Resupply Mission 5A Location: General Groceries Images:: x, x, x. General debriefing: With portals more or less back up and running, Deus Ex is in sore need of supplies. As the island is currently unable to sustain life and not all hunters know how to hunt or fish AND with the holiday season coming up, it has been decided to have hunters scavenge food from a place they're familiar with: a grocery store. Care has been taken to ensure that hunters do not visit a General Groceries in or near their home towns; civilian outfits requested, leave your coats on the island. Hunters have also been granted a $300 budget. To share. * E class difficulty level (must have a team of three, at least one of them must be an intermediate trainee)
MECHANICS
* MECHANICS: RP assembling a team, as necessary, before heading towards the Lighthouse portal to request a portal to Resupply Mission 5A. Once there, roll a 100-sided dice and match the roleplay to the results below, as well as any reactions. * Shopping Cart: The mission starts with an empty cart: 0/100 units. When you roll a dice, you will either gain or lose units OR items. Keep track of what items you've picked up AND how many units they're worth. The team shares the same budget, however it is up to you and your group whether you want to share a shopping cart. Sharing means you're unlikely to go over the budget, but you're also not going to bring as much back... * Players can continue rolling until any of the players roll a CASHIER, in which case the CHECK OUT begins. See below for check out mechanics. Your cart can also hold 100 units of food. When you reach this (or go over) proceed directly to the CASHIER.
1 - 5: The produce section of the store is pretty decent. And hunters do need a balanced diet. Pick up 5 units of produce.
6 - 10: This store has a section of barrels. It's not too surprising at first until a chorus of screaming kids alert you to the presence of candy. There are clear plastic bags nearby and scoops, so why not satisfy your inner child and add five units to your cart. As in five fully filled bags.
11 - 20: The cart you pick suddenly loses its wheel! Your cart tips over and spills everything out. After grabbing another cart and loading it up with your pile of goods, it seems to be a bit... lighter. Lose the FIRST three items you picked up.
21 - 25: Somehow you "accidentally" wind up in the soda pop aisle. While making your way through it, your inner teenager gives into the colorful labels and you somehow wind up with five cases of canned soda. Add them to your cart, you soda junkie.
26 - 30: You discover the health and beauty section of the store. Shamelessly you pick up some non-Beach soap and shampoo, and other health and beauty products. Add five units to your cart.
31 - 35: It looks like you're in one of those fancy supermarkets. Or the state you're in possibly legalized it, but it looks like a large section of the store has turned into a mini brewery which offers a vast array of alcohol. You add 5 units to your cart.
As you're purchasing the alcohol, a clearly underaged teenager slides up to you and asks if it wouldn't be too much trouble to purchase some for them, too. Do you agree?
Yes:
Roll 1d10. If Even:
Nothing special happens. If you make it out of the store WITH alcohol, -1 unit however you gain + $20 for your pocket.
In addition, when you return a hunter of a higher rank compliments you on your sneaky ways and gives you a bonus of $50. They also seem to help themselves to one of your booze units, but they're long gone before you realize it.
If Odd:
Turns out it was part of a sting operation! You're arrested on the spot, and your division lead has to come bail you out of jail. You are now banned from doing this EM for two IRL weeks. You also are deducted $100 from your personal paycheck.
36 - 40: As you turn to grab an item and maybe debate with your teammates on what to get next, someone helps themselves to the cart. Lose the last three items you picked up.
41 - 50: Another turn in the store leads you to the pasta aisle. You can't go wrong with ramen, right? Add 20 boxes of pasta to your cart.
51 - 60: A group of rambunctious children races by, some in the cart and others pushing it. They narrowly avoid slamming into you. However, they don't seem to avoid the rather large display of promotional pet food that comes raining down onto you! Unintentionally add 10 cans of pet food to your cart; you thought you got them all too...
61 - 65: You know what every kitchen needs? A giant cheese wheel! Too bad it takes up 10 units by its sheer size alone.
66 - 70: You know what else the Deus Kitchen needs? A non-runic Happy Hot Dog Man. Add one to your cart. It would've come with a free catsup critter and mustard monster, but as soon as you pick it up a kid yells "IT'S KETCHUP!" and runs off with it.
71 - 75: You hear the cackling of teenagers with too much time on their hands while in the dairy aisle. Before you can do anything, one of them happens to chuck a giant milk carton at you before running off. Your character is now dripping milk and will start to reek badly. Though if you haven't been taking advantage of the beach soap, the smell of milk manages to make you smell more like a decent human being. Not to mention you've just lost three units of each of your last three items due to gross milkage.
