Capitalism, Hey!: BARiTONES

[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

[lefthandpath]

So then we steal!

Or I will!

[syckophant]

Even if we steal we'll only have 700.

Food takes 900.

Tell me, what else are we doing... to get enough to eat?

[lefthandpath]

I MEANT STEAL FOOD, YOU SPOILED EMPEROR!

Even if we steal money, it won't guarantee us food for the duration! So I'll steal! And work to make sure there's food on the table!

[justicebewon]

So we can keep scrabbling at their feet? You wanna stay at the bottom of the trash heap forever, Crown? 'Cause that's now how I played things back home, it's not how I play them here, and I'm not going to start now.

The weak survive. The strong get justice.

[lefthandpath]

The deluded and ignorant weak think that justice has any place in how this world is run!

[syckophant]

It's not about justice.

Fine. Steal food. We steal food. Might as well. Hell, if we go to prison, at least then we would have a roof over our heads and food. Nice, right? Perfect. Let's get to it.

[lefthandpath]

[THANK YOU.]

[justicebewon]

Justice is strength.

Strength is all there is. You fight your way to the top or you die trying. That's all life is.

[lefthandpath]

YOU CAN'T FIGHT IF YOU DIE STARVING IN THE GUTTER.

[justicebewon]

...Yeah? Watch me.

I'll go hunt the idiots who stole from us. I won't eat. One mouth less for you to feed. I'll come back with my head high or not at all.

[lefthandpath]

You'll starve and you'll die. And I'll pity you for it.

[because it could have been fucking avoided to begin with]

As long as you don't drag the rest of us down with you, do what you want.

[justicebewon]

[ cool.

bye. ]