Money is forever - Poverty Quest

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Let's try to gently extricate ourself from Nitori without waking her up or letting her fall over. Failing that, gently guiding her down without waking her up.
>If we're successful, let's go see what we can do about breakfast.

>You gently lower Nitori down to the couch without waking her.
>That done, you get up from the couch and hit the kitchen for breakfast.

>No dice. You finished the last sandwich last night.

[Hello Purvis]

>Does the fridge or cabinets at least hold things that can be made into food?

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Does the fridge or cabinets at least hold things that can be made into food?

>The contents of the kitchen cabinets did not survive the Yorigami Sukeban's raid yesterday.
>The fridge survived unscathed, so you went for it. Opening the fridge, you find that it is mostly empty, with only a few cans of cucumber beer and some cucumbers (one of which looked like it is in the process of decomposing).

[Hello Purvis]

>...Let's just pitch that decomposing one.
>And maybe cut up two more of them into slices. It'll be something for us to eat.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>...Let's just pitch that decomposing one.
>And maybe cut up two more of them into slices. It'll be something for us to eat.

>You remove the decomposing cucumber from the fridge, then go out to the window and chuck it into the dumpster down below.
>Then you take two normal cucumbers out of the fridge, and cut them up into slices. The slices are not perfect, but that'll do for now...

[Hello Purvis]

>Nibble on a few, then head back into the living room, and wait for Nitori to wake up.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Nibble on a few, then head back into the living room, and wait for Nitori to wake up.

>You nibble on a few pieces, and found them all to be a bit stale.
>Nevertheless, you take the cucumber slices (with the chopping board, as none of the plates survived the Sukeban's raid) back to the living room, and wait for Nitori to wake up.
>At that moment, you see the cucumber beer ad being taken over by a breaking news about a bank robbery.

[Hello Purvis]

>Mutter: "Well at least they're focusing on people who need to be robbed."
>Munch on stale cucumber, until only half is left, and leave the rest for Nitori, and watch the news.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Mutter: "Well at least they're focusing on people who need to be robbed."
>Munch on stale cucumber, until only half is left, and leave the rest for Nitori, and watch the news.

>You munch on half of the cucumber, leaving the other half for Nitori.
>As you watched the news, you learn that the bank is robbed by the Yorigami Sukeban.
>A CCTV footage of the bank job is played as the news reported about it, showing that there are four Sukeban at the bank job.
>You recognize three of them as the same three you hid from, and overheard about robbing a bank the other day. They must've been talking about this job...

[Hello Purvis]

>Let's listen for details.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Let's listen for details.

>You keep listening to the news.
>Some details about the bank job you can garner from the news report is that 1) it seems to have happened last night, 2) the police are suspecting that the Sukeban must've planned the heist days in advance, and 3) the police also suspect that there must've been an inside job, since the Sukeban knew the exact layout of the bank including its "authorized personnel only" parts.
>But one particular point the news report emphasized on has you surprised:
>"...And according to eyewitness reports, one of the Sukeban apparently simply tore the vault door right off its hinges..."

[Hello Purvis]

>"How the hell?"
>That one hit really hard, but...
>Continue to watch.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>"How the hell?"
>That one hit really hard, but...
>Continue to watch.

>You continue watching.
>"As of now, the police are requesting the public to report anything that can help with the investigation of this case if possible. More on the news later..."
>And that's it. The news report ended right there...
>That is also when you hear Nitori waking up.
>"Oh... you're up early today..." Nitori says as she rub her eyes. "Did I miss anything?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"The dumbass crew robbed a bank, one of them seems to have punched the vault door open. Breakfast is over there."

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>"The dumbass crew robbed a bank, one of them seems to have punched the vault door open. Breakfast is over there."

>Nitori blinked at your first two statements.
>"Well, I don't want to be on the receiving end of that punch..." She said dully (and a tiny bit bitterly).
>She then turn her attention on the cucumber slices.
>"That's it? I think I should head to the supermarket today..."

[Hello Purvis]

>Nod.
>"So did I, but I didn't want to insist or anything."
>Do we know enough about apartments to know if Nitori has told, or should have told, the landlord about the damage?

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Nod.
>"So did I, but I didn't want to insist or anything."
>Do we know enough about apartments to know if Nitori has told, or should have told, the landlord about the damage?

>"Given my living conditions, this was bound to happen." Nitori says, referring to the lack of proper food.
>You're a little bit sure that Nitori should've informed (and apologized to) the landlord for the damages caused by the Sukeban's raid. But you don't know if she had informed the landl-

>You hear the sound of the door falling right off its hinges as someone attempted to open it from the outside.
>"Kawashiro... what is going on here?"
>Speak of the devil...

[Hello Purvis]

>Shit they're back!
>Hope to our feet, fists ready!
>...Wait, is that even them?
>Relax a little, frowning.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Shit they're back!
>Hope to our feet, fists ready!
>...Wait, is that even them?
>Relax a little, frowning.

//Hahaha, I was not expecting you to believe it was the Sukeban. Nevertheless, I'm not dickish enough to sic the Sukeban on you so often.

>You get into a fighting stance upon hearing the stranger's voice.
>You see that the new person is... definitely not a Sukeban. So you relax a bit as you lower your fists.
>"Ah, that's my landlady..." Nitori tells you as she goes to the (no longer attached) door.

>You see the landlady frowning and crossing her arms.
>"Kawashiro, care to explain what is going on here?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Had some gangsters come after us."

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>"Had some gangsters come after us."

>"Gangsters, you say?" The landlady responded. "What did they want with you that they trashed the entire apartment?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Shrug.
>"Who even knows? If they had brains, they wouldn't be doing this. Maybe they're just mad I made friends with Nitori here?"

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Shrug.
>"Who even knows? If they had brains, they wouldn't be doing this. Maybe they're just mad I made friends with Nitori here?"

>You pretend to not know the answer to the landlady's interrogation.
>"Well, it doesn't matter for now." The landlady says sternly. "What does matter is the total wreck that your apartment has been turned into, Kawashiro!"
>That caused Nitori to freeze.
>"I'm giving you a week to pay for all the damages, or else you're moving out for good!"
>That said, the landlady then turned and left.

[Tom]

// Poverty Quest indeed

> Reattach the door or stand it at least so its not just open
> "Lets fix up all we can and see how much we'll have to pay for in the end..."

[Lt Colonel Summers]

// Poverty Quest indeed

> Reattach the door or stand it at least so its not just open
> "Lets fix up all we can and see how much we'll have to pay for in the end..."

>You try your best to put the door back up.
>You only managed to have it lean on a corner against the doorframe. But at least it isn't wide open anymore.

>"Well, guess I'll have to work extra shifts for the next seven days..." Nitori says. "If only I had been at least a blue collar worker..."

[Hello Purvis]

>Do we know enough about tenants' rights to know this damage would actually be the Landlord's responsibility is most cases?
>"I can do my best, at least?"

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Do we know enough about tenants' rights to know this damage would actually be the Landlord's responsibility is most cases?
>"I can do my best, at least?"

>Nope. You don't know, so you can't help Nitori from a legal perspective here.

>"Well, that's a start..." Nitori replies to you.

[Hello Purvis]

(Heck! How did I not see this update?)

>Do we know anyone we could rope into helping Nitori?

[Lt Colonel Summers]

(Heck! How did I not see this update?)

>Do we know anyone we could rope into helping Nitori?

//must be because of updates from other CYOAs in this forum pushing this one down on the list.

>Nope. You were practically all alone on the streets before you met Nitori.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Don't worry, I'm gonna be as good as three people!"
>Yeah, this is how we're gonna make things up!