Starting in Earnest

There was a bit of a hiccup during the graduation ceremony - Janie didn't get her university trait, so I used Master Controller to 'change' it. She did, however, get credit - she starts as a Getaway Driver.

$11k doesn't sound like much, especially not compared to what it was reduced from. But by apocalypse standards, a two story house on stilts, with a car port underneath, is practically a mansion. I've furnished it with most of the important skill building items, and I'm pretty confident I'll be able to make the mob payments by next Monday.

I'm already planning ahead; due to the LTR's I've picked, she starts as friends with pretty much everyone. Her boss is a con artist, and if he, like everyone else in this town, is a lazy slob and doesn't advance, I can push him up the Criminal branch (assuming, you know, marriage, spouse, babies). That'll be one awesome lift and one annoying lift taken care of all at once. Yay!

A can of soup and a quick rest later, and I have to figure out what to do with her now.

I set her to practicing writing for a while, then send her to bed, since she's going in at 9PM.

She gets a promotion, a little bonus, and standard pay.

Things are looking pretty swell right now!

I speed through the 'weekend' - Wednesday and Thursday - on ultra, with a lot of writing practice and then on Thursday, a lot of chatting up everyone she's ever met.

Week one's mob payment comes and goes, and Janie steadily progresses up the career ladder. By Sunday of Week 3, I've concluded that Criminal is the single buggiest career path I've ever encountered. Being forced in on days off, not getting credit for days that are required - there's a lot to hate about this career. But it's definitely one of the more valuable lifts.

My plan was to marry her boss, but since he's gone down the same career path it'd be pointless. There's another male who's just become a Getaway Driver who's somewhat promising, at least, however ....

Note to self: Because of arrest, unable to make mob payment of $2953. Do so on next load. After serving jail time.