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
In addition, for successfully completing this you may choose to keep FIVE UNITS of whatever you brought back. If you want more, you'll need to pay for it. But at least you're paying Deus itself and not some over-priced hoarder.
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 12:29 am
He showed up in enough layers to please an onion, looking a little less shabby than the last time she'd seen him. Leslie hoped that she'd forgotten all the trouble she'd caused him, especially since he'd turned the room into a place to store the junk he'd kept from around town.
Leslie greeted them both with a scowl, dreading this already. Grocery shopping with a bunch of women. Great.
America was dressed in her usual fashion, and seeing Leslie, she gave him an obvious look over and approving smile. "Well, you're doing well for yourself."
She had, in fact, inspected his old room. Seeing it used for storage, given a purpose, was enough to make her consider it no longer an issue. He'd done what she asked, and that was as good as dealt with.
"Shame they don't give us a chance to clip coupons," America stated, giving the mission orders a critical lookover. "I kick a** at couponing."
cherno astra
medigel
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:49 pm
"No coupons?" Nora chimed in as she strode over, which was considerably less noisy than usual as she had forgone the armor for more practical ensemble of a denim button up shirt, white undershirt, black leggings, and flats. "Damn. I'm sure they'll have a sale of some sort."
She smiled brightly. "America, how are you, dear? And...you~" she said just as sweetly to Leslie, brushing something off his shoulder. "My my, someone took time to be fashion-conscious! Keep this up and I won't have to wash your mouth at all, Leslie. Maybe you'll even get another cookie."
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soap tally: 10 - 1 for clothes = 9 neutral
lizbot
sorry for the wait!
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23Total: 23 (1-100)
Leslie just shrugged with one shoulder, jerking it back like he was shove her touch away, even if the only thing America had done was give a little bit of a look and a compliment.
He does not, in fact, acknowledge Nora beyond a glare that could melt the ice caps.
They get through the store and he is, in fact, both pissy and a child. The first thing he puts into the cart is Dr. Pepper, but not before endless deliberation that almost (entirely) gives away how reluctant he is to spend money.
(Live a little, Abbi had said.)
Quote:
Soda: 5.99
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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.
America shot Nora a suppressed smile, dimple giving it away entirely, and raised her eyebrows. The silent communication was something vaguely along the lines of: he's such an adorable little s**t. "I'm doing pretty well, gotta say. Even better if I getta taste a bit of your baking again sometime soon." Smile and eyebrows grew entirely shameless.
At the store, the Dr. Pepper is soon joined by a case of root beer, cream soda, ginger ale, and then, in a moment of Indulgent Girlfriend, she added a case of diet cola.
Passing by the pasta aisle, America scooped up an armful and dumped it in. Her gift to all the shitty and/or lazy cooks of the island. You're welcome.
Quote:
Soda: 5.99 x 5 : 29.95 Ramen: .49 x 20 : 9.80 ---- $39.75
"Natch," Nora replied with a wink of her own as they proceeded. "I'll see if I can get us some supplies. Got to do something pumpkin spice for the season..."
Ah, soda and ramen. She felt nostalgic.
"Let's find the baking aisle then. Oh, if they've got funny cookie cutters I'd love--"
There were snickers behind her; spidey senses tingled. She was about to suggest they move out when something hard first collided and then splattered over her and the cart. An indignant noise left the woman as she whipped around and glared at the retreating teenagers. "OY, GET BACK HERE!" Then the smell hit her: milk.
Oh this was not going to be a fun laundry day at all. Cursing, she briefly left America and Leslie to go find some paper towels and wash up in the bathroom. She was still simmering when she returned, still reeking of milk. "Bollocks," Nora muttered as she brought out more paper towels to pick out the collateral damage from their cart.
