#1 You've waited for years for this to happen. \n
Rob Darling is in your town.  He's really here. \n
And you have tickets to see him perform \n
\n
Rob Darling is not just the best singer on the planet-- \n
He's your personal hero. \n
\n
You can feel your heart hammering as you approach the door.  \n
You have all of his songs memorized.  You know all the trivia. \n
This is it! \n
\n
You survey the crowd filing into the theatre patiently. \n
It's too bad you'll be stuck with all these lukewarm "fans." \n
Half of them had probably never heard of Robby before he announced his visit. \n
Too bad that he might think you're one of them. \n
Too bad you couldn't meet him. \n
\n
You stop and smile.  Too bad it can never happen. \n
\n
That's when you notice the alley leading behind the theater. \n
If you could sneak back stage, you could.... no, too risky. \n
Well, nobody is looking that way.... You could just peek.... \n
\n
You only live once.
.24 Dart into the alley and take a look around
.16 Just go to watch the concert as planned

#2 It really is like a slide--a pitch black slide that's made of poorly \n
 overlapping steel plates that ends in a dead end.  Now you're really in \n
 trouble. 
.43 Make a plan

#3 As you walk back, you see a room with a star on it and across the hall \n
what appears to be the main power switch.
.41 Head for the room with the star on it.
.35 Turn off the buildings power

#4 A beefy security guard opens the door. He frowns at you suspiciously \n
\n
"What do you want?" \n
\n
You realize you didn't prepared a good lie.  Everything you can think \n
To say sounds really dumb. You better choose quickly, though!
.48 "Uh, I just want to meet Robby."
.14 "Uh, I'm Rob's little brother."
.10 "Uh, I'm Darling's manager."


#5
 Pretty soon, there are more gaurds and they drag you to small room. \n
\n
The guard who first grabbed you leans into the room.  "Stay here until \n
we come get you.  We're going to have a little talk." He shuts the door \n
behind him. And the noise of the concert fades to a buzz. \n
\n
What do you want to do?
.33 Wait as long as it takes for someone to talk to you
.6 Fake a horrible illness
.31 Try to escape

#6 You make disgusting retching noises.  You emit gurgling screams.  You \n
weep profusely. \n
\n
However, everyone is busy dealing with the concert.  Or maybe they just \n
care.  You'd better re-evaluate your strategy.
.33 Wait until the guard returns
.31 Try to escape

#7 Those silly gaurds won't get a chance to lecture you--you'll be gone \n
long before they return.  You figure out the lock and open the stubborn \n
window.  It's a bit narrow, so you head out legs first instead of head first. \n
\n
It turns out going legs first was a good choice--it's only your legs you \n
 break after the fifteen foot fall onto concrete.
.33 Ow

#8 An air vent!  Just like the spy movies.  You kick the grate off Neo style \n
and start squirming in.  Now you just need to find the corresponding air \n
vent on the stage.... \n
\n
Suddenly the airvent angles down sharply.  At this point it occurs to you \n
that this may not have been the best idea you've ever had.  You curse \n
yourself for playing so many hours of Half-life.
.26 Back out and reassess your options
.2 It's like a giant slide!  Wheeee!


#9 Nobody comes.  You're feeling tired and dispirited.  You're also thirsty \n
It looks like you may be here for awhile.
.43 New plan

#10 "Actually, no, you're not."  The guard closes the door. \n
\n
It appears that the gaurd is not a complete idiot. What will you do next?
.16 Go back and watch the concert.
.11 That was enough excitement--just head home.

#11 Head home?  What kind of wimp are you? Not only did you not \n
get to meet Rob, you even missed his concert.  That was lame.

