BARGHEST

[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?

[fulgury]

[ mentally calculating the cost of everything in his head ]

... that's not nearly enough for...

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

EVENT 1

[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 2

[soulping]

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]

You find some EXTRA CLOTHES in the street. They're nothing special, but they are free and wearable. Do you take them?

EVENT 4

[soulping]

Your house is suffering an infestation of rats. What do you do?

EVENT TURN-IN

[soulping]

Event 2 does not require a turn-in!

YEAR 2

[soulping]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[soulping]

STATUS:

MIRA has TAPEWORM.

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 - CRAFTSMEN. YEARLY INCOME - 3650 MONIES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

EVENT 1

[soulping]

You manage to find a doctor who claims to be able to take care of Mira if you allow him to come see him. He seems awfully shady, though...do you accept?

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 3

[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 TURN-IN

[soulping]

YEAR 3

[soulping]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[soulping]

STATUS:

MIRA has LESSER TAPEWORM.
CEPHEUS 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 - SECURITY. YEARLY INCOME - 5475 MONIES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

EVENT 1

[soulping]

Contact with infected persons in the line of duty has led to AOKO and LUPUS contracting the PLAGUE. They are now feverish and covered in incredibly painful, blackened boils.

EVENT 2

[soulping]

You have been tasked to attempt to arrest Troublemakers A or Troublemakers B. Do you follow this order, and if so, who do you pursue?

TURN-IN

[soulping]

YEAR 4

[soulping]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[soulping]

STATUS:

AOKO has the PLAGUE.
LUPUS has the PLAGUE.
CEPHEUS 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 - CRAFTSMEN. YEARLY INCOME - 3650 MONIES. + 1575 SAVINGS.

BUDGET TURN-IN

[soulping]

EVENT 0

[soulping]

YOU HAVE BECOME ENTREPRENEURS.

YOU HAVE SURVIVED. PROCEED TO ENDGAME.