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
You return home completely devastated. You didn't expect that you wouldn't pass this exam. Turns out, it's over. No work residence permit for you. And the certificate is useless now.
[[Next day|Friday_Bureaucracy_Collapse]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Unpleasant talk with boss: -10%")>><<run $playerSigns.push("Exhausting phone call: -7%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 53>><<set $realEnergy to 17>>\
FRIDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
You gathered your strength and went to the boss. The conversation was unpleasant, which took 10% out of you.
You are sitting at your workspace, just staring into the emptiness. You don't know how long you've been sitting like this. Five minutes? Two hours?
Suddenly, you remember yesterday's conversation with the clerk. There was something about a canceled appointment, even though no one actually does that. That's the last thing you need, to bother with it. But this thought treacherously won't let you go. You scrape together what's left of your energy to make a call. Twenty seconds of conversation take away your remaining energy. You can't get up from your seat, and you don't even want to. Screw it all! - 7%
[[Next|GameOver_Bureaucracy_Left]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: 0%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 36>><<set $realEnergy to 0>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<set $visibleEnergy to 63>><<set $realEnergy to 27>>\
WEDNESDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
In the morning, you go to the employment office. There, they give you a document and tell you that it needs to be signed at the municipality. So, you go there.
[[Next|Wednesday_Municipality_Arrival]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 63>><<set $realEnergy to 27>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
The municipality, of course, is only open until 12:30. You stand in line and hope that you will manage to get everything done today. It is stuffy in the corridor, and sweat is running down your neck. You hear the sound of a fan. It feels like a mirage.
[[Next|Wednesday_Municipality_Collapse]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Two hours in line and a minute of shame: -20%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 63>><<set $realEnergy to 27>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Finally, your turn comes.
You ask to sign the document. The woman reads it for a couple of seconds and asks if you have a residence registration? You reply that no, you don't. She says that she cannot sign it and calls the next person.
Two hours in line and a minute of shame cost you -20%.
[[Next|Wednesday_Faint_Encounter]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 43>><<set $realEnergy to 7>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
You return to work hungry and upset. As if on purpose, you meet your boss at the entrance while he is smoking. He asks if you resolved the matter, and you say that it's in progress. What else is there left for you to do? The main thing is to keep a completely straight face.
You have absolutely zero strength. You need to eat, but it feels like your jelly legs simply won't carry you to the cafeteria.
Your colleague Giulia passes by. A sweet girl. Sometimes she brings apple pie to the office, and it's so delicious. She notices that you look bad. Is it really that obvious? She asks if you need help, and you say no.
[[Next|Wednesday_Faint_Collapse]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Giulia's help: +5%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 43>><<set $realEnergy to 7>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
A minute later, Giulia returns with Pietro - your colleague. She is holding a glass of sugar water in her hand. You don't like to draw attention to yourself, but you are grateful for the help. They ask what happened, but you have no strength to answer. You are feeling worse and worse. Pietro offers to call an ambulance, but you refuse. What would you tell them? That you have depression? You don't want people at work to find out. Giulia says she will take you home. You are very grateful to her. You just need to make it until the evening. +5%
[[Next|Thursday_Bureaucracy_Choice]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 48>><<set $realEnergy to 12>>\
THURSDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
The next day, you wake up feeling like a wreck. There is no strength. You hoped that you would recover overnight. But has that ever actually happened? You are in a bad place, both emotionally and physically, but you need to get things sorted out.
[[Go to work|Thursday_Go_To_Work_Right]]
[[Go to the employment office|Thursday_Go_To_Office_Right]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 48>><<set $realEnergy to 12>>\
THURSDAY
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
You decide to drag yourself to work because you don't want to get chewed out by the boss.After lunch, you return to your workspace. You reach the landing where there is a staircase and an elevator.
[[Take the stairs and avoid meeting the boss -15%|GameOver_Elevator_Right]]
[[Take the elevator, save energy, but there is a chance you will run into the boss -5%|Thursday_Elevator_Boss]]<<set $visibleEnergy to 48>><<set $realEnergy to 12>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
You come to the employment office. The girl who sent you to the municipality in the first place is standing outside. She is smoking. You think about approaching her, but she beats you to it and asks, "How's it going?" How's it going? Terrible, of course! You are so sick and tired of everything, and it feels like this endless ordeal will never end. But you reply that you're fine, but they didn't sign the certificate. You explain the situation to her. She asks which municipality you went to. You give her the address. She says a bunch of idiots work there. Let's ignore the fact that she was the one who told you to go there. Oh right, because based on your address, you are registered under that specific municipality.The girl says you don't need a residence registration, that it's bullshit. She offers you a cigarette. This means the conversation is going to be long. You take the cigarette, even though you haven't smoked in about two years.
[[Next|Thursday_Office_Right_Continue]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Taking the stairs: -15%")>><<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -3%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 33>><<set $realEnergy to -3>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<run $playerSigns.push("Met boss in elevator: -5%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 43>><<set $realEnergy to 7>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You choose the elevator and, of course, your boss walks in. To break the silence, he asks if you resolved the certificate matter. You lie again, saying that you are waiting for the document via email.
[[Next|Thursday_Workplace_Collapse]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Ignoring your body's needs : -15%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 43>><<set $realEnergy to 7>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
You return to your workspace.A client calls you. You try to hold it together and push through to get the job done. After the call, you need to transfer the files to another department. You get up from your seat, but for some reason, you are still in your chair. You try to stand up again, but your body won't move. Suddenly, it feels like your body is crumbling into tiny pieces, as if you are made of foam. Ignoring your body's needs cost you your life. - 15%.
[[Next|GameOver_Diligent_Worker]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -8%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 28>><<set $realEnergy to -8>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.<<run $playerSigns.push("The commute: -5%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 48>><<set $realEnergy to 12>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
She suggests that you go to another municipality for the certificate - they will definitely sign it there. You wonder where this new document even came from in the first place, although you already know the answer anyway.The commute took away 5%.
[[Next|Thursday_Another_Municipality]]<<run $playerSigns.push("Fading away: -10%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 43>><<set $realEnergy to 7>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
Signal: YOU ARE AT RISK
You walk into an empty building. There is no one around.It is so quiet and peaceful. Ahead is a large window overlooking pine trees. Birds are chirping. A man in a shabby jacket steps out of an office and asks who you are here to see. You have so little strength left that all languages have shut down in your head. You simply show him the document. He nods, takes the document, and leaves.
You sit down on a chair. Any minute now, someone will sign everything for you, you return to the employment office, and pick up the certificate you need. Soon, all of this will be over. You close your eyes and pass out. You feel so good, your body has finally relaxed. You no longer exist.- 10%
[[Next|GameOver_Office_Right_Final]]<<run $playerSigns.push("You died: -3%")>><<set $visibleEnergy to 33>><<set $realEnergy to -3>>\
ENERGY: $visibleEnergy%
GAME OVER
Your resources have dropped below the critical limit. You couldn't handle the load.
Hi. Welcome to the game.
I invite you to experience a week in the shoes of an immigrant going through a depressive episode.
Game rules: At the start of the week, you get 100% energy. It will decrease or increase depending on your actions. Your goal is to not let it drop below zero.
[[Start the week|Monday_Start]]