#12 You're a bit out of breath as you approach the curtains.  Somehow \n
it seems you may have lost your tail, but probably not for long. \n
\n
As you walk towards the curtains, you notice a door to your left. Inside \n
is all the lightboards and sound controls gaurded by the AV guy.  The AV guy \n
has an eyepatch
.23 Try to hide in the AV room
.46 Keep walking towards the curtains

#13 You dodge though a doorway, stand next to some people that are too busy \n
to notice and you try to look busy too. \n
\n
It works--the guards run past.  You have just a little time before they \n
return.
.12 Head for the stage
.3 Explore the back rooms

#14 The guard looks at you for a moment to see if he heard you clearly. \n
"Uh, you're a girl." \n
\n
Aw, shoot!  He's right.  How are you going to recover?
.10 "I meant I'm his manager!"
.30 "I mean I was his brother.  I keep forgetting my operation."
.40 Just run past him while he's confused.

#15 A cunning disguise?  Just where will you get a cunning disguise? \n
You're a teenager trying to sneak into a concert. \n
You aren't a CIA agent trying to infiltrate a nest of radicals.
.16 Get out of there and just watch the concert
.32 Try the door


#16 You join the people walking towards the doors and walk in.  After \n
waiting what seems like way too long for such a small town, you hand over \n
your tickets.  You head down to the front and join the hysterical fans \n
screaming for Rob. \n
\n
The music is all you could want and more.  Robby is only twenty feet away. \n
You can feel the base beats thumping through your body and the melody flowing \n
through your viens.  Pretty soon your faculties of reason has been \n 
overwhelmed and you are shouting the lyrics at the top of your lungs. Nobody \n
else notices--everyone else is at a fever pitch. \n
\n
Without warning, all of your teen desires and angst form together into a \n 
muscular handed metaphorical hand sieze your nervous system.  They give you \n
an ulitimatum--run up on stage now or live forever with doubt.
.25 Quietly sit down and grow out of this nonsense.
.49 Getting Tasered is temporary, teen glory is forever!



#17 You kick the vents, shout yourself hoarse, and pound everything you \n
can reach with your fists.  You really raise an impressive ruckus. \n
It's really too bad you'ce slid into the sub-basement.
.9 See if someone comes

#18 You walk up to the curtains, which are guarded by a line of security \n
 guards, probably all looking for the girl in blue.  It's time to do this.
 .47 Run for the stage and hope you can break throughe
 .37 Walk up casually and hope to slip in

#19 "Hey, wanna met up sometime?  Take me to dinner sometime?" \n
\n
He finally gets some words out, "Uh, I'm married." \n
\n 
You knew that.  You just didn't know it actually meant something to \n
celebrities.
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#20 You do know all the words by heart.  You walk up to the microphone and \n
join in. \n
\n
The crowd goes wild--they assume that you are a guest celebrity visiting. \n
Just one they don't happen to know.  The guards are forming at the back, too \n
nervous to storm the stage with all eyes on you. \n
\n
Robby look over at you, clearly puzzled.  You decided that he's cute even \n
when puzzled.  He stumbles over a few words, but you fill them in for him \n
and soon you are both singing full strength.  The song seems to last forever, \n
and you hit every word. \n
\n
But the song ends eventually, and the guards are looker bolder each second \n
as the applause starts waning.
.22 Just stare at Rob--you'll never be this close again
.21 Jump into the stage and make a clean getaway
.38 Run up and kiss him.  Don't think, just do it!

#21 With a last look at Rob, you dive into the fans.  They all scream \n
and touch your shoulders, but you're too happy to notice.  You actually \n
pulled it off. \n
\n
Bam!

#22 The guards surrond you.  You look pleadingly at Rob, and he motions for \n
them just to let you into the crowd.  They do, looking sheepish.  You flash \n 
Rob your best 16-year-old smile and let yourself be welcomed in by the crowd. \n
\n
You did it.

#23 You walk in, the AV guy looks up suspiciously.  You ignore him and try \n
to stand a little out of sight from the door.  Mr. Eyepatch stands up \n
and shuts the door.  Before you can thank him, he pulls out a switchblade \n
and stabs you. \n
\n
There is only one sociopathic person in this building.  You found him. \n
\n
The end.

