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Capitalism, Ho!: pep!pep!

[ 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? ]

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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?

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?

Edited 2019-07-03 19:13 (UTC)

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

Edited 2019-07-03 19:13 (UTC)

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

[Wednesday is... not the greatest at math.

[However: even she can see just at a glance that This Isn't Going To Work.]

Um... I don't think we can do. We can't even afford the necessities they've listed, never mind anything else.

I guess we've got a few decisions to make. Alright, maybe we should forgo the taxes this time around, since I feel like a roof or food might be, ah, kind of imperative.

Maybe food and a nice... couch... [ since we can't afford our house. ]

Yes? [ it's... free, right, so ??? ]

[ t- this seems like an important decision. ] Wednesday?

I think the long fuse might be the better option, because short could blow up prematurely? But what if the other doesn't blow up in time. [ omg what even is this. ]

Isn't the house sort of... non-negotiable? We can't not have that, surely...?

I... oh, I don't know! I don't know anything about any of this... maybe they want us to choose the long one because it sounds safer and - it won't be?

But... what if they want something in return? Do we know if it's safe?

It's recommended, and probably for good reason. But we can't afford all the necessities.

If we get the house we can't get the food, but we're also possibly getting free booze, so... maybe the house, some clothes, and medicine?

[ w- why did you have to say that. ]

Uhhh... [ fuck. ] I'm not sure which to pick, though I... I kind of still want to go with the long one. Who knows how short short really is.