For Your Amusement

(after you've finished the story)

Have you ever:

• asked Perelman about himself, his daughter Esther, Dr. Grimwold, Senator Ryder, Aseejh Randu, the Plan, Vera Gold, Alyson Price, Eleanor Fortzman, Emily Warren, his resignation letter, mindex, clerkmatons, or your parents?
• asked Perelman to look at your recordings before you've ever entered Simulation Mode? Before you've ever recorded anything?
• spoken to one of the staff members at PPCC?
• cried or prayed (both in and out of Simulation Mode)?
• tried to WAIT 0?
• shown the baby to Jill? Given the baby to Jill?
• fed the baby the bottle of formula?
• spoken to the baby?
• tried to leave the apartment while carrying the baby?
• squeezed the toy duck?
• looked in the aquarium tank in 2041 (several times)?
• examined the souvenirs in the Train Station? Tried to buy one?
• bought food or soda at the Foodville in 2041?
• tried to activate the joybooth a second time in 2041?
• tried to buy a ticket in the Train Station or Terminal?
• tried to PUSH MINDEX in the Dorm?
• looked in the waterpool in Kennedy Park?
• read the movie ticket?
• tried opening the crates in the Warehouse? And then tried to buy a crowbar in the hardware store?
• tried getting into the firetrucks or firecopters?
• ordered beer in a bar? Ordered water in a bar?
• shot some pool in the Pool Hall?
• bought a bottle of scotch? Read the label? Drank some, both outside and at home?
• given your credit card to the bank teller?
• answered "NO" to the maitre d'?
• reported a crime to the desk officer in the police station?
• spoken to the librarian?
• tried taking one of the mallard ducks at Halley Park?
• tried to buy a gun in the Gun Shop?
• ordered coffee in one of the restaurants?
• tried to buy drugs in the drug store?
• touched Jill?
• spoken to Jill from another room of the apartment?
• asked Jill about clerkmatons, Fyla, Eleanor Fortzman (in 2041 _and_ 2051), her book, her painting (in 2041 _and_ 2051), or herself?
• been at the bar near the pier as curfew approaches?
• lain down on the blanket in the jail cell?
• looked at yourself during each simulation (from 2051 on)?
• fed the animals in the zoo, in both early and later years?
• listened to the jukebox in the bar near the pier? Several times? In 2071?
• bought a book in the bookstore? Then watched it get destroyed during the BSF raid in 2071?
• bought clothing in Dunbar's, Rockvil Mall, or Heiman Village?
• examined the racks of clothing in Dunbar's through the years?
• noticed that the InfoTech Building changes in the rankings of the tallest buildings from year to year?
• noticed that the message in the fortune cookie you get after eating at Roy's Pagoda changes every year?
• spoken to Roy while he's scrubbing away the graffiti in 2071?
• given the rusty cross (from the vacant lot that was once St. Michael's church) to Jill?
• slept after Jill is arrested by Mitchell and the police?
• diagnosed in 2081?
• felt the effects of the sabotage while in simulation?
• turned off the WNN transmitter, then gone to WNNF?
• shut off the gamma sector ventilation in Part III, then waited at PPCC?
• spoken to the saboteurs or to Senator Ryder?
• waited approximately six hours after surviving the sabotage attempt, but without broadcasting the Ryder visit? Gone to MACO after Perelman's call for help?

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