you find yourself in a gently lit room. There's two bright gold chairs in this room, and no doors. There is a Women sitting in a chair holding a notepad. She is sitting perfectly still and is wearing a white blouse and black dress pants. You also don't know how you got here.
"Hello," she greets.
[[greet her back]]
[[say nothing]]
[[ask her where you are]]"Hello."
The woman smiles at you. "Please sit down." She gestures at the other chair in the room. "I'd like to ask you some questions."
[[take a seat]]
[[ask her where you are]]The woman smiles at you. "Please sit down." She gestures at the other chair in the room.
[[take a seat]]
[[ask her where you are]]"Where am I?" You ask.
"You are being tested. We want to ask you a few questions."
You don't know who "we" is, and your'e not sure if you want to find out.
[[Who's we?]]
[[take a seat]]
[[Ok but where am I]]You sit down. The women with the off puting smile introduces herself as Andra, and Andra goes on to ask you a multitude of basic questions. you tell her your name, your hobbbies, your family life. You're a bit skeptical when she asks for your address but she assures you it will have little consequences.
"Have you ever felt lonely?" Andra asks.
This question throws you off a bit. So far all the questions had been fact based.
[[yes]]
[[no]]"we," The woman began, "Are a new company called 'best friends', we are aiming to further the study of mental illness and what we can do about it."
You are surpsrised about the good nature of their motives. You had thought that any company that stole you in the middle of the night would have very different motives.
"Now would you please take a seat."
[[take a seat]]"Do you like being lonely?"
You take a minute to answer.
[[I think i'm okay]]
[[No, I want to be close to someone]]"If you were lonely would you like someone to be with you at all times?"
[[I think i'm okay]]
[[No, I want to be close to someone]] "Okay." She writes a few notes on her notepad. "Do you think other people would like to have a constant companion?"
[[I don't know]]
[[I don't think so]] "Do you think other lonely people would enjoy being with someone."
[[I don't know]]
[[I don't think so]]
"Alright," Andra said. She took a few more notes.
[[contiue]]"Alright," Andra said. She took a few more notes.
[[contiue]] Andra moved onto another question. "What's your opinion on recreatonal drugs."
this is more of an akward question.
[[I've never used them but I think they are okay.]]
[[I've used them before and I like them]]
[[I've never used them before but I would like to.]]
[[Recreational or not, I don't like drugs.]]
[[I have tried them before and I don't like them]]Andra nods her head.
[[Answer the rest of the qustions]][[Andra nods her head->I've never used them but I think they are okay.]] [[Andra nods her head->I've never used them but I think they are okay.]] Andra shows no reaction to your answer. "Would you ever consider trying any type of strong medication, or perscripted drugs?"
[[Only for medical reasons]]
[[No I can do just fine without drugs]] Andra shows no reaction to your answer. "Would you ever consider trying any type of strong medication, or perscripted drugs?"
[[Only for medical reasons]]
[[No I can do just fine without drugs]]"Do you think that depression and anxiety require strong medication?"
[[of course]]
[[Mental health problems need a different kind of medication]]"Do you think that depression and anxiety require strong medication?"
[[of course]]
[[Mental health problems need a different kind of medication]]Andra set her clipboard on the bright golden coffee table you didn't see earliar. "Thank you for your contribution to this survey. You can wake up now."
[[Wake up]]You wake up in your room. You remember you had a strange dream. What was it about?"have you ever suffered from Depression or Anxiety?"
[[I have]]
[[I havn't]]
[[I don't want to talk about it]]Andra set her clipboard on the bright golden coffee table you didn't see earliar. "Thank you for your contribution to this survey. You can wake up now."
[[Wake up]]"Do you still suffer from any mental illness?"
[[I don't]]
[[I do]] "Do you know anyone who has suffered from any mental illness."
[[I don't]]
[[I do]]Andra set her clipboard on the bright golden coffee table you didn't see earliar. "Thank you for your contribution to this survey. You can wake up now."
[[Wake up]]"Do you think that you or others could benifite from a new revised form of mental health medication?"
[[I'm fine with the modern medication]]
[[I wan't to see what the future holds]]
[[What kind of medication?]]"Would you or others be interested in trying a new form of mental illness medication?"
[[I'm fine with the modern medication]]
[[I wan't to see what the future holds]]Andra set her clipboard on the bright golden coffee table you didn't see earliar. "Thank you for your contribution to this survey. You can wake up now."
[[Wake up]]That was apparently the right answer as Andra smiled and set down her notepad on a bright yellow coffee table you hadn't seen before. "I'm glad that you think that. Here at Best friends we're always trying to strive towards the future, with the information you've given us we can assure you the future is not far off."
Well then, maybe waking up in a unfamiliar room with a women you don't know wasn't that bad after all.
"You can wake up now." Andra says.
Huh? "What do you mean wake up?"
"You're sleeping. Part of our program is to conduct survays on the sleeping person. That way we can get precise accurate answers."
It all makes sense, but you still thinks it's a little creepy. "How did you get into my head?"
Andra shakes her head, "I can't tell you that, it's confidential."
Confidential... Ok.
"Now if you would, please wake up."
you decide to follow the her instructions.
[[Wake up]] Andra brightend up at the question, it seemed as if she had been waiting for the question. "We here as Best Friends are trying to make a new digital form of medicine. Our goal is to improve the lives of others through technology."
Huh. You have more questions about this project but Andra is talking again.
"Thank you for participating in our questionare."
"We're done?" you ask
"Yes. you can wake up now."
Wake up?
"What do you mean wake up?"
Andra gives you a winning smile. "Exactly what I said. You can wake up now."
[[Wake up]] "That is not important right now. Now please take a seat." Andra says.
You're pissed at her.
[[take a seat]]
[[insist that she answers your qustion]]"I wont do anything until you answer my questions."
Andra sighs and shakes her head. "I'm afraid that this meeting has come to an end. You can wake up now."
wake up?
[[Wake up]]