My life in construction.

A hypertext narrative by

Anthony Mackarous

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Word count: 1667

Choice count: 41

Section count: 31

Image count: 31

Error count: 25

Field Related Analysis:

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 22 matches (accident, charity, clients, club, company, construction, contact, court, death, fact, family, golden, hello, hire, House, month, penalty, pension, premium, profits, road, vehicle)

Tourism : 17 matches (City, Construction, Employee, Event, Party, Program, Restaurant, Take a Chance, apartment, bit, bridge, course, door, event, pension, profits, program)

Education : 15 matches (Education, School, choice, classmates, college, course, don, exam, first, grades, management, project, school, semester, university)

Target Structure:

a foot in the door (1 match)

background check (1 match)

come in handy (1 match)

drudgery (1 match)

HR (1 match)

intern (1 match)

maddening (1 match)

pension (2 matches)

premium wage (1 match)

put aside (1 match)

retirement (3 matches)

set aside (1 match)

straight A's (1 match)

though (3 matches)

time management (1 match)

wage (3 matches)

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My life in construction.

The end arrives soon.

Congratulations! You are about to finish college. There is one month left to the semester and you need excellent grades to go to university. However, many employees had left your job, and they need you to do more work to help your bosses. On the other hand, you know that you need to get straight A's if you want to continue your studies. Is your dead end job more important than your future?

Choice 1 : Let's work!

Choice 2 : Forget the work, you need to study.

What will you do?

Let's work!

You made your bosses really happy! You helped them a lot with your 30 hours of work per week during the last month, and they even rewarded you with a higher wage. After that, you had a lot of money, but had a hard time with your time management and you finished college with bad results. You can't go to university in an Architectural program.

Choice 1 : ETS looks interesting.

Choice 2 : Let's get rid of education and start to work!

Forget the work, you need to study.

Good job! You had overwhelming results and you could start an Architectural program or start to work full-time for an Architectural firm. That's a good thing because the restaurant hired new employees and you lost your job...

Choice 1 : Let's get rid of education and start to work!

Choice 2 : Welcome to the UDEM!

ETS looks interesting.

You can't be an architect, but can't put aside the fact that you could go to ETS and become an engineer. You really enjoyed the engineering part of your architectural program. You take a chance and start your Engineering formation.

Choice 1 : Let's party with new classmates!

Choice 2 : You need to study!

Let's get rid of education and start to work!

You decided to start working, but now you need to decide where you will work. You can choose Nancy, she's your best friend's mother, and she is an Architectural technologist for whom you worked a bit last year. On the other hand, your father and his associate, who are Architectural technologists to, started their new business a year ago and it goes really well. They offered you a job.

Choice 1 : Hi Nancy!

Choice 2 : Hi Dad!

Welcome to the UDEM!

You've been accepted in the Architectural program in UDEM. However, you live far from the school and it starts to get maddening. You are not rich but you have enough money to live in an apartment with your loved one in Montreal. Will you do it?

Choice 1 : Move out.

Choice 2 : Home sweet home.

Hi Nancy!

Nancy is really happy that you still work for her. Your father understands and is happy for you.

Choice 1 : Continue your great work

Hi Dad!

Your dad is really happy and proud of you. To be closer to the job, you decide to move out of your family's house. You need to decide between Laval or Montreal, which is closer to your partner's University.

Choice 1 : Hello Montreal!

Choice 2 : Laval, here I am!

Let's party with new classmates!

You went to a party and you met new people. You had a bad result in your first exam, but your new friends are there to help you understand the course better.

Choice 1 : Finished!

Home sweet home.

You stayed at your parents house and you easily finished University. You worked at EBC as an intern during your last year of study. Do you want to continue with them or start your own business?

Choice 1 : Stay with EBC.

Choice 2 : All by yourself.

Move out.

It looks like you decided to move to Montreal. It's a nice city and you enjoy it a lot. However, when you came back to your apartment back one night, an accident happened. Your door was opened...

Choice 1 : Push the door

Oh no!

Your apartment got robbed! Poor you, if only you could come back in time and change your mind.

Choice 1 : Time travel.

You need to study!

You had a fantastic result in your fist exam, good for you! However, you don't know new people and you don't have any friends in your program.

