Capitalism, Hey!: 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 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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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) - 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 - GOLD MINER. YEARLY INCOME - 2000 MONIES.

Your family is STARVING.
Your family has BLACK LUNG DISEASE.

HAPPINESS: 20

Will you pay taxes this year?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[malignstar]

Okay first thing, more food, fancy clothes.

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[wonderlandgirl]

Maybe the fancy ones will help more than the normal ones...? I suppose it doesn't hurt to try.

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[malignstar]

I'm thinking 300 house, 900 food, 100 medicine, 100 clothes, taxes and 300 for fancy clothes.

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[wonderlandgirl]

Do you think we need to buy clothes and fancy clothes? I'm not sure.

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[malignstar]

I'm actually not sure either. But they list the fancy clothes by unit so I think it's like one nice shirt. Where the other clothes are more like sets?

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[wonderlandgirl]

Hmm... I was thinking it was like the points shop, and you'd get one complete outfit? That's not enough for a year, but it'd be enough to have something nice to choose from, wouldn't it?

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[malignstar]

Oh yeah, that's what I meant. One fancy outfit while the others are more like a whole sets of outfits to last the year. That's why I figured we'd still want the 100 for some basic stuff when we're not wearing our fancy one.