The Initiation
Released: 6th March 2015
Level 19 Storyline Quest
Previous Quest: Plot Twists
Next Quest: Unwanted Guests
Level 19 Storyline Quest
Previous Quest: Plot Twists
Next Quest: Unwanted Guests
Main Characters / Extra Characters:
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Requirements / Rewards
Level 20 Rewards - 25 Diamonds |
Part 1
Danny: I can’t see anything with this bag over my head! Kip? Hello?
Your vision obscured by the bag over your head, you feel a shove from behind! You tumble into the trunk of Kip’s limo and hear the lid slam down!
Danny: Kip? Where are we going?!
Kip: You’ll find out soon enough, initiate.
The limo’s engine revs up, and the vehicle starts to move…
Danny: Right. It’s a secret. Should’ve guessed.
After bumping around in the trunk for a few miles, you feel the limo start to slow, and the ground beneath the tires seems to change. You hear the trunk open, and the smell of the ocean, the sound of the waves, and the cries of seagulls fill your senses… Kip tears the bag off your head, and you find yourself standing on a beach.
Kip: Line up with the other initiates.
Danny: Other initiates?
Time - 15 hours, 20 minutes
Kip gestures to where Lisa, Crash, Jenni and Shae stand shivering on the beach.
Danny: Hey, everybody.
Lisa: Danny’s joining the Silver Circle too?! Hell yeah!
Crash: Secret handshakes, codenames, and Danny. Could this secret society be any sicker?!
Kip: I didn’t say anything about handshakes or codenames!
Jenni: Ugh! If I had my phone, I’d be Instagramming my disgust so hard right now. Bianca and Lance are so lucky they don’t have to see this…
Shae: I’m sure Bianca and Lance have learned to handle the sight of Danny. How many times have we worked together now?
Danny: Where is Bianca? Not that I miss her or anything…
Kip: It’s been a long time since a Stone was allowed in the Silver Circle, and that’s not about to change.
Lisa: I still don’t see why you had to put bags over our heads. It’s pretty obvious we’re on an L.A. beach.
Kip: The bag is a tradition started by Orson Welles, one of the founding members of our organization. He felt initiates should embrace the fear of the unknown… that uncertainty was an integral part of working in Hollywood.
Kip waves to his chauffeur, and the limo flashes its headlights before driving back up the beach and onto the road, revealing… A long stretch of red-hot embers glowing against the sand!
Danny: Whoa! Is that a firewalk?!
Rewards
Crash: Now this is a badass initiation ceremony. Crash approved!
Kip: Up until now, you’ve all been nobodies. Don’t give me that look… you know it’s true. But once you cross these coals and join the Circle, this will become the first of many red carpets you’ll walk in your lifetime. No matter how difficult the path of fame is, you must keep going to succeed. You have to trust that continuously moving forward will get you where you need to go. Shoes off.
Danny: This won’t actually burn our feet, will it? Like, permanently?
Kip: No promises. Now… who will be the first to prove themselves worthy?
Crash: I’ve got this.
Crash kicks his shoes off and steps onto the coals. His eyes go wide, and he starts hopping from one foot to the other!
Crash: Ow ow ow! That burns!
Crash marches forward, grimacing as the flaming embers crunch under his bare feet. Finally, he reaches the other side!
Kip: Well done, Crash. Who else has the courage to leave their pathetic past selves behind and become a Silver Circle pledge? What about you, Lisa?
Lisa takes a deep breath and steps onto the coals!
Lisa: TOO HOT! WAY TOO HOT!
Danny: Just keep moving! Don’t stand still!
Lisa crosses the firewalk and collapses on the other side!
Kip: Lisa Valentine… consider yourself an official Silver Circle pledge.
Lisa: Don’t talk to me.
Kip: Jenni… why don’t you go next?
Jenni: No! I… I won’t do it! What do I care if some bunch of creeps think I’m not good enough for their secret society? I’m not going to get third degree burns just to impress you!
Kip: So be it. Someone will be here to pick you up in a few minutes. After that… I never want to hear from you again.
Jenni: That makes two of us. Let’s go, Shae.
Shae: Actually, Jenni… I’m going to stay.
Jenni: Shae! How can you--
Kip: Be quiet. You’ve lost your right to speak. Now, Shae… show Jenni the difference between you and her. Will you continue to live as a total unknown… or become someone worthy of the Silver Circle?
Shae: Save the speeches, Kip. I’ve come too far to turn back now.
Shae steps out of her shoes and carefully crosses the burning coals.
Shae: Satisfied?
