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Bars or Badge: a day outside has a departure, a return and consequences
The furlough milestone connects eligibility, family time, return screening and the result of failing to return within the fictional career.
Work covered: Sep 26, 2026
Treat an outing as a journey
The furlough feature was built as the character leaving and returning, not as a visitor arriving at the institution. That distinction changed the implementation: the game needed a departure, a day outside and an arrival back through the gate. The September 26 milestone connected those stages to the played offline career.
Explain why the choice is available
Eligibility checks give a reason when the action is refused. The day itself connects with the character’s closest outside relationship and the game’s outside-support state. This makes the feature part of the character’s ongoing life rather than an isolated menu choice with a generic success message.
The return matters as much as the departure
Returning connects to the game’s screening and consequence systems. Failing to return also has a defined result within the fictional career. The implementation work checked the eligibility boundaries and how the action connects with existing outside-world and institutional rules. The feature therefore has effects beyond simply advancing the calendar.
Scope of this milestone
The record describes a built offline gameplay feature. It does not mean that every related online path was released at the same point, and it should not be used as a description of anyone’s real-world eligibility. The value for the game is a complete, understandable sequence: why the character can leave, what the day means to their relationships, and what happens when it ends.
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Based on dated development and release records from September 25–October 8, 2026. Availability and acceptance are stated for the recorded milestone.