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. ]

Comments

YEAR 2

[soulping]

STATUS:

LEO is MISSING AN EYE.


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 - CRAFTSMEN. YEARLY INCOME - 3650 MONIES. + 200 NO TAXES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: BUDGET TURN-IN

[whoslaughingmeow]

1300 for HOUSING

1200 for FOOD

700 for MEDICINE

600 for CLOTHES

and we will attempt to sell our ALCOHOL.

We will be paying taxes.

ALSO A QUICK QUESTION ALONG WITH TURN-IN

[unguilded]

For the luxury items like the car, can you tell us if those items could potentially be used for something other than the points in the game? And if there might be a need for any of them in the context of the game itself?

[ WORTH A SHOT. ]

[codecmoment]

[ Immediately begins to fashion Leo an eyepatch. ]

Come here.

[whoslaughingmeow]

[He comes over, still wearing the one Spark made.]

Thank you.

Re: YEAR 2

[powerpunch]

...So much for luxuries...

We can meet the budget now at least. ...And in the end I guess we didn't really need to skip out on taxes.

[ Having a hard time looking at anyone though. ]

Re: YEAR 2

[menially]

[Why are you being so evasive...]

We didn't know that at the time.

[Also I suggested something to Spark that might be useful. '^']

Re: YEAR 2

[menially]

[more money doesn't necessarily make for happiness

god i feel like an idiot LET'S NOT LOOK AT SPARK]

Let's sell those bottles we just got. If the prices have shot up like this, we might make a profit.

Re: YEAR 2

[unlocksmith]

[nods]

Think that's the brightest idea. We should pour all our money into necessities.

Re: YEAR 2

[unguilded]

[ Woo, no more hypothermia. He still looks a little worse for wear, but w/e. ]

... we have more income, so let's buy at least one Smooshable along with everything else.

[ Looking at Leo when he says that. :( ]

Re: YEAR 2

[whoslaughingmeow]

W-we don't need to do that, really.

Re: YEAR 2

[unlocksmith]

. . . why.

[codecmoment]

That's a waste.

Re: YEAR 2

[powerpunch]

[ The look on Swoop's face is like "but plushies aren't very manly", more or less. ]

Re: YEAR 2

[whoslaughingmeow]

..Since we have enough, we should buy the budget for everything, and maybe a car.

..And maybe one thing of fancy clothes.

Those seem to have the most utility..

[codecmoment]

I agree, but the car would be most useful.

EVENT 1

[soulping]

Contact with infected persons in the line of duty has led to SWOOP contracting the PLAGUE. He is now feverish and covered in incredibly painful, blackened boils.

Re: EVENT 1

[powerpunch]

[ Screee, don't mind him just sort of. Trying to curl up. ]

F-Fuck.

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.

Re: EVENT 2

[menially]

[SIGHS, cracks knuckles]

Now this, I know I can do.

We can manage this.

Re: EVENT 2

[unguilded]

...

[ Staring at that choice. ]

I really don't want to give the problem to somebody else, especially since it might get worse over time and come back to hurt us later.

And it might help us get a raise, too ... it doesn't look as complicated as a vanship.

EVENT 3

[soulping]

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

Re: EVENT 3

[unlocksmith]

. . .

[SLAMS THE DOOR IN THE TAX COLLECTOR'S FACE]

TURN-IN

[soulping]