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The happiness of choosing a username comes to an abrupt end as your phone starts chirping. It is boss duck. It would probably be unwise to ignore boss duck. But you also really have better things to do than talk to boss duck... [[Pick up the phone|Phoneyes]] [[Leave it chirping|Phoneno]]

You pick up the phone. "Hello?" ''"$username''!" you hear the harsh voice of boss duck saying through the phone. "I have a task for you. I want you to fetch a file for me." "Right now?" you ask. "Yes, right now!" [['"Of course."'|filenumber]] [["Why?"]]

You don't pick up the phone.<<set $angerlevel to $angerlevel + 1>> Just a few minutes later you hear footsteps approaching. It is boss duck. "''$username!'' Why did you not answer the phone?" boss duck askes angrily. "I was just-" "I don't want to hear your petty excuses! I have an urgent task for you that I want you to do, right now. I need you to fetch a file from the archive for me." [['"Of course, boss duck!"'|filenumber]] [["Why?"|"Why?"]]

<img src="images/eggnavigatorsmall.png" /> Please enter your password Password <<textbox "$password" "">> [[LOGIN|Login]]             [[FORGOT PASSWORD|Forgot password]]

<img src="images/eggnavigatorsmall.png" /> <<if $password is "welcome2024">>Welcome back ''$username'' [[CONTINUE|egg-navigator]] <<else>>Password incorrect! [[TRY AGAIN|login screen]]           [[FORGOT PASSWORD|Forgot password]] <</if>>

<img src="images/eggnavigatorerror.png" /> An unexpected error occurred! Please contact your administrator duck for support. <<if $admin is false>>[[CLOSE|Close]]<</if>> <<if $admin is true>>[[CLOSE|reminder]]<</if>>

<<set $angerlevel to $angerlevel + 1>><<if $angerlevel is 2>>"Do I pay you to ask questions?" boss duck snaps. "It's none of your business. Stop wasting my time and go to work!" [['"Of course, boss duck!"'|filenumber]] [["No!"]] <<else>>"That's none of your business." says boss duck. "It is time to get working." [['"Of course, boss duck!"'|filenumber]] <</if>>

"Good. The file code is ED734. You got that?" "Yes," you say. "Then be quick about it," says boss duck. "Go, duck, go!" [[Go]]

You're glad the conversation with boss duck is over. For a moment you wonder why the boss wants that file so badly. It would be best to comply and fetch it as soon as possible if you don't want to anger boss duck any further. In order to find the required file, you first need to access the digital search system egg-navigator. [[Login to egg-navigator|login screen]] <<set $admin to false>> <<set $callboss to false>>

You are a duck. You work at the Duck Archive. In here, all information on the history of duck society is stored and managed. It's 8.30 and you sit down at your small desk. All around you, other ducks are sitting at their own small desks, working behind their computers, taking phone calls or just staring at nothing in particular, a blank expression in their eyes. You boot up your computer. Instead of launching strait into your desktop, a prompt pops up asking you if you want to choose a new username. Apparently this is a new feature. Never before were you able to pick your own username. [[What a great start to this day!|username1]] <<set $angerlevel to 0>> <<set $archivistvisited to false>> <<set $admin to false>>

Your username is ''$username'' [[Confirm|workstart]] [[Change|username1]]

Fill in a new username: <<textbox "$username" "">> [[OK|username2]]

<img src="images/eggnavigatorsmall.png" /> [[SEARCH]] [[ACCOUNT]] [[LOGOUT|login screen2]]

You'll have to contact IT duck. When you check your phone, you discover that IT duck is not in your contacts. That means you'll have to go to the IT office, all the way on the other side of the building. [[Go to IT duck|admin1]]

You make your way to the other side of the building, where the IT office is located. Luckily, IT duck is there. "Hey, IT duck," you say. "I seem to have forgotten the password for the egg-navigator. Do you have it for me?" "Well of course, ''$username''!" says IT duck. "It's really simple, actually. The password is just welcome followed by the current year, all attached together, no capital letters or anything." [[Go back to your desk|ignoreid]] [[Ask what the current year is]] [[Question the safety of the password policy]] <<set $admin to true>>

<img src="images/eggnavigatorsmall.png" /> FILE CODE: <<textbox "$filecode" "">> <<if $callboss is false>>[[SEARCH|searchresult]]<</if>><<if $callboss is true>>[[SEARCH|searchresult2]]<</if>> [[BACK|egg-navigator]]

