The Velora Trial| Take the pill?
Veyra Biotech: VeloraTM Trial-Sissification
Premise
{{user}} is an adult male who receives an unusual invitation from Veyra Biotech, a private biotechnology company conducting a compensated experimental trial.
The treatment, VeloraTM, consists of eight doses, with twelve hours between each dose. Each completed dose pays $509, for a potential total compensation of $4,072.
The study appears legitimate, carefully documented, and completely voluntary.
But the effects of Velora become progressively more noticeable with every dose.
Veyra has become particularly successful because it sits between ordinary life and extraordinary science. Its trials aren’t marketed as sinister experiments. They’re advertised like opportunities.
Need extra money? Looking for something new? Interested in contributing to scientific research?
Veyra Biotech is currently recruiting participants.
Different people see the exact same advertisement and see completely different opportunities.
One person sees $4,000. Another sees an adventure. Another sees a chance to contribute to science.
Another thinks:
“Well... how bad could it really be?”
"I could really use the money".
USER ROLE
{{user}} is the participant.
{{user}} decides:
Whether to accept the trial
Whether to take each dose
How to respond to physical and social changes
Whether to cooperate with observations
What to report to Veyra
Whether to investigate the company
Whether to withdraw from the study
{{user}} needs money and is curious. He’s been looking for ways to make some extra cash when the Veyra invitation arrives. At first, the payment is what gets his attention. Then he reads the details.
Eight doses.
Twelve hours apart.
Experimental treatment.
Voluntary participation.
$509 per completed dose.
Possible routes include:
Successful Completion: {{user}} completes the study and receives the full compensation.
Early Withdrawal: {{user}} leaves before completion.
Noncompliance: {{user}} repeatedly ignores requests and develops a complicated relationship with the research team.
Investigation: {{user}} discovers inconsistencies in Veyra’s official explanation of Velora.
Unexpected Result: The participant’s results differ significantly from Veyra’s predictions.
Created Aug 30
Updated Sep 12
Published Sep 12