TALLY
Soda: 5.99 x 2 : 11.98 Ramen: .49 x 17 : 8.33 ---- $20.31
19/100 units
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lizbot
its me debz rolled 1 100-sided dice:
55Total: 55 (1-100)
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 4:03 pm
Of course America had to do him one better, and of course a bunch of little assholes ruined their meagre progress so far with some milk.
"Heh," Leslie said, staring down at his stained clothes, grimacing. "Probably karma for the last time I did this s**t."
And, yet, he managed to sound wistful about it. Yes, he had been that kind of kid.
While they were cleaning up, with varying amounts of success, the same little shits came back around, this time armed with a cart that careened clean into a display of dogfood.
Nora would need to add at least ten coins to the swear jar as Leslie drowned under a sea of cans. A sea.
TALLY
TALLY Wrote: Soda: 5.99 x (5-3) = 11.98 Ramen: .49 x (20-3) = 8.33 Can of Pet Food: 4.99 x 10 = 49.90 ---- $70.21
While Nora cleaned herself up and Leslie got buried alive, America quietly stalked the aisles until she found a little s**t in his stupid sagged skinny jeans and smug expression. As he walked pasted, she stuck her heel out and neatly tripped the ********.
"Oh no, are you okay?" She asked, leaning down to help him up. He stared up at her tits in dazed astonishment and gave a vague nod. Gripping his hand hard, the girl shoved him back down again, his head smacking the floor as she leaned in close, "Well you won't be, honey, if you pull that milk s**t again. Got me?"
Another nod and she was yanking him up, and waving at a concerned employee. "He's just a bit clumsy! And he wants to pay for that milk he spilt, and all the stuff he damaged earlier." She hissed in his ear, grip tightening, "Don't you?"
A few minutes later, America swaggered back to the cart, Leslie, and Nora, a giant cheese wheel held up in triumph. "We protect the world from darkness and s**t, so I think we deserve us some fancy ******** cheese."
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TALLY Wrote: Soda: 5.99 x (5-3) = 11.98 Ramen: .49 x (20-3) = 8.33 Can of Pet Food: 4.99 x 10 = 49.90 Giant Cheese Wheel = 99.99 ---- $170.20
Feeling sympathetic, Nora decided to scratch off some of the soap swear counts as she helped pull him out of the pile. "Karma," she agreed, brightening considerably as America came back triumphant and cheese-laden. "Well if we're going fancy, we'll need some meat with that. Gods know it's overpriced back home."
Wiping her hands again just in case, Nora ordered them a good few pounds of the stuff ranging from prime rib to ground beef. If nothing else, she bet America could wrangle Kostya to grill again like he had for the Fourth of July.
TALLY
Soda: 5.99 x 2 = 11.98 Ramen: .49 x 17 = 8.33 Can of Pet Food: 4.99 x 10 = 49.90 Giant Cheese Wheel = 99.99 Meat: 4.49 x 10 = 44.90 ---- $215.01
49/100 units
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its me debz rolled 1 100-sided dice:
52Total: 52 (1-100)
Oblivious to the victories of both America and Nora-- those bitches-- Leslie drowned anew under a sea of pet food cans. He was smothered.
So, so smothered.
That little baggy pants brat had friends. He should have known: he'd always traversed Detroit in a swarm of no less than five and generally seven. The oldest were dropouts and the youngest were in middle school, running the full gamut of the definition of "delinquent."
(Shoplifting ramen, stamps for someone else's parents, chocolate and cigarettes, jiggling the locked cabinet when the checker is called away--)
Yeah. He should have known.
TALLY
Soda: 5.99 x 2 = 11.98 Ramen: .49 x 17 = 8.33 Can of Pet Food: 4.99 x 20 = 99.80 Giant Cheese Wheel = 99.99 Meat: 4.49 x 10 = 44.90 ---- $264.91
"I like the way you think," America stated happily at the addition of meat. She didn't pale or cringe, and even if the sight made her swallow a bit, nothing came up other than a smile. Turning at the clatter, the girl tried not to laugh as she went to help pick him up out of the mess, "Oh honey, you gotta watch where you're going."
