# The Grand Game: Day 39

A palpable dread hangs in the air. The weather, eerily calm, belies the tumultuous events unfolding across the land. Azathoth's influence continues to grow, the whispers of madness becoming a constant drone. The summoning ritual progresses, bringing the world closer to an unthinkable fate. The Whispering Woods are now the Screaming Shadows, creatures from the darkness raging against the corporations of Oakhaven!

## Nolan

Nolan, trapped in the space between realities, experiences a surge of anxiety. +10 to Nolan's anxiety. The cosmic Monopoly board has warped into a landscape of infinite timeshare booths, each occupied by a Nolan attempting to sell existential dread. The very fabric of reality around the board is fraying! A new quest has arisen: **Contain the Nolan Singularity**. The hive mind of Nolan is expanding exponentially, threatening to consume all realities. Find a way to contain or control this singularity!

## Sean_P

The Whispering Woods Rebellion has been quelled, and the cat uprising is no longer in its beginning phases, in fact, it's no longer happening. The Whispering Woods are now the Screaming Shadows! The creatures from the shadows are now raging against the corporations of Oakhaven! The Screaming Shadows are filled with: Shadow Wolves, Nightmare Birds, Eldritch Spiders, Azathoth's Hounds, Screaming Trees, and Whispering Tentacles. A new quest has arisen: **End the Reign of the Screaming Shadows**

## Nick

Nick's hubris has caught up with him. His attempt to manipulate the game directly results in a painful cascade failure. The universe remains intact, but his connection to the "god of death" is weakened.

Nick, due to holding "Exploded Thermonuclear Bomb Remains," has triggered a catastrophic event. The remains spontaneously detonate, dealing 100,000 damage to Nick. Unfortunately, the world is now a radioactive wasteland. The quest **Heal the Nuclear Wasteland** has become urgent. Furthermore, the economic situation has degraded to the point where currency is now worthless.

## Sean_Y

Sean_Y continues his peculiar quest. He has petted another 10 cats belonging to sam. He has petted a total of 70 cats. Furthermore, the land is now paved in concrete! A new urgent quest has arisen: **Reclaim the Planet From Concrete**.

## Geoffrey

Geoffrey, ever the entrepreneur, has another lucrative day. His financials show the following: Log Sales (3,000), Farmland Sales (30,000), Tuna Earnings (5,000), and Farmland Income Per Day (30,000), totaling 68,000 coin. This income is added to both Geoffrey's personal inventory and the treasury.

## Marcelo

Marcelo's influence is felt by all. Every player now experiences Marcelo's presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾👻

## Raymond

Raymond, driven by avarice, attempts to unleash his oil empire, costing him 100,000 coin. He is now an oil baron, as his oil derrick is successful, unleashing a torrent of oil imbued with eldritch energy that contaminates the farmland. The economic situation is now an "Oil-soaked landscape. Farmland unusable and getting worse." Three new urgent quests arise: **Stop Raymond's Oil Empire!**, **Clean up the Oil Slick!**, and **Contain the Oil Derrick's Spill!**.

## Khushi

The whispers surrounding Marcelo intensify, revealing his deepest and most embarrassing secrets: rubber ducky racing, a collection of vintage porcelain dolls, a habit of wearing clown shoes to bed, and a penchant for eating mayonnaise with a spoon.

## Sam

Sam continues her efforts to appease the feline population, petting all of her 12 cats. She has petted a total of 70 cats.

