[M]om - Last Hurrah [TEXT][Cancelled]

>Check the inventory.

You take an idle period to do just that.

As you open aux storage unit 1 you hear a brief beeping and manage to slam the door shut and duck for cover in time to survive an explosion. As you pick through the wreckage of the storage unit you realize that at some point during the destruction of the village a child hid into the storage unit while bleeding out and rigged an explosive to the door in case they were attacked.
Auxiliary Storage 1 is now destroyed.

Village Inventory

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You first take note that statistics shown on your phone for the village inventory will be summarized unless you ask for a complete detail. Due to what you'll be working with it's important to not get too overloaded.

>Village Credits<

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The Village's current balance is: 15,000p
Balance held by villagers total: 7,500p

Monthly fees thevillage pays: 0p
Debts the village has accrued: 0p

>Rations<

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Total rations:
Meat: 2 fine, 1 expired
Fish: 2 fine
Plants: 2 fine, 1 expired
Insect: 2 fine
Generic: 2 Fine, 2 expired

Rations for babies:
Meat: 280 fine, 20 near expired
Fish: 280 fine, 20 near expired
Plants: 280 fine, 20 near expired
Insect: 280 fine, 20 near expired
Generic: 280 fine, 20 near expired

Consumption Rates:
- Adults: 1 /day
- Babies: 199/day
- Pets: 1 meat/day (if available)

>Personal Inventories<

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M9113
Money: 7.5kp
Items on hand: 4/5 spaces filled

• Phone (1)
  
• Empty #1 M-ug (1)
  
• Empty Capture Cage (1)
  
• Blunt (1)

Freya v572
Money: 0p
Items on hand: 1/10 spaces filled

• Wild Rodent Corpse (1)

>Items of Note<

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• Damaged Corrupted Ivfrid Cage (1)
  
• Blunt (1)
  
• Freya (7)
  
• Archie (3)
  
• Pheromone Case (1)
  
• Toolkit (2)
  
• Lesson Terminal (4)
  
• Scheduling Terminal (4)
  
• Uniform Terminal (10)
  
• Shield Generator (20)
  
• Instant 'coffee' mix x30 (10)

>New!<

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Main 1 (56/100)

• AI Creation Kit (2)
  
• Pheromone Case (1)
  
• Leaking Crate of Wine (5)
  
• Scrap Metal x22 (22)
  
• Scrap Wires x13 (2)
  
• Scrap Ceramic x2 (1)
  
• Scrap Wood x2 (2)
  
• Scrap Textile x2 (1)
  
• Auto-Generator (20)

Aux 1 Wreckage (13)

• Damaged Corrupted Ivfrid Cage (1)
  
• Ashes (1)
  
• Scrap Metal x3 (3)
  
• Scrap wires x6 (1)
  
• Ablative Armor Shield (2)
  
• Rotten and burned child body (1)
  - Detonator (1)
  - kitchen knife (1)
  - toolkit (2)

Nursery Breakroom (8)

• Instant 'coffee' mix x6 (2)
  
• Coffee Machine (1)
  
• Furniture (5)

Kitchen (40)

• Instant 'coffee' mix x24 (8)
  
• Kitchen Tools (8)
  
• Walk-In Freezer (20)
  -Wild rodent corpse x8 (4)

Offices (18)

• Lesson Terminal (4)
  
• Scheduling Terminal (4)
  
• Uniform Terminal (10)

Your Home (10)

• Furnitue (10)
  

>Although it's been a week, get better acquainted with other village-members! Approach during idle. Capture creature conversation starter.
>Send Freya to groom the children, we don't want to have space-cosmic eldritch lice!
>Hiring Plans, you have TONS of labour ahead of you.
>Hire the most cheapest, horrible clowns in the whole fucking space. Honklits? Good... For the kids.
>Change all the clothing with strict rules of being the most coloring thing you can see or the gothest posssible.
>Online shopping? Yes, children toys.

Aside from the babies and Freya you're the only person in the village! Freya already grooms everyone on Fridays, but states she would enjoy doing that when she idles.
You could try to text B52..

You're the only person really working in the village, and know from your training that typically there are a handful of non-M classes that work in a village in addition to all the others that can potentially work at one.

Firing up your work computer in the control room you start to browse the local Eukaryote net looking for those on the official hiring lists, and focus on finding people who are cheaper and closer by. The thought of hiring honklits pops into your head so you spend time finding good ones there too.
As you review the list of candidates you realize you can text B52, and decide to do so.

