The Story: There was an aye-aye behind the bar, staring at me horribly. Or maybe its face just froze that way. I was waiting for my client at ten at night in a dusty, dirty town in the middle of nowhere. Clouds out here were apparently one of the thirty million newly unemployed. There was a missing woman and my client was about to hire an amateur private detective with the world's most technologically advanced cellular phone. This was going to be a cinch. Seriously. It'll take me like two searches with it to close this case. Three if mid-investigation I check on my torrents. Y-You're a player of the 2020 Interactive Fiction competition. I'm Jay. Let's straddle the edge. NOTE: The following walkthrough is the shortest path through the story. This will bypasses plot points, optional text & actions and a chance to solve the case of the missing toilet paper. To get the full effect, we strongly recommend using the built-in hint system. You can access that by typing >HINT. This is for the 2020 Competition version which was submitted on Sept 28, 2020. -- Robb & Mike ** At the Zoo ** order a drink the client arrives in 3 turns ** Client arrives, dialog to frame the story follows ** guess seen name client pay police info goodbye ** Head to the Library for research ** west west in talk to librarian push call button wait 2 turns enter elevator wait 2 turns out ** Help out Librarian by addressing Pervert ** hello pun ** Research Amanda ** get on dumb terminal perform web search Facebook ** Help other guy ** hello hvac enter elevator wait 2 turns out welcome out ** My Garage ** sleep look listen look press remote ** Follow the lead and get in the cabin ** out try small talk push button get key in ** Get into Basement ** get cartridge blow on cartridge turn on tv put cartridge in nes turn on nes move tv d ** Get into Small Room ** open panel pour acetone on bolt turn bolt with wrench move table in ** With Arnold and Raisin ** remove cover open cage wear bud amanda ask raisin about amanda get arnold items follow raisin again again ne call client ** Back at the Zoo ** enter zoo look smells people x iguana x things get pin pick lock in ** 2nd Conversation with Client ** amanda animals name out enter bathroom out address out ** At Amanda's Condo ** ask Arnold about opening the gate enter open laptop enter bedroom search the right drawer out enter password read last e-mail google winstone exit ** At Winstone's Summer Home ** break door enter house introduce myself investigation out talk to arnold punch winstone throw raisins amusing