radioactivism | EVENT #1

[ a serious, clinical-sounding woman's voice will be broadcasting on all radio frequencies sometime in the middle of the afternoon. it starts with a businesslike clearing of her throat. just to make sure she has your attention. ]

Greetings, settlers. I hope you've found yourself comfortable. We have had the... honor of your presence for quite some time now, and the time has come for you to earn your place. In your respective towns, we've placed bulletin boards listing some tasks you may elect to do in exchange for pay and other necessary supplies. While these aren't mandatory... [ there's a slight sneer to her voice here. ] ...we do advise you to select at least one that you are qualified for.

Employer's names and locations can be found on their respective flyers. Please direct all inqueries to them.

[ there's a momentary pause, but the transmission doesn't quite end yet. ]

Please keep in mind that supplies are limited and will come on a first come, first earned basis. Simply put, if you want to survive this environment, there is no leeway for slacking off.

Good luck.

ORSA

Cook, Kitchen Staff
Pay: $5/h for cooks, $3/h for other positions
Acquisitions: Meals and a limited supply of water are free. Cooks receive some portable kitchenware for preparing food outside the workplace.

Town Cleanup, Street Sweeping, Housecleaning etc.
Pay: $3/h
Acquisitions: Raw materials for building and crafting.

Babysitting
Pay: $5/h
Acquisitions: Spare clothing.

Supply Gathering (food, water, weaponry, etc)
Pay: Dependent on the materials gathered, typically $10-$15 for a good haul.
Acquisitions: Some collected supplies yours to keep.

ORSUN

Water Collection
Pay: $50 per gallon
Acquisitions: Some collected water yours to keep along with a small purifier.

Food Collection:
Pay: $35 for every pound of edible vegetation, $60 for every pound of edible meat
Acquisitions: Some collected food yours to keep along with a set of hunting knives and several books of matches.

Monster Hunting
Pay: Dependent on the size of the monster terminated, but can go as high as several hundred dollars a head.
Acquisitions: Weaponry and light armor.

Cleanup, Street Sweeping & Waste Collection
Pay: $1/h
Acquisitions: If you find something useful it's yours...

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

They want us to get jobs?

[ are you kidding it's like a million degrees out. ]

Did you expect us to get handed everything here, Princess? We're strangers to these fuckers, anyway.

Well, no, but... [ well ok. ] I just think it's a little crazy that they'd drag us here and then say that!

I'm just convinced as ta why they'd pull in "soldiers" an' make us do remedial stuff. 'Less it's like a chain-a-command kinda thing. Earn your keep by stirrin' slop.

...Actually, I could get behind that.

Maybe if you get to eat some of it after, yeah.

[ s o h u n g r y ]

Better race t'the goddamn restaurant then, 'cuz I'm bettin' every one'a us sorry fucks is thinkin' the same thing, yahhh?

Ugh, you're right. I hope they don't fill all the positions too fast.

[ because she is already on her way. ]

Or assassinations might be in order.

voice.

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All of these look really dangerous...

Really? They sounded kind of—lame to me.

Monster hunting sounds boring to you? [ what kind of girl is this? another magical girl?? ]

Huh? It doesn't say that where I am! It just has boring jobs like cleaning and babysitting.

[ oh. ] You must be in the other town.

I didn't think they would be that much different between the two. I mean, monster hunting? That's a pretty big jump.

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I doubt street-sweepin's dangerous.

Street sweeping? [ oh that sounds easy she could do th

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!???!? ] Th-that only pays one dollar!

A... buck might go far 'round here??

M.. maybe... I'm sure it's fine...!

Yeah, I'm sure it's fine!

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Of course. They started by requesting soldiers, and now they show their true colors. We're apparently here only as cheap labor.

[ sighing. ]

Go figure...

This, unfortunately, is what happens when you're unwilling swayed in by discriminatory con men.

"Unwilling" is right. I'm surprised they're even willing to pay us.

When they're providing us nothing else, I'm sure they must have considered what would happen if they neglected to.

A rebellion! That doesn't sound like such a bad idea right now.

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