AMALTHEA

[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 2

[soulping]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[soulping]

STATUS:

ROOK's HYPOTHERMIA has PROGRESSED to SEVERE HYPOTHERMIA.

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 - 1825 MONIES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[unguilded]

[ ............ Fuck my life. ]

[ His shaking progresses into pretty much quaking in a corner over here, curled up. Arms tight around himself, fingernails digging into the skin of his forearms to the point of bleeding. ]

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[whoslaughingmeow]

..We have to spend more on food and clothes.

We can't just starve and freeze!

[Sticking to Rook. TAKE MY HEAT.]

[codecmoment]

[ Envelops him. ]

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[powerpunch]

[ ...Oh my fuck. ]

Did taxes seriously take all our leftover money.

[codecmoment]

I'm not even surprised. This Echo is all about this kind of thing.

Word of God says taxes don't come out of the money pot, you just get extra $$$ if you don't pay them

[menially]

No, they didn't.

But unless we want to get robbed again... we should probably spend that a little wiser. Even if it's just to try to get Rook to a doctor.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[whoslaughingmeow]

We lost the money we saved, so there's no point to spend it...

500 housing, 700 food, 300 medicine, 300 clothing.

Hopefully we can treat Rook and prevent starvation and freezing.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[powerpunch]

How much do ya think a doctor will cost?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: BUDGET TURN-IN

[whoslaughingmeow]

500 for housing
700 for food
200 for medicine
300 for clothes

remaining 125 used to try and find a doctor for Rook

not paying taxes.

EVENT 1

[soulping]

ROOK begins to recover from his HYPOTHERMIA.

Re: EVENT 1

[unguilded]

[ Well that feels ... better than that literally dancing on the line between life and death thing, even though he's still still pretty cold and shaky and weak as he's in recovery stages.

Stays where he is for now, just ... breathing a little easier, resting, trying to wait for it to pass enough where he can properly speak and maybe move again. He's more aware than he was earlier though. ]

Re: EVENT 1

[whoslaughingmeow]

[Rook rook rook, latching to Rook. Trying not to cry. Again.]

Re: EVENT 1

[powerpunch]

[ THANK GOD ]

We should try gettin' him warm water.

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?

[codecmoment]

That sounds like a fast way to die.

Re: EVENT 2

[unlocksmith]

[. . . wait, what's going on here]

[looking at everyone like ????]

Re: YEAR 2

[soulping]

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

Re: YEAR 2

[powerpunch]

... ... ...

Ain't trustin' this.

Re: YEAR 2

[unlocksmith]

[I am fifteen minutes late without Starbucks, but--]

. . .

I don't know what's goin' on but that seems like a bad idea.

[codecmoment]

This suspicious stuff keeps happening.

No thanks.

EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: EVENT TURN-IN

[menially]

EVENT 2: Technic and Swoop will be tying a rope around Leo's waist and supporting him from above as he climbs down for the dynamite.

EVENT 3: They will take the alcohol, but leave it unopened. No drinking for them.