Kip: At least you didn’t complain the whole time. Next!
Danny: Okay… here I go.
Part 2
Kip: You can either cross these coals or go back to being unremarkable. Which will it be, Danny?
You take a step closer and feel the heat emanating from the coals.
Danny: It’s now or never… A little fire isn’t enough to scare me.
Crash: You tell ‘em, Danny.
You step onto the coals.
Danny: Yahhh! Hot hot hot!
You keep walking forward, the heat of the coals less intense as you remain in constant motion.
Danny: I can do this…
You stride across the embers with a little more confidence!
Danny: Just a little further…
You dash across the last stretch of coals and arrive triumphant on the other side!
Danny: Still alive! I’m fireproof!
You join Crash, Lisa, and Shae on the other side of the firewalk. Just then, Kip’s limo circles back to take Jenni away.
Kip: With the exception of the spineless pleb who was just removed from my presence, I have to say this year’s initiates have… met my incredibly low expectations. Silver Circle initiates have done the firewalk since before your parents were born. Now that you lowlives have proven yourselves, you are, against all odds, part of the Silver Circle.
Danny: Aw yeah!
Lisa: Go team!
Kip: Don’t get excited. All of you are still just pledges, which means you’re about as special as a sea slug. But to distinguish you from the rest of the teeming masses, I may as well let you in on another Circle tradition. Now that you’re pledges, you’re allowed to choose a pledge name for yourselves.
Crash: Easy. I’ll be ‘Crash.’
Kip: You’re already ‘Crash.’
Crash: Okay, ‘Smash’ it is, then.
Lisa: You can all call me Lady Valentine.
Shae: I’ll be Maleficent. She pretty much perfected the evil eyeshadow look.
Danny: Hmm… I’ll be Kip’s Favorite Person in the World.
Kip: Hold on, I don’t want anyone getting the wrong--
Danny: It’s my choice, Kip. Deal with it.
Kip: Hmmph.
Rewards
Shae: So, what’s next?
Kip: Let’s go to the party so I can get a drink and get away from all of you. Spending time with you filth makes me yearn for a bath.
Part 3
Lisa: Yay! Our first Silver Circle party as new pledges!
You and the other Silver Circle pledges follow Kip up the beach toward a massive, modern-looking mansion on the cliff. Kip throws open the doors to reveal an elegant party, with Silver Circle members in tuxedos and cocktail dresses circulating the room to the strains of a string quartet.
Kip: If you’ll excuse me, I need to find company more deserving of my conversation.
Danny: Don’t let us stop you.
Lisa: Yeah, we’re going to PARTY!
Kip rolls his eyes before heading off toward the bar.
Shae: I’m surprised we’re not being hazed more. I was really looking forward to giving in to peer pressure.
Crash: Yeah, I thought Kip would make us eat cockroaches or something.
Danny: Good to know the Silver Circle is above stuff like that.
You and your fellow pledges enjoy food, drinks, and conversation with other Silver Circle members. Later in the evening, Kip stands up on a table and gets everyone’s attention. The string quartet falls silent.
Kip: To old friends… welcome. To new pledges… we’re not friends. However, it’s my reluctant honor to introduce you to the rest of the Silver Circle.
You, Lisa, Crash, and Shae line up in front of the table, smiling nervously at the part guests.
Danny: Hi, everyone.
Ethan toasts you from across the room.
Ethan: To Danny. Or should I say… Kip’s Favorite Person in the World.
Kip: Ahem. As you all know, this is a night steeped in Circle tradition. Tonight, we honor those who came before us… pour out the wine, everyone.
You look around as the Silver Circle members upend their wine glasses, dousing the carpet in rich red. Ethan walks over and presses a wine glass into your hand, and you follow suit.
Danny: So… we’re just going to destroy this carpet?
Ethan: Pretty much. This is a Rat Pack tradition… and it definitely shoes. Humphrey Bogart and those guys threw some wild parties.
Kip picks up a ceramic plate from the table.
Kip: Fame can feel like a burden every now and then. Rather than let the stress drive us into an early grave, we take this night to let loose. Seriously, go wild.
Kip whips the plate at a wall like a frisbee! It explodes on impact, shattering into a hundred pieces!
Danny: Is this tradition too?!
Ethan: You bet. Grab a plate.
Rewards
You take a plate from the table and smash it against the back of a chair! All around you, Silver Circle members follow Kip’s example, breaking plates and shattering glassware!
Lisa: Whoa, Hugh Jackman is really into smashing plates… he just threw, like, four at once!
