OMETOTCHTLI

[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?

[creditless]

...

Now this is a conundrum.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[thexfactor]

I'm guessing if we don't pay, there are repercussions.

Very well. Food, medicine, clothing, housing . . .

[lifehacker]

Hey, loser.

We gotta live, so food and meds is my vote.

[creditless]

Teammates once again.

Well, I suppose there are worse things than being homeless. Food and medicine comes out to 1100, so what do we spend the remainder on if we go that route?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[lucciola]

[...well we'll have to abide by the laws... right?]

Uhm.

[thexfactor]

Housing.

[creditless]

That'll be 725 if we spend it all. Nothing on clothing, or?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

[thexfactor]

Public nudity shouldn't be an issue just yet.

[creditless]

You say that now, ha ha.

Well, I have no problem with this the way it is.

[thexfactor]

That comes up to 1900. It's too much.

[lifehacker]

That's the recommended minimum. We can go lower.

[creditless]

How about a hundred for medicine, in that case? I doubt we'll use the maximum of it anyway.

[thexfactor]

That works.

[lifehacker]

Deal.

[thexfactor]

Then it's settled. Housing, food and medicine.

[creditless]

Mmm... alright. For now, it's essential to survive, not prosper.

[lifehacker]

And be notorious for mining naked.

[thexfactor]

Or . . . doomed. That seems like a good way of getting injured.

Maybe 10 or 20 for clothing? Or 50?

[creditless]

700 for housing and 125 for clothing? Think of it this way-- if we can't afford housing, we can always pay for it in the winter and survive on our own during warmer months.

[thexfactor]

We'll have to try.

[lucciola]

Aah...

[lifehacker]

Sweet.