Put-Peep(tm)

The rules are simple. Someone hides the Peep(tm). It's your turn to find it. Then you Put-Peep(tm) the next person on the list.

You're it, and you have no idea where Mercer hid it. But now you have to search for it and Put-Peep(tm) Jessy.

But you're not here this late, this alone, on this stormy October night, just to search for the Peep(tm). You have bigger fish to fry. You're here to work. That nagging bug which fails to trigger the dragon's animations in the correct order is causing some very real concern among the higher-ups.

You understand that it is happening, but can't for the life of you figure out why it is happening. Or more importantly, how to stop it from happening.

You've worked for Jetpack Games for seven years, a lifetime in the games industry. Your game ships in less than a month and that damn dragon keeps misbehaving. The game can't ship like this and the company's future is riding on you. Again.

What was that sound??

Put-Peep(tm) is a moody interactive fiction story submitted to EctoComp 2023.