The View From Lower Down

This is part of an interactive adventure. To return to the start,  click here . You see the Stranger leave and wait for the invite. A few moments later, it comes . "DEIRDRE, YOU MAY ENTER NOW"

  This is part of an interactive adventure. To return to the start,  click here . "Thanks. I hope it goes well for you." "ENTER!" You accept  Macavity's invitation and enter his office.

   This is part of an interactive adventure. To return to the start,  click here . You look at the posters surrounding the walls. They appear, at first glance, to be adverts for various products, but you know better. These are copies of the poster normally used in the tube station above; something to be ignored by passing commuters, but to those in the know, an employee of the month sign for the  real London Underground .  Your own face adorns most of these posters. However, since you left, there seems to have been quite a while with no stable top employee - there seems to be a new face almost every month! While you're contemplating why no one seems to have 'star power' any more though, you notice that for about the past year, the same face keeps appearing. This is the latest poster: Obviously, the real name of the employee isn't visible on the sign, but if you know what to look for, you can find their pseudonym. It's just a simple magic eye puzzle, but even if ...

   This is part of an interactive adventure. To return to the start,  click here . You have a look at the magazines on the table in front of you. Apart from the newest issue of  Underground News , the magazines all seem to be the same as the ones when you were last here (and the previous 20 years you worked here); nothing ever changes. Look at the posters around the room Macavity calls you in

   This is part of an interactive adventure. To return to the start,  click here . "No, you can go first. I need to psych myself up before I speak to him first." That was a lie. You've never had any qualms about talking to Macavity; nor would you have got very far in the organisation if you had. You're just curious about how the place has changed since you were last here. The stranger goes in and you sit on the bench outside. Look at the magazines on the table in front of you Look at the posters around the room

Warning: Spoilers in this post for various episodes of Community from every season and also Spiderman: No Way Home I wrote this Warning long before writing most of the rest of the post so I have no idea why I was planning to spoil NWH , much less which part I was going to spoil. I've included a major spoiler just to satisfy the warning though, so you're still not safe. You might not have heard this news. But if you follow even, like, a fraction, of the people I follow on Twitter you will know that #sixseasonsandamovie is finally happening! If that still means nothing to you, you're probably not on the best post you could be on . Stick around for the moment though. To clarify, this means that the Community movie is happening! #sixseasonsandamovie was a joke introduced in the season 2 episode  Paradigms of Human Memory: This was just a joke, originally referring to the short-lived TV Show The Cape , which was also referenced several other times in Community . However, the fan...

 Look, everyone else is doing it; why shouldn't I? OK, the title is technically clickbait. I'm too lazy to even get AI to write a post for me. Therefore, this is just a rewriting of this post, which is pseudocode , but translated by ChatGPT into Python code: while True:     if door_button == "pressed":         # close the door         close_door()         # play video "I am SANDERS.mp4"         play_video("I am SANDERS.mp4")                  if seat1 == "occupied" or seat2 == "occupied" or seat3 == "occupied" or seat4 == "occupied":             if seat1 == "unoccupied" or seat2 == "unoccupied" or seat3 == "unoccupied" or seat4 == "unoccupied":                 # play video "My readings indicate the need for cooperation.mp4"                 pl...

Bit of a detraction from the norm for this one. What norm? – You This Norm: Source: https://phineasandferb.fandom.com/wiki/Norm -           Me OK, jokes aside, I’ve never done a Phineas and Ferb post, even though I have several planned. Phineas and Ferb has just been renewed for a fifth season (look who’s late to the party as usual), so I thought I’d analyse the first line of the theme song: There’s 104 days of Summer vacation…   Are there though? DISCLAIMER: I am far from the first person to point this out, but I don’t think anyone’s ever gone into as much detail as me on this subject. >Cracks Knuckles< Firstly, let’s look at the real world. How long is a normal Summer vacation? Let’s now address the elephant in the room. I’m from England, so I would normally call this a Summer holiday (Thanks for the earworm, Cliff). However, this isn’t about me, so we’ll stick with vacation. And where does he live now? Exactly. Moving on! In the...

  This is part of an interactive adventure. To return to the start,  click here . You both exit the lift. "ENTER!" You both step forward. A large Underground logo emblazons the floor "I'M GLAD BOTH OF YOU ARE HERE. NOW, WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST?" You and the stranger look at each other. "You can go first if you want; I'm in no hurry," he says, "Thanks. I hope it goes well for you." "No, you can go first. I need to psych myself up before I speak to him first."

This is part of an interactive adventure. To return to the start,  click here . It's a long lift journey, but nevertheless, you decide that it would be best if you stood in silence. Fortunately, the stranger seems to agree; so he doesn't initiate conversation either. Eventually, the lift stops. You both get out.

  This is part of an interactive adventure. To return to the start,  click here . "So, are you here on business?" you ask politely. "In a manner of speaking, yes." replies the stranger. He's obviously not comfortable talking about it, so you decide not to push the matter. However, he initiates conversation. "So do you work for them? The Movement?" "I used to. I got out several years ago because it was getting too intense." Of course, it was more complicated than that; but you don't want to open that can of worms.  "So why are you here now?" "I've got something I need sorting. I still have an in with Macavity because we worked together for so long." "So what did you-" Fortunately, the lift stops. You both get out.

This is part of an interactive adventure. To return to the start,  click here . You call your old boss. "I need a word about something I need doing." "OK. 10:00, usual place. There's going to be another client there; check him with the usual password and let him in." CLICK He never was one for pleasantries.  You go to your old workplace at the appropriate time. Nothing's changed, but that doesn't surprise you.  TheFrog001, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons You go to the entrance, which looks to any passer-by to just be a normal lift. A man is standing there looking confused. You realise that he must be the other client, so you test him. "Did the 3:15 arrive on time?" "It did, but my luggage was unattended." You've never understood the nonsensical phrases employed by the Underground. "You must be Macavity's client. Follow me." The stranger follows you into the lift, and you start typing out the complex sequence of button pre...