76 - 80: As you move to compare two items, a frustrated mother trying to wrangle several kids accidentally walks off with your cart! By the time you track them down and return their cart to them, you realize that some of your items are missing. Lose two units of all of your acquired things.
81 - 85: At the meat counter, you spend some time considering what to get. Given the popularity of meat on the island, you decide to stock up. Add 10 units to your cart.
86 - 90: You know what's next to the meat? Seafood. You know what's part of seafood? Crab legs and lobsters. Someone's going to be eating fancy tonight on someone else's budget! Add 5 units to your cart.
91 - 100: CASHIER; CUE CHECK-OUT: - Either your cart has hit 100/100 capacity or you've had enough of the holiday rush, but you're now in line for check-out. After a bit of waiting (and being tempted by the gum -- +1 unit of gum if your cart isn't at max capacity).
- In addition, if you have room in your cart, you have the choice to purchase cigarettes. Not only is smoking a bad habit, but it's one you can easily exploit back on Deus... You can choose to add 5 units to your cart.
- If your team is still shopping, let them shop -- you're just going to check out early and wait by the register. First one to the register just so happens to have the money...
- You pile the items onto the conveyer belt and wait in anticipation as the cashier starts to ring your items up...
- FINDING THE TOTAL: This is why you keep a list of WHAT you have and HOW MUCH of it you have. Match up what you have to its price, and multiply it by how many you have. Everything is priced per unit:
Produce - 3.49 Candy - .99 A Case of Soda Pop (Contains 12 cans) - 5.99 Health & Beauty Supples - 6.99 Alcohol - 13.99 Pasta - .49 Premium Quality Promotional Pet Food - 4.99 per can Giant Cheese Wheel - 99.99 A Happy Hotdog Man - 10.99 Meat - 4.49 Crab Legs - 14.99 Cigarettes - 9.89
Multiply the units you have to the price. If you have five units of crab legs, you're now shelling out 14.99*5=74.95 for fancy eating.
Once you have your total, subtract it from the budget of $300.
- Remember, you're SHARING this budget with your team!
- If you go over the budget, you can either pay with your island allowance OR attempt to run. If you run:
Roll 1d10
1 - 5: You're caught and escorted off the premises. You're banned from doing this EM for two IRL weeks.
6 - 10: You manage to run off with the last THREE items on your shopping list. In addition, they have a picture of you on camera so you're banned from doing this EM for two IRL weeks.
Maru's Suggestion for this EM:
Keep a running tally of what you have in your post. No need to keep track of prices, but keep track of your cart and what's IN your cart. That way at the end, you'll know exactly what you have and what you can add to your RP inventory (if you're that kind of person).
I'd personally arrange my post like this:
Quote:
* RP HERE*
Cart: -/100 Contents: Pasta (ramen & alfredo mix) - 20 units Candy (mostly hard fruit candy) - 10 units Giant wheel of cheese (swiss) - 1 unit
etc. The brackets are more for me know what KIND of thing I have. Then at the end, just need to multiply the prices with how many units I have~
If you have questions/are confused, please ping me!
* 2 mission reward points for completing this successfully
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:43 pm
Noemi stared at the mission orders in her hands. It was the first time that she was going to do a small mission like this, and it called for simple attire and well...simple shopping.
Perhaps they were worried that she would end up getting killed? She could only pretend that the island would care enough not to send a fresh popped podling (only a couple months old Island time), to something that was likely to kill them...especially after the last mission.
The saving grace was the name with her, one she recognized. Miss Cee, one of the few friends and people she wasn't nervous of. Just...nervous of upsetting.
She dressed in a small skirt, long leggings and flats. Instead of the hunter jacket, she wore a loose sweater a size too big for her and small clips in her hair. It was one of the few times she didn't wear her overalls and the only outfit she had that wasn't meant for work.
Cee was super excited to go out shopping. She was excited to go out at all and the fact she could wear what she wanted just completely took the cake. The woman showed up in what passed for casual in her world.
"MIMI.." She walked swiftly over, waggling newly painted nails. She'd actually just gotten her ankle cast off but she'd been milking it a few more days than necessary for the enjoyment. Snap's healing had sped things up quite a bit.
