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

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

[idolpro]

Re: YEAR 1

[softlyfalling]

Ah, we're really not going to have enough...

[deicider]

[Cardigan takes Shrike's arm, leaning against her with comfortable familiarity.]

We'll make it work.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[emptymind]

Why do we have to pay for housing...? Do we not have a house?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[dienamite]

It's called rent. Someone else owns the house, and we gotta pay 'em for borrowing it.

EVENT 1

[idolpro]

While working in the mines, you hear the sound of rushing water on the other side of one of the cavern walls. It seems distant. Do you attempt to use dynamite to break through?

EVENT 2

[idolpro]

While working on the mineral line, you notice a problem with a conveyer belt. You can either attempt to fix it, or leave it for the next shift.

EVENT TURN-IN

[idolpro]

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[gigadevilbreaker]

[OH GOD I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE MONEY]

...We don't really need new clothes, do we? I mean, we're fuckin' miners.

[deicider]

[wrinkles their nose]

We must be renting.

Re: YEAR 1

[gigadevilbreaker]

Maybe some of us could take jobs on the side...?

[softlyfalling]

[ sighing, leaning back against them ]

Mm, I really hope so... we've really got to get out of the mines.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[dienamite]

Clothes wear out! You want us working in fucking rags?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[emptymind]

[ mmmmmmmm ]

Could we perhaps... discuss a lower rent? Is there a cheaper property?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[dienamite]

What's cheaper than a one room shack? ...a tent?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[gigadevilbreaker]

We need t'cut back somewhere, right??

[THIS IS THE ONLY WAY HE KNOWS HOW TO LIVE, NITRO]

Re: YEAR 1

[softlyfalling]

Maybe... or start some kind of... business?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[softlyfalling]

Our employers are stingy, then...

[deicider]

Griffin did say we should get side jobs. We're strong, there's lot's of work we could do, like bodyguarding.

Re: YEAR 1

[gigadevilbreaker]

Most of us are pretty good physically, but grunt labor's gotta be the lowest rung of salary. Maybe there's money t'be made guarding stuff, or... y'know, if we get the neighbourhood t'trust us?

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[emptymind]

Ah! Could we perhaps buy a tent? And then we would not have to rent it.

[deicider]

Right, they'll just get dirty. We need to find a way to get a better job.

Re: SET YOUR BUDGET.

[dienamite]

We can't live in rags!