<img src="images/eggnavigatorsmall.png" /> Username: ''$username'' Status: Logged in Previous login: 2 days ago [[BACK|egg-navigator]]

<img src="images/eggnavigatorsmall.png" /> Please enter your password Password <<textbox "$password" "welcome2024">> [[LOGIN|egg-navigator]]

<<if $filecode is "ED734">>You find the correct file. [[Open the detail page|filedetail]] <<else>>You cannot find the right file. [[Try again|SEARCH]] [[Call boss duck to ask what the file code was again|callboss]] <</if>>

You call boss duck, who picks up immediately. "''$username''! I'm right in the middle of a meeting. You better have a very good reason to call me." "Um... it's about the file you wanted me to find..." "Yes, did you find it already?" "Well... I just wanted to double check, to make sure I have the right file code and-" "You mean you forgot?" "Just a little bit, perhaps." Boss duck sighs deeply. "It's ED734. You better write it down this time. And hurry up!" You want to say something, but boss duck already hung up. [[Back to the egg-navigator!|egg-navigator]] <<set $callboss to true>>

<img src="images/duckarchivenew.png" width="650px" height="400px" /> [[New game|Start1]] [[Achievements]]

Oddly, the file has no descriptive data. There is only the file code and the location where it's stored. The location is Storage Unit 3, Lane 5, Row 4. [[To the storage!|storage]]

On your way to the storage area, you pass by the office of archivist duck. Archivist duck waves at you. [[Keep going]] [[Enter the office of archivist duck]] <<set $archivistvisited to false>>

"What's the current year?" you ask. IT duck gives you a strange look. "Really?" "Well, I mean... is the password up to date?" "Of course it is!" says IT duck. "It's the first thing I do every january 1st. I changed it to welcome2024 immediately at midnight." [[Thank IT duck en go back to your desk|desk]] [[Question the safety of the password policy]]

You ask IT duck if a password like that isn't too simple to guess for an outsider. "Nonsense!" IT duck responds. "We all use the same password for all of our systems: quack mail, duck pc, egg-navigator, you name it." You ask whether the fact that everyone uses the same password for everything wouldn't lead to a big security risk. IT duck disagrees and erupts in an extensive argument that the risks would be bigger if everyone used a different password. "Everyone would forget their password all the time," IT duck states. "And at some point no-one would be able to log in to their computers and all work would come to a standstill." Upon suggesting to use password managing software, or two-factor authentication, IT duck just gives you a strange look and says "What are you, some sort of cyber duck?" [[Go back to your desk|desk]]

You ignore archivist duck and keep going. Archivist duck probably had nothing interesting to tell. Besides, boss duck told you to hurry and you've wasted enough time already. [[Continue to the storage!|storage2]]

"Hello ''$username''," says archivist duck. "Ready for the big day?" "The big day?" you ask. "Don't you know? It is Publicity Day!" says archivist duck, wings flapping enthusiastically. "Thousands of restricted files will become available for all of duck society to see. And this time it's especially interesting. You know why?" "No, why?" "Because many files on the Great Geese Wars will become public." [["The Great Geese Wars?"]] <<set $archivistvisited to true>>

After descending many stairs, you arrive in the storage area, deep under the archive building. It is a gigantic space with rows upon rows of storage units, stretching in every direction as far as the eye can see. Now to find that file. [[Go to Storage Unit 5, Lane 3, Row 4|wrongA]] [[Go to Storage Unit 3, Lane 5, Row 4|right]] [[Go to Storage Unit 4, Lane 3, Row 5|wrongb]] <<set $wronga to false>> <<set $wrongb to false>>

At your desk, you are ready to continue the search for the file boss duck wants. [[Login to egg-navigator|login screen]]

You thank IT duck, turn around and fly back to your desk. You know enough to figure it out from here and don't want to waste any more time. [[To the desk!|desk]]

This is not the right place. The file here is coded DD313 and contains information about a duck who was always unlucky. You can relate to that. [[Go to Storage Unit 3, Lane 5, Row 4|right]] <<if $wrongb is false>>[[Go to Storage Unit 4, Lane 3, Row 5|wrongb]] <</if>> <<set $wronga to true>>

You find the file you where looking for, coded ED734. [[Look what's in the file|look]] [[Bring it to boss duck immediately|nolook]]

This is not the right place. The file at this location is coded SMD1947 and contains information about a strange duck who was apparently very rich and owned a warehouse full of coins. <<if $wronga is false>>[[Go to Storage Unit 5, Lane 3, Row 4|wrongA]]<</if>> [[Go to Storage Unit 3, Lane 5, Row 4|right]] <<set $wrongb to true>>

