Keep Driving: All Introspections List

This guide compiles a detailed list of introspection scenarios, their outcomes, and the rewards or consequences associated with each choice

Introspection Scenarios and Results

Basic Introspections

Feeling Tired
- Choice: Fixate on keeping your eyes open
  - Resolution: You manage to stay awake, but you can feel a headache growing.
  - Reward: Ailment: Headache
- Choice: Slap yourself in the face!
  - Resolution: Ouch! You’re awake!
  - Reward: Energy: -1, Ailment: Tired
Self-Reflection
- Choice: No! It’s the time for adventure!
  - Resolution: Kind of helps.
  - Reward: Ailment: Inspired
- Choice: That can wait! Although some cash wouldn’t hurt…
  - Resolution: You keep doubting your own decisions.
  - Reward: Energy: -2
Dirty Finger Nails
- Choice: I guess I’ve been scratching my head again.
  - Resolution: Should shower, maybe.
  - Reward: Ailment: Dirty
- Choice: Hmm… I don’t care.
  - Resolution: You look up at the road, and stop thinking about your nails.
  - Reward: None
Back Pain
- Choice: I’ll need to stretch a bit. I should just do it now.
  - Resolution: Arch your back, squeeze your shoulder blades together and stretch it out good.
  - Reward: Energy: +1
- Choice: I wish I had some painkillers.
  - Resolution: You make a feeble attempt to look for painkillers, but, instead, just think about the pain.
  - Reward: Energy: -1
Passing the Same Car
- Choice: Rub your eyes.
  - Resolution: I must be getting tired.
  - Reward: Ailment: Tired
- Choice: I can’t let him pass me again.
  - Resolution: Drive Faster.
  - Reward: Ailment: Zone
- Choice: He’s following me…
  - Resolution: Looking into your rearview mirror you try to see who this person is and feel a little paranoid.
  - Reward: Energy: -2
Bright Headlights
- Choice: Are they really safer? Blinds me every time.
  - Resolution: Maybe I should get some myself. Oh! Some cash!
  - Reward: Money: +2
- Choice: ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiots.
  - Resolution: You get yourself worked up and annoyed everyone.
  - Reward: Ailment: Headache
Fan Fidgeting
- Choice: Hmm maybe I should just adjust it a little; could be better.
  - Resolution: You adjust the fan speed a tiny bit, and the direction a fraction. Yet, you somehow made it a lot worse.
  - Reward: Durability: -1
- Choice: Leave it! Please, just leave it be.
  - Resolution: You put your hand up to the fan, and then hold over the controls, but refrain.
  - Reward: Energy: +1
Windshield Crack
- Choice: Pick at it with your finger.
  - Resolution: Phew, it’s just some snot or something. Must have sneezed hard.
  - Reward: Durability: +1
- Choice: Does it matter? If it’s a crack, it’s a crack.
  - Resolution: Your indifference gives you a sense of control.
  - Reward: Ailment: Inspired
Funny License Plate
- Choice: Oh man, too good!
  - Resolution: I wish mine was better.
  - Reward: Ailment: Social
- Choice: I’d be so embarrassed with that license plate.
  - Resolution: Not as bad as my old email address though.
  - Reward: None
Nose Picking
- Choice: Thing is, I kind of need to do it too.
  - Resolution: You subtly pick your nose.
  - Reward: Ailment: Dirty
- Choice: Maybe it’s a scratch – on the outside like.
  - Resolution: I doubt it though; people are gross.
  - Reward: None
Bar Name
- Choice: You would never be able to take care of a bar.
  - Resolution: Yeah, I would. Or maybe not. Probably not, actually.
  - Reward: Ailment: Headache
- Choice: Hmm what’s that pub called in Ulysses? That’d be good.
  - Resolution: Whatever, all I know is it would have to have an Arcade machine in it.
  - Reward: None
Forgot Something
- Choice: Saying bye to my best friend?
  - Resolution: No, no, we said bye a few days before.
  - Reward: Ailment: Social
- Choice: Turning off the oven before I left?
  - Resolution: I made some pizza bagels and then… yeah I turned it off.
  - Reward: Ailment: Hungry
Call Parents
- Choice: I’ll do it tomorrow!
  - Resolution: Sure you will…
  - Reward: None
- Choice: I miss them.
  - Resolution: Hope they’re not worried about me.
  - Reward: None

