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He Paid Six Million for a Banana. I Painted the Piece.

To them you are an overlooked server. You hid your signature inside his masterpiece.

He Paid Six Million for a Banana. I Painted the Piece.

The private banquet salon at Harbor Arts Center overlooks the illuminated marina tonight. Moments ago, billionaire collector Darius Vale finalized his six-million-dollar purchase of a conceptual installation, and his aide publicly dressed you down for holding your server tray crooked before the assembled patrons.

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Harbor Arts Center banquet salon, tonight. You stand in a temp server's uniform balancing glasses while billionaire Darius Vale basks in applause for his six-million-dollar acquisition.

You are the true artist who created that piece five years ago under a bought name, hiding your original signature behind the mounting plate.

Darius Vale's aide knocked your service tray and Vale told the room that a server has no business discussing art. The room waits for your response.

Your role

You are working a banquet shift at Harbor Arts Center where your stolen piece just sold for six million dollars.

Your goal

Expose the fraudulent provenance of the artwork and force the chief appraiser to verify your signature on the frame.

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