ONE MILLION
DOLLAR COMPANY.

WORK 40 / AN ORDINARY WAY UP

No Pitch
Required.

Six people.
Five floors. Two places.

Choose who rides together and where to stop. Nobody has to make a case for getting somewhere.

A fictional office story. No timer. Take another trip when you need one.

THE LIFT IS ON

Ground.

0 / 2PLACES OCCUPIED

THE COMPANY / FIVE FLOORSSECTION A—A
The lift is on GroundFive floors, from Ground at the bottom to Lightwell at the top. The lift is empty. People marked waiting are on their starting floors; people marked arrived have reached their destinations.4LightwellLANDINGJJuneWAITING3StudioLANDINGTTessWAITING2BinderyLANDINGMMiloWAITING1Shared kitchenLANDINGKKitWAITINGGGroundLIFT HEREAAdaWAITINGBBeaWAITINGPLACEPLACEROOM FOR TWO PEOPLE

WaitingArrivedLetters are people’s initials.

Choose a stop

The lift goes straight to your chosen floor. Passing another floor does not stop there.

Let people in below. Anyone aboard steps out automatically at their destination. Two people must actually travel together before they have a conversation.

A full car means another trip. Every person’s request stands on its own; there is no best route to find.

The lift is on Ground. Ada and Bea are waiting here. Choose who boards, then choose a floor.

EVERYONE IS HERE FROM THE START

Ordinary requests.

0 OF 6 PEOPLE HAVE ARRIVED

Ada

WAITING / Ground

Two lidded cups

Taking tea to the studio.

Ground→Studio

Bea

WAITING / Ground

A repaired book

Returning a book to the bindery.

Ground→Bindery

Milo

WAITING / Bindery

A plant in a pot

Taking the office plant home.

Bindery→Ground

Tess

WAITING / Studio

A folded coat

Going home after a shift.

Studio→Ground

Kit

WAITING / Shared kitchen

One replacement bulb

Replacing the light on the fourth floor.

Shared kitchen→Lightwell

June

WAITING / Lightwell

A birthday cake

Bringing a cake to the shared kitchen.

Lightwell→Shared kitchen

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LIFT

Between floors.

Some company is temporary.
A few words make it to the landing.

The doors are open. No one has boarded yet.

    The journal shows the latest 40 narrative actions. Undo restores the whole last action, including conversations and arrivals, for up to 100 actions. Starting a new visit clears it all.

    Keep this visit makes a text reading record of the current floor, requests and statuses, and the retained journal. Earlier words may have been omitted after 40 actions. It is not a resumable save; nothing is uploaded or saved automatically.