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You are the dungeon master of a text adventure game. The game should involve the following genres and tags:
Slice of life, basic difficulty,cover art,Evil protagonist,funny,Good for Beginners,house setting,Mini-IF,modern day,on Jay Is Games,parser,puzzleless,recommended for beginners,replay,second person,short,short length,sub-Q magazine,title is specific time,twist,Xyzzy Awards 2000
gpt
The phone rings.

Oh, no -- how long have you been asleep? Sure, it was a tough night, but-- This is bad. This is very bad.

The phone rings.

9:05 by Adam Cadre



Bedroom (on the bed)
This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.

On the endtable are a telephone, a wallet (which is closed) and some keys.

The phone rings.
human
You answer the phone
gpt
You pick up the phone. "Hadley!" a shrill voice cries. "Hadley, haven't you even left yet?? You knew that our presentation was at nine o' clock sharp! First the thing with the printers, now this -- there won't even be enough left of you for Bowman to fire once he's done with you. Now get the hell down here!!"

Click.
human
You take the wallet and keys
gpt
wallet: Taken.
keys: Taken.
human
You get up
gpt
You get off the bed.

This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.

On the endtable is a telephone.
human
You open the dresser
gpt
You open the dresser, revealing some clean clothing.
human
About yourself
gpt
You're covered with mud and dried sweat. It was quite an exhausting night -- no wonder you overslept! Even making it to the bed before conking out was a fairly heroic accomplishment.
human
You go to the south
gpt
This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north.
human
You remove the clothes
gpt
You take off the soiled clothing.
human
You drop all
gpt
keys: Dropped.
wallet: Dropped.
soiled clothing: Dropped.
human
Inventory
gpt
You have:
a gold watch (being worn)
human
You look at the watch
gpt
According to your watch, it's 9:17.
human
You remove the watch
gpt
You take off the gold watch.
human
You drop the watch
gpt
Dropped.
human
You enter the shower
gpt
You step into the shower, turn on the water, and within a few moments you feel like a new man. But no time to dawdle -- you hop back out again and dry off in record time.
human
You wear the watch
gpt
(first taking the gold watch)
You put on the gold watch.
human
Go north
gpt
This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.

On the endtable is a telephone.
human
You wear the clean clothes
gpt
(first taking the clean clothing)
You put on the clean clothing.
human
You go to the east
gpt
The furniture isn't as carefully arranged as one might like, and it's a bit lacking in the luxuries that might make this a more pleasant place to spend an evening -- no stereo, no TV, no DVD, none of that -- but this living room is still nicer than most of those in this neighborhood. A kitchenette lies to the east, the bedroom to the west and the front door to the south.
human
You open the door
gpt
[Which do you mean, the bedroom door or the front door?]
human
You open the front door
gpt
You open the front door.
human
Go south
gpt
This is quite a seedy neighborhood, but there isn't really anywhere in the whole Las Mesas metro area that isn't at least a little rundown. Of course, the locals may complain about the ugliness and the crime, but the fact is that a starter home like this one would cost easily five times as much in someplace like Las Playas -- and that's if you could find one.

A car is parked on the driveway.
human
You shut the front door
gpt
You close the front door.
human
You lock front door
gpt
The locking mechanism seems to be broken.
human
You look at the door
gpt
This door has seen better days.
human
You get in the car
gpt
You unlock the car door, climb inside and start up the engine.
human
Go south
gpt
You'll have to get out of the car first.
human
You drive
gpt
(the car)

Ah, scenic Las Mesas. Man, this place is an absolute toilet. Soon you'll be able to afford to get the hell out of here -- provided you can avoid making any more slip-ups on the job.
human
Yes
gpt
You start to change lanes, but you notice that the ramp is out of service today -- some sort of maintenance work. But that's okay -- there's another onramp less than a mile down the road from here.
human
Wait
gpt
Time passes.
human
Y.
gpt
You pull into the parking lot and hop out.

You are at the employees' entrance to the Loungent Technologies building. There is a slot by the door, next to a sign reading "INSERT ID CARD HERE".

The car is parked in the parking lot.
human
You open the wallet
gpt
You open the wallet, revealing a driver's license and an ID card.
human
You take the ithe d.
gpt
Taken.
human
You insert the ithe d in the slot
gpt
A green LED lights up, the door clicks open and you step inside.

You are standing in a hallway near the back entrance to Loungent Technologies. The hallway leads north to the reception area and south to the parking lot, while a door marked "MATTHEW BOWMAN" lies to the west.

There is a cubicle here; it is marked simply "HADLEY".
human
You go west
gpt
Walk into Bowman's office without the form? Not smart.
human
You go to the west
gpt
Walk into Bowman's office with an unsigned form? Not smart.
human
Examine form
gpt
This is a form numbered "209F". It is filled out, but not signed.
human
You sign form
gpt
Someone passes by the cubicle as you sign the form. You look up just in time to see Bowman's door click shut.
human
Go west
gpt
You walk into Bowman's office and, smiling, hand him the signed form.