"Lookit you lookin all cute'n s**t!" Noemi was pulled into a quick hug and squeeze. "I'm like so ******** jazzed fer this, right?"
The techs were firing up the portals and someone rushed over to offer them pendants since it was unlikely Cee remembered that part. The woman just laughed like it was 'no thing' and took one.
nyxtsuki moon
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:08 pm
"Miss Cee!" Noemi waved, flushing as the woman came in like a small whirlwind, all energy and quick hugs and excitement. It was hard not to get excited too, even if she was nervous about doing this!
"A...ah yes thank you!" She waited a moment, "but Miss Cee, You are far much prettier! You remind me of models from magazines!" She nodded, pleased with her compliment and looked at the portal.
"I have not done this thing, so...I hope we do okay!" She clenched a tiny fist and took the pendent handed to them. Once the okay was given, they were ushered in and dropped off....
Right outside a large scale grocery store in some town Noemi didn't know and felt very ashamed she hadn't remembered.
"So...we just....go shopping....it looks like..." Noemi couldn't believe she was among...not hunter people. It was surreal.
"Girl yer crazy." She laughed and flapped her wrist at Noemi but never accepted or denied the compliments to her beauty. She, of course, thought she was the hottest thing on the block and had never understood why stick women who looked like they lived in caves always ended up on the covers of magazines. Not enough bootays. Not enough ample bosoms.
"Like how hard could it rilly be ta go food shoppin?" She said right before they portalled out. The sudden arrival into sunlight, concrete and the delicate scent of car exhaust made the woman gasp. How long had it been?
Cee closed her eyes and took a deeeeeeep breath. It wasn't a big city but it was close enough. "Oh... gahd." She sighed contentedly and then gripped Noemi's arm in exaggerated earnest. "Girl I'm about to run off. Just ******** streak the ******** out and never come back hahaha."
nyxtsuki moon
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 12:49 pm
"O..Oh!??! Am I?!!?" What was she crazy for? Perhaps her compliment was not enough, perhaps it was too much!?! She didn't have time to really worry about it because they were thrust into a city and Cee was gripping her arm as if she was going to run off and leave Noemi stranded.
Like a lost cat or something.
Which is exactly what Cee was thinking. "M...Miss Cee!" She looked around, "D...Don't leave!" Mostly because Noemi had no idea what she was doing but also because - "They hunt down deserters!!?!? LIKE IN THE MOVIES." She got a few stares from some of the people walking by them, ducking her head. "y..You can't leave, they might do something bad."
Plus they had a mission....and she didn't know how to navigate grocery store without her hand being held, look she's like a child oh my god, don't leave her Cee.
"Ahaha.." Cee draped an arm around Noemi and squeezed. "I'm jus kiddin ya girl. Though it's temptin right?" The redhead was released but Cee linked arms with her and headed for the sliding doors. Even the strange refrigerated smell of the grocery store was refreshing after spending so long away from the real world.
"Like.." She grabbed a cart, pulled it, but found it chained to another one. "********.." She yanked again. "I think it's ******** broke.." Another yank.
A bored pimpled store employee drolled. "You need a quarter lady. You stick it in the slot and the chain pops out." He could be see rolling his eyes at her before turning away.
"Well ********..." They only had cards with their allowance on them. "Hold on girl I got this."
Cee walked out to the street, rocked in place, before going up to a blind hobo and stealing a quarter from his cup. She didn't even seem to care that people had seen her. Moments later she was back (and hoping Noemi didn't wander off). "Got it!"
nyxtsuki moon
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:56 pm
Noemi sighed in relief, If Cee wasn't going to leave, then Noemi would be alright. She went happily along with the woman, even arm in arm. The grocery store was met with wide eyes, her head turning this way and that because it had been a long time since she had been in . It was rediscovering, or reminding herself. Things like this existed. She was distracted by the clanging of metal on metal as Cee try to get a cart free. Which...wasn't coming free.
"O...Oh a quarter?" She was just going to ask the boy if they could borrow one when Cee disappeared. her hand outstretched for the woman before dropping and she nervously looked at the employee. Who waved. She made a small squeak sound and danced in place, Cee come baaaaaaaack.
She didn't even get to see Cee steal from a hobo, though she would've just assumed the woman was borrowing. It's not stealing. ITS BORROWING. She was right where Cee left her. "A quarter!" She ushered it in, pulled out a cart and started to move through the aisles. "What should we get!?!?"
