Checkpoint 6 - The Harbor

### Features

Tall city buildings, cargo barges, warehouses, apartments, residential buildings, trees, shipping containers, silos, crane

## Drivers

### New drivers

Mr. Briggs, Mrs. Thiesen, Mr. Molina, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Ruiz, retired Dentist Charles Schneider, Mr. Shepard, dentist student Charles Schneider, Ms. Donnahue

### Recurring drivers

Mrs. Griffin, Julia, the man who calls himself Mr. Lee, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Baker, Charles Schneider, Ben Womack, police officer Johnson

## Progression

### Preceded by

Checkpoint 5 - The Garbage Dump/Golf Course

## Time bonuses

### End rewards

2x

**The Harbor** is the sixth checkpoint/seventh level in Does Not Commute. It comes after The Garbage Dump/Golf Course. The next level is The Metropolis/Future. As the name suggests, you would find everything in a harbor: cargo barges, some roads, warehouses, shipping containers, a crane, a forklift (driven by Mr. Ruiz), and some city buildings. There are also some apartment buildings, and some other residential buildings.

(This is the third and final level using the City as its setting, as well as the City and the City (Night).

Ms. Donnahue is leading the cars of the harbor into the Metropolis/Future, on the other side of the laser road and checkpoint sign.

## Drivers

There are 17 drivers like the Garbage Dump/Golf Course. We are familiar with: Mrs. Griffin, Julia, the man who calls himself Mr. Lee, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Baker, Dentist Charles Schneider, Ben Womack, and Police officer Johnson. We are introduced to: Mr. Briggs, Mrs. Thiesen, Mr. Molina, Mrs. Smith (Granny Smith, from another Mediocre game) and Mr. Ruiz. There are also two new appearances of past and future Schneiders. The time of day goes from about mid-morning to early evening.

## Story summary

Mrs. Griffin’s mask is overpowering her after it decided that she wants to get rid of it! Ni-Ko Bim-Zawang is really getting hold of her. Mr. Briggs is going to collect a container full of stuffed animal toys. Julia is still skipping work after another day! She is going bungee jumping, I wonder why? The harbour is getting clogged with rubbish, as Mrs. Thiesen dumps hundreds of bags filled with mannequin body parts in the water. What is Ben Womack doing, parking the van as if nothing happened? He always goes on strange investigations. Mr. Ruiz thought he heard something from one of the containers. But the man who calls himself Mr. Lee is visiting a friend who lives in a container! Maybe it’s that "friend" in the container making the noise!

Meanwhile, Mr. Hughes is angry about falsely trusting Clark Jensen. He was also involved in the golf club incident, and now the police are out to catch that Jensen-man! Mr. Molina has caught up with that, listening to the radio about the incident. Dentist Charles Schneider is setting up an interesting project at his clinic, but there’s so much to set up, he needs more than one Schneider, past, present and future. They all are carrying electronic equipment. What is that needed for?

Mr. Baker is out of slogans! He is leaving town forever to live with penguins. Mr. Shepard is confused about how he came into this primitive landscape. He has tentacles instead of arms and legs, and he is from the future! More time travelling, eh? Maybe that’s the “interesting project” that the Schneider’s are setting up.

### Ms. Donnahue's issue

Ms. Donnahue is supposed to be on Glower Boulevard, but ended going the wrong way, to the Metropolis/Future. Maybe it’s because of that strange light attracting her (the wormhole, possibly the result of dentist Charles Schneider’s project!

* Ms. Donnahue has no idea where she's going. Wasn't she just on Glower Boulevard, when that strange light appeared? This road doesn't look familiar. [1]

### The story goes as follows:

1. Mrs. Griffin was going to get rid of the mask once and for all, but it's stuck to her face. Suddenly she loses control over her body as it decides to steer the car to Glower Boulevard. [1]
2. Art enthusiast Mr. Briggs is on his way to the harbor, where he keeps a container housing his extreme collection of stuffed animals in vintage lingerie. His family, who knows very little about art, is not aware of the collection. [2]
3. Ah, it's Julia again! She's got bungee jumping equipment with her, as she heads for the harbor.[3]
4. Mrs. Thiesen, who owns a high fashion store in the city, is about to fulfill a lifelong dream. She's heading to the harbor to dump dozens of garbage bags filled with mannequin body parts in the water. [4]
5. On his way to work, longshoreman Mr. Molina listens to the morning news on the radio. There's a special report about the bulldozer incident at the golf club yesterday. The police are searching for a man claiming to be a spiritual advisor. [5]
6. Mrs. Smith heads into town after picking up a large consignment of fruit at the harbor. [6]
7. Docker Mr. Ruiz thought he heard something, or someone, from one of the containers, but part of Mr. Ruiz's job is not asking any questions. [7]
8. The man who calls himself Mr. Lee decides to visit a friend who lives in a container in the harbor. [8]
9. Golf club owner Mr. Hughes should never have trusted that Jensen-man. To console himself after the debacle, Mr. Hughes is heading to the harbor to purchase a new boat with his insurance money. [9]
10. When advertiser Mr. Baker woke up this morning, he was suddenly out of slogans and felt a great sense of relief. He's leaving town forever to live by the sea and knit sweaters for injured penguins. [10]
11. Dentist Charles Schneider has recently imported an ample quantity of electronic equipment, for an interesting project at his clinic. He's on his way to personally collect it from the harbor. [11]
12. Federal investigator Ben Womack heads back to the bureau to park the van as if nothing happened. Like he usually does a few times a week. [12]
13. Retired Dentist Charles Schneider is on his way to the harbor to help his past self carry some crates of imported electronic equipment. [13]
14. Police officer Johnson found the main suspect in the golf club incident, as he was trying to flee the country. Officer Johnson is now escorting the suspect to the station. [14]
15. Mr. Shepard is very confused at how he ended up in this primitive looking landscape. His tentacle limbs need water, so he makes haste to the harbor. [15]
16. Dentist student Charles Schneider is on his way to help his future self carry some crates of imported electronic equipment. [16]
17. Ms. Donnahue just got off the ferry and is making her way to her apartment on Glower Boulevard. [17]

## Hidden time bonuses

1. On the map, there is a 20+ time bonus hidden behind the city buildings , best collected by Ben Womack, Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. Thiesen, or dentist student Charles Schneider.
2. There is also another 20+ hidden in the blue shipping containers. This is best collected by Granny Smith, Mr. Baker, or Charles Schneider (and his past and future selves). You could possibly try Mr. Hughes or Julia, but the limousine and truck will definitely crash as they are so long and drift so much.

## Secret Radio Music

Scroll the red line on the menu to the second-last set of roads where Julia, Ben Womack, and police officer Johnson start. It is also where Mr. Baker, and Mrs. Smith finish. Internally, the name is "cleaner-pogostick", which suggests something about Ben Womack messing around.

We say good night and good luck in the next and final level of Does Not Commute: THE METROPOLIS/FUTURE.