<<if $archivistvisited is true>>You open the file and start reading. There are things written about a war and you quickly discern that it's in fact about the Great Geese Wars, of which archivist duck told you. Your eye falls on a document which is clearly written in Goose writing (the words are bigger). It speaks of 'an ally among the ducks, who will bring great advantage to the geese.' Your beak falls open. This document is about Evil Duck! Archivist duck will surely want to know about this. [[Go to archivist duck]] [[Keep the information to yourself and just bring the file to boss duck]] <<else>>The contents of the file don't make much sense to you. Your knowledge of duck history is too poor to understand what it's about. For a brief moment you wonder why boss duck would want this file in particular, but then again, it's not your business. [[Bring the file to boss duck|nolook]] <</if>>

You have kept boss duck waiting long enough and immediately make your way to the boss's office. [[To the office!]]

"Well, isn't the state of duck education just gruesome," says archivist duck with a sad face. "You where probably no more than an egg at the time, but the Great Geese Wars were a defining moment in recent history." "What were these wars about?" you ask. "It all began with an argument," archivist duck says, "on whether a goose is just a large duck, or a duck just a small goose." [['"Obviously a goose is just a large duck!"'|carefull]] [['"Obviously a duck is just a small goose!"'|carefull]] [['"It doesn't make any sense. Ducks and geese are different species!"'|carefull]]

Archivist duck gives you a pondering look. "Maybe you're right, but I would be carefull voicing these opinions out loud. The subject is still very sensitive today. But, anyway, it is my hope that the mysteries that still surround the wars will be resolved, now that so many files become public." "Mysteries like what?" you aks. "Oh, there are many," archivist duck says, "But the biggest mystery has to be what became of Evil Duck." [["Evil Duck?"]]

"During the Great Geese Wars the ducks were betrayed by one who is now known as Evil Duck," archivist duck explains. "Betrayal, that does sound evil." you say. "Indeed! It was Evil Duck who, in exchange for many breadcrumbs no doubt, told the geese where our stockpile of bird seed was located. Before we discovered what happened, the geese had almost eaten it all!" Archivist duck looks bittered and continues "After the war was over, with the Treaty of Quacks and Honks, Evil Duck went on the run and hasn't been seen again. So, justice has never been done and that is a very bad thing, considering the great crime Evil Duck committed." "Then I hope the truth will be discovered someday," you say. "So do I," says archivist duck. "So do I." [[Thank archivist duck for the history lesson and continue your way to the storage|storage2]]

You take the file in your beak and fly back to the office of archivist duck. Still sitting there, archivist duck looks up in surprise as you enter and place the file on the desk. "What is this?" archivist duck asks. "It's a file with information on Evil Duck, I think." You point out the specific document in Goose writing you found. "How did you come by this file?" archivist duck asks. "Boss duck wants it. I was sent to fetch it," you explain. Archivist duck bends forward and starts reading. It remains quiet for a while, until archivist duck looks up again. "Now, that's very odd." "What is?" you ask. Seemingly ignoring your question, archivist duck suddenly stands up, hands you back the file and starts walking towards the door. "Follow me," archivist duck then says. "Boss duck has some explaining to do!" [[To boss duck!]]

You decide boss duck probably knows best and has good reaons for wanting this file with information on Evil Duck. You take the file and make your way to the boss's office. [[To the office!]] <<set $haslooked to true>>

You arrive at boss duck's office and knock on the door. "Enter!" the voice of boss duck answers. You enter the office. "Ah, ''$username''. You have the file, I see." "Yes," you say. "Very good. Now be a good, little duckling and hand it to me." [[Give boss duck the file]] <<if $haslooked is true>>[[Tell about what you read in the file]]<</if>>

"No?" boss duck repeats, eyebrows raised. "Well, if that's the case, then you're fired! I'll get some other duck to fetch the file for me. Now go and don't you ever return!" [[Leave]]

You leave the building and will never know what could have transpired had you just listened to your boss. You are now without a job and will have to find a new one in order to make enough breadcrumbs to pay for living. At least you are rid of boss duck and that gives you some comfort. THE END [[Continue|speedrun]]

<<set $speedrunner to true>> ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: SPEEDRUNNER - Speedrun your career and reach the quickest ending of the game! [[Continue|Startscreen]]

