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. ]

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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?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[fightorflight]

What are 'taxes'?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[untamedwing]

I believe.

[Has to think a moment.]

That it's money the government asks for. To pay for things like water, power, things like that.

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[fightorflight]

I don't want to give them money.

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?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[untamedwing]

It's the sort of thing she pulls. Even if you do manage to do well, she'll let someone else's mistake blow up in our faces.

[Literally. =T]

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[untamedwing]

It would probably have a negative consequences eventually.

[But apparently we'll get two hundred extra dollars if we DON'T, so you know what, fuck it, we're probably screwed with Nafuna anyway.]

But it may not be directed at us, so we can skip it for now. It's safer to see what it does now.

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[airhearted]

Wow, things sure are pretty expensive! Or I guess we're just poor, hmmm.

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[palmistry]

Ugh. Skip on the taxes, get housing, food and medicine. Coal miners need it.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[untamedwing]

Yes. I believe the last time coal miners appeared, they were sick.

We can't seem to afford less on housing, not without buying more medicine. So it'll have to be a split between food and medicine for what gets cuts?

[....man, how much do humans NEED of medicine?]

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[fightorflight]

Okay.

[FUCK THE GOVERNMENT]

We don't need a house.

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[untamedwing]

It was my understanding most humans do.

[But you're feral child, so....]

I'm not sure on my own or their ability to survive in the wild. We weren't raised there.

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[untamedwing]

It's both, more than likely.

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[fightorflight]

My friends will help you.

[THERE ARE MONSTERS IN THIS FICTIONAL SETTING, RIGHT]

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[airhearted]

Hmm, hmm...

Well, if we're gonna try winning we'll have to buy luxuries eventually, but I guess that doesn't matter much right now. We obviously aren't gonna be able to meet the housing budget without skimping on everything else, so I guess that depends on how low we wanna go on that?

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[untamedwing]

I would not depend on anything besides ourselves in this world, Nafuna runs on everyone out for themselves.

Her creatures are likely the same.

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[palmistry]

We can cut food by 75 dollars to bring our budget down. We won't have any extras, but it's too soon to know how much we'll need in the long term.

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[untamedwing]

Tora thinks we can live without a house.

I'm unfamiliar with...normal living conditions, Tora most likely grew up with beasts, but you and Kushinada may have normal homes?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[untamedwing]

Tora seems to believe we can live without a house.

She and I don't know normal living conditions. What's your thought?

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[fightorflight]

[:|!!!!]

I'll teach them!

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[airhearted]

I actually don't know! So I think I'd be pretty okay.

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[untamedwing]

....

[Leaning down, a hand on her head.] We'll see what the others think.

Will you be able to help us in the wild if your friends can't?

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[untamedwing]

[...you better not die if we go with this idea.]