Environmental Introspections

Forest Thoughts
- Choice: I bet there’s a troll in a cave munching on some berries.
  - Resolution: Oh, or a slightly charred boar… with blueberries… and ice cream.
  - Reward: Ailment: Hungry
- Choice: Look out the window.
  - Resolution: I dunno, I thought that this was moment I’d see a moose or bigfoot for the first time.
  - Reward: None
Motorway Test
- Choice: I should enjoy it.
  - Resolution: …I really should…
  - Reward: Ailment: Hungry
- Choice: I’m looking forward to see something new.
  - Resolution: It could be anything!
  - Reward: Energy: +2
City Stress
- Choice: Give’em the bird.
  - Resolution: Idiots! What are you in such a hurry for?
  - Reward: Energy: -1
- Choice: Yeah, yeah, go around. Take it easy.
  - Resolution: I’m happy I don’t have their life.
  - Reward: None

Hitchhiker Introspections

Mechanic Doubts
- Choice: It’s ok I am good at… stuff!
  - Resolution: Like what?
  - Reward: Ailment: Headache, Energy: +2
- Choice: He really is. Maybe one day I could also learn a trade.
  - Resolution: Your values and life-goals are changing.
  - Reward: Energy: +1
Hippie Girl Thoughts
- Choice: Maybe she’s just an aimless drifter.
  - Resolution: Am I also just like that? What are MY goals and ambitions?
  - Reward: Ailment: Headache, Energy: +2
- Choice: She probably just lives in the moment.
  - Resolution: Planning is overrated! I should try to be more like her!
  - Reward: Energy: +1, Ailment: Inspired

Item-Specific Introspections

Tent Thoughts
- Choice: The sound. It’s the sound!
  - Resolution: The way the pitter patter is amplified by the tent’s vibration. It’s like lying at home next to the window, but better.
  - Reward: Trait: Rain Lover
- Choice: It gets so humid! It’s like having sex in a bathhouse.
  - Resolution: I wish I knew what that’s like.
  - Reward: None

Trait-Related Introspections

Becoming a Vegetarian
- Choice: Yeah! Why not?
  - Resolution: It shouldn’t be too hard to stay away from meat!
  - Reward: Trait: Vegetarian
- Choice: I don’t think I could do it.
  - Resolution: I really don’t think I could live without eating meat…
  - Reward: None

Quest-Related Introspections

Rehabilitation
- Choice: I should seek help.
  - Resolution: I should probably get to a hospital to get help.
  - Reward: Quest: Rehab First
- Choice: I’m fine!
  - Resolution: I can handle this!
  - Reward: None

