(WIP) The Bureau - Chapters 1-4 (390k+ Total Words) UPDATED 08/08/2024

That’s the thing, it’s not constantly radiating off 120 degrees, because humans don’t constantly radiate 92-98 degrees that is able to individually fill a room. Granted, we do generate heat, but if you stand next to someone, you’re not going to feel like they’re generating all of that heat. The only thing you feel is the heat waste that isn’t being transferred through conduction, which would be the heat wasted through convection. Again, the heat waste is only the heat that escapes your body that’s not being used to maintain your body’s natural temperature of 98.6. It’s not as simple as, “Her surface skin temperature is 120 degrees so she constantly radiates 120 degree temperature” heat transfer is a lot more complicated than that.

As people have mentioned above, so far, every scene after the funeral uses the MC’s mutation!

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Oh, okay then. Thought as much about Harper, but wasn’t sure about it. And I see it’s even subtler with Elizabeth, since it’s open to interpretation (probably?)
Love the subtlety though c:

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I appreciate all of you. :slight_smile:

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Happy cake day! Not sure if it’s your birthday or your anniversary here, but if it’s the former, then happy birthday!! :smiley:

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Bit of spoilers below and apologies for not being able to blur them!

But before I start my long winded review of how lovely and amazing of a read this was, I just want to say I too had trouble with the password! Despite all the helpful comments, I happened to be continuously rearranging two numbers without even realizing. Took me about half an hour to realize my own errors and I nearly came begging for help but persevered lol

Anyway, I’d just like to say first and foremost that the way you blend the joys and heartbreaks of life- how moments with the members can sill be enjoyed despite the grimness, is simply wonderful. You keep an amazing balance of tones with each chapter and not only did I get hooked on MC’s plot, but each side character- RO or not. I want to help the team, to be their crutch after the loss of Kate. I want to help each member grieve properly, to find closure. Each victim deserves justice and you made me truly feel for them. And the layers of investigations? The mysteries that come from nowhere? Literally just, chefs kiss! The world feels real, similar to how scary our own is and yet you take it further with the addition of the mutations, gifts and beyond! Truly glad this is the first script game I am reviewing after finally getting around to making an account. Keep up the amazing writing and I am so very eager to see where your amazing storytelling takes us all next! :heart_eyes: :heartpulse:

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For the love of God, what is the password?! :sob:

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There’s a book your MC can find, with an entry in the table of contents highlighted.

If you want the answer, it’s…

Spoiler, obviously…

moneymaker457

Let me know if you’d prefer I deleted the answer. Otherwise, I’ll just leave it there in case others can’t figure it out. :slight_smile:

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It’s all good, I PM’d them the answer!

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Thank you! I knew it had something to do with that book, but I was just typing in 457 and nothing else😭

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This investigation puzzle really grinds my gears, and kinda disrupted the flow of the story for me

Like when I type in “Drawer” it fails because its not written with a small “d” not a big issue but especially annoying on phone because it autocorrects

Is it going to be a way to skip it or perhaps do it in a more simple way?

BUT

I really like the story and the way you write :slight_smile:

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You’ll be able to play with options like before when the game is submitted

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Sounds good! :))

I don’t know what to do. Even if I’ve written all the possible words, I’m still in the room and I’m asked to enter something. Even all these tips from above don’t help me. How do I enter password and where do I enter it? I’m stuck and crying😭

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When it asks for it you should be seeing a blank text box with which you type in the password and make sure its all lower case and that should get you through.

I remember typing “leave” to leave the room

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Thank you very much. English is not my native language and I tried every possible word to make something happen. I thought I was doing something wrong, but I just forgot about the existence of this word. Life Saver🙏

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No worries! English isn’t my first language either, and tbh i had no idea we have to type something to leave the room. I was stuck too and had to look at the code to figure out what to do.

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Well I chose to skip the tutorial and was still annoyed by the blank spaces to fill.

It was really annoying since I guess I went too fast and missed the password (thanks to people writing it in the discussion even though I don’t know why it still doesn’t work, maybe a bug ?).

It totally broke the flow of the game. I can understand some people loving that kind of options but it’s not my case.

And since english is not my first langage that kind of game tends to be tedious.

I know it will be possible to skip it in the future but even with that I think it would be better to be able to choose between choices to move on. It would be easier for people having some troubles in english.

I will go crying with @Aorta1

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Why did you skip the tutorial though? If you’re having troubles with english, then skipping the tutorial is the last thing you should do.

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I was a silly goose and also skipped the tutorial and then had to do my own intelligence gathering through the forum to learn what i had to do lmao honestly added to the experience after learning what i had to do it was simple enough.

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