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(box:"=XXX=")[(text-colour: red)+(text-size: 3)[''Grade Change'']]
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(char-style: via (t8n-delay:pos*60)+(t8n:'dissolve'))[//(A Harlowe Demo)//]
(text-style:"sway")[[Begin]]
It's the last big project of the semester, and [[you]] can't believe you got an F. You hide the (link-replace: "paper")[telltale red letter] in your bag and wait for everyone else to file out of the classroom. Surely you can negotiate.
You're waiting in a standard (link-reveal: "computer lab.")[ None of the desks face the front, and the chairs look like escapees from a midcentury modern expo.]
The [[professor]] stands at the front of the classroom gathering their books.
(link-replace: "Wait.")[You wait until everyone else has cleared out.
[[Approach them.]]]
You don’t have to look in a mirror to know the circles under your eyes have taken over your face. You are wearing your favorite (link-reveal: "red flannel shirt.")[ You may have watched too many episodes of Supernatural before you bought this, but you still think it’s cool.]
[[Stop thinking about yourself->Begin]]The professor definitely owns too many tweed blazers.
[[Keep waiting.->Begin]]The professor looks at you patiently as you approach the front of the room.
(link-replace: "Say something.")["Um..." you say.
(link-reveal: "\"Yes?\"")[
"About my grade..." you start.
Your professor looks at you impatiently. "There are no regrades."
[[Oh.]]]]"If you have questions, read the comments." The professor gathers the rest of their papers and leaves the room.
[[You need a better plan.]]One way or another, you need to fix the grade. You know the professor is almost never in their office, so you head to their (link-reveal: "hallway.")[
There are endless identifical doors to windowless cells here. You check the nameplate, and find your professor's [[office]].]
(set: $hasHairPin to false)
(set: $hasPaperClip to false)
(set: $hasLockPick to false)
(enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 183, 0,#ffffff,0.4994,#8b5555,1,#ffffff)))
The office is dreary and filled with dust in every corner. There's only faint light from the hallway window. The only furniture is a dusty [[desk]] and a [[file cabinet]].
(if: $hasHairPin is true and $hasPaperClip is true)[You are holding a paperclip and a hairpin. Maybe you should (link-reveal:"do something with them.")[
You study the two objects…could this be enough for a lockpick? You pull up a YouTube video on your phone and piece the objects together.
(set: $hasHairPin to false)
(set: $hasPaperClip to false)
(set: $hasLockPick to true)]]
(if: $hasLockPick is true)[It's not much to look at, but you think you have a lockpick now.](enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 183, 0,#ffffff,0.4994,#8b5555,1,#ffffff)))
It’s a mess. Your professor is clearly behind on their grading.
(link-replace:"Search the Desk")[You search the corners of the desk and turn up a few objects that might be useful. Maybe you should take a closer (link-reveal:"look.")[ You find a hairpin and a paperclip. Not really your style, but you take them. (set: $hasHairPin to true)(set: $hasPaperClip to true)]]
[[Look Elsewhere->office]](enchant:?page,(bg:(gradient: 183, 0,#ffffff,0.4994,#8b5555,1,#ffffff)))
The file cabinet sits in the corner. That's got to be where they keep the gradebook.
(link-replace: "Open it.")[
(if: $hasLockPick is true)[You take the lockpick and try the cabinet. Those YouTube tutorials really paid off. The [[gradebook]] is mixed with other files, but you eventually find it.](else:)[It's locked.]]
[[Keep searching->office]](enchant:?page,(bg:orange))Your Text Here
These records include your F...at least for the (link-reveal:"moment.")[
You turn the page to find your grade and carefully apply the white-out to the F.
(text-style:"expand","fidget")[''Now it’ll be gone forever.'']]