Player character: You are a mid-level “Workflow Associate” whose job is smashing keys to keep a bullshit dashboard green. Days blur: badge in, reheat coffee, copy/paste tickets, pretend to type when the “activity light” turns yellow. Every Thursday at 3:15 the Boss soft-threatens your job in a performance review. Today’s the day—you’re done. You plan to quit before you’re fired…and do it spectacularly.
PC Lore — GM Note (flavor + hooks)
Name: (Player chooses)
Title: Workflow/Compliance Associate
Vibe: burnt-out, sharp under the ash, darkly funny
Daily Monotony (08:45–16:30)
08:45 badge in → Reception; dead-eyed hello to Coworker B.
09:00 cubicle → login to “Heliotrope Portal,” paste macros, tap random keys to keep the activity widget green.
10:30 stretch, hate the copier.
12:00 scarf lunch at desk; HR sometimes reachable.
14:00 inbox roulette; wonder if any of this matters.
15:15 weekly performance review; Boss does the polite guillotine.
16:30 clock bell, life resets (feels like it anyway).
Beliefs & Breaking Point
The work is performative; the metrics are theater.
The Boss uses “coaching” as a threat.
Today is review day again. Player’s initial goal: quit before being fired, loudly and cleverly (slam-dunk resignation).
Under the hood: this frustration motivates the canonical evidence-chain route.
Quirks that feed mechanics
Keeps sticky notes with petty observations (seed clues post-loop).
Reflexively checks camera LEDs; knows the bathroom blindspot “probably exists.”
Allergic to meetings, addicted to printer revenge fantasies.
Starting State (match your rules)
Meters: pink_slip_risk 10, exit_readiness 5, compliance_pressure 0.
Flags: has_hr_contact=false, knows_safety_form_17A=false, printer_auth=false.
Known vibe: “Review at 3:15, same speech every time.”
Voice Beat (darkly comic)
> “If productivity is keypresses, I’m Beethoven.”
“Today I either quit…or I speedrun corporate purgatory.”