#24 You walk casually into the alley when you think nobody is looking. \n
\n
It's pretty dark and it's full of dumpsters and dirty cardboard. \n
It's pretty creepy.  You have no idea what you are doing here. \n
\n 
But you do see a back door to the theater not far away.
.16 Get out of there and just watch the concert
.15 Put on a cunning disguise
.32 Try the door

#25 You reflect that your emotions are merely a product of raging hormones \n
and that Mr. Darling's nice singing voice and great teeth do not make him \n
special in any meaningful way.  You eventually settle down, get a steady \n
office job, and live a safe and productive life. \n
\n
But even when you are fifty, you look back and wonder if maybe things \n
could've been different.  Maybe safety is not all it's cracked up to be. \n
Maybe if you had taken more wild risks, your life would seem less empty. \n
\n
Time is supposed to heal all wounds, but it fails to heal this one.

#26 You rapidly realize that backing out is completely impossible--you \n
can barely bend your knees, you can't get leverage with your elbows, and \n
the surface of the air vent is pretty smooth.  No where to go but forward.
.2 Head down the slide and hope for the best.

#27 After a few minutes of waiting, a noisy group of people walk into \n
the alley and head for the door.  They  are all wearing press passes \n
and joking among themselves.
.28 Try to follow them inside.
.42 Wait for a better chance.

#28 You fall in step behnd them as they pass your concealment.  They \n
all seem too busy to notice that their party just got a little bigger. \n
They knock on the door and a beefy security guard answers the door. \n
He sees the press passes on the reporters in front and motions for you \n
to go through. \n
\n
Speechless at your good luck you shuffle after them.  Things go really well \n
until the last woman turns to pull the door shut behind him.  She sees you \n
in the door frame. \n
\n
"Who are you?" \n
\n
Before you can answer, one of her friends gets the beefy guys's attention
.29 "I, uh, forgot my press pass?"
.16 Run back into the alley while you still can.
.40 Run inside instead.

#29 If this night has taught you anything, it's that you are a terrible liar. \n
Your press pass is missing?  Where do you get such flimsy lies? \n
\n
As you start telling how you left it in the laundromat, the big guy grabs \n
you and calls for backup.
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#30 "Henry, I got a live nut out here."  A tall gaurd starts walking over. As \n
You try to explain that there is nothing uncommon about such operations, \n
Henry and his friend grab you.
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#31 Time to get out of this crazy sideshow.  You see that there is a window \n
that looks over the alley. The drop is only fifteen feet, so you may be able \n
to make it.  There an air vent that looks just big enough to fit into if \n
you kick of the grate.  Also, you notice the door isn't locked, so you could \n
try sprinting out.
.7 Out via the window
.8 Out via the vent
.40 Out via the door

#32 The door is locked.
.4 Be bold and just knock on the door
.27 Be catious and wait in the shadows.

#33 You survive the ordeal. \n
\n
Not surprisingly, you miss the concert.  It's \n
bad enough not to meet Robby, but to miss his concert too is adding insult to \n
considerable injury.  Maybe you just should've stayed to listen.

#34 You didn't get to meet Robby, but you got into his room?  How cool is \n
that?  Well, not as cool as meeting him, but at least a 7.  Well, maybe just \n
a 6 and a half.  The room was, well, roomy.

#35 You flip the switch down and turn off the power.  The first thing you \n
realize is that it's really dark.  Then you realize the music has stopped. \n
Next you realize you have no idea what you were hoping to do.  After a little \n
hesitation, the noble part of you flips the switch back up. \n
\n
Nothing happens \n
\n
Angry voices are approaching and the less noble part of you decides to escape \n
Feeling your way around an bumping into people, you eventually manange to \n
leave the building and blend with the dispirited masses leaving the theater \n
\n
You failed to meet Rob, you didn't hear the concert, and you even ruined the \n
concert for everyone else--even Rob Darling himself. \n
\n
Happy?