Crash: This just gets more and more awesome!
As the part rages around you, Ethan pulls you aside.
Ethan: There’s something I wanted to talk to you about, by the way…
Part 4
Ethan: Let’s talk over here. Out of range of the flying plates, I mean.
Ethan: So, how are you liking membership in the Silver Circle, pledge?
Danny: It’s great. Very messy.
Ethan: Yeah, it gets pretty wild. Just don’t party too hard, okay? I don’t mean to be a buzzkill, but tomorrow’s the first day of shooting for ‘Permanent Wound’. We all need to be up bright and early.
Danny: Don’t worry, I’ll mind my bedtime.
Just then, your phone buzzes. You glance at the screen to see a text from Addison…
‘hey, where are you and ethan? we should go out tonight!’
Danny: Ethan, what’s the address of this place? Addison wants to know where we are.
Ethan: Sorry, Danny… it’s probably not a good idea to invite Addison.
Danny: Why not?
Time - 16 hours, 45 minutes
Danny: Why can’t we invite Addison?
Ethan: The Silver Circle doesn’t really want… ‘outsiders’ at its parties. And I’ve tried to get Addison an invite to join the Circle, but--
Kip barges in on your conversation and throws an arm around Ethan, his other hand maintaining a precarious grip on two champagne flutes.
Kip: Ethan! You’re not still going on about that Addison Sinclair girl, are you?
Ethan: I was just telling Danny that--
Kip: Listen, she made her bed when she got in Brian Ratzik’s. She’s another scandal waiting to happen. The Circle doesn’t need people like that.
Danny: What do you mean, people like--
Ethan pulls you out of Kip’s earshot.
Ethan: Forget it, Danny. I’ve tried a million times. The Circle gets really nervous about inviting people whose private lives become too public… It’s harsh, but understandable. From their perspective, someone who can’t keep a lid on their private scandal is someone who can’t keep a secret.
Danny: It’s still unfair.
Ethan: I know, Danny, but that’s part of being a member of a century-old secret society.
Danny: Well, I have to say something…
Ethan: Well, don’t tell her where we are! We’d be out of the Circle in a heartbeat if we invited an outsider to this party!
Danny: Relax, I’m just going to tell her she’s not missing anything so she won’t feel left out…
You type a message to Addison…
‘sorry addi, I’m stuck at a super boring party. wish we could’ve gone out instead. see you tomorrow!’
Your phone buzzes again. You read the text from Addison…
‘aw, sorry to hear that. thanks for being honest. we’ll go out another night!’
Danny: See? You can keep a secret without being a bad friend.
Ethan: Point taken.
Rewards
Just then, Kip clinks his champagne glasses together to get the whole crowd’s attention!
Kip: There’s something I forgot to mention! Our new pledges have kindly volunteered… To clean up once the party’s over!
Danny: Wait, what?!
Part 5
Lisa: Our first party as Silver Circle pledges just got a lot less fun…
As Kip leads the higher-ranking Silver Circle members out to the limousines idling in the driveway, you and your fellow pledges stare in horror at the mess surrounding you. The carpet is soaked through with red wine, and shards of plates and glassware litter the floor.
Danny: We have to clean up all of this?
Shae: This is the hazing I was worried about…
Crash: Hey, there’s no reason why this can’t be fun too, right? Right?
Kip ushers the last guests into a limo and comes back inside, shutting the door behind him.
Kip: Well, pledges, you have your assignment. No one leaves until this house is spotless. As you’re all undoubtedly descended from people in service professions, you should have no trouble with this.
Lisa bends down and looks at the wine-soaked carpet.
Lisa: Yikes. I don’t know if I can do this.
Danny: It’ll be easy if we all work together. It’s already pretty late… we’d better get started.
Kip: Yes. You’d better.
You, Crash, Lisa, and Shae kneel on the carpet, scrubbing wine stains out with wet rags.
Crash: This actually smells terrible…
Shae: Yeah… it’s like fermented, alcoholic mildew.
Lisa nearly gags as she wrings out a wine-soaked washcloth into a bucket.
Lisa: Describing it is not helping.
Kip: Less whining, more cleaning, please.
Lisa: You know what, Kip? You can clean it yourself!
Lisa tosses Kip her washcloth and glares at him.
Kip: What did you say?
Lisa: I said you can forget it! I didn’t come here to clean up after everyone. People clean up after me!
Kip: You understand that this means you forfeit your place in the Silver Circle, correct? Your best hope of success?
Lisa: I’m Lisa Valentine. I don’t need the Circle.