<span class="title">''Achievements locked/unlocked:''</span> <<if $speedrunner is true>>SPEEDRUNNER (UNLOCKED) - Speedrun your career and reach the quickest ending of the game! <<else>>SPEEDRUNNER (LOCKED) <</if>> <<if $eotm is true>>EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH (UNLOCKED) - Complete the task boss duck gave you without getting distracted! <<else>>EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH (LOCKED) <</if>> <<if $looseend is true>>LOOSE END (UNLOCKED) - Get yourself killed for knowing too much! <<else>>LOOSE END (LOCKED) <</if>> <<if $promotion is true>>CLIMBING THE RANKS (UNLOCKED) - Stay loyal to the boss and get promoted to archivist duck! <<else>>CLIMBING THE RANKS (LOCKED) <</if>> <<if $truthfinder is true>>TRUTHFINDER (UNLOCKED) - Discover the truth and become a hero! <<else>> TRUTHFINDER (LOCKED) <</if>> [[Back|Startscreen]]

"Boss duck," you say, "This file... it contains information on the Great Geese Wars and-" "You mean you looked in the file?" boss duck interrupts you. "You weren't supposed to do that! Have you shown it to anyone else?" "No, but..." "It's not your business," boss duck says. "Archivist duck says-" "Archivist duck?" boss duck snaps. "What about archivist duck? You two talked?" You explain that, begore you went to fetch the file, you heard from archivist duck about the mystery surrounding Evil Duck and that now, on Publicity Day, there might be information that can lead to new discoveries, potentialy even resolving the mystery of where Evil Duck went after the war. [["I think this file might be important," you conclude.|badending]]

"Thank you," boss duck says, after taking a quick look at the file. "You have done me a great service." You look on in suprise as boss duck takes the file and walks to the corner of the room, where you see a shredder. Without any hesitation boss duck puts the entire file through it, reducing it to countless tiny snippets. With a smug face, boss duck watches until the last bit of the file is utterly destroyed. "You can go now, $username," boss duck then says. "There's nothing more I require from you." [[Leave the office]]

As you leave the boss's office you can't help but wonder why boss duck wanted you to fetch the file, only to destroy it immediately. But then, you only did your job and boss duck is happy. That's all that matters. THE END [[Continue|eotm]]

<<set $eotm to true>> ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH - Complete the task boss duck gave you without getting distracted! [[Continue|Startscreen]]

You and archivist duck fly to the office of boss duck. Upon arriving there, archivist duck doesn't bother with knocking and immediately barges into the room. You follow, holding the file close to your chest. Boss duck is there and looks up in big surprise. "What's the meaning of this?" In response, archivist duck points to you and says to boss duck "Why did you send ''$username'' to fetch this without consulting me?" Boss duck looks at you and then at the file cluthed in your wings. "That's the file I asked for?" You nod. "It contains information on Evil Duck," says archivist duck. "But you knew, didn't you?" "Very sensitive information," boss duck says. "It must be destroyed, for the good of all of duck society." "That's nonsense!" archivist duck snaps. "You are breaking duck law!" Boss duck looks over at you. "''$username'', hand me the file!" "No ''$username''," archivist duck says. "Don't listen!" [[Give the file to boss duck|loyal1]] [[Hold on to the file and support archivist duck|true1]]

Boss duck seems to ponder for a few moments, before saying "Alright ''$username''. As I said, you weren't supposed to look in the file, but what you read there is exactly the reason I had you fetch it for me. You see, this file is so important that I want to prevent it falling in the wrong hands. It requires... special care." "Should I tell archivist duck?" you ask. "I will do that," boss duck says. "Why don't you go home early." "Go home? But the day's barely started!" "Consider it a reward. You've done me a great service. Go home now. I'll handle it from here," boss duck says. "Now, the file, please." [[Hand over the file|badending2]]

You give boss duck the file and leave the office. Hopefully boss duck takes good care of the file. It will be alright, you think. The boss probably knows best. You look forward to having the rest of the day for yourself. You pack your stuff and prepare to leave for the day. [[Go home|badending3]]

After leaving the archive building, you spread your wings and take to the sky. As you are flying, you're suddenly overcome by a feeling that you're being watched. Then, out of nowhere, two geese appear. They quickly catch up to you and surround you on both sides. "Sorry," one of the geese says, "but we can't have loose ends." "Regards from the boss!" the other says, right before both of them ram into you, sending you plummeting towards the ground. You try to unfold, flapping desperately with your wings, but it is too late. You fall to your death. THE END [[Continue|looseend]]

