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[Your room today is that of a cozy statesman’s meeting office, with a round table to sit at and a cheap coffee maker with those cookies you find in libraries sometimes on a small serving desk in the corner. The table is emblazoned with a very stately looking flag with a Rat featured prominently on it. Christmas decorations abound all around the room. There’s even a Christmas tree in the corner! Wow, that tinsel looks pretty innocuous, doesn’t it? It’s so pretty and red… wait isn’t it traditionally supposed to be silver? Oh well.]

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[On the table is a tablet which is powered on to some kind of selection screen and a sealed letter, containing the rules of the game once opened and read:]

Welcome to the Christmas Contraband game, Wisps. As you should (but probably don’t) know, the setting of this game is that of a world where Christmas is outlawed. You control the great nation of RATOPIA. However, the children of your nation still know what Christmas is, and they want things which can only be acquired through… less than legal channels. As Heads of State, this means it’s your job to acquire those presents for your own children, or else you face termination. However, you also need to prevent breaches in your own economy. That means you’re also going to be acting as a customs inspector to stop other countries from stealing presents from your country.

The rules are simple: The tablet in your room has two fields to fill out. The first is how many presents you will be attempting to smuggle from the other country. You can choose any number between 0 and 10 presents, and this will be your ‘attacking’ number. Below that is how many you will be searching for. You can either call ‘pass’ to allow everything through, or call ‘doubt’ for a number between 1 and 10 presents. Now then, on to the possible results of smuggling and catching smugglers.

PASS: The smuggler is successful! Their nation adds however many presents they attempted to smuggle to their score. If none were taken, then no points are gained.

DOUBT # EQUALS OR EXCEEDS # OF PRESENTS SMUGGLED: The smuggler is caught! All presents the smuggling nation attempted to take go to the inspector’s nation, giving them the points instead.

DOUBT VS 0 PRESENTS SMUGGLED: The smuggler was actually innocent! In order to avoid a nasty international incident, the inspector will have to pay restitution. Half of the amount of what was doubted is deducted from the inspector nation’s score and given to the smuggler. This amount is always rounded down to a minimum of 1 (so if DOUBT 9 is called, you would lose 4 points and they would gain 4 points).

DOUBT # IS LESS THAN # OF PRESENTS SMUGGLED: The smuggler successfully sneaks the presents by and manages to feign innocence. Their nation adds however many presents they attempted to smuggle to their score. In addition, Half the amount of what was doubted is deducted from the inspector nation’s score and given to the smuggler.in restitution for the ‘incorrect claim,’ as above.

You have until the timer on the tablet reaches 0 to enter your choices. Please note that once finalized, these choices cannot be changed. If no choice is made within the time available, your move will be considered 0 presents smuggled/PASS

Edited 2014-12-20 06:00 (UTC)

Your tablet’s heading changes. ‘Now engaged in dealings with: Cowland’

You have until 7:45 pm EST to turn in! Please make clear how many (if any) presents your nation is smuggling, as well as either PASS or DOUBT and the number of presents being called.

Guess it's just us playing, huh.

Guess so. At least she's letting me be here.

Yeah, that's surprisingly nice of her.

Two more days on that, right?

Last I checked.

So what do you want to do, Tan?

Well, Cows are Gulgallana, right? What do you think of them?

They're nice. Especially the one girl!

Okay. What do you say we let them pass, then? Be nice back.

That'd be good! And they'll probably be nice too, so... Five?

Sure.

Taking 5 presents, and letting them pass o/

Your tablet’s heading changes. ‘Now engaged in dealings with: Roosterville’

Also, a status update has appeared in its notifications...

You have until 8:45 pm EST to turn in! Please make clear how many (if any) presents your nation is smuggling, as well as either PASS or DOUBT and the number of presents being called.

...Nnn, I thought she'd be nice.

Well, we didn't lose anything, right?

Yeah, that's true.

So let's just keep doing what we're doing. ...But maybe increase our number.

That's fine with me.

Taking 10 presents, and letting them pass o/

Your tablet’s heading changes. ‘Now engaged in dealings with: Dogland’

Also, a status update has appeared in its notifications...

You have until 9:45 pm EST to turn in! Please make clear how many (if any) presents your nation is smuggling, as well as either PASS or DOUBT and the number of presents being called.

...You know what, Fiere?

What is it, Tan?

This is pretty dumb, you know? Outlawing Christmas? Who even does that?

I guess this Echo thinks someone must want to.

Right, but we already know she's got a stick up her behind.

That must hurt.

I know, right? But I figure, any authority that says to stop kids from getting presents for Christmas isn't somebody I'm gonna care to listen to.

Not that you listen to many.

Because adults are useless.

You don't see me arguing.

So let's just keep this up. Ten... maybe nine, I guess, keep them guessing, and let them pass, because who cares what the law is if the law is dumb.

Taking 9 presents, and letting them pass o/

because authority is dumb and outlawing Christmas is even more so

Your tablet’s heading changes. ‘Now engaged in dealings with: Pigland’

Also, a status update has appeared in its notifications...

You have until 10:45 pm EST to turn in! Please make clear how many (if any) presents your nation is smuggling, as well as either PASS or DOUBT and the number of presents being called.

[Yeah no not even going to bother discussing this one

same thing, same thing]

Edited 2014-12-21 03:01 (UTC)

Taking 10 presents, and letting them pass o/

[You’ve wound up with 10 presents on your table! All at once the ribbons tying them shut vanish into thin air, allowing them to be opened! Inside are various small gifts (fruit, hot wheels cars, legos, etc) which are yours to keep! In addition, there is a note that appears traced in the sky before you in vivid green letters.]

The children of Ratopia thank you! Nollaig Shona Daoibh, Wisps.

[With that, a door opens in a wall.]

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