> Hiring Plans <

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In Notail society nearly everyone is constantly employed, but not everyone can have their dreamjob. If you work hard and do well enough of course you can get there, but many go from one job and employer to the next until then.
Every month employers are given allotments to for needed hires, and the amount determined by merits and resource scarcity. Your allotments won't change unless something really bad happens or earning higher allotments.
If you need more you can save past allotments or pay credits. You can only gain a whole allotment, not partial.
Current Exchange Rate: 4.4kp per Allotment
Monthly Gain: 3 Allotments

G classesShow

• B) - Cost: 2
  A young G class that prefers to work in the line of a mechanic.
  
• 8] - Cost: 1
  A very young natural born G class who was fired recently. Knits.
  
• =) - Cost: 1 1/2
  An adult G class who's known as a janitor.

N ClassesShow

• ಠ▽ಠ - Cost: 2
  "Life is something worth living well to spite The Neo. ಠ▽ಠ"
  
• Ψ۞ꈊ۞Ψ - Cost: 3
  "Do not waste time with frivolity or self-hate when you can be so much more. Ψ۞ꈊ۞Ψ "

P ClassesShow

• |} - Cost: 3
  Fairly new, but specializes as an engineer.
  
• <^ᗜ^> - Cost: 2
  "All the better if I can be of service <^ᗜ^>"
  
• 4o4 - Cost: 3 1/2
  Your computer freezes up, but then it stops and you have a pop-up asking if you enjoyed the demo.
  
• ≧w≦ - Cost: 3 1/2
  Prolific modder given the thirty pages in their resume.
  
• ˶°u°˵ - Cost: 1 1/2
  Fresh from the woods, and they seem energized.
  
• ┗◣◡◢┛ - Cost: 3 1/2
  "Your computer should run better now, but feel free to hire me as thanks ┗◣◡◢┛"

W ClassesShow

• Ő³Ő - Cost: 2
  "I'll get on my hands and knees until I've served up the flavor that spices your life Ő³Ő"
  
• ⊙◡⊙ - Cost: 1 1/2
  They're listed as having extreme anxiety in addition to their happiness, but that they have a support network too.
  
• Ov=^=vO - Cost: 2
  This W class seems to specialize in errands and cooking.

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All of your Y class options lack a normal resume and have photos of their pack on-duty or training. Each choice has a pack size and a ranking.

• ^ovvo^ - Cost: 1
  Lone Y and at the lowest possible ranking.
  
• ^⠛w⠛^ - Cost: 2 1/2
  A pack made of six mid-ranks.
  
• ^,u, - Cost: 5
  A pack made of five high-ranks.
  
• ☆v☆ - Cost: 1 1/2
  A pack made of two low-ranks.
  
• ^｡^ - Cost: 4 1/2
  A pack made of six upper-ranks
  
• ⌒;;⌒ - Cost: 4
  A pack made of four upper-ranks

Metaparxi OptionsShow

• Batch 54 - Cost: 1 1/2
  The latest batch of saniOrg meta is available for purchase for interested customers!
  
• That One - Cost: 1/2
  This seems to be a meta who's had a long string of being fired. Wow.
  
• 8D - Cost: 2
  "I'd love to work at your establishment alongside anyone who'd have me 8D"

Honklit OptionsShow

• 'Crimes' - Cost: 1/2
  This is a honklit with a criminal record who is slated for Chordata. It's a long record.
  
• Honkdim 12 - Cost: 1 1/2
  This is a fairly mundane honkdim who works as a clerk.
  
• 368 - Cost: -1 1/2
  Strangely enough this seems to be someone begging others to take a honklit off their hands.
  
• 210 - Cost: 1 1/2
  This honklit is fairly qualified to work around homes, although their photo is of a zanni.
  
• 22 - Cost: 1
  Just a honklit.

You also note that you can spend an idling period interviewing two relevant candidates via videocall.
You can also use half an allotment to reserve a candidate for later if they cost 2 or less.
Most applicants will arrive a day after you pay, and while some may take less time others might take much longer. The longest it can take is two weeks.

