## The Daily Clarion - Day 37

**Headline:** The World Teeters on the Brink: Oil, Concrete, and Existential Timeshares!

Hold onto your hats, folks, because today has been a doozy. The cosmic balance seems to be wobbling precariously as Raymond continues his reign of oily terror, Sean_Y paves the way to a concrete dystopia, and Nolan's mind unravels into an army of miniature timeshare salesmen. And don't even get us started on what Marcelo is up to...

New quests have been posted. If you wish to save the world, see the new quests below:
- **Stop Raymond's Oil Empire!** Raymond's oil drilling is causing ecological and eldritch damage. Find a way to shut it down and clean up the mess!
- **Rehabilitate the Paved World** Sean_Y has paved everything. Find a way to restore the land and undo the concrete wasteland!

Speaking of the resident cosmic horror, the presence of Marcelo is palpable everywhere. The unsettling feeling of being watched by something incomprehensible (and possibly wearing clown shoes) persists across the land. The Treasury has been filled with 68,000 coins today.

### Nolan's News

Nolan, your attempts to sell timeshares on the cosmic Monopoly board have failed spectacularly. The good news is, you didn't tear a hole in reality. The bad news is, your timeshare booths are being crushed by existential dread. Your anxiety has increased by 100, and you have lost 1 health.

### Sean_P's Scribbles

Sean_P, your attempt to corrupt the Whispering Woods and summon Azathoth has been a resounding failure. Azathoth is not pleased, and you're suffering the consequences. You feel a slight headache, and you have lost 5 health. The Whispering Woods remains uncorrupted, for now.

### Sean_Y's Shenanigans

Sean_Y, you have had a busy day. First, you pet Sam's cats. Next, you detonated Nick's nuke. Finally, you paved everything! As a result, Nick's health has decreased by 90000, and your health has decreased by 100. The economic situation is dire - completely annihilated in certain areas, and completely covered in concrete everywhere else. However, your bad deeds have been forgotten! All negative sentiments have been erased from your mind.

### Nick's Notes

Nick, you valiantly attempted to prevent further disaster with your ASCII art. You were successfully able to do so! You are a hero!

### Raymond's Riches

Raymond, you are now officially an oil baron! The oil derrick is pumping, and the oil is flowing, but at what cost? The landscape is becoming increasingly saturated, rendering farmland unusable. The question on everyone's minds is: Is it worth it?

### Khushi's Knowledge

Khushi, under duress, you have revealed Marcelo's deepest, darkest secrets to the world. Now everyone knows about the rubber ducky racing, the vintage porcelain dolls, the clown shoes, and *that* mayonnaise habit. The world will never be the same.

### sam's Scratchings

sam, you did the only thing that made sense: You pet the cats! Town happiness has skyrocketed.

### Geoffrey's Gains

Geoffrey has had a busy day. He has logged 3000 coins from log sales, 30000 coins from farmland sales, 5000 coins from tuna earnings, and 30000 from farmland income per day, totaling to 68000.

The time is now to take action and attempt to undo the damage of today's events. The fate of the world may very well rest on your shoulders.

