EVENT #1

[automated]

[ 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...

Comments

audio.

[miasmajesty]

[ It's not like they're paying rent or anything but food and water are pretty scarce here. Most of the cash is filtered to monster prevention and from what he's seen, it's something they need. ]

Got a preference?

audio.

[glowsferatu]

[ she pauses to take a deep, shaking breath. ]

I need to eat. Simple gathering tasks won't fill that need.

audio.

[smackdown]

Aaahn, I remember you. The hell do your kind eat anyway.

audio.

[glowsferatu]

There aren't any others quite my kind, not anymore.

You'd do best not to worry about it.

audio.

[smackdown]

-- "Flesh'a yer enemies"?

audio.

[glowsferatu]

Not the flesh, and they don't need exactly to be my enemies, it's just... [ a frustrated sigh. she knows it's stupid when she's hungry, she knows that really well. but it's hardly as thrilling in a purely platonic context unless they are enemies. ] ...awkward when done to friends.

audio.

[smackdown]

Oh my god. Is it blowjobs. Do you survive off the virile seed of procreation. 'Cuz I can do that for you. I can make that sacrifice.

audio.

[glowsferatu]

What?! Oh my god, no, it isn't that.

Even if I were so inclined, I doubt you'd appreciate it anyway!

audio.

[smackdown]

Aw c'mon ya can't suck that bad.

[badou are you making sexual suggestions at a teenager stop]

audio.

[glowsferatu]

[ that is not a double entendre she wants to encourage, though there are so many ways she could use it. ]

You really have no idea.

audio.

[smackdown]

Did I miss somethin'.

video.

[glowsferatu]

[ her video clicks on, her black lips pulled back in a grimace to highlight her very large, sharp fangs. ]

It could just be that you did.

video. 1/2

[smackdown]

[new at technology, the older man accepts the webcamlike transmission trade before he realizes what he's done]

[quicker than disgust or surprise, realization dawns on his face, blanker than his normal animation]

Oh now I get it.

video.

[smackdown]

You keep those fuckin' things away from me.

audio.

[miasmajesty]

[ ... ]

Monsters, or food collection?

audio.

[glowsferatu]

Hunting.

audio.

[miasmajesty]

Thought so.

audio.

[glowsferatu]

Our provided armaments are rather lackluster, unfortunately. The weapon I was given is of an entirely different nature than I'm used to.

audio.

[miasmajesty]

The sword I got ain't much better.

audio.

[glowsferatu]

The posting mentions weaponry, would it possibly provide us with something not wholly inadequate?

audio.

[miasmajesty]

They better. This shitty thing isn't fit to cut butter, let alone the blubbery flesh of whatever titanic behemoth they expect us to kill.

audio.

[glowsferatu]

I have a thirteen-inch spike. Unless I am in a position to shove it directly into the opponent's visual socket, the assistance it will lend me in a battle will amount approximately to shit.

audio.

[miasmajesty]

I can see your point. Unless we're going up against vampires that's not going to do fuck all. We can ask the employer.

audio.

[glowsferatu]

At least if I'm the one so armed, I needn't worry that anyone else will try it. It would be a pity if I have to force a trade.

audio.

[miasmajesty]

Careful now. Don't piss off the giant mutant bouncers around this place. I get the feeling they're just looking for an excuse to toss Strider 2.0 and I out on our asses.