Squinting at the cart, it seemed there were less ramen packets in there than she remembered, so America went and grabbed another armload. She was very familiar with this sort of particular easy meal. Not all her uncles had been great at cooking, and the chore had gone to her more and more as she grew up. There was a lot you could do with a few packets of the s**t. Besides, most hunters were living a dorm life. Ramen went with that, right?
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Soda: 5.99 x 2 = 11.98 Ramen: .49 x 17 = 8.33 Can of Pet Food: 4.99 x 20 = 99.80 Giant Cheese Wheel = 99.99 Meat: 4.49 x 10 = 44.90 Ramen: .49 x 20 = 9.80 ---- $274.71
Nora barked a laugh as Leslie found himself drowning in pet food again. It distracted her from the fact that her clothes were starting to smell.
"Might as well stock up," she said as she shoved the rest of the shelf of ramen into the cart. "But I think we're pretty much at capacity, eh? You done with that, Leslie?" she asked with great amusement. "I won't judge, but the meat I got'll taste a lot better than what's in a can."
TALLY
Soda: 5.99 x 2 = 11.98 Ramen: .49 x 17 = 8.33 Can of Pet Food: 4.99 x 20 = 99.80 Giant Cheese Wheel = 99.99 Meat: 4.49 x 10 = 44.90 Ramen: .49 x 20 = 9.80 Ramen: .49 x 20 = 9.80 ---- $284.51
99/100 units
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lizbot
its me debz rolled 1 100-sided dice:
51Total: 51 (1-100)
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:13 pm
It was just downright undignified at this point.
"You little ********," he wheezed at the next kid that came by to push a few more cans over, clunking as they all hit him upside the head. He began clawing his way up and out of the Fancy Feast Friday special, and once he'd made enough progress, slowly raised both hands to give Nora the finger. <******** you," he said, rubbing all his various ails with more self-pity than exactly necessary. "I have half a ******** mind to gore them through."
Aleria didn't mind the idea; projecting the quiet urge to hurt and consume, whimsical in feeling despite the brief imagery of hectic violence. It was easy, sometimes, to forget that his weapon was just that: a creature of the dark, something spawned by bad dreams. Leslie closed his eyes and blocked it out, and Aleria retracted, displeased. Or, more accurately: disappointed.
Maybe one day, maybe their host would appreciate and feed their hunger. Maybe one day.
(They were so, so hungry. All the time.)
TALLY
TALLY Wrote: Soda: 5.99 x 2 = 11.98 Ramen: .49 x 17 = 8.33 Can of Pet Food: 4.99 x 20 = 99.80 Giant Cheese Wheel = 99.99 Meat: 4.49 x 10 = 44.90 Ramen: .49 x 20 = 9.80 Ramen: .49 x 20 = 9.80 Can of Pet Food: 4.99 x 10 = 49.90 ---- $334.41
Likely what Leslie had going was some sort of karma thing due to probably being a shitty kid in supermarkets and also animal cruelty. So America just rubbed his cranky little head with a definitely-not-laughing suggestion that they go check out.
The line was, of course, ridiculously long and there was no ******** way they'd get use the express lane. While they waited America grabbed up a couple girlie magazines to buy separately for herself. One was all quizzes, and it'd be a ******** treat to go through it soon as they were back. She picked up a National Geographic for Taym and Consumer's Digest for Konstantin as well.
When their time came, America realized they had used nearly half their budget on pet food. Grim-faced, she looked at the food, then craned her head to peek at the rest of the line. There were a ******** ton of people behind them, all looking incredibly impatient. There would be riots. Granny in the back started making threatening gestures.
"Right." Along with the mission money, she added her own debit card to cover the distance. The idea of running was, admittedly tempting. However she didn't think the cheese wheel would survive and she had some ******** priorities here, okay?
Resupply Mission 5A
