TIAMAT

[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 3

[soulping]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[soulping]

STATUS:

KAITO is MANGLED.
VETOED is MISSING AN ARM.

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?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[showbooty]

So now that we can afford luxuries, they're not worth buying at all?

Let's spend... 1500 on housing, 1400 on food, 700 on medicine, 800 on clothing... That's 4400, leaving us with 1075 to save until next year when the price on luxuries goes down?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[carptricks]

[his arm and leg are both splinted courtesy of Clover, and he has her cloak tied around his head to cover his ear injury]

[he seems to be thinking normally again, too]

S'fine with me. Though we're assuming the price will go down next year.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[showbooty]

... If we want to buy them this year, that's fine, but that's a hell of a price jump and not as much gain... Going 500 over on all of them should mean we don't get any negative events, either...

... Unless we want to put more into food.

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: BUDGET TURN-IN

[showbooty]

No taxes!

1500 to housing, 1800 to food, 700 to medicine, 800 to clothing, with 675 saved until next year.

EVENT 1

[soulping]

A tax collector shows up at your door. You are under arrest. Do you resist arrest?

Re: EVENT 1

[hyanaimne]

[oh look a convenient target to take out all my anger on!

Clover doesn't even hesitate, she just punches the poor tax collector right in the face]

Re: EVENT 1

[carptricks]

. . .

[soooo I guess we're resisting arrest]

Re: EVENT 1

[hyanaimne]

[does slamming the door afterwards count as an answer.

That is her answer]

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?

Re: EVENT 2

[carptricks]

. . .

Pretty sure arresting someone who is causing trouble in this stupid company I hate would be going against some unspoken code of my profession.

Re: EVENT 2

[fuhrinkaed]

Let's just avoid arresting anyone, resist arrest, and join the troublemakers in knocking down the evil CEO?

Re: EVENT 2

[carptricks]

We've already started off our budding criminal career with a "tax evasion" charge, so why not?

Re: EVENT 2

[showbooty]

[hold on i'm just going to stare at 'Troublemakers A'

and start smiling so huge]

Re: EVENT 2

[fuhrinkaed]

Dawon's colors, right?

Wanna go run off with them and Talshaka?

EVENT 3

[soulping]

Contact with infected persons in the line of duty has led to DIAMOND and CLOVER contracting the PLAGUE. They are now feverish and covered in incredibly painful, blackened boils.

Re: EVENT 3

[showbooty]

Isn't going over on medicine supposed to stop these events...?

[THIS HURTS JESUS CHRIST]

Re: EVENT 3

[carptricks]

Theoretically, what the hell?

[HE'D FUSS, BUT. YOU KNOW. MANGLED]

Re: EVENT 3

[heartablaze]

[Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Getting cold towels for their faces

h-help what else can I do]

Re: EVENT 3

[hyanaimne]

[. . . well at least she isn't cold. IN PAIN SURE but.

Just going to sink down right in this corner, yep]

EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: EVENT TURN-IN

[heartablaze]

Event 1: Clover is punching the taxman in the face. Yes, we're resisting.

Event 2: FUCK THE POLICE, YOLO. (Tiamat will not follow the orders.)

Event 3: Yeah, that sure is the plague.

Re: EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

CLOVER is shot in the chest. RUBY is shot in the chest.

The taxman flees. You are now WANTED.

You have been FIRED. You are now STARVING.