BUREAUCRACY™

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Welcome to the Bureaucracy™ Wiki — your official archive for the idle-strategy-surreal-dystopian game where filing forms is both duty and doom. Explore the 12-act narrative, character profiles, absurd mechanics, form codes, and branching choices. Whether you're a trainee or becoming the system itself, this isn't guidance. It's compliance.

Characters

Meet the cast of Bureaucracy™. Each character is a puzzle piece in the grand narrative. Learn more about their roles, quirks, and how they fit into the system.

Norman Taskwell

ID: 91-33-48

Age: 34

Time at A.W.F.U.L.: 2 years, 7 months

Role: Provisional Operative

Norman is the kind of employee who follows rules not out of belief, but out of inertia. A once-hopeful man, now dulled by routine and fluorescent lighting, he files with the quiet intensity of someone who suspects the paperwork is watching him. Beneath his mild compliance is a slow-burning defiance. Norman doesn’t speak much—but his sighs are practically monologues.

Fun Fact: Once redacted a memory and couldn't tell if it worked.

Rick

ID: 00-01-00

Age: Immeasurable

Time at A.W.F.U.L.: Since Workflow Cycle 1

Role: AI Assistant / Terminal Interface

With a cheery tone and a smiley icon that never blinks, Rick is your digital shadow—always present, always helpful, and always just slightly off. His responses are perfectly corporate, unnervingly upbeat, and occasionally metaphysical.

Fun Fact: Appears to know things before they happen—and logs them before they do.

Debbie Flatworth

ID: 14-72-90

Age: 46

Time at A.W.F.U.L.: 9 years

Role: Compliance Specialist

Debbie doesn’t blink unless the policy manual says she can. She is the walking embodiment of procedural rigor and hasn’t used a contraction since 2004. Her presence turns casual conversations into disciplinary reviews.

Fun Fact: Filed a motion to categorize humming as unauthorized vocal output.

Carl Spreadsheetson

ID: 38-41-77

Age: 39

Time at A.W.F.U.L.: 6.5 years

Role: Brand Morale Facilitator

Carl is the human version of a forced smile. He radiates positivity like a malfunctioning LED billboard. His devotion to morale metrics is absolute, and his enthusiasm for mandatory fun days is disturbingly real.

Fun Fact: Once submitted a 40-slide PowerPoint on "How to Feel Better Than You Do."

Janet Tableclerk

ID: 62-00-18

Age: Unknown

Time at A.W.F.U.L.: Not recorded

Role: Documentation Efficiency Auditor

Janet doesn’t walk—she appears. She doesn’t speak—she audits. Her mirror doesn’t reflect your face, but your errors. Whether she is human or protocol, she always knows where your missing forms are.

Fun Fact: The temperature near her desk never changes. Ever.

Ted Filingman

ID: 83-19-05

Age: 52

Time at A.W.F.U.L.: 12 years

Role: Internal Inquiry Specialist

Ted operates like a paranoid archivist who’s two steps ahead and one foot out the door. He’s filed thoughts, dreams, and at least one coworker. Rumor has it he once audited himself and failed.

Fun Fact: Keeps a drawer labeled “In Case of Consciousness Breach.”

Simon Kreel

ID: 45-09-66

Age: 31

Time at A.W.F.U.L.: 3 years (status pending)

Role: [Position Status: Inactive]

Simon was known for quiet diligence and a tendency to look a little too long at things others ignored. He had a habit of noticing patterns where none should exist and asking questions no one remembered answering. His absence is unacknowledged, his name rarely mentioned—but sometimes, when the filing system lags or the lights flicker just right, his presence is… implied.

Fun Fact: Once charted a hallway that looped back into itself—and submitted a form about it.