Capitalism, Ho!: pep!pep!

[idolpro]

[ 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 clothes, and a newspaper informs you that you are currently in %COUNTRYNAME%, in the year %CONTEMPORARY%. The newspaper is otherwise actually fairly unhelpful, aside from something detailing a recent high-profile murder having been solved: despite confusion on the part of the authorities conducting the initial investigation, it turns out the victim had been tragically murdered via gun in the knife.

What do you do? ]

Comments

YEAR 1

[idolpro]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[idolpro]

RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

LUXURIES: NO RECOMMENDATIONS

Alcohol (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Other Unspecified Drugs (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Books (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
One Eighth Of An Automobile (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Nice Furniture (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - COAL MINER. YEARLY INCOME - 1800 MONIES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[puzzlers]

... [ squints. ] Do we even have enough money to anything?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[heroicsacrifeyes]

[HI I'M HERE NOW]

...We need to save more...

BUDGET TURN-IN

[idolpro]

EVENT 1

[idolpro]

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

[idolpro]

Someone arrives at your door, offering FREE ALCOHOL. What do you do?

EVENT TURN IN

[idolpro]

YEAR 2

[idolpro]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[idolpro]

RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

LUXURIES: NO RECOMMENDATIONS

Alcohol (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 1 UNIT
Other Unspecified Drugs (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 3 UNITS
Books (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
One Eighth Of An Automobile (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Nice Furniture (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - COAL MINER -1. YEARLY INCOME - 1000 MONIES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

HAPPINESS: 80

YEAR 3

[idolpro]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[idolpro]

RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

LUXURIES: NO RECOMMENDATIONS

Alcohol (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 1 UNIT
Other Unspecified Drugs (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 3 UNITS
Books (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 1 UNIT
One Eighth Of An Automobile (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Nice Furniture (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - COAL MINER -1. YEARLY INCOME - 1200 MONIES.

Will you pay taxes this year?

HAPPINESS: 180

BUDGET TURN-IN

[idolpro]

EVENT 1

[idolpro]

Your family begins to STARVE. Do you steal food from somewhere?

EVENT 2

[idolpro]

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.

(You do not need to respond to this event.)

EVENT 3

[idolpro]

Your FANCY clothes allow you to interview for a new job! Do you make an attempt to use your book learning to work at a bank?

EVENT 4

[idolpro]

You are evicted.

It's so, so cold. A HERO IN RED! and JIGSAW will find themselves unable to speak coherently, mumbling and shivering constantly, as they fumble in pain at trying to complete the simplest of tasks. They now have HYPOTHERMIA.

(You do not need to respond to this event.)

EVENT TURN IN

[idolpro]

YEAR 4

[idolpro]

SET YOUR BUDGET.

[idolpro]

RECOMMENDED NECESSITIES:

Housing - 1000
Food - 900
Medicine - 200
Clothing - 300

LUXURIES: NO RECOMMENDATIONS

Alcohol (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 1 UNIT
Other Unspecified Drugs (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
FANCY Clothes (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 7 UNITS
Books (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) - 1 UNIT
One Eighth Of An Automobile (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -
Nice Furniture (costs 100 per unit, adds 20 happiness per year) -

CURRENT JOB - BANKER. YEARLY INCOME - 2400 MONIES.
NEW CRIME ABILITY: Embezzling - You can now siphon 300 MONIES from three different units!


Will you pay taxes this year?

HAPPINESS: 360

BUDGET TURN-IN

[idolpro]

EVENT 1

[idolpro]

Your HORRID LUNG DISEASE clears up thanks to medicine and new work environments.

EVENT 2

[idolpro]

You're very worried about CRIME in the area. HORRIBLE CRIMINALS and MASS MURDERERS are running loose. There's even a cult! In fact, some of your neighbours think that if you're not with them, then you're the enemy. This could be dangerous...

What do you do?

EVENT TURN IN

[idolpro]

THE END.

[idolpro]

You don't ever manage to quite shake the lung problems -- painful coughing fits wrack you for the rest of your life -- but you don't die of them at least. And, you become wonderful pillars of the community! Working together with a local family of law enforcement officers, you help to fund the cleansing of crime from these lands. And the cleansing of deadly hand-stealing ghosts. It's not without a price, though

You accumulate a few knife wounds from assassination attempts, for example. But it's fine, that's fine. Right? All that matters is that peace prevails. The people are happy, and so are you.

Proceed to ENDGAME.