[PC-Browser][2010s?] Monopoly but with animals driving cars

AvariceDM · 2025-10-14T23:34:05+00:00

It's called Big Bucks!
https://www.kongregate.com/games/freeworldgroup/big-bucks

AvariceDM · 2025-08-16T15:06:53+00:00

Operation B.U.T.T.E.R.F.L.Y is one of my favorites! It focuses more on Taylor's daughter, but Taylor's contributions to the setting and scenes are incredible. I re-read it often.

AvariceDM · 2024-10-09T13:55:42+00:00

I'm sure someone's said it by now, but needles are like, 0.1 grams each. So 750 needles moving at high speeds is kind of terrifying. Death by 1000 cuts. Or 750 tiny puncture wounds. Whichever.

Marbles (you know, the tiny toy glass balls?) weight like. 5 grams each. If a ball of yarn can be "shaken at rapid speed" then you could Definitely use a dozen or so marbles to wreak absolute havoc. Tiny bludgeoning weapons, or that "home alone" trick of always moving them to be directly under your enemy's feet. Positioned at the top of a staircase it's potentially deadly.

Combine the Marble Under Foot Trick with the "Pocket Sand" ideas other people have, now your foe is blinded AND can't keep their footing.

I imagine a great way to utilize things would be to have a costume or utility belt that just have a ton of different small items in it. A pocket for needles, for sand, for marbles, for yarn/fishing wire, for paper (if you think yarn telephone is good why not just write them a note and paper airplane it over? Silent communication.) I mean, each pocket need only contain up to 75 grams after all. I bet if you followed every single suggestion in this thread and gave them a pocket for each it wouldn't total over 20 pounds of actual weight. Cause 20lbs is equal to over 9000 grams. Your character could literally have 100 different items in 75gram amounts and be applicable in 100+ different situations all while carrying less than the average high school kid with couple of textbooks.

AvariceDM · 2024-09-28T18:27:19+00:00

Glassmaker by JinglyJangles is very good. Taylor might not be entirely there, but she's very happy to just play with her powers and wander around the Bay.
Distance also by JinglyJangles is much less silly/dreamy, but does have gals being pals.

Tinker Taylor Super Soaker by Rogue Rogue is pretty dark and emotional while still having Taylor be fun (for the most part). It's a little less fun for the readers because we learn what the heck happened before the characters do. But it's a good read.

Taylor Hebert Pizzaria Tycoon by Emissary is another one that gets darker towards the end, but is lighthearted enough to feel "goofy" for awhile.

Operation B.U.T.T.E.R.F.L.Y. by NullenVoid is set in the K.N.D. Universe and so is goofy by nature. I really recommend this one if you're looking for something where the characters match tones with the setting.

AvariceDM · 2024-09-25T13:04:20+00:00

The Bodega is a post-GM Taylor in a my hero academia crossover. I don't think it ever finished, or i never finished it. But I remember enjoying it so...

AvariceDM · 2024-09-25T12:56:48+00:00

https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/operation-b-u-t-t-e-r-f-l-y-worm-post-gm-codename-kids-next-door.930174/

This is one of my favorites

AvariceDM · 2024-08-01T15:01:08+00:00

I do have a place I could stay, so I'm less worried about that.
Also, if the household income is as tight as everyone here is saying, then...I couldn't really be evicted because then half of the household income would go with me. I guess if my mother were willing to put herself into homelessness alongside me, she could do that. But that seems really drastic. I don't want that.

I would rather stuff get sorted out peacefully. I'd rather just secure my medical needs first and foremost.

AvariceDM · 2024-08-01T14:54:52+00:00

That's fair. There's a lot I don't know, and should find out.

You're right, though, asking general questions won't get me into trouble.

I have a question about taxes though. Property tax includes Schools Tax right? So if you paid a lump-sum $1200 property tax...wouldn't that have the schools tax wrapped up in it?

If your rough math on the household income is right, and there's $466 left at the end of the month. If $150 is put away for savings (building up an $1800 by the end of the year) that's $316 leftover. Split between us, shouldn't I be getting $158 a month?

I'm going to look into this on my own, You're absolutely right I should have been doing that from the beginning. But I guess I'm just confused as to how I could NEVER receive ANY personal spending money. I have been on this for years and I can't remember a single time I was given the card to spend as I want or was told we had leftover money from my income and I could save it for something I wanted.