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M9113: Hello dear, I wanted to check if you wanted to talk about capture creatures XuX
B52: What's the pretense q‿‿p
[Charisma Check Failed]
M9113: None at all, but if you have to be so blunt(420) I wanted to get to know you a bit better XuX
B52: I see no reason to bother doing that, if you have business get to it q‿‿p
M9113: 52 if you absolutely must know I was wondering if I could get a consult XuX
B52: So inept you can't tell the A's from the G's? q‿‿p
M9113: [Notail staring with macrocosm level equations] This is about job applications XuX
B52: That might actually be interesting to do, so it's good I'm on break q‿‿p
M9113: Here are the applicants [microlink] XuX
M9113: Are you there? XuX
B52: I am typing up literally what you are asking for at this moment q‿‿p
B52: Maybe wait more than five seconds for something like this q‿‿p
M9113: Sounds fake but ok XuX
B52: Here... [B52's Views] q‿‿p

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To start off with you'll notice that classes vary in costs, but individuals vary in aptitude and experience. q‿‿p
G classes can do just about any job at a general level, and as a result their price is one based on work history q‿‿p
I wouldn't waste money on the mechanic as they were labelled due to heavy work as a mechanic which is in demand right now q‿‿p
The natural-born is plainly put a fucking natural-born, and really should be at half an allotment or kicked offworld q‿‿p
The janitor is your best pick due to their experience all around regardless of what you actually want a G class for q‿‿p

The Neo seems to be on the light side of hate preaching as they talk about spiting the Neo, but aren't a hack q‿‿p
The other one is one of those rare dual N's and looking them up they've more or less earned that allotment cost q‿‿p

P classes despite their flexibility can cost a bit due to specializations, and are all reasonable hires q‿‿p
The second focuses on improving daily life, and the fourth is good if you want an investment q‿‿p
The third could be risky if they get bored, and the fifth is really cheap but a gamble q‿‿p

W classes can be difficult to grab a good one, at least one that won't get snatched up by a higher ranking person q‿‿p
The first is good at his job and is just trying to flirt to scare off someone who wants him q‿‿p
The second should be a D-ud, but tracking their social media tells me they have a W class keeping them perfectly functional q‿‿p
The third is a good pick if you want a personal assistant, and overall unless M4 really wants these you'll probably any of them forever q‿‿p

See that first Y class, good because they fucking suck at their job and will be useful to stall for time in an attack q‿‿p
The rest are more or less valid picks, but make sure you build barracks in the near future and have weapons q‿‿p

Why bother with hiring or buying metas when you can just sign up for the service that rotates temporary ones? q‿‿p
But SaniOrg's batches have actually been getting on par with market standards in the last several generations q‿‿p
The third is a valid pick and a good example of when you don't imprint your ducklings right, and the second isn't worth reacting to q‿‿p

0 idea why anyone would want to hire honklits but there's a good laugh in picking out the good breeding stock q‿‿p
Impressive that a honklit could do bad enough to get Chord'd, and this being up still will get fixed soon enough q‿‿p
12 is...actually a good substitute rather than spending anything on a paper pushing F class q‿‿p
Ok this one I've read urban legends about but dumbasses keep hiring him thinking "oh wow I'm being paid to do this" q‿‿p
And then surprise they're living in constant terror or something and have to scramble to find a way to pay someone else to hire him q‿‿p
The fucker feeds only off of fear and I've heard he's gotten fairly fat from how good he is at it to where slavers won't take him unless you pay them premium q‿‿p
210 is an oddity: a zanni raised by honklit, but otherwise fairly good of a hire, for a honklit q‿‿p
The good breeding stock is 12, 368, and 210, but I don't know who I'd pick for matches q‿‿p

B52: I'd say what your best picks would be total, but honestly this one you can really decide for yourself, and tell me later how it goes q‿‿p
M9113: Wow that was... XuX
B52: Helpful? q‿‿p
M9113: It sure was something dear XuX
B52: You asked q‿‿p
M9113: So about capture creatures XuX
B52: Wait do you legitimately care q‿‿p
M9113: Yes! XuX
B52: Ok so you go first then if you care so much, tell me all about your team q‿‿p
M9113: Oh, I don't have one XuX
M9113: The one I had was found disemboweled a few weeks ago, RIP and all that XuX
B52: Wow lame q‿‿p
M9113: On the upside they were still fresh enough to get some backup limbs from XuX
M9113: But when I got the starter package I chose a capture creature and got the cutest thornhead I named Archie XuX
B52: Only more generic you could have gotten is an actual Generic q‿‿p
M9113: If you're so great what do you have lying around the lab XuX
B52: I'm not a B-rander, but I have been working on replacing my starter with a custom gene'd Luciguis q‿‿p
B52: Gonna clone a bunch once I've got good enough of a result and then evolve it q‿‿p
M9113: That's actually neat, but do you mind giving me an eye of the tiger from a dead one XuX
B52: K q‿‿p
M9113: Thanks for your time 52 XuX
B52: Almost likewise, this has kept me distracted from the screams of the latest tests I'm running for P classes q‿‿p

In the end it was a decent although long chat, but it feels like B52 has almost started to tolerate you.

