Capitalism, Hey!: avante en garde

[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? ]

Comments

[deicider]

We should buy some books on starting a new business.

[gigadevilbreaker]

I'll leave the brains of it t'you and work extra shifts.

...Hey, is rushing water in a mine good, or bad?

[deicider]

[They grin and lean up to kiss him on the cheek.]

Um, bad if we want what's in the mine, good if we want water instead of what's in the mine.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[UH. UH WHAT. WHAT'S HAPPENING. HE FREEZES UP]

wh. why would. we want the water...

[deicider]

You know, to irrigate fields, or make one of those natural spring attractions.

[gigadevilbreaker]

Worth it to chance the dynamite?

[deicider]

If it floods the mines, we won't have jobs. And people might get hurt; We'd have to go when the mine's closed.

[gigadevilbreaker]

Do it on the down low?

Guess that way, if it fucks up, then we can pass it off as a natural occurrence.

[deicider]

Or... We could make it look like sabotage on purpose.

If the mine owner thinks someone is after them, they'll really want bodyguards.

[gigadevilbreaker]

...

Ohhh, I was totally right. You ARE the smart one.

[deicider]

[Cardigan looks pleased.]

We deserve a better life than this, and we'll get it.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[!! Griffin brightens up with an optimistic smile]

Yeah. We're gonna make it work.

[deicider]

[:3 They hook their arm around his, cuddling close.]

[gigadevilbreaker]

[WHAT IS HAPPENING I'M SO CONFUSED AND SCARED BUT ALSO HAPPY BUT MOSTLY REALLY CONFUSED]

o-oh uh. s u r e .

[deicider]

[continues to cuddle contentedly, their head on Griffin's shoulder.]

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Just goes stone still and silent for as long as this lasts]

[deicider]

[Oh no :(

Cardigan looks up at him, the worry plain on their features.]

It'll work out, Griffin.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[INTERNAL SCREAMING INTENSIFIES]

W-what? Oh, yeah-- 'course. It'll definitely work. For sure.

[deicider]

So relax a little.

[gigadevilbreaker]

I'm. Just not used to, uh. Being close.

[Wait,] IT'S NOT YOU, j-just, with anyone...

[deicider]

Well, we can work on that for free.

[gigadevilbreaker]

...For free?

[deicider]

We don't have to budget for it, but it should still make you happier.