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 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

BUDGET TURN-IN

[idolpro]

Re: BUDGET TURN-IN

[heroicsacrifeyes]

Budget: 1, 000 + 450 from last year

Pay taxes x2 - 600
Food - 200
Housing - 200
Book - 100

EVENT 1

[idolpro]

You are blamed for the flooding and demoted.

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

EVENT 2

[idolpro]

While working in the coal mines, another worker knocks a bundle of dynamite down into a crevasse on accident. You could probably retrieve it if you climb carefully. What do you do?

Re: EVENT 2

[puzzlers]

[ i stg if we get blamed for this... ]

Re: EVENT 2

[wonderlandgirl]

Can we risk simply leaving it...?

Re: EVENT 2

[puzzlers]

I think it might be worth... trying...

And then if things go south we can book it, I guess.

EVENT 3

[idolpro]

A tax collector shows up at your door. You are under arrest. What do you do?

Re: EVENT 3

[wonderlandgirl]

[Wednesday is doubting literally every decision she has ever made in her life, especially all of the above.]

EVENT TURN IN

[idolpro]

Re: EVENT TURN IN

[puzzlers]

Event 2: Yugi is going to VERY CAREFULLY attempt to get the fallen dynamite.
Event 3: He will apologize and pay the taxes.

Re: EVENT TURN IN

[idolpro]

You retrieve the dynamite! You're promoted. Slightly. At least you're...alive.

You pay your taxes.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[puzzlers]

It's a good thing we had a savings.

{ HOW IS THIS THEIR FAULT. IT'S THAT DUDE'S! ]

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[wonderlandgirl]

... maybe we made things worse by not picking one.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[puzzlers]

It seems like we work with an idiot... [ huff. ]

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[wonderlandgirl]

But... Yugi-kun, if we hadn't given them both... then, there's no way the explosion could have been that big.

[I think we are that idiot.]

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[heroicsacrifeyes]

. . .

Could we run from the police?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[puzzlers]

We're about to be fired, so honestly...

Running might be the best option.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[heroicsacrifeyes]

We can afford a car, and some food. And then we don't have to spend money on housing.

Let's go on the run Yugi-kun.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[puzzlers]

Let's do it then.

[ w- we don't have much of a choice. ]

Should we just spend the remainder on food or should we get anything else?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[wonderlandgirl]

W-what...?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[heroicsacrifeyes]

We can't win if we get arrested. Do you have any other ideas to get out of it?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[wonderlandgirl]

I'm sorry, Rise-chan...! I just - if this is what it takes, then maybe we aren't supposed to...