The Stanley Thread

[IcarusBen]

I'm back (yay...) and I've decided to revive one of my old forum games. Manlies and gentlewomen, welcome to...

THE STANLEY THREAD

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So, has anyone ever heard of the Stanley Parable?

In the game "the Stanley Parable", a mindless office worker named Stanley one day finds that he has had no tasks scheduled for the day. Stanley then goes off to explore the building, which he find empty and devoid of life. The game progresses via a narrator, who will suggest that Stanley take a particular route through the building. However, Stanley can choose to take a different route than what the narrator suggests, which will cause the narrator to become annoyed and pressure Stanley to get back on track.

I figured we could do something like that as a forum game. So, here goes.

RULES:

The story starts off with a man named Stanley.

The story cannot deviate from Stanley or choose a different main character. Stanley must be the focus of the story.

A player can say either what Stanley does/thinks, or say what the narrator says/thinks, but cannot give what the narrator says AND Stanley's reaction.

Here is an example:

Player One:

Narrator: Stanley enters a huge, decrepit room that was once clearly the home of advanced technology. In the center of the room, there is a strange glowing blue gun with the words "Aperture Science" written on the side. Stanley picks this up.

Player Two:

Stanley, having played portal 2, knows better than to pick up the gun and continues on his way.

Remember, Stanley doesn't HAVE to follow what the narrator tells him to do. The second player can contradict the first or, probably funnier, lampshade Stanley's constant need to disobey the Narrator.

This continues until we reach an end. At that point, we will begin again. Only I will decide when we've reached an ending.

For those of you who need extra background, here is the introductory cutscene from the Stanley Parable, in transcript form:

"This is the story of a man named Stanley. Stanley worked for a company in a big building where he was employee number 427. Employee Number 427's job was simple: he sat at his desk in room 427, and he pushed buttons on a keyboard. Orders came to him through a monitor on his desk, telling him what buttons to push, how long to push them, and in what order. This is what Employee 427 did every day of every month and every year, and although others might have considered it soul-rending, Stanley relished every moment that the orders came in, as though he had been made exactly for this job. And Stanley was happy.

And then one day, something very peculiar happened. Something that would forever change Stanley. Something he would never quite forget. He had been at his desk for nearly an hour when he realized that not one single order had arrived on the monitor for him to follow. No-one had showed up to give him instructions, call a meeting, or even say Hi. Never in all his years at the company had this happened - this complete isolation. Something was very clearly wrong. Shocked, frozen solid, Stanley found himself unable to move for the longest time. But as he came to his wits and regained his senses, he got up from his desk and stepped out of his office."

And now, I'll start the game.

Stanley wandered through the office, searching for some clue as to where his coworkers had gone.

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[zekes]

Oh man, this game. Intsense.

He could not find any of his cups.

[Bill Phil]

Narrator: Stanley took the right door. Stanley? Where are you - *sigh*. Fine. Go ahead and leave.

[manni01]

Hearing this, Stanley decides to not do whatever the narrator is fine with, resulting in him camping out in the room, not choosing a door at all, declining progress. He does this for 20 seconds, whereafter Stanley got bored and chose the 3rd door, which some people refer to as the A/C vent.

[vexx32]

After clambering through the cramped air duct for several minutes, Stanley was confronted with an enormous rodent, upon which he emitted a blood-curdling scream.

[FishInferno]

Luckily for him, the rodent was scared off by his scream and he continued down the air duct until he found a small room that looked like an office.

[Vaporo]

Narrarator: Stanley, upon noticing a large red button on the desk in the center of the room labeled "BANG," is overcome with an urge to press the button. He promptly moves forward and gives it a nice hard smack.

[IcarusBen]

Sadly, this button does absolutely nothing and does not progress the plot in any reasonabl-BOOM!

Ahem. Stanley continued exploring.

[megatiger78]

after this, Stanley found a SRB with a command module attached

[astropapi1]

Narrator:

Stanley knows that boarding the command module could get him killed, so he doesn't...

Oh Stanley, why do you do this to me?

[megatiger78]

Narrator:

Stanley boarded the command module like the complete idiot he is, than launched it.

[FishInferno]

Stanle then began to freak out after realizing that his capsule lacked a heat shield.

[michaelsteele3]

Narrorator: But tada! A heat shield appeared! There, Stanley, I saved your life. Now can you please get back on track?

[Nemrav]

Stanley picked up a sandbag and threw it in the capsule, pressed the "launch" button and stepped out very quickly, the rocket leaves without him..

Stanley continued to explore the building, hoping for no more traps and to find his co-workers again.

[astropapi1]

He boards the elevator, and as it comes to a halt, a plate full of bacon is sitting right in front of him.

Now, Stanley knows that this bacon could be poisoned, so he won't... Oh, here we go again.

[megatiger78]

Stanley ate the bacon and died.

NEW GAME!

Narrator: Stanley walked into the window and accidently sent himself to outer space with dubstep

[IcarusBen]

Stanley has no spacesuit. The rest is self-explanatory. This is the Spacestep Ending.

NEW GAME!

All of his coworkers were gone. What could it mean? Stanley decided to head to the meeting room. Perhaps he had missed a memo.

[megatiger78]

Stanley trips over and breaks his spine

NEW GAME!

Narrator: Because Stanley keeps dying so much, he is now only allowed to follow the green line on the floor.

[DMSP]

Stanley farts.

NEW GAME! NO I'm kidding but let's stay on track.

All of his coworkers were gone. What could it mean? Stanley decided to head to the meeting room. Perhaps he had missed a memo.

[megatiger78]

He Went into the floor and came out in a room with a slice of bacon on a plate

[Captain Sierra]

Narrator: Stanley eats the bacon and moves on to the three doors at the end of the room. He goes through the left door. Now Stanley, you know the left door is the correct one.

[Nemrav]

Being the disobedient person he is, Stanley took the right door where he found a games lounge, but nobody was there either

[IcarusBen]

Stanley stood around in this room, waiting for something to happen. Little did he know, nothing would ever happen in this room. Ever. Stanley moved on.

[StrandedonEarth]

Stanley wandered the halls of the office but never saw anybody. In fact, nothing moved except a skinny mouse nibbling on something pink sticking out of a supply closet

Stanley suddenly realized he was very hungry and went looking for the cafeteria

[IcarusBen]

Stanley came to a set of two doors. A red one and a blue one. Realizing the cafeteria was beyond the red door, he took the red door.