Kip: Very well then. Lisa, follow me. The rest of you… keep cleaning.
As Kip escorts Lisa off the premises, you, Crash, and Shae turn back to the task at hand.
Crash: This carpet is way too big.
Shae: And way too nasty.
Danny: Come on, guys! I know it’s gross, but every second we spend scrubbing brings us one second closer to being done! Does that help at all?
Shae: The tiniest bit imaginable. But props for trying.
Kip comes along to inspect your progress.
Kip: Excellent. You all seem to have found your true calling.
Under Kip’s supervision, you, Crash, and Shae use brooms and dustpans to sweep up the broken plates.
Shae: Careful… these are probably sharper than they look.
Crash: This would be a cool stunt for an action movie… like two guys fighting, but the ground is covered in broken plates?
Danny: A fight in a china shop, perhaps?
Crash: Oh man, that’s good. We gotta remember that.
Finally, the worst of the mess is taken care of, and all that’s left is dusting. You and the remaining pledges pick up your washcloths and lemon-scented cleaner and set to work.
As Shae finishes dusting the kitchen counter, the clock strikes 2:00 A.M..
Shae: And… we’re done.
Danny: What a nightmare.
Crash: Man, how long have we been at this?
Kip: A little over two hours.
Shae: Unbelievable. This had better all be worth it, Kip.
Kip: Believe me… it will be. I’m not saying that I wouldn’t trade back all the hours I spent babysitting you today for a single second of time away from you, but you did all right.
Danny: High praise.
Kip: Maybe too high. Come with me. We’ll take a limo back to Hollywood U…. and this time you won’t have to ride in the trunk.
Shae: Wow, we’ve really moved up in the world.
Rewards
Back at the Hollywood U campus, the limo pulls up to the curb outside your dorm.
Danny: Well… I’ll see you all later, I guess.
Crash: You know it! Silver Circle for life!
Kip: We don’t say that.
Shae: Goodnight!
Danny: Goodnight, Maleficent. Goodnight, Smash.
Crash: Seeya.
Kip: Night, Danny.
Danny: Sorry, what did you call me?
Kip: I’m not saying it.
Danny: You know the rules, Kip…
Kip: Fine. Goodnight, Kip’s Favorite Person in the World. Now excuse me while I go wash my mouth out with soap.
Part 6
Danny: Sleep… I need sleep…
You trudge down the hall to your dorm room, pull open the door, and collapse onto your bed.
Danny: Six hours of sleep isn’t too bad… I’ll set my alarm for 8:30.
You set your phone alarm and drift off… Take care not to sleep in! If you beat the bonus timer and get to the film set on time, you’ll be rewarded with diamonds and your cast and crew will be impressed!
Time - 23 hours, 30 minutes
At 8:30 A.M. sharp, you hop out of bed ready to take on the world!
Danny: Somehow those six hours were all I needed! ‘Permanent Wound’, here I come!
You meet up with your cast and crew in the parking lot at 9:00 A.M. and even have time to buy everyone coffee on the way.
Ethan: Hey, Danny! So, I guess you guys got the place cleaned up in time to get some sleep, huh?
Danny: No thanks to you. Did you have to do stuff like that when you were a pledge?
Ethan: Worse. Consider yourself lucky.
Zoe: Did you bring us all coffee, Danny? Good call. I could use the caffeine.
Chris: Call me simple, but free coffee is the fastest way to gain my respect. I gotta say, Danny… working with you is pretty great so far.
Danny: And it’s only going to get better.
Holly: Hey, speaking of working, can we get started? I’ve been waiting to see this script made for years… I can’t wait even one second longer.
Ethan: Right! Everyone follow me!
Rewards
Rewards
Ethan loads everyone into a roomy van, and soon you arrive on a long pier.
Holly: Are we going to my houseboat?
Ethan: Not quite… we’re headed to our first big set.
As the van rumbles along the pier, a massive freighter ship comes into view, stacked high with metal shipping containers and loading cranes.
Danny: No way! Is this the set for John Black’s ship? An actual ship?
Holly: It’s… it’s perfect! I thought we’d have to CGI the exterior shots!
Ethan: It’s all thanks to the Circle. You really impressed them, Danny.
Danny: That’s not the impression I got…
Zoe: Kip may be an elitist snob… but he knows talent when he sees it. And he doesn’t hesitate to reward it.
Holly: Well, send him my thanks! This is awesome!
Filming for ‘Permanent Wound’ is officially starting! Will this be your big break? Keep playing to find out!
Danny: I can’t see anything with this bag over my head! Kip? Hello?