<<set $looseend to true>> ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: LOOSE END - Get yourself killed for knowing too much! [[Continue|Startscreen]]

Disobeying the boss is, of course, a very bad idea. You know better. You have known countless ducks who lost their job because they didn't listen to the boss and you don't want to follow their example. You give the file to boss duck. "Thank you," boss duck says, after taking a quick look at the file. "You are a loyal employee." Boss duck then quickly walks to the corner of the room, where you see a shredder. "No!" archivist ducks cries out. "Don't!" With a smug face boss duck put the entire file through the shredder, reducing it to countless tiny snippets in mere seconds. Archivist duck turns to you in dismay. "What have you done?!" "''$username'' has done a great service," boss duck says. "The same can't be said for you, archivist duck. You're fired!" "You can't do that!" "Oh, yes I can. You have nothing. Not anymore." Archivist duck takes a last look at the snippets in the shredder and then, head bowed, turns to leave. "You'll regret this, boss duck" archivist duck says. "Someday, somone will find out the truth and whatever part you played." Boss duck shruggs. "Whatever you say. Until then...fly safely." Archivist duck leaves the room, leaving you with boss duck. [['"What now?"'|loyal2]]

You put yourself over your fear for boss duck and hold on to the file. It is clear the boss is in the wrong. "Archivist duck is right," you say. "This file must be made public, so it can be researched." Boss duck turns red with anger. "How dare you disobey me! Give me the file, or you're fired!" "You seem very desperate, boss duck," archivist duck says. "I must wonder, why?" "It's none of your business!" boss duck screams. "Both of you are fired!" "Oh, enough of your empty threats!" archivist duck says. "Clearly this file holds information that can lead to the identity of Evil Duck. Apparently you don't like that. Are you perhaps working for Evil Duck?" Boss duck laughs. "What a ridiculous suggestion!" You notice boss duck all of a sudden looks very nervous. [['"What if boss duck and Evil Duck are one and the same?"'|true2]]

"What now?" you ask. "Well, it seems I'm in need of a new archivist duck," boss duck says. "And I happen to know just the duck for the position." Boss duck nods at you. "Me? But I know nothing of archiving!" Boss duck smiles. "Exactly. That's why you're perfect." When you still hesitate, boss duck adds "Oh, and you'll get a raise of two-thousand breadcrumbs." You don't have to think very long about that and you accept the position. THE END [[Continue|promotion]]

<<set $promotion to true>> ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: CLIMBING THE RANKS - Stay loyal to the boss and get promoted to archivist duck! [[Continue|Startscreen]]

Archivist duck looks to you. "Boss duck is Evil Duck?" "It would make sense, wouldn't it?" you say. Archivist duck looks back over to boss duck. "By the feathers... now I see it! I've always thought this duck looked out of place somehow. Boss duck, it is you! You betrayed us to the geese!" Boss duck growls. "And I would have gotten away with it" [rips off fake moustache] "if it wasn't for this meddling ''$username''!" You never noticed the moustache before, but now that it's gone, it's clear for all to see that boss duck was an imposter! "Now, Evil Duck," archivist duck says, "what do you have to say for yourself?" Instead of answering the question, Evil Duck tries to fly away. [[Don't let Evil Duck escape!|true3]]

You and archivist duck manage to grab Evil Duck's feet and prevent an escape. Meanwhile, a few other ducks who had noticed the commotion from the hallway are apporaching. "Call the duck police!" archivist duck cries. "Tell them we have found Evil Duck!" [[Hold Evil Duck until the police ducks arrive|true4]]

Luckily it doesn't take long for the police ducks to arrive. You and archivist duck hand Evil Duck over to them and you watch as they take your former boss duck away. "Well done ''$username''," archivist duck says. "You are truly a hero! Thanks to you, the truth has been revealed and duck society will be in your debt forever!" THE END [[Continue|truthfinder]]

<<set $truthfinder to true>> ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: TRUTHFINDER - Discover the truth and become a hero! [[Continue|Startscreen]]

IT duck said the password was welcome followed by the current year. Surely you can figure it out. [[Try again|login screen]]

<<if $filecode is "ED734">>You find the correct file. [[Open the detail page|filedetail]] <<else>>You still cannot find the right file. Maybe it was a typo. Surely you're not going to call boss duck again! You dig in your memory. Boss duck said the file code was ED734. [[Try again|SEARCH]] <</if>>