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Key & Compass presents:
I pressed on, being chased by a stapler with my name on it.
by Charlie Marcou

I pressed on, being chased by a stapler with my name on it. is a Z-machine interactive fiction story written with Inform 7 and is © 2013 by Charlie Marcou.

In this extremely short and on-the-rails story based on quotes from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, you play as an office worker named Rick. Papers are flying everywhere, and a stapler is chasing you.

This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 1 of the story.

SPOILERS AHEAD. Reading a walkthrough prematurely can sometimes diminish one's enjoyment of an interactive fiction story. Please make an honest effort to play the story before reading this walkthrough.


Map

Rooftop WhereLiz is Hallway By thekiddiewing By Admin-istration AroundtheCorner Basement (auto)

Walkthrough

Basement

Your agency is severely limited. All you can do is keep going to the next location until you reach the end of the story.

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Around the Corner

> n.

By Administration

> n.

By the kiddie wing

> n.

Hallway

> n.

Where Liz is

You automatically move to...

Rooftop

*** "I think what this episode shows is that the human spirit cannot be overcome.As a writer, if you take away my paper, I would write on my heart. If you took away my ink, I'd write on the wind... It wouldn't be an ideal way to work. ***


Extras

Characters


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