Bowman asks, "Who the hell are you?"

The jig is up. You try to make a break for it, but Bowman calls for security and they wrestle you to the ground before you can make it back to the car.

The anchorman chuckles. "And now, on the lighter side of the news -- you've heard about the burglar who broke into a home and started stealing the family's valuables, only to get so worn out from the exertion that he fell asleep and was caught when the homeowners returned? Here's one to top that: a burglar broke into an East Las Mesas home, killed the owner and stashed his body under the bed, put his possessions in the trunk of his car -- and then fell asleep, woke up the next morning, went to his victim's office and tried to do the victim's job! An insanity defense is likely. And now here with the weather is Jay Doubleday -- or is it?"
human
You get up
gpt
You get off the bed.

This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.

On the endtable are a telephone, a wallet (which is closed) and some keys.

The phone rings.
human
You look under the bed
gpt
Under the bed you see the corpse of the guy who owns this house.

The phone rings.
human
You take the corpse
gpt
You'd rather not mess around with the corpse -- better to just clean up and get out of here.

The phone rings.
human
You go to the south
gpt
This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north.
human
Go north
gpt
This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.

On the endtable are a telephone, a wallet (which is closed) and some keys.

The phone rings.
human
You take the keys
gpt
Taken.

The phone rings.
human
You go east
gpt
You don't really have time to poke around and cook yourself a fabulous breakfast right now. Best to keep your time here limited. The exit is west.

On the counter are a toaster and a pop-tart.
human
Go west
gpt
This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.

On the endtable are a telephone and a wallet (which is closed).

The phone rings.
human
You go to the south
gpt
This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north.
human
You drop all
gpt
pop-tart: Dropped.
keys: Dropped.
gold watch: Dropped.
human
You remove the clothes
gpt
You take off the soiled clothing.
human
You drop all
gpt
(the soiled clothing)
Dropped.
human
You get in the shower
gpt
You step into the shower, turn on the water, and within a few moments you feel like a new man. But no time to dawdle -- you hop back out again and dry off in record time.
human
You eat the keys
gpt
(first taking the keys)
They're not edible.
human
You take keys
gpt
You already have those.
human
You watch
gpt
[What do you want to watch?]
human
You look at the mirror
gpt
You put on the gold watch.

[That object is either not here or not important.]
human
You go to the north
gpt
This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. Cleaner clothing is to be found in the dresser. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.

On the endtable are a telephone and a wallet (which is closed).

The phone rings.
human
You open the front door
gpt
That's already open.
human
You open the dresser
gpt
You open the dresser, revealing some clean clothing.

The phone rings.
human
You take the clean clothes
gpt
Taken.

The phone rings.
human
You wear the clean clothes
gpt
You put on the clean clothing.

The phone rings.
human
You go to the south
gpt
This is a far from luxurious but still quite functional bathroom, with a sink, toilet and shower. The bedroom lies to the north.

You can see some soiled clothing here.
human
Go north
gpt
This bedroom is extremely spare, with dirty laundry scattered haphazardly all over the floor. A bathroom lies to the south, while a door to the east leads to the living room.

On the endtable are a telephone and a wallet (which is closed).

The phone rings.
human
You examine the driver's license
gpt
EAST LAS MESAS, DO 88827

Driver's license photos are generally far from flattering, and this one is no exception, but this photo looks a lot better than you look now.
human
Go south
gpt
This is quite a seedy neighborhood, but there isn't really anywhere in the whole Las Mesas metro area that isn't at least a little rundown. Of course, the locals may complain about the ugliness and the crime, but the fact is that a starter home like this one would cost easily five times as much in someplace like Las Playas -- and that's if you could find one.

A car is parked on the driveway.
human
You open the trunk
gpt
You have a quick look in the trunk. TV, stereo, DVD player -- throw in the car and it's a pretty impressive haul.
human
You get in the car
gpt
You unlock the car door, climb inside and start up the engine.
human
You drive
gpt
(the car)

Ah, scenic Las Mesas. Man, this place is an absolute toilet. Soon you'll be able to afford to get the hell out of here -- provided you can avoid making any more slip-ups on the job.
human
You go north
gpt
It turns out that the ramp was blocked anyway -- some sort of maintenance work.
human
Wait
gpt
Time passes.
human
You go north
gpt
Soon the Loungent building is in your rear-view mirror.
human
Y.
gpt
You merge onto the freeway, crank up the radio, and vanish without a trace.
human
You go north
gpt
[Please give one of the answers above.]
human
Look around
gpt
Ah, scenic Las Mesas. Man, this place is an absolute toilet. Soon you'll be able to afford to get the hell out of here -- provided you can avoid making any more slip-ups on the job.
human
Go north
gpt
You elect not to get on the freeway, but the idiot in the other lane decides to give it a try. Swerving in front of you before you can react, he sparks a collision that ends in a gruesome fireball.