Capitalism, Hey!: sensitIV

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[ 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 %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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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?

BUDGET TURN IN

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EVENT 1

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Your home has an infestation of rats. What do you do?

EVENT 2

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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?

EVENT TURN-IN

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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) -
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) - 2 UNITS
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 - SECURITY GUARD - 2400 MONIES.

NEW CRIME ABILITY: HEADHUNT - You can now use your connections to commit street justice! For one unlawful brutalizing and narcing on of any CRIMINAL unit a year, you can confiscate their luxuries!

Current criminals are:

BARiTONES (HUGE CRIMES)
WILD CITY (HUGE CRIMES)
AlcheME!
future is now


HAPPINESS: 40

Will you pay taxes this year?

BUDGET TURN-IN

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EVENT 1

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You live in a box.

It's so, so cold. LEVIATHAN and SEKHMET 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.

EVENT 2

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Your cat has tapeworm! Do you take it to the vet?

EVENT TURN IN

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EVENT 3

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A family has stolen dynamite from the mine! Do you let them go, or pursue them? You will probably fine, but they won't be.

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) -
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) - 2 UNITS
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 - SECURITY GUARD -2 - 2000 MONIES.

NEW CRIME ABILITY: HEADHUNT - You can now use your connections to commit street justice! For one unlawful brutalizing and narcing on of any CRIMINAL unit a year, you can confiscate their luxuries!

Current criminals are:

WILD CITY (HUGE CRIMES)
AlcheME! (HUGE CRIMES)
future is now


HAPPINESS: 80

Will you pay taxes this year?

BUDGET TURN-IN

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EVENT 1

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You're...pretty sure you're on the verge of being fired. You should probably do something about that.

EVENT 2

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There's a man seeking asylum in your home. He tells you there are mafiamen after him, but if he can just hide for awhile they won't be able to find him. What do you do?

EVENT 3

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Due to a lack of clothing, exposure begins to take its toll. Your entire family develops FROSTBITE.

EVENT 4

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LEVIATHAN and SEKHMET recover from their hypothermia.

EVENT TURN IN

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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) -
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) - 2 UNITS
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 - PANHANDLER. 500 MONIES

NEW CRIME ABILITY: MURDER - Now...you've lost it. You know you can kill. You can take another unit's entire yearly income with this.

But, you know, they die.

HAPPINESS: 120

Will you pay taxes this year?

BUDGET TURN-IN

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THE END.

[idolpro]

Or it would be, anyway, were it not for the fact that you find yourself waking up the next morning.

You're...still alive? No, no. You definitely died. You're still riddled with disease, still dying from the alcohol filling your veins, but...you're still standing.

You don't get to do much with your second chance, though. A prison riot breaks out nearby your home, and a simultaneous worker's revolution and the military which comes to stop it makes the city an absolute warzone.

In the end, you don't get to see who wins. It's definitely not you.

A stick of dynamite blasts your family apart, and you die once more. Mangled, diseased, and drunk.

Proceed to ENDGAME.