ALECTRYON

[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?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[fightorflight]

What are 'taxes'?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[palmistry]

We don't have enough income to afford the necessities, let alone taxes. What the hell is she trying to pull?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

EVENT 1

[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 2

[soulping]

It's so, so cold. TORA will find herself unable to speak coherently, mumbling and shivering constantly, as she fumbles in pain at trying to complete the simplest of tasks. She now has HYPOTHERMIA.

RESULT

[soulping]

You do not take the risk.

Tora slowly but surely recovers from her hypothermia.

END OF YEAR 1.

YEAR 2

[soulping]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[soulping]

STATUS:

NOTHING TO REPORT.

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?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

CORRECTION TO INCOME!!

CURRENT JOB - MINERS. YEARLY INCOME - 1825 MONIES + 200 NO TAXES

EVENT 1

[soulping]

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

EVENT 2

[soulping]

While working in the mines, you develop BLACK LUNG DISEASE. Your entire family finds them self having constant, incredibly painful coughing fits. Even when there's no pain, you find yourself gasping for breath when even the least bit exerted.

EVENT 3

[soulping]

While working in the mines, someone asks you to pass you a pack of dynamite. Do you hand them the ones with the SHORT-FUSE, or the LONG-FUSE?

EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

[soulping]

STATUS:

You ALL have LESSER BLACK LUNG DISEASE.

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. + 400 NO TAXES. RECOMMENDED FOOD BUDGET HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 700.

Will you pay taxes this year?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

[palmistry]

I think we should pay into taxes this time, if it gets those bastards to back off.

We can afford more than the bare minimum in supplies this time too.

[untamedwing]

There, that's far more workable.

[Tilts his head.] I believe it was a practice to use automobiles for shelter? I know Tora can survive in the wild, but we may need a more substantial shelter.

EVENT 1

[soulping]

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

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.

EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

YEAR 4

[soulping]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[soulping]

STATUS:

NOTHING TO REPORT.

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.

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]