- Level 33+ Danny
Your vision obscured by the bag over your head, you feel a shove from behind! You tumble into the trunk of Kip’s limo and hear the lid slam down!
Danny: Kip? Where are we going?!
Kip: You’ll find out soon enough, initiate.
The limo’s engine revs up, and the vehicle starts to move…
Danny: Right. It’s a secret. Should’ve guessed.
After bumping around in the trunk for a few miles, you feel the limo start to slow, and the ground beneath the tires seems to change. You hear the trunk open, and the smell of the ocean, the sound of the waves, and the cries of seagulls fill your senses… Kip tears the bag off your head, and you find yourself standing on a beach.
Kip: Line up with the other initiates.
Danny: Other initiates?
Time - 15 hours, 20 minutes
Kip gestures to where Lisa, Crash, Jenni and Shae stand shivering on the beach.
Danny: Hey, everybody.
Lisa: Danny’s joining the Silver Circle too?! Hell yeah!
Crash: Secret handshakes, codenames, and Danny. Could this secret society be any sicker?!
Kip: I didn’t say anything about handshakes or codenames!
Jenni: Ugh! If I had my phone, I’d be Instagramming my disgust so hard right now. Bianca and Lance are so lucky they don’t have to see this…
Shae: I’m sure Bianca and Lance have learned to handle the sight of Danny. How many times have we worked together now?
Danny: Where is Bianca? Not that I miss her or anything…
Kip: It’s been a long time since a Stone was allowed in the Silver Circle, and that’s not about to change.
Lisa: I still don’t see why you had to put bags over our heads. It’s pretty obvious we’re on an L.A. beach.
Kip: The bag is a tradition started by Orson Welles, one of the founding members of our organization. He felt initiates should embrace the fear of the unknown… that uncertainty was an integral part of working in Hollywood.
Kip waves to his chauffeur, and the limo flashes its headlights before driving back up the beach and onto the road, revealing… A long stretch of red-hot embers glowing against the sand!
Danny: Whoa! Is that a firewalk?!
Rewards
- 90 Cash
- 5000 XP
Crash: Now this is a badass initiation ceremony. Crash approved!
Kip: Up until now, you’ve all been nobodies. Don’t give me that look… you know it’s true. But once you cross these coals and join the Circle, this will become the first of many red carpets you’ll walk in your lifetime. No matter how difficult the path of fame is, you must keep going to succeed. You have to trust that continuously moving forward will get you where you need to go. Shoes off.
Danny: This won’t actually burn our feet, will it? Like, permanently?
Kip: No promises. Now… who will be the first to prove themselves worthy?
Crash: I’ve got this.
Crash kicks his shoes off and steps onto the coals. His eyes go wide, and he starts hopping from one foot to the other!
Crash: Ow ow ow! That burns!
Crash marches forward, grimacing as the flaming embers crunch under his bare feet. Finally, he reaches the other side!
Kip: Well done, Crash. Who else has the courage to leave their pathetic past selves behind and become a Silver Circle pledge? What about you, Lisa?
Lisa takes a deep breath and steps onto the coals!
Lisa: TOO HOT! WAY TOO HOT!
Danny: Just keep moving! Don’t stand still!
Lisa crosses the firewalk and collapses on the other side!
Kip: Lisa Valentine… consider yourself an official Silver Circle pledge.
Lisa: Don’t talk to me.
Kip: Jenni… why don’t you go next?
Jenni: No! I… I won’t do it! What do I care if some bunch of creeps think I’m not good enough for their secret society? I’m not going to get third degree burns just to impress you!
Kip: So be it. Someone will be here to pick you up in a few minutes. After that… I never want to hear from you again.
Jenni: That makes two of us. Let’s go, Shae.
Shae: Actually, Jenni… I’m going to stay.
Jenni: Shae! How can you--
Kip: Be quiet. You’ve lost your right to speak. Now, Shae… show Jenni the difference between you and her. Will you continue to live as a total unknown… or become someone worthy of the Silver Circle?
Shae: Save the speeches, Kip. I’ve come too far to turn back now.
Shae steps out of her shoes and carefully crosses the burning coals.
Shae: Satisfied?
Kip: At least you didn’t complain the whole time. Next!
Danny: Okay… here I go.
Part 2
Kip: You can either cross these coals or go back to being unremarkable. Which will it be, Danny?
- Firewalk!
You take a step closer and feel the heat emanating from the coals.
Danny: It’s now or never… A little fire isn’t enough to scare me.
Crash: You tell ‘em, Danny.