Choice 1 : Lonely hearts club.

Lonely hearts club.

You haven't finished university because you had no one to help you there. You got overwhelmed with the job, you lost all of your friends and your loved one.

Choice 1 : Begin again.

Finished!

You finally finished school! Now you are asking yourself if you contact the HR of Geniex, an Engineering company with vacant positions or you go at an Engineering charity event where you could find plenty of jobs.

Choice 1 : Geniex path.

Choice 2 : Charity event.

Laval, here I am!

You moved to Laval and you are fulfilled by your new life. You work several years for your father. After all this time, your father retires and wants you to take the lead. Are you confident enough to take it?

Choice 1 : Hello boss!

Choice 2 : That's too much for me.

The time has come my son.

You've worked several years for Nancy, but even though, your father retires and wants you to take the lead of his company. Will you do it?

Choice 1 : Stay here.

Choice 2 : Hello boss!

Hello boss!

You took the lead of the company and everybody is happy for you. You were competent enough to do it and no background check was needed. Your efficient work habits are already ingrained in the company and everything is going to be good.

Choice 1 : Dollar bills!

Stay here.

Nancy is happy that you stayed with her. You learnt the ropes with her and you wanted to stay loyal. However, you still regret your decision a bit.

Choice 1 : The road to the golden age.

The road to the golden age.

Working at the same place for all this time was pleasant, but not enough for you. Your decisions led you to an early retirement. However, you still had satisfying years with your job and your loved one, and even more happiness is yet to come.

Write a choice here.

That's too much for me.

You preferred to stay an employee and it haven't taken so long you realized it was a bad decision. The new boss kicked you out of the company. You're lucky that your loved one is there for you during this though period.

Write a choice here.

Dollar bills!

The profits of your Architectural firm have been astronomic! You now live a happy life with your soulmate and your kids. You've set aside so much money that you don't even need a pension. You live an amazing rest of life full of love, joy, and trips.

Choice 1 : This is a happy ending. Congratulations!

It's a tragedy.

Sadly, the only thing you found at this event was death. There was a terrorist attack and everybody who attempted the event passed away. It was a dark night for everybody in the city.

Choice 1 : Start again.

Geniex path.

You had a brilliant career as an engineer. You worked on several important projects that made you well-known in the industry. You finally took your retirement when the drudgery became to intense for your old heart. You had an amazing life and a well-deserved retirement.

Choice 1 : This is a happy ending. Congratulations!

Sould I stay or should I go?

You decide to stay with EBC, the company that gave you a foot in the door in the construction industry. However, after several years of hard work with EBC, another construction company, Pomerleau, offers you a job with a premium wage. Where will you go?

Choice 1 : Let's stay.

Choice 2 : See you later EBC!

All by yourself.

You started your own business, but it was terrible. You made a monumental mistake in your second project and the clients sued you.

Choice 1 : Poor you.

Let's stay.

You stayed with EBC and they rewarded you. The company offered you a high position and a higher wage than Pomerleau. You took the right decision!

Choice 1 : Prosperity.

See you later EBC!

You got hired by Pomerleau and headed to one of their construction fields on the south shore. Unfortunately, the Champlain bridge fell when you were on it. Now, you are trying to exit your car, and you realise that you need to break your window because to leave the vehicle because your door is stuck. But if you do it, the water will enter the car. Hurry up, you're drowning.

Choice 1 : Break the window.

Poor you.

The pursuit went terrible and you lost in court. You had to pay a huge penalty. Now you are broke and nobody in the domain wants to hire you. You are now officially broke. Your loved one is still there to help you, though. Let's try a dead end job again!

Choice 1 : This is not a good ending. Click here to make better choices.

New life.

You left the car and survived. However, you now have many post-traumatic problems and you can't work anymore. Your new life looks like staying at home, with a pension to pay the bills, trying to come in handy in your kids life. Them and your loved one are there to love and to help you, so you still live happy.

Choice 1 : This is a correct ending.

Prosperity.

You are now retired. You had a great career as a project manager for one of the biggest Construction company in Quebec. Everybody is proud of you, and you put prestige on your name with your great career. Now, you travel with your loved one and your kids around the world.

Choice 1 : This is a happy ending. Congratulations!