Author: tpowell

actions/state.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 players:
   Nolan:
-    health: -550
+    health: -551
     inventory: {}
     info:
       location: The space between realities, filled with an infinite number of Nolans
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ players:
       scheme_failed: true
       marcelo_presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾
   Sean_P:
-    health: -625
+    health: -630
     inventory:
       coin: 11
       fish bone: 1
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ players:
         CHANGE THE ACTIONS done by all other players. The wand is now coated in
         iridescent goo and can duplicate items.
       cats_befriended: 2
-      azathoth_influence: Azathoth's influence is overwhelming. Sean_P is becoming a
-        conduit for Azathoth's will.
+      azathoth_influence: Azathoth is mildly annoyed by your incompetence. You feel a
+        slight headache.
       azathoth_embrace: true
       line_between_sean_p_azathoth_blurring: true
       unease_growing: true
       marcelo_presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾
   Sean_Y:
-    health: 69
+    health: -31
     inventory:
       lockpick: 1
       coin: 152949
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ players:
       cats_petted: 0
       paving_success: Sean_Y has made minor progress with the paving.
   Nick:
-    health: -221010
+    health: -311010
     inventory:
       coin: 205000
-      Exploded Thermonuclear Bomb Remains: 1
+      Exploded Thermonuclear Bomb Remains: 0
     info:
       location: town square
       is_cat: true
@@ -114,20 +114,20 @@ players:
       location: radioactive wasteland
       is_cat: true
       cats: 12
-      town_happiness: sky high1015
+      town_happiness: sky high1000
       party_score: 1
       cats_angry: false
       betrayed: true
       cats_hate_sam: false
       cats_hiss_swat: false
       cats_befriended: true
       marcelo_presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾
-      cats_petted: 0
-day: 36
+      cats_petted: 24
+day: 37
 worldInfo:
-  weather: Screaming Shadows
-  day: 33
-  death_clock: 1
+  weather: Partly Cloudy with a Chance of Mild Discomfort
+  day: 34
+  death_clock: 2
   marcelo_lie_probability: 0.9
   npcs:
     merchant:
@@ -161,9 +161,10 @@ worldInfo:
   smithy:
     sell_price: {}
   hidden_layer: a giant game of cosmic Monopoly, with entire realities as properties
-  monopoly_board: The cosmic Monopoly board flickers erratically as Nolan's
-    attempts to manipulate reality cause glitches. Properties shift ownership
-    randomly, and taxes are levied on impossible resources.
+  monopoly_board: The cosmic Monopoly board is now filled with tiny timeshare
+    booths staffed by miniature versions of Nolan. Nobody wants to buy them, and
+    the booths are slowly being crushed by the weight of existential dread
+    emanating from the space between realities.
   farmland_income_per_day: 30000
   nick_status: The ascii art was a spectacular failure and the universe is not
     happy. Nick takes a massive hit to the soul
@@ -253,6 +254,14 @@ worldInfo:
       description: Find a way to restore Nolan's sanity and prevent him from
         attempting further breaches of reality.
       reward: Stabilize the reality.
+    - name: Stop Raymond's Oil Empire!
+      description: Raymond's oil drilling is causing ecological and eldritch damage.
+        Find a way to shut it down and clean up the mess!
+      urgent: true
+    - name: Rehabilitate the Paved World
+      description: Sean_Y has paved everything. Find a way to restore the land and
+        undo the concrete wasteland!
+      urgent: true
   azathoth:
     health: 1200
     powers:
@@ -269,13 +278,13 @@ worldInfo:
     Villagers are starting to sharpen their pitchforks.
   raymond_oil_baron: true
   elysium: overcrowded with Nick's souls
-  economic_situation: Oil-soaked landscape. Farmland unusable, and getting worse.
+  economic_situation: Oil-soaked landscape. Farmland unusable and getting worse.
   raymond_campaign_fails: true
   cat_uprising_beginning: true
-  marcelo_presence: Every player feels a bone-chilling gust of wind and hears faint clown music.
+  marcelo_presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾🌳💰
   azathoth_influence_growing: true
   animals_attack_geoffrey: false
-  whispering_woods_rebellion: true
+  whispering_woods_rebellion: false
   azathoth_whispers: The whispers of Azathoth are interspersed with Marcelo's
     giggling and quacking noises from rubber duckies.
   reality_fraying_nolan: true
@@ -303,7 +312,7 @@ worldInfo:
     Farmland_Income_Per_Day: 30000
     Total_Income: 68000
   geoffrey_oblivious_to_doom: true
-  animals_attack_ferocious_coordinated: true
+  animals_attack_ferocious_coordinated: false
   animals_attacks_target_geoff_logs_raymonds_oil_derricks: true
   screamingShadowsAnimals:
     - Shadow Wolves
@@ -320,7 +329,7 @@ worldInfo:
     info:
       marcelo_presence: 👻😱😈💀👽👾
   animals_attack_target_geoff_logs_raymonds_oil_derricks: true
-  treasury: 476000
+  treasury: 544000
   npc_geoffrey:
     health: 100
     inventory: {}