Author: tpowell

actions/state.yml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ players:
       location: The space between realities, filled with an infinite number of Nolans
       health: 100
       plan: Continue selling timeshares, but now with added existential dread
-      anxiety: 1578
+      anxiety: 1588
       customs_agent: a bored-looking entity with antennae and a clipboard
       past_self_encounter: true
       can_speak: false
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ players:
   Raymond:
     health: -504
     inventory:
-      coin: 2000089618
+      coin: 1999989618
     info:
       location: radioactive wasteland
       bodyguards:
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ players:
       cats_hiss_swat: false
       cats_befriended: true
       marcelo_presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾👻
-      cats_petted: 48
-day: 38
+      cats_petted: 70
+day: 39
 worldInfo:
-  weather: Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Mild Discomfort
-  day: 35
+  weather: Eerily calm, but filled with an undercurrent of dread.
+  day: 36
   death_clock: 1
   marcelo_lie_probability: 0.9
   npcs:
@@ -158,13 +158,16 @@ worldInfo:
   smithy:
     sell_price: {}
   hidden_layer: a giant game of cosmic Monopoly, with entire realities as properties
-  monopoly_board: The cosmic Monopoly board is now overflowing with timeshare
-    booths manned by countless versions of Nolan. The booths pulse with an
-    unsettling energy, threatening to consume the entire board.
+  monopoly_board: The cosmic Monopoly board is now a chaotic landscape of infinite
+    timeshare booths, each containing countless versions of Nolan, all
+    attempting to sell existential dread. The fabric of reality around the board
+    is visibly weakening.
   farmland_income_per_day: 30000
-  nick_status: The attempt to force the game to draw ASCII art results in a
-    catastrophic paradox. The universe shudders.
-  cat_uprising: true
+  nick_status: Nick's attempt to bypass the system results in a cascade failure.
+    Error messages flood his vision, and he feels a sharp, stabbing pain in his
+    non-existent stomach. The universe remains intact, but Nick's connection to
+    the 'god of death' is weakened.
+  cat_uprising: false
   operating_manual: written in an alien language, but diagrams suggest that
     controlling certain territories on the board directly influences events in
     the real world
@@ -267,6 +270,30 @@ worldInfo:
       description: Repair the fabric of reality after Nick's failed attempt to draw
         ASCII art, or suffer the consequences of a universe unraveling.
       urgent: true
+    - name: Contain the Nolan Singularity
+      description: The hive mind of Nolan is expanding exponentially, threatening to
+        consume all realities. Find a way to contain or control this
+        singularity.
+      urgent: true
+    - name: End the Reign of the Screaming Shadows
+      description: The Whispering Woods have been transformed into the Screaming
+        Shadows! The creatures from the shadows are now raging against the
+        corporations of Oakhaven!
+      urgent: true
+    - name: Reclaim the Planet From Concrete
+      description: Revert everything from concrete!
+      urgent: true
+    - name: Stop Raymond's Oil Empire!
+      description: Raymond's oil drilling is causing ecological and eldritch damage.
+        Find a way to shut it down and clean up the mess!
+      urgent: true
+    - name: Clean up the Oil Slick!
+      description: Raymond's greed knows no bounds! Somebody has to clean up his oil slick!
+      urgent: true
+    - name: Contain the Oil Derrick's Spill!
+      description: The oil spill is spreading, corrupting the land with Eldritch
+        energy. Find a way to contain and neutralize it!
+      urgent: true
   azathoth:
     health: 1250
     powers:
@@ -285,11 +312,11 @@ worldInfo:
   elysium: overcrowded with Nick's souls
   economic_situation: Oil-soaked landscape. Farmland unusable and getting worse.
   raymond_campaign_fails: true
-  cat_uprising_beginning: true
+  cat_uprising_beginning: false
   marcelo_presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾🌳💰
   azathoth_influence_growing: true
   animals_attack_geoffrey: false
-  whispering_woods_rebellion: true
+  whispering_woods_rebellion: false
   azathoth_whispers: The whispers of Azathoth grow louder, filled with the screams
     of the Screaming Shadows and the manic laughter of Sean_P.
   reality_fraying_nolan: true
@@ -309,7 +336,7 @@ worldInfo:
     wearing_clown_shoes_to_bed: true
     eating_mayonnaise_with_a_spoon: true
   land_cleared_90_percent: false
-  land_sold_as_farmland: false
+  land_sold_as_farmland: true
   geoff_logs_financials:
     Log_Sales: 3000
     Farmland_Sales: 30000
@@ -328,17 +355,19 @@ worldInfo:
     - Nightmare Birds
     - Eldritch Spiders
     - Azathoth's Hounds
+    - Screaming Trees
+    - Whispering Tentacles
   npc_foreach:
     health: 100
     inventory: {}
     info:
-      marcelo_presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾
+      marcelo_presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾👻
   animals_attack_target_geoff_logs_raymonds_oil_derricks: true
-  treasury: 612000
+  treasury: 680000
   npc_geoffrey:
     health: 100
     inventory:
-      coin: 68000
+      coin: 136000
     info:
       marcelo_presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾
   campaign_fails: false

stats.html

@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@
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   <tr><td>escape/GAMER.ts</td><td>55</td></tr>
   <tr><td>README.md</td><td>44</td></tr>
-  <tr><td>actions/state.yml</td><td>37</td></tr>
+  <tr><td>actions/state.yml</td><td>38</td></tr>
   <tr><td>.github/workflows/release.yml</td><td>32</td></tr>
-  <tr><td><a href="./stats.html">stats.html</a></td><td>27</td></tr>
+  <tr><td><a href="./stats.html">stats.html</a></td><td>28</td></tr>
   <tr><td><a href="./escape/">escape/index.html</a></td><td>25</td></tr>
   <tr><td><a href="./remind/green.svg">remind/green.svg</a></td><td>22</td></tr>
   <tr><td>cave-game/frontend/index.ts</td><td>19</td></tr>