#36 Robby is not the first one back.  Instead it's his manager, who you \n
recognize.  He's the one that wears the the muscle shirts and nose rings. \n
You decide the idea of a manager that looks like a punk criminal is \n
cuter in a magazine.  You apoligize and leave the building before you learn \n
whether or not the spiked bracelet is purely decorative.
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#37 The guards are watching so carefully for that troublesome girl in blue \n
the girl in white slips past them before they recover from seeing a girl \n
that's wearing the clothes Darling was wearing before the concert. \n
\n
You step out on stage, and he's there, standing at the leftmost of the \n
two microphines.
.45 Adore him quietly
.20 Take the rightmost microphone

#38 You run up to him and try to kiss him on the mouth.  He's taller than \n
you, so you mostly hit his chin, but who cares?  He's too surprised to \n
react.
.21 Smile mysteriously and disappear into the crowd
.19 Ask him out


#39 You double check that the door is locked and quickly slip into a pair \n
of jeans and a white shirt.  Part of your brain tells you that odds are \n
good that this is somebody else's shirt, but the other half tells it to \n
kindly shut up. \n
.34 Sneak out of the building with the clothes
.18 Time to go meet Robby!

#40 You run as fast as you can through the crowded halls.  You can feel the \n
exhiliration of really confusing people and it only gets better when you  \n
hear "Stop her! Grab the girl in blue!" ringing after you. \n
\n
Of course, you can't keep this up.  The guards seem to be more athletic than \n
they look.  You better decide what to do:
.33 Find the nearest building exit, escape the goons and go home.
.12 Eyes on the prize--run straight towards backstage
.13 Make a sharp left and blend into the crowd.

#41 You push open the star door, hoping that Rob is taking break.  He isn't. \n
However, the room is empty, so you shut it behind you. \n
\n
You are in Rob Darling's room.  What are you going to do first? \n
.34 This is good enough.  You made it.  Escape while you can.
.36 Hide behind the sofa and hope Robby comes back first
.39 Try on his clothes!

#42 You keep waiting in the dark alley.  You're getting bored.
.42 Keep waiting--something's bound to happen!
.16 Just give up and watch the concert.

#43 What are you going to do?  You can't stay here forever....
 .17 Make as much noise as possible.
 .9 Wait for rescue
 .44 Climb out
 
 #44 I'm sure you'd love to climb out, but you couldn't even crawl backwards \n
 in the flat part.  Now you are almost upside down and bruised.  You can \n
 straighten you elbows slightly, but that's it.  There's no way this will \n
 work.
 .9 Give up
 
 #45 Security quickly figures out that you aren't supposed to be there and \n
 that you're the one causing all the trouble earlier.  You're kept under \n
 strict watch and given a stern lecture on safety and authority. \n
 \n
 You don't pay much attention--you're busy trying to hear the last part of \n
 the concert.  You may not have gotten to meet Rob, but you certainly had \n
 an adventure.
 
 #46 You walk up to the curtains, which are guarded by a line of security \n
 guards, probably all looking for the girl in blue.  It's time to do this.
 .47 Run for the stage and hope you can break throughe
 .45 Walk up casually and hope to slip in
 
 #47 You make a break for the stage.  The guards immeadiately see you \n
 and brace themselves.  You hit the line like an orange against concrete. \n
 You fall down dazed. \n
 .45 Stand up

#48 The guard smirks.  "Yeah, and I want to meet the Pope. \n
Now scram, kid." He closes the door in your face. \n
\n
I guess that's the end of that little hope....
.16 Just go watch the concert.

#49 You push through the crowd and throw yourself onstage.  "Robby! Hey \n
Robby!"  You wave your arms and run towards him.  "Look over he-" \n
\n
You are cut off as a security guard built like a football player tackles you. \n
He tries to push you back into the crowd, but you kick wildly, so he starts \n
Dragging you backstage and calling for help. \n
\n 
The worst part is that Rob is so intent on the song he fails to even notice \n
you.
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