You step onto the coals.
Danny: Yahhh! Hot hot hot!
You keep walking forward, the heat of the coals less intense as you remain in constant motion.
Danny: I can do this…
You stride across the embers with a little more confidence!
Danny: Just a little further…
You dash across the last stretch of coals and arrive triumphant on the other side!
Danny: Still alive! I’m fireproof!
You join Crash, Lisa, and Shae on the other side of the firewalk. Just then, Kip’s limo circles back to take Jenni away.
Kip: With the exception of the spineless pleb who was just removed from my presence, I have to say this year’s initiates have… met my incredibly low expectations. Silver Circle initiates have done the firewalk since before your parents were born. Now that you lowlives have proven yourselves, you are, against all odds, part of the Silver Circle.
Danny: Aw yeah!
Lisa: Go team!
Kip: Don’t get excited. All of you are still just pledges, which means you’re about as special as a sea slug. But to distinguish you from the rest of the teeming masses, I may as well let you in on another Circle tradition. Now that you’re pledges, you’re allowed to choose a pledge name for yourselves.
Crash: Easy. I’ll be ‘Crash.’
Kip: You’re already ‘Crash.’
Crash: Okay, ‘Smash’ it is, then.
Lisa: You can all call me Lady Valentine.
Shae: I’ll be Maleficent. She pretty much perfected the evil eyeshadow look.
Danny: Hmm… I’ll be Kip’s Favorite Person in the World.
Kip: Hold on, I don’t want anyone getting the wrong--
Danny: It’s my choice, Kip. Deal with it.
Kip: Hmmph.
Rewards
- 2 Diamonds
- 5000 XP
Shae: So, what’s next?
Kip: Let’s go to the party so I can get a drink and get away from all of you. Spending time with you filth makes me yearn for a bath.
Part 3
Lisa: Yay! Our first Silver Circle party as new pledges!
- Complete a Party with Danny
- Have 10 Friends at Level 10+
You and the other Silver Circle pledges follow Kip up the beach toward a massive, modern-looking mansion on the cliff. Kip throws open the doors to reveal an elegant party, with Silver Circle members in tuxedos and cocktail dresses circulating the room to the strains of a string quartet.
Kip: If you’ll excuse me, I need to find company more deserving of my conversation.
Danny: Don’t let us stop you.
Lisa: Yeah, we’re going to PARTY!
Kip rolls his eyes before heading off toward the bar.
Shae: I’m surprised we’re not being hazed more. I was really looking forward to giving in to peer pressure.
Crash: Yeah, I thought Kip would make us eat cockroaches or something.
Danny: Good to know the Silver Circle is above stuff like that.
You and your fellow pledges enjoy food, drinks, and conversation with other Silver Circle members. Later in the evening, Kip stands up on a table and gets everyone’s attention. The string quartet falls silent.
Kip: To old friends… welcome. To new pledges… we’re not friends. However, it’s my reluctant honor to introduce you to the rest of the Silver Circle.
You, Lisa, Crash, and Shae line up in front of the table, smiling nervously at the part guests.
Danny: Hi, everyone.
Ethan toasts you from across the room.
Ethan: To Danny. Or should I say… Kip’s Favorite Person in the World.
Kip: Ahem. As you all know, this is a night steeped in Circle tradition. Tonight, we honor those who came before us… pour out the wine, everyone.
You look around as the Silver Circle members upend their wine glasses, dousing the carpet in rich red. Ethan walks over and presses a wine glass into your hand, and you follow suit.
Danny: So… we’re just going to destroy this carpet?
Ethan: Pretty much. This is a Rat Pack tradition… and it definitely shoes. Humphrey Bogart and those guys threw some wild parties.
Kip picks up a ceramic plate from the table.
Kip: Fame can feel like a burden every now and then. Rather than let the stress drive us into an early grave, we take this night to let loose. Seriously, go wild.
Kip whips the plate at a wall like a frisbee! It explodes on impact, shattering into a hundred pieces!
Danny: Is this tradition too?!
Ethan: You bet. Grab a plate.
Rewards
- 3 Diamonds
- 5000 XP
You take a plate from the table and smash it against the back of a chair! All around you, Silver Circle members follow Kip’s example, breaking plates and shattering glassware!
Lisa: Whoa, Hugh Jackman is really into smashing plates… he just threw, like, four at once!
Crash: This just gets more and more awesome!
As the part rages around you, Ethan pulls you aside.
Ethan: There’s something I wanted to talk to you about, by the way…
Part 4
Ethan: Let’s talk over here. Out of range of the flying plates, I mean.
