EPONA

[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. ]

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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?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

EVENT 1

[soulping]

The extra money you have lying around results in an ATTEMPTED BREAK-IN.

TECHNICALLY, A CAR-JACKING.

WHATEVER.

You manage to fend off the assailants, but FLAME is SHOT IN THE LEG. Do you take him to a doctor or attempt to take care of it yourself?

EVENT 2

[soulping]

While working in the mines, you hear the sound of rushing water on the other side of one of the cavern walls. It seems distant. Do you attempt to use dynamite to break through?

EVENT TURN-In

[soulping]

YEAR 2

[soulping]

STATUS:

EVENINGSTAR is MISSING AN ARM.

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 - MINERS. YEARLY INCOME - 3650 MONIES + 1000 DUE TO GOLD.

Will you pay taxes this year?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: YEAR 2

[acemedium]

[okay she'll come to... eventually...]

Re: YEAR 2

[wingtamer]

[ NO SMILING ONLY PANICKING NOW ]

Uh -- we can afford everything -- and -- medicine, we need medicine, we need a doctor. . .

[ UHMMMMMMMMMMMMMM. KEEPING HIMSELF AGAINST EVENINGSTAR'S ARMSTUMP TO APPLY PRESSURE. BLOOD LOSS CANNOT BE HAPPENING NOW ]

Re: YEAR 2

[grandstanding]

[hello I am fifteen minutes late with star...bucks.......]

Re: YEAR 2

[sweatypalms]

[Hey I heard you guys were playing a gamWHAT THE FUCK]

EVENT 1

[soulping]

EVENINGSTAR'S ARM is now in no danger of infection and she will not bleed out.

Unfortunately, it is still missing.

EVENT 2

[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 3

[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 4

[soulping]

Someone is at your door, with FREE ALCOHOL. Do you accept it?

EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

Year 3

[soulping]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[soulping]

STATUS:

KNIVES 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 - ENTREPENEURS. YEARLY INCOME - 5475 MONIES. + 300 FOR SELLING ALCOHOL.

Will you pay taxes this year?

EVENT 1

[soulping]

KNIVES' arm is no longer in danger of infection. Unfortunately, it is still missing.

EVENT 2

[soulping]

Your business has been accused of being responsible for helping to spread the plague. The government is asking you to shut down. Do you do so?

EVENT 3

[soulping]

Your business has resulted in BLADE and EVENINGSTAR contracting the PLAGUE from customers. They are now feverish and covered in incredibly painful, blackened boils.

EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

YEAR 4

[soulping]

STATUS:

EVENINGSTAR has THE PLAGUE.
BLADE has THE PLAGUE.
KNIVES is MISSING AN ARM.

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 - THE MAN. YEARLY INCOME - 7300 MONIES. + 1075 SAVINGS.

Re: YEAR 4

[grandstanding]

[muttering from the plague corner, fevered and a little delirious:]

I'm not doing the government's work. I won't use their money. You might as well take me out back and shoot me.