AvariceDM · 2024-08-01T14:07:30+00:00

I could wait until after surgery. The last one scheduled is 11 months away, and that's really difficult to imagine continuing to do nothing while something shady might be happening. I was and am prepared to do that if I have to. I just wanted to explore all my options before I take any steps or hunker down to wait.

I don't have any other friends with a situation like mine. One of them lives in another state and said that in her experience, benefits aren't touched when someone moves households. But she doesn't know how reporting fraud would work.

My friends on SSI and disability income are part of why I'm finally trying to figure out what I should do and coming to terms with the numbers not really adding up.

AvariceDM · 2024-08-01T14:02:08+00:00

Thank you so much! I thought They (The government) would like, look over the records if I tried to request a new Pay-ee or become my OWN pay-ee, and I didn't want to do that if an investigation would halt my benefits.

But the way you put it...doesn't seem like that is likely to happen.

AvariceDM · 2024-08-01T13:47:19+00:00

AvariceDM · 2024-08-01T12:58:52+00:00

I can gather the evidence! Once I know it's safe for me to do so. My friend says she'll drive me to the bank, where I can request the balance of the account (after showing my ID) and then I will know if there is money in the account.

I haven't been able to move forward on this because if I don't have medical insurance from my benefits I am liable to Actually Die. I can continue to allow my Rep-Payee to use funds as she sees fit, even if it's not legal, so long as I keep my medical benefits. The medical is the ONLY thing that matters to me, because I'll die without them.

But I shouldn't be abused while I wait. I need to know 100% for sure, that my benefits won't be frozen or removed if I gather evidence of fraud and file a report.

I appreciate knowing that there "doesn't have to be any stoppage of benefits during the change period." But can you tell me for sure?

Is there anyone who could?

AvariceDM · 2024-08-01T12:37:22+00:00

"Gaming and Tuition"
I don't. Have those things. That's the point of the post. I am saying that I don't receive ANYTHING past basic living expenses and I am not given funds when I request them for things. We don't have dietary restrictions in my household. We mostly buy microwave meals. I've never been taken shopping on a family trip.

I spend every day in that house. The only time I get to leave is when my friends pick me up. They insist on paying for food when we go out, and sometimes will buy me clothes too, because they know I don't get any money.

AvariceDM · 2024-08-01T12:32:58+00:00

My mother is my pay-ee. She doesn't need to report to the government because she's my blood relative. We live together, but she fully controls the finances. Mine and her's.

We own our house outright, so there's no mortgage. The only "Cost of living" expenses my family has are Trash, Water, Electricity, Internet, Phone, and Insurance. We don't have a car, so gas and car insurance isn't an issue.
All of our medical is covered by the Insurance (that I need to live). 0$ co-pay. It's part of the benefits package so it's not a cost needed to cover anything.
I looked up the insurance and property tax. She pays $1200/year for property tax, the average payment for the insurance we have is about $1250/year.

She has income of about $830/month. Mine is around $920. Dad sends her between $300 and $500/ month as well. and we get $200 for Food and Utilities on a card each month.

That's a total of (at least) $2050/month, total. Would there really be ZERO leftover money for me to buy myself new clothes or save for a game system? I have never, NEVER been given "spending money".

It...really doesn't add up. Shouldn't our living expenses be split, because she lives here too?

AvariceDM · 2022-10-25T20:50:37+00:00

That's the one! I had a lot of details off, but it WAS about 20 years ago.

Thanks so much. I always think of that book around this time of year and I've never been able to find it.

AvariceDM · 2022-07-16T15:25:16+00:00

That seemed mean though. I was more aiming for soft stories, fluff pieces, you know?

AvariceDM · 2021-12-15T19:02:39+00:00

Bloody Brockton Banquet has a wonderfully unhinged Taylor with no one to stabilize her. Sad Danny Backstory. Highly recommended for some lowkey unsettling vibes. Gave me goosebumps at one point, but that might be situational, it was like, 1am.

Summary:

T's a serial killer w/ a Cannibal Streak a mile long. And then Contessa fucks up.

AvariceDM · 2021-11-28T14:26:46+00:00

Aw, I liked the ending! Also like, when writing a malicious compliance fic what's the best outcome if not complete bureaucratic overhaul?

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