- Level 19+ Ethan
Ethan: So, how are you liking membership in the Silver Circle, pledge?
Danny: It’s great. Very messy.
Ethan: Yeah, it gets pretty wild. Just don’t party too hard, okay? I don’t mean to be a buzzkill, but tomorrow’s the first day of shooting for ‘Permanent Wound’. We all need to be up bright and early.
Danny: Don’t worry, I’ll mind my bedtime.
Just then, your phone buzzes. You glance at the screen to see a text from Addison…
‘hey, where are you and ethan? we should go out tonight!’
Danny: Ethan, what’s the address of this place? Addison wants to know where we are.
Ethan: Sorry, Danny… it’s probably not a good idea to invite Addison.
Danny: Why not?
Time - 16 hours, 45 minutes
Danny: Why can’t we invite Addison?
Ethan: The Silver Circle doesn’t really want… ‘outsiders’ at its parties. And I’ve tried to get Addison an invite to join the Circle, but--
Kip barges in on your conversation and throws an arm around Ethan, his other hand maintaining a precarious grip on two champagne flutes.
Kip: Ethan! You’re not still going on about that Addison Sinclair girl, are you?
Ethan: I was just telling Danny that--
Kip: Listen, she made her bed when she got in Brian Ratzik’s. She’s another scandal waiting to happen. The Circle doesn’t need people like that.
Danny: What do you mean, people like--
Ethan pulls you out of Kip’s earshot.
Ethan: Forget it, Danny. I’ve tried a million times. The Circle gets really nervous about inviting people whose private lives become too public… It’s harsh, but understandable. From their perspective, someone who can’t keep a lid on their private scandal is someone who can’t keep a secret.
Danny: It’s still unfair.
Ethan: I know, Danny, but that’s part of being a member of a century-old secret society.
Danny: Well, I have to say something…
Ethan: Well, don’t tell her where we are! We’d be out of the Circle in a heartbeat if we invited an outsider to this party!
Danny: Relax, I’m just going to tell her she’s not missing anything so she won’t feel left out…
You type a message to Addison…
‘sorry addi, I’m stuck at a super boring party. wish we could’ve gone out instead. see you tomorrow!’
Your phone buzzes again. You read the text from Addison…
‘aw, sorry to hear that. thanks for being honest. we’ll go out another night!’
Danny: See? You can keep a secret without being a bad friend.
Ethan: Point taken.
Rewards
- 100 Cash
- 5000 XP
Just then, Kip clinks his champagne glasses together to get the whole crowd’s attention!
Kip: There’s something I forgot to mention! Our new pledges have kindly volunteered… To clean up once the party’s over!
Danny: Wait, what?!
Part 5
Lisa: Our first party as Silver Circle pledges just got a lot less fun…
- Cleanup!
As Kip leads the higher-ranking Silver Circle members out to the limousines idling in the driveway, you and your fellow pledges stare in horror at the mess surrounding you. The carpet is soaked through with red wine, and shards of plates and glassware litter the floor.
Danny: We have to clean up all of this?
Shae: This is the hazing I was worried about…
Crash: Hey, there’s no reason why this can’t be fun too, right? Right?
Kip ushers the last guests into a limo and comes back inside, shutting the door behind him.
Kip: Well, pledges, you have your assignment. No one leaves until this house is spotless. As you’re all undoubtedly descended from people in service professions, you should have no trouble with this.
Lisa bends down and looks at the wine-soaked carpet.
Lisa: Yikes. I don’t know if I can do this.
Danny: It’ll be easy if we all work together. It’s already pretty late… we’d better get started.
Kip: Yes. You’d better.
You, Crash, Lisa, and Shae kneel on the carpet, scrubbing wine stains out with wet rags.
Crash: This actually smells terrible…
Shae: Yeah… it’s like fermented, alcoholic mildew.
Lisa nearly gags as she wrings out a wine-soaked washcloth into a bucket.
Lisa: Describing it is not helping.
Kip: Less whining, more cleaning, please.
Lisa: You know what, Kip? You can clean it yourself!
Lisa tosses Kip her washcloth and glares at him.
Kip: What did you say?
Lisa: I said you can forget it! I didn’t come here to clean up after everyone. People clean up after me!
Kip: You understand that this means you forfeit your place in the Silver Circle, correct? Your best hope of success?
Lisa: I’m Lisa Valentine. I don’t need the Circle.
Kip: Very well then. Lisa, follow me. The rest of you… keep cleaning.
