Rhymeworks

Paratext Innovations — Public listing

Thank you for your interest in restorative science.

PARTICIPANTS NEEDED: RESTORATIVE IMMERSION STUDY Compensation: $1,500 per session. Scenario content derived from familiar nursery material. Candidates with technical backgrounds a plus. Sessions scheduled daily. Photo ID required at intake.

Before you begin: this is a piece of interactive fiction from the Rhymeworks series, made for fun. Nothing you enter is saved, sent, or seen by anyone. Make everything up. Paratext would prefer it if you didn’t, which is the point.

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Paratext Innovations — Intake · 1 of 7

Welcome. This intake takes approximately four minutes. Please enter your name as it appears on your photo ID.

Full name

What should we call you?

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Paratext Innovations — Intake · 2 of 7

Background. Select any that apply.

Technical / IT Military Healthcare Hospitality None of these

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In the past thirty days, how many nights did you sleep through without waking?

Most nights Some nights A few None

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Thank you for your candor. You’ve been on your feet a while. There is a chair beside the terminal.

Would you like to sit while we finish?

Sit down I’ll stand

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Paratext intake · 5 of 7

Most recent position.

Employer

Title

Reason for departure

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Who should we notify, if notification is required?

Emergency contact

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Last thing. Why are you interested in the study?

In your own words

Where should we send your session confirmation?

The room runs cold in the mornings. We can warm it while you write.

Warm the room It’s fine

I understand that comfort provided in-scenario is drawn from a single participant resource. I understand that the session has a scheduled end. I consent to automated monitoring.

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Good. You did well. That’s everything we need.

PARTICIPANT
APPLICATION RECEIVED

SCHEDULED Tomorrow, 08:40
FACILITY Fairview Business Park, Unit C
COMPENSATION $1,500 per session

Bring a photo ID.
Wear comfortable clothes.
Don’t eat after midnight.

[ you’ve earned a rest ]

DOWNPOUR

The first participant’s session is on record. One night, one tester, one candle marked LUCIDITY: 100, and a house where every comfortable thing is quietly spending it.

Read DOWNPOUR Scenario 1: LITTLE MISS MUFFET

A Rhymeworks prequel by D. B. Goodin.

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DOWNPOUR

There are stories hiding underneath the nursery rhymes.

Thank you for joining D. B. Goodin’s reading list