21 - 25: Somehow you "accidentally" wind up in the soda pop aisle. While making your way through it, your inner teenager gives into the colorful labels and you somehow wind up with five cases of canned soda. Add them to your cart, you soda junkie.
Cee actually held the cart out a bit so Noemi could push it. She seemed so wide-eyed! Obviously that meant she needed to push the cart to occupy herself.
"OH I was'jus gonna start at aisle 1 and take a look around." Cee hadn't gone grocery shopping ever in her life. She'd been in grocery stores but usually just to buy mixers for booze. Which of course meant that she didn't start at aisle one and instead seemed to quickly power her way to the soda aisle.
She gave an old man in the aisle a sweet smile and said hello to him, then glanced behind to see if Noemi was following with the cart. She was already pulling cases of soda down.
"Life savin advice, aright?" She wagged a finger at Noemi. "Gingerale and rootbeer are awesome wit whippe cream vodka. Coke is good wit rum and jack. Most other vodkas good wit juice."
Life Saving Advice.
--- Remaining Budget: $270.05 Cart: 5/100 Items: Case of Soda - 5 x $5.99 = $29.95
71 - 75: You hear the cackling of teenagers with too much time on their hands while in the dairy aisle. Before you can do anything, one of them happens to chuck a giant milk carton at you before running off. Your character is now dripping milk and will start to reek badly. Though if you haven't been taking advantage of the beach soap, the smell of milk manages to make you smell more like a decent human being. Not to mention you've just lost three units of each of your last three items due to gross milkage.
Noemi held tightly on to the rail for the cart, looking at all the items in the store, she did her best to avoid others on the aisle, maunvering it like she would a car or truck. "Aisle 1 it is!" Noemi turned the cart to go to said Aisle when Cee disappear down Aisle 14...Which had all sorts of soft drinks and juices on it...She whipped the cart around.
"Oh you meant Aisle 14!" Noemi looked around, she wondered what they would need with soda. "Life saving!?!" She paid much attention. "Oh...Those are um...Alcohol drinks!" Did that mean Alcohol was good for her? Would it cure sicknesses? Or maybe Cee drank it to stay pretty!
"Vodka is good with juices." Noemi chirped, as Cee loaded up the cart with sodas. She was doing the Island a great justice with these. As they headed into the dairy section, and because Noemi was whispering to herself 'Vodka is good with juices, Whipped vodka is good with rootbeer, Coke is good with gingerale..wait no coke is good with whipped vodka...ah no....Rum is good with coke!' She hadn't realized that there was a group of teenagers who thought it would be fun to play hot potato with a full gallon of milk, and as one rushed past her to catch the gallon, the teenager misjudged the distance. The gallon of milk hit the cart full on in the little seating area where kids sit, exploded and dowsed Noemi in the white liquid.
She stopped pushing the cart to stare at the ruined soda boxes, her ruined outfit and the milk that was all over her.
"O...Oh." She managed out meekly as the teenagers ran off in laughter.
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Remaining Budget: $289.02 Cart: 2/100 Items: Case of Soda - 2 x $5.99 = $10.98
"You little shits!" Cee hissed and Snap coiled in her mind, urging to reach out and grab them. It was all she could muster not to summon the whips right in the store and Snap's urgings made it worse. Unfortunately the teens were long gone, still laughing away and Cee was left to tend to Noemi.
"Here.. here girl." She pulled off her loose sweater and tossed it over the other's shoulders. "Let's git outta here as fast as we can aight?" She didn't really want to hurry back but in Noemi's place she'd be pissed as hell to be soaked in milk.
More laughter got her anger on the rise and she hurried around a corner to find... kids. Just a bunch of little kids. Barrels of candy met their eyes, glorious bags and individually wrapped pieces. Any kind you could think of! "OH Mimi ! Check it!"
Guess what they were takin hooooome.
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Remaining Budget: $284.07 Cart: 7/100 Items: Case of Soda - 2 x $5.99 = $10.98 Candy - 5 x $.99 = $4.95
Noemi pulled her shirt a bit away, looking down at her ruined only nice pair of clothes and sighing. She would have to go and buy new things.
"Sorry." She looked down at the cart, a bit sulky. The loose sweater was taken off almost immediately and folded nicely so the milk didn't get on it and ruin it. She would hate to ruin one of Miss Cee's things. "Si, We will work fast so to get out fast." She didn't want to walk around smelling like milk the whole time. "Though, to spend more time outside...."
