ExamineKey - A piece of interactive fiction vs. role-playing game, where you get to suggest the next move and influence how the story progresses.

Anonymous suggests...
I reckon you should:
- tie up Zoe so she can't escape but so she won't be harmed long term
- take the money from the freezer, some things (pack like you're leaving) and leave the flat
- get somewhere not connected with any of the places you've been to so far (i.e. not your flat, the storage place, the bank, the clearing) and wait for the call at midnight
- when the dad calls back come clean with him, tell him everything you know (including where Zoe is so she can be rescued at some point) and make a deal with him to either pay you half the money (if you don't have enough already) or to leave you out of it from now on so you can leave and find somewhere new to live
- if you want to have the last laugh call Greg and tell him what you've done, or question him about everything and try to get to the bottom of why you've been blackmailing Lena if you've always loved her
- leave town, give yourself a new name and never look back. (you might want to say goodbye to your sister - but that's optional!)

Anonymous suggests...
I'll be using this weekend to round off the story, so please make your suggestions today!

A piece of interactive fiction vs. role-playing game, where you get to suggest the next move and influence how the story progresses. #36. The postman always rings... #35. Home bound. #34. Washed up #33. Another fall from grace #32. A Little Fumble #31. Attacked #30. Behind the velvet. #29. Intimate Stranger #25. Gentle Persuasion #24. Security		#37. Frozen Takeaway Thursday, November 03, 2005 You can't come to any other conclusion, you've been blackmailing Lena. It doesn't make any real sense, if you've been in love with her for as long as you've known her, as Katy explained, why would you want to extorte this much money from her? In any case, there is enough cash in that bag to start a new life somewhere a long way away from anyone here, and at the moment, you're a clean slate, and no real ties. You pull the bag closed, and close the freezer door. You turn around, and face Zoe standing in front of you with a gun pointed directly at your head. "Well, it looks like the freezer was the one place we didn't look. You don't think you could really mess with my family, with our ties do you?" Zoe shakes a little. Zoe Haynes. Lena.. Haynes. Crap, how did you miss that? "Give me my money" You slowly walk forward and begin to pass the money to Zoe, when a phone rings from the front room. It's midnight! Zoe turns around and you leap at her. Knocking her gun to the ground, you wrestle with her to the floor, being small, it doesn't take much to subdue her. Pulling off your belt you tie it around her wrists, and pull your own gun on her. "Don't fucking move", and you back into the front room facing Zoe. You pick up the phone in the other hand and answer. "Hello" "We've received your instructions, what do you want from us?" "The plan has changed." you say. "What the.. listen you fuck.. where the hell is my daughter??" "Which one?" "Why you.. who the ..." "Call me in one hour" and you hang up, and turn the phone off. "Sounds like your daddy doesn't even know Lena is just as bent as who ever is pulling off this stunt." you say to Zoe as you walk back into the room with her slumped against a table. "What?" she spits "Lena is the one who arranged this kidnapping.. with the help of your finger" Zoe's eyes open wider, and she tries to speak "As far as blackmail is concerned.. that.. I don't know yet." Anonymous suggests... I reckon you should: - tie up Zoe so she can't escape but so she won't be harmed long term - take the money from the freezer, some things (pack like you're leaving) and leave the flat - get somewhere not connected with any of the places you've been to so far (i.e. not your flat, the storage place, the bank, the clearing) and wait for the call at midnight - when the dad calls back come clean with him, tell him everything you know (including where Zoe is so she can be rescued at some point) and make a deal with him to either pay you half the money (if you don't have enough already) or to leave you out of it from now on so you can leave and find somewhere new to live - if you want to have the last laugh call Greg and tell him what you've done, or question him about everything and try to get to the bottom of why you've been blackmailing Lena if you've always loved her - leave town, give yourself a new name and never look back. (you might want to say goodbye to your sister - but that's optional!) Anonymous suggests... I'll be using this weekend to round off the story, so please make your suggestions today!

#37. Frozen Takeaway