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

Mama and Papa did.

You had two guardians? [ she has never before encountered this idea! ]

I do! Papa is a journalist, so he's away a lot. So it's usually Mama, my little brother and me!

[a pause. ]

And my cat Luna. Sometimes Chibi-Usa comes to visit and my friends too.

[ANOTHER ... PAUSE.... ]

U-uhm ... you're an alien right?

With such a crowded homelife, I'm beginning to suspect you might be the one to better qualify for the term! How do you find room for them all?

Huh? What do you mean?

Two guardians and a..."sibling". Do you really combine that arrangement among a single hive? I can't imagine how you could live in such conditions and then consider me the alien!

Our house isn't tiny or anything!

Well, it would have to not be! How do you make it work?

U-uhm....

[NOT SURE HOW TO EXPLAIN

HOME????????] It just ... does?

[ she just stares at usagi a little while, looking a little disappointed. ] ...All of my questions, suddenly answered.

Why wouldn't it work?

I don't even know for sure that it wouldn't, I just...never realized it was even conceivable to do it that way!

Don't you have a family?

I don't know, not really. There was my mother, but... [ "was" implies all she wants to, she decides. ]

I'm not sure if my ancestor actually qualifies or not. We weren't in such a close proximity.