She followed after Miss Cee, though a bit slower as to not incur the wrath of another teenage group and smiled as she saw the brightly colored candies.
Even as Cee dropped them in, Noemi looked around, then took one of the unwrapped chocolate mintes and popped it in her mouth. Candy. So good.
She gave Cee a sheepish smile. After they grabbed Candy, Noemi turned the cart around to replaced the ruined soda that Cee had grabbed and then looked at the woman.
"Where too next?"
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Remaining Budget: $254.12 Cart: 12/100 Items: Case of Soda - 7 x $5.99 = $41.93 Candy - 5 x $.99 = $4.95
11 - 20: The cart you pick suddenly loses its wheel! Your cart tips over and spills everything out. After grabbing another cart and loading it up with your pile of goods, it seems to be a bit... lighter. Lose the FIRST three items you picked up.
Cee just gave Noemi a smile over her shoulder as she sauntered in front of the cart. "I used'ta go shoppin with my mama sometimes. I cook a lil.. not much."
It could have been a nice moment where they shared stories of home. A bonding thing... but it wasn't in the cards. Unfortunately she wasn't paying much attention as a can of spaghetti-o's rolled out from the next aisle and into the path of the cart. The two girls must have had the worst possible luck! Their cart tipped, the wheel flew off, and all of their items hit the floor.
Cee as well took a spill, going down with the cart with a mighty shriek. By the time an employee came along with all apologies and a brand new cart, she was screaming at him from the floor, "OW MY NECK.. WE DONT GOTTA TAKE THIS s**t. FIRS' ITS ******** TEENS-" "Please ma'am your language." "MA'AM? HOW OL' YOU THINK I AM. THIS IS SOME BULL. OW MY NECK. CALL THA LAWYER GIRL!"
The soda had crashed and exploded all over the candy. Cee was helped to her feet but was still spewing talk of suing and 'NEGLIGENCE IS WHAT DIS IS'. When someone brought her more soda cases she waved them ******** I don' even want yer s**t generic a** soda okay. C'mon Mimi!" And she stormed away, now itemless, to regroup.
"I love to cook!" Noemi smiled, "It's very calming. We use to have fresh eggs and vegetables too cook with. And sometimes we traded with other neighbors for their produce." Noemi look down at the cart, it's dripping milk mess. "Somedays I wish we had gardens here on Island for produce but I think the Fear? it's too much for plants to be good for us."
It really could've been the best bonding moment. Cooking, talking about mothers love. But a can decided to hitch the plans, and because Noemi was focusing on Cee, she didn't verve outta the way. It ended up in a slow motion as the cart wheel popped off, the cart tipping, taking the smaller woman and their soda/candy with them. Noemi's hands rose to her lips as a muffled, "NO MISS CEE...." escaped and then she was rushing to the woman's side. She waved the hands of the employee away and couldn't tell if she wanted to laugh, run or laugh and run away.
Noemi got up to follow miss Cee, sending apologetic looks at the employees left to clean up their mess. What a odd day it had been, first milk from teenagers, now broken carts. Is this how shopping trips were suppose to be?
She ran back to grab their new cart, thankfully they didn't have to pay another quarter, apologized to the employees and raced after Cee who had stalked down to the Pasta aisle. Since they were there, Noemi started to grab boxes, looking over at the woman.
"I'm sorry Miss Cee. I should've paid attention to the cart. I...I guess getting hit with the milk did a little more damage then I thought?" She rubbed a hand on the dry part of her short curly hair. "I...Is your neck okay? Do you want me to massage it?"
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Remaining Budget: $290.20 Cart: 20/100 Items: 20 Pasta x .49 = 9.80
Cee had bee 'calming' herself in the pasta aisle when Noemi returned full of apologies. She waved her hand and made a 'bzz' noise at the red head.
"Another lesson girl, never apologize for s**t you didn't do and only apologize for s**t you did do, if it'll save yer a** of get you something." And with that she patted Noemi on the bottom.
And then there was a creaking noise, a metallic scrape, and the wheel on the new cart popped off and rolled away. Thankfully this time no one was taken down the the cart sort of tilted to the side slowly. Cee pulled Noemi away from it just in time for the thing to keel over and their pasta boxes to end up on the floor.
"WHAT THE FUUUUUCK!" She screamed and started kicking it.
Resupply Mission 5A