As Kip escorts Lisa off the premises, you, Crash, and Shae turn back to the task at hand.
Crash: This carpet is way too big.
Shae: And way too nasty.
Danny: Come on, guys! I know it’s gross, but every second we spend scrubbing brings us one second closer to being done! Does that help at all?
Shae: The tiniest bit imaginable. But props for trying.
Kip comes along to inspect your progress.
Kip: Excellent. You all seem to have found your true calling.
Under Kip’s supervision, you, Crash, and Shae use brooms and dustpans to sweep up the broken plates.
Shae: Careful… these are probably sharper than they look.
Crash: This would be a cool stunt for an action movie… like two guys fighting, but the ground is covered in broken plates?
Danny: A fight in a china shop, perhaps?
Crash: Oh man, that’s good. We gotta remember that.
Finally, the worst of the mess is taken care of, and all that’s left is dusting. You and the remaining pledges pick up your washcloths and lemon-scented cleaner and set to work.
As Shae finishes dusting the kitchen counter, the clock strikes 2:00 A.M..
Shae: And… we’re done.
Danny: What a nightmare.
Crash: Man, how long have we been at this?
Kip: A little over two hours.
Shae: Unbelievable. This had better all be worth it, Kip.
Kip: Believe me… it will be. I’m not saying that I wouldn’t trade back all the hours I spent babysitting you today for a single second of time away from you, but you did all right.
Danny: High praise.
Kip: Maybe too high. Come with me. We’ll take a limo back to Hollywood U…. and this time you won’t have to ride in the trunk.
Shae: Wow, we’ve really moved up in the world.
Rewards
- 2 Diamonds
- 5000 XP
Back at the Hollywood U campus, the limo pulls up to the curb outside your dorm.
Danny: Well… I’ll see you all later, I guess.
Crash: You know it! Silver Circle for life!
Kip: We don’t say that.
Shae: Goodnight!
Danny: Goodnight, Maleficent. Goodnight, Smash.
Crash: Seeya.
Kip: Night, Danny.
Danny: Sorry, what did you call me?
Kip: I’m not saying it.
Danny: You know the rules, Kip…
Kip: Fine. Goodnight, Kip’s Favorite Person in the World. Now excuse me while I go wash my mouth out with soap.
Part 6
Danny: Sleep… I need sleep…
- Level 34+ Danny
You trudge down the hall to your dorm room, pull open the door, and collapse onto your bed.
Danny: Six hours of sleep isn’t too bad… I’ll set my alarm for 8:30.
You set your phone alarm and drift off… Take care not to sleep in! If you beat the bonus timer and get to the film set on time, you’ll be rewarded with diamonds and your cast and crew will be impressed!
Time - 23 hours, 30 minutes
At 8:30 A.M. sharp, you hop out of bed ready to take on the world!
Danny: Somehow those six hours were all I needed! ‘Permanent Wound’, here I come!
You meet up with your cast and crew in the parking lot at 9:00 A.M. and even have time to buy everyone coffee on the way.
Ethan: Hey, Danny! So, I guess you guys got the place cleaned up in time to get some sleep, huh?
Danny: No thanks to you. Did you have to do stuff like that when you were a pledge?
Ethan: Worse. Consider yourself lucky.
Zoe: Did you bring us all coffee, Danny? Good call. I could use the caffeine.
Chris: Call me simple, but free coffee is the fastest way to gain my respect. I gotta say, Danny… working with you is pretty great so far.
Danny: And it’s only going to get better.
Holly: Hey, speaking of working, can we get started? I’ve been waiting to see this script made for years… I can’t wait even one second longer.
Ethan: Right! Everyone follow me!
Rewards
- 5 Diamonds
- 5000 XP
Rewards
- 25 Diamonds
Ethan loads everyone into a roomy van, and soon you arrive on a long pier.
Holly: Are we going to my houseboat?
Ethan: Not quite… we’re headed to our first big set.
As the van rumbles along the pier, a massive freighter ship comes into view, stacked high with metal shipping containers and loading cranes.
Danny: No way! Is this the set for John Black’s ship? An actual ship?
Holly: It’s… it’s perfect! I thought we’d have to CGI the exterior shots!
Ethan: It’s all thanks to the Circle. You really impressed them, Danny.
Danny: That’s not the impression I got…
Zoe: Kip may be an elitist snob… but he knows talent when he sees it. And he doesn’t hesitate to reward it.
Holly: Well, send him my thanks! This is awesome!
Filming for ‘Permanent Wound’ is officially starting! Will this be your big break? Keep playing to find out!