Later it's uniform time, and a brief bit familiarizing with the terminal shows that the machine only allows a current village wide uniform right now, but it's still good to learn.

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Pick and two hexcodes for your uniform. Label them as:
-Bottoms
-Tops
This will serve as the work uniform for all members of your village.
Eventually you can make seasonal or age-group specific uniforms, and other types too.

Due to notails being notails there's rarely any reason to make clothing anything but neutral tones, but now that you're an M class and village leader by default you can pick anything you want!
The current uniform is grey shorts and grey shirt.

Your monday is coming to a close already, but at least you can do some online shopping before you head to prepare dinner. Maybe there will be something good for the babies, or you.

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The Scrapyard sells all forms of scrap along with secondhand goods. It was founded by Hades v1. Delivery can take a day to several. It's affiliated with BRANDNEWCAR.

The ScrapyardShow

• Cheap Scrap (250p)
  
• Cheap Wire (200p)
  
• Cheap Ceramic (750p)
  
• Cheap Wood (125p)
  
• Cheap Textiles (625p)
  
• Fresh Components (cheap+350p)
  
• Fine Scrap (1150p+)
  
• High Quality Materials (2500p+)
  
• Other (Varies)
  
• Furniture (875p+)
  
• Weapons (800p+)
  
• AI (2500p+)

Duckies R Us is a notail based site specializing in child enrinchment, but it's main draw is the high amount of Gashapons.

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• Teething Toy (50p)
  
• Ivfrid Taxidermied Buddy (250p)
  
• Pet Rock (500p)
  
• Djehuty Nightlight (775p)
  
• Plush Hermes Ship (850p)
  
• Toy Gashapon (1kp)
  
• Baby Toy Gashapon (1kp)
  
• Kids Toy Gashapon (1.5kp)
  
• Teen Toy Gashapon (1.75kp)
  
• Family Toy Gashapon (2kp)
  
• The Zeus Plushtoy (2.25kp)
  
• New Lesson Plans (2.5kp-20kp)
  
• Home and Garden Furniture Gashapon (3kp)
  
• O5 Figure Set (3kp)
  
• evzAffiliate Gashapon (4kp)
  
• Hypnos Easydream Musicbox System (5kp)
  
• Babysitting AI Gashapon (7.5kp)
  
• Household AI Gashapon (10kp)
  
• Tutoring Services (10kp+ per child)

evzFauna is the leading exotic pet site for notails, and was founded by the trio of classes early in the name. It has ties to WageSlaves4U

evzFaunaShow

• Accessories (250p+)
  
• Evofluid (1kp)
  
• Capture Creature Gachapon (3kp)
  
• Grooming Tools (4-60kp)
  
• Somnus Gacha (4kp)
  
• Saddles (~5kp)
  
• Outfits (5kp+)
  
• Tradepool Terminal (6kp)
  
• Husbandry Equipment (7kp+)
  
• Specific Somnus v or Type (9kp+)
  
• Hunting AI Gacha (10kp)
  
• Kiosk (13kp)
  
• Specific Hunting AI (16kp+)
  
• Game Hunting Target (Varies)
  
• Rations Supplementation Service (Varies)
  
• Fauna (varies)
  
• Capture Creatures (varies)

Arms surplus started by an Arma, and not only did it take off quickly but Y classes enjoy it despite it's basic and minimal stock.

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• Cheap Throwing Knives (90p)
  
• Self-Defense Keychain (118p)
  
• Bola (200p)
  
• Battery Cartridges (500p)
  
• Single Cartridges (500p-5kp)
  
• Wood Baton (737p)
  
• Machete (779p)
  
• Tranq Dart Cartridges (800p)
  
• Large Battcarts (1kp)
  
• Stun Baton (1250p)
  
• High Power Tranqs (2kp)
  
• Weak Laser Pistol (3150p)
  
• Tranq Pistol (4750p)
  
• Ballistics Pistol (6.5kp)
  
• Flamethrower (9850p)
  
• Ammo Boxes (10kp+)
  
• Tranq Rifle (10kp)
  
• Laser Hunting Rifle (13kp)

With all of your research done it seems you have some choices to make. You know for sure that hiring choices will change, and that stores might change stock. Uniforms will not change if you do not make a decision though.

>What hires, purchases, and uniform decisions will you make?

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There's so much fucking text in this. Sorry for that. Btw if you've got any questions feel free to ask and I'll post a response or do smth in the discord