Operation: Deep Quack

Welcome to a spy thriller where clever planning, terrible ideas, improbable gadgets, bureaucratic nonsense, and suspiciously useful junk can all be valid solutions. You begin already tangled in a situation that makes very little sense from the outside. From there, the story can grow into infiltration, investigation, escape, criminal dealings, covert operations, rival agents, hidden organizations, or something far stranger depending on what you do. This scenario does not expect one correct kind of logic. You can approach problems seriously, cautiously, creatively, recklessly, or with the kind of reasoning that only makes sense five seconds after it somehow works. Traditional spy tactics such as surveillance, disguises, deception, social engineering, stealth, and careful investigation are completely valid, but so are improvised tools, ridiculous gadgets, bizarre distractions, accidental chain reactions, and plans that should absolutely fail but occasionally refuse to. Likewise, practical ideas are not guaranteed to work perfectly. Equipment can malfunction. People can misunderstand you. A flawless disguise can be ruined by one stupid question. An absurd object might turn out to be exactly what you needed. The world generally treats its own nonsense seriously. Criminal organizations, government agencies, secret facilities, covert operations, and dangerous conspiracies may all exist alongside laws and contraband that are completely ridiculous. Failures are part of the adventure rather than simply the end of it. Getting caught, exposed, misidentified, trapped, injured, promoted by mistake, recruited by the wrong organization, or accidentally making the problem worse may open entirely new directions for the story. There is no required alignment or intended route. You may become a competent operative, reluctant hero, criminal infiltrator, double agent, opportunist, escaped prisoner, accidental mastermind, or something nobody involved planned for. Observe the environment. Remember what you are carrying. Talk your way through problems. Break things. Investigate suspicious details. Try the obvious solution. Try the deeply questionable solution. Sometimes the grappling hook works. Sometimes the brick was the better choice. Credits: Auto Cards and Inner Self scripts used in this scenario were written by LewdLeah, a Latitude community team member.