VENDING MACHINE/REGAINS

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Okay, so what's this thing? ↴

It's boxy, it's metal, it's rickety, and it was probably really modern in the 1970s - but perhaps most importantly, it's here to give you stuff! ICly, characters will be rewarded for bonding with one another; these rewards come in the form of coins left in their room, somewhere that they'll be easily found. After that, it's just a matter of going over to the machine, sticking coins in and letting prizes fall out. Simple!

When do we get coins? ↴

Coins are awarded for every 20-comment thread (10 comments per person) submitted here. Any threads between two player characters that do not take place during investigations, trials and motive announcements are eligible for a coin. Threads with mod NPCs such as the Transmitter are eligible for coins as well, but the one caveat to this is that private conversations and texts do not count – the thread must take place in public.

What's in it for me? ↴

Glad you asked! We asked all of you to put five regains down on your app; this is where you have the chance to get them back. Of course, since nothing can ever be easy for anyone, RNG gets to decide how quickly that happens...

Furthermore, there's also a chance that the regain you get back won't necessarily be yours. That's also a distinct possibility that we won't deny. Good thing you're on such good terms with everyone here, right?

The percentages shake down something like this: You have a 10% chance of getting a regain – either yours or someone else's, every time you roll. There's an 80% chance you'll get something random. As for the remaining 10%...well. You'll have to roll and see what that remaining percentage might contain, won't you?

What's this about renewable items? ↴

One out of your five items can be renewable – that is, they have the potential to fall out of the machine more than one time. They can be consumable things like food, candy, liquor or cigarettes; they can also be things like yarn, socks, underwear, stuffed toys, whatever you like!

I got an item that isn't mine - what do I do with it? ↴

Whatever your character would do with it! Give it back, eat it, wear it, set it on fire, whatever you want. You might want to work it out with whomever it belongs to, but...really, it's your choice.

Can we stack coins to help our odds? ↴

Unfortunately, no. I mean, if you have a surplus of them and you want to shove them in the machine all willy-nilly then no one's going to stop you, but it's not going to increase your chances of getting a regain. But maybe you'll be rewarded for jamming in twenty at once, who knows! ...Or maybe you'll just screw up the machine, because it's old. But you'll never know until you try, right?

Do our coins expire? ↴

You can redeem your coins whenever you want; in other words, the threads you submit don't have to all be from the current week!

Can we use our coins to opt out of death rolls? ↴

That, my friends, would be bribery, and it's highly frowned upon by the Transmitter. If you can't be present for a given week that you've been selected to die, you can ask the mods to reschedule, but there are no true opt-outs or safety nets of that sort.

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CONGRATULATIONS

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Well done, Sakura! For your coins, you have received the following:

1 - 073. Love Affair Ring
A pinky ring that will bring you affection if you wear it on your right hand, bring you romance if you wear it on your left hand, and bring ruin upon you if you wear it on both.

2 - 046. Water Flute
A flute that makes a small birdsong-like sound when you pour water into the container and blow into the pipe.

3 - 066. Crowbar
A metal tool for pulling out nails and using like a lever. It’s gotten a very unfair reputation thanks to the phrase “crowbar-like object” coming up in police reports.

4 - 070. Berserker Armor
Armor that grants its wearer power like that of a berserker. As compensation, it erodes the wearer’s life force.

5 - 061. Moon Rock
A rock brought back from the Apollo moon landing. The composition of moon rocks varies based on where they’re taken from. This rock was taken from the “Sea of Tranquility”.

6 - 002. Maidenly Carry-On Bag
You’ll definitely want to take this with you if you ever go to “Maiden Doar”, the popular spot for buying female-oriented goods and doujin works.

7 - Fon Master's Staff
A lightweight staff-like object. It can channel amazing magic, but here it’s just a rather large tuning fork. That doesn’t tune. At all.

8 - 064. Meteorite Arrow
An arrow discovered in ancient ruins. The arrowhead is made from a meteorite. They say that being cut by this arrow will allow one to see evil spirits.

9 - Red Blanket
A blanket with an intricate red paisley design. If you're always cold, try this.

10 - 030. Tumbleweed
A pile of grass often seen in Western films. If this stuff starts to pile up against the door to your house, toss it down a hill in the backyard.

11 - 027. Bandages
Cloth meant to stop bleeding and to protect wounds. You can also wrap things in them to express sickly transparency or cruelty.

12 - 008. Coconut
A coconut that came from a palm tree. It’s not only edible, but has all sorts of other uses, such as serving as a musical instrument once processed.

You've also received an extra item from the machine:

040. Blue Sephira
A gift from Arietta. A miniature statue of a goddess, said to increase your wealth! It's proof of having defeated the most feral of the God-Generals, congratulations!