This is “Papers, Please”, one of the oddest, but most compelling games I have played. The siren sounds all clear and I am left genuinely shocked by the sudden turn of events. He is dragged out of the room and taken off for questioning. Through the shutters I see the silhouette of the man being bludgeoned by the butt of a rifle. My protective shutter slams down and two guards run into the room with guns raised. I will not leave.” Suddenly alarms are going off everywhere. I stamp “access denied” on the documents and hand them back to him. I will be kind and just send him back to where he came. I could detain him and have him interrogated for lying on his passport. Part of me wants to help, but I know I cannot. He slips a 5 credit note over the counter “Please help me” he says. My mother-in-law has already died as I couldn't afford to heat our tiny home. I have already made two mistakes today and this time they will dock my pay. If I let him through then it will be a black mark against my name. My hand hovers over the stamp to deny him entry. “Do not send me back, they torture me there.” He pleads. The permit is out of date and I challenge him. “Where is your permit? All citizens must have a permit.” He hands over his permit. But what is this? It seems his entry visa says he has come to work but I don’t see a work permit. I check the fingerprints against the records and they do match, he was telling the truth. I hand him a card and he provides his fingerprints, meanwhile I search the official record of known criminals…his name and face are not there. The stamp on the visa seems a little odd, and the picture not quite the same. I query him further. I check his passport number on both documents and study the image carefully. The young man hands over his passport and entry visa.
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