GULGULLANA

[soulping]

[ Everything fades to black...and you awaken in a run-down one-room shack, with the distinct feeling that the people around you are your family, if you didn't already have such a bond with them.

You're wearing raggedy versions of your uniform, and a newspaper informs you that you are currently in Cathay, on the fifteenth anniversary of the day the company Lupus' Secret Stash led a coup and established their own government. In fact, you can now remember why you came here - to escape the misfortunes of your own country - because this is truly the land of opportunity and freedom. ]

Comments

YEAR 1

[soulping]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[soulping]

RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

LUXURIES: NO RECOMMENDATIONS

Alcohol (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Tobacco (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Smooshables (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Automobiles (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Foodguns (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - COAL MINER. YEARLY INCOME - 1825 MONIES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[endsintheocean]

[o-oh sudden family feels]

...We can't afford the full recommended necessities. That's going to be a problem.

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

EVENT 1

[soulping]

As a result of your lack of payment into housing, your home has ended up in a state of disrepair. It should be no surprise that when monsoon season begins, the water damage to the roof causes it to collapse, right on top of your heads.

ARMIN has suffered a concussion.

EVENT 2

[soulping]

While working in the coal mines, another worker knocks a bundle of dynamite down into a crevasse on accident. You could probably retrieve it if you climb carefully. What do you do?

EVENT 3

[soulping]

It's so, so cold. DIZ will find herself unable to speak coherently, mumbling and shivering constantly, as she fumbles in pain at trying to complete the simplest of tasks. She now has HYPOTHERMIA.

EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

Events 1 and 3 do not require a turn-in!

YEAR 2

[soulping]

BUDGET

[soulping]

STATUS:

DIZ's HYPOTHERMIA has progressed to SEVERE HYPOTHERMIA.
ARMIN has RECOVERED from his concussion.

RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

LUXURIES: Due to a robbery, the price of SMOOSHABLES has gone up.

Alcohol (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Tobacco (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Smooshables (costs 300 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Automobiles (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Foodguns (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - CRAFTSMEN. YEARLY INCOME - 3650 MONIES

Will you pay taxes this year?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

EVENT 1

[soulping]

DIZ has begun to recover from HYPOTHERMIA.

EVENT 2

[soulping]

While working on the assembly line, you notice a problem with a conveyer belt. You can either attempt to fix it, or leave it for the next shift.

EVENT 3

[soulping]

Flooding in one of the caves has cut down coal production, putting your factory in danger of shutting down. You find yourself out of a job for the remainder of the year.

As a result, you all become horribly emaciated as you use up the last of your food stores. You're barely eating enough to make it through the week, and at almost all times the pangs of hunger strike you almost unbearably.

Your family is STARVING.

EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

YEAR 3

[soulping]

Re: YEAR 3

[soulping]

STATUS:

THE PLAGUE OUTBREAK HAS REACHED YOUR HOME. CANDY HAS CONTRACTED THE DISEASE. SHE IS INCURABLE, AND WILL DIE SHORTLY.


RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

LUXURIES: Due to more robberies and an epidemic of the plague, luxuries have shot up in price and lost effectiveness.

Alcohol (costs 400 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -
Tobacco (costs 400 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 400 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -
Smooshables (costs 500 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -
Automobiles (costs 800 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -
Foodguns (costs 1000 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - SECURITY. YEARLY INCOME - 5475 MONIES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

EVENT 1

[soulping]

A shady individual has offered to assist you in fighting the plague. Do you accept?

EVENT 2

[soulping]

You have been tasked to attempt to arrest Troublemakers A or Troublemakers B. Do you follow this order, and if so, who do you pursue?

EVENT 3

[soulping]

What do you do with Candy's body?

EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

YEAR 4

[soulping]

STATUS:

NOTHING TO REPORT.


RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

LUXURIES: NOTHING TO REPORT.

Alcohol (costs 400 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -
Tobacco (costs 400 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 400 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -
Smooshables (costs 500 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -
Automobiles (costs 800 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -
Foodguns (costs 1000 per unit, adds 10 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - SECURITY. YEARLY INCOME - 5475 MONIES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: YEAR 4

[endsintheocean]

[sigh]

Do we donate into eliminating the plague again?

EVENT 0

[malthusian]

YOU HAVE INVENTED PENICILLIN, AND HELPED TO END THE SPREAD OF THE PLAGUE. ALL IT TOOK WAS A DEAD MERMAID.

PROCEED TO ENDGAME.