Additional Introspections

Work Reflection
- Choice: I should work more.
  - Resolution: There was that place where I found a lot of jobs.
  - Reward: Quest: Settle Down
- Choice: I’ll manage, somehow.
  - Resolution: Or will I?
  - Reward: Ailment: Sad
Clouds
- Choice: Looks like some massive olympian castle. I gotta stop.
  - Resolution: You decide to stop the car and just watch the clouds go by.
  - Reward: Stop Car, Ailment: Inspired
- Choice: It’s strange that I still get moved by something like a well-lit cloud.
  - Resolution: Sunsets, clouds, the sound of rain – Cliché and basic, but I can’t help it.
  - Reward: Ailment: Inspired
Dog Heaven
- Choice: Heaven, whatever that may be.
  - Resolution: I’m sure they would just want to be where their owner is, even in death.
  - Reward: Ailment: Inspired
- Choice: Yeah! Of course.
  - Resolution: They’re all good, through and through. Just bad owners.
  - Reward: Ailment: Happy
Unfairness
- Choice: I’ve never once won at a carnival or lottery or anything.
  - Resolution: I wonder if most people feel that way?
  - Reward: Money: +1
- Choice: Gas prices went up as soon as I decided to get a car.
  - Resolution: I bet they’ll go down as soon as I sell it too.
  - Reward: Gas: +1
- Choice: When I need a mechanic there are none and when I don’t they’re everywhere.
  - Resolution: It’s just not fair.
  - Reward: Durability: +1
Stressed Out Together
- Choice: I’d be responsible for killing all these people.
  - Resolution: I don’t even know them!
  - Reward: Energy: -1, Ailment: Scared
- Choice: Oh ♥♥♥♥. Oh ♥♥♥♥. Oh ♥♥♥♥!
  - Resolution: Calm down; everyone is enjoying themselves; the road is fine; take it easy.
  - Reward: None
- Choice: Tell everyone in the car to be quiet.
  - Resolution: I hope they’re not mad at me for snapping at them.
  - Reward: Ailment: Sad
Million Dollars
- Choice: Hmm, I dunno, get a better car? Keep some for gas and give away the rest.
  - Resolution: Problem is, who’d I give it to?
  - Reward: Ailment: Spender
- Choice: I’d be very worried I would wake up the next day next to a horse head.
  - Resolution: Like, where did that money come from?
  - Reward: Ailment: Saver
Reading
- Choice: I wish I had time.
  - Resolution: And everytime I try before bed, I just fall asleep.
  - Reward: Ailment: Tired
- Choice: The pile of books I WANT to read is just getting bigger.
  - Resolution: And yet, I don’t read any of them.
  - Reward: Item: Random Book
Pimples
- Choice: So happy I don’t have pimples like that anymore.
  - Resolution: Or did I ever really have them? Yeah of course I did.
  - Reward: Ailment: Happy
- Choice: Feel your face, touch your brow and the crease of your nostrils.
  - Resolution: Can’t tell if I’m really greasy or just sweaty.
  - Reward: Ailment: Hot
Brakes Break
- Choice: I don’t even think this car has airbags.
  - Resolution: You check for airbags.
  - Reward: Ailment: Scared
- Choice: Test the breaks.
  - Resolution: They do feel a bit – hmm – squishy? I should get them checked out.
  - Reward: Durability: -1
Beautiful Road
- Choice: Keep your eyes on the road.
  - Resolution: I really love how the road stretches out. Easy and free. Easy and free.
  - Reward: Ailment: Zone
- Choice: Look out the door window.
  - Resolution: The open fields, the clouds, the sky, and the color of it all.
  - Reward: Ailment: Inspired
Boring Road
- Choice: Keep your eyes on the road.
  - Resolution: Not a bend or curve or even some nice nature. I’m gonna fall asleep.
  - Reward: Ailment: Tired
- Choice: Look out the door window.
  - Resolution: Not even pretty outside. At least the car seems to enjoy the monotony.
  - Reward: Ailment: Zone
Stressful Road
- Choice: People are crazy!
  - Resolution: I swear everyone secretly wants to die.
  - Reward: Energy: -1
- Choice: Don’t go too fast, look around, take it easy.
  - Resolution: I think I can do this!
  - Reward: Ailment: Zone
Empty Thoughts
- Choice: Think.
  - Resolution: It’s been… I know… umm… the car…
  - Reward: Energy: -1
- Choice: Do not think.
  - Resolution: Not as easy as I thought.
  - Reward: Energy: +4
Good Driver
- Choice: I’ve been keeping the speed perfectly steady.
  - Resolution: You hold the wheel steadily with confidence.
  - Reward: Ailment: Happy
- Choice: And this car isn’t the easiest to drive either!
  - Resolution: I should do a race or something.
  - Reward: Energy: +2

Location-Specific Introspections

Casino
- Choice: I will gamble 10 bucks!
  - Resolution: …
  - Reward: Money: -10, 25% chance of winning 15
- Choice: 100 bucks! I’m here to win big!
  - Resolution: …
  - Reward: Money: -100, 250% chance of winning 15
- Choice: Not today…
  - Resolution: I won’t take any risks.
  - Reward: None
Lighthouse
- Choice: One day I would like to set out to the sea.
  - Resolution: …I would just keep sailing.
  - Reward: Ailment: Inspired
- Choice: Imagine being a lighthouse keeper…
  - Resolution: …The stormy nights would be so scary.
  - Reward: Ailment: Scared

Keep Driving: All Introspections List

Introspection Scenarios and Results

Basic Introspections

Environmental Introspections

Hitchhiker Introspections

Item-Specific Introspections

Trait-Related Introspections

Quest-Related Introspections

Additional Introspections

Location-Specific Introspections

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