[DRAFT] Fighting Tow to Tow

[Arimusia]

I got this one in my head from a personal event today, and thought, I may as well make something positive out of negative, so here's my first attempt at writing an issue!

NOTE: Not valid for nations with outlawed cars

DESC: After receiving a call from your cousin @@RANDOMNAME@@ about @@HIS@@ beloved 1975 @Thunder @ANIMAL@@ being towed for double parking, you decide it would break up your busy schedule, and drive your personal car over to take @@HIM@@ to the impound lot.

1. "I didn't even know I double parked!" says your cousin as you look over the area. "These stupid leaves on the ground covered all the lanes, and the trees blocked all the moonlight last night. It was pitch black, so I couldn't see a darn thing where I was parking! We'd be better off replacing these silly trees in the middle of parking lots for lamp posts. What good are the trees doing to help us park?" {Result: Light and air pollution increase simultaneously}

2. "Shh... there, there, he didn't mean it..." consoles resident hippie @@RANDOMNAME@@, hugging one of the trees. "The tree was here first, why do you have to kill it just so you have a place to put your environment-killer? You'd be better off banning all cars anyways if you're so concerned with parking. Just take a bike like I do or something, it'll save the planet!" With that, @@HE@@ bikes off towards the next set of trees. {Scenic route is now 100 parts scenic and 0 parts route *CARS BANNED*}

3. "Why are you angry at me? I'm doing honest work here!" exclaims the resident towing company owner, @@RANDOMNAME@@. "If someone is breaking the law, it's my job to enforce it. We can't have people breaking the law without paying the price, now can we? Speaking of price..." @@HE@@ says as @@HE@@ notices who you are, "I was so awestruck to see our nation's leader in here that I forgot an extra zero on your bill. Here you go -- cash only!" {Towing cartels make drug cartels seem poor.}

4. As you prepare to take your cousin to the bank, a disheveled entrepreneur ambushes you. "Getting sent here... tow-tally sucks, doesn't it?" as he scrambles for notecards with jokes written on them. "If you help me with a little funding, I can help you create self-parking cars! They'll be outfitted with computers, AI, and more cup holders than there are cups in the world! If you give me the key to my dream..." he says as he pulls out another card, "I'll drive you all the way to the bank! Wait, you're already going to the bank? Can I get a lift? I need to take out a fifth mortgage for my business..." {The newest cars from @@NAME@@ are more expensive than houses}

5. As you finally enter your car, you wake up your narcoleptic grandmother, who you completely forgot was in the car the whole time. As she comes to her senses, she pieces together the original incident that caused all this; "Why are you going through all this trouble anyways? You're the leader for goodness sake! Just give him a pardon or bail him out or something! I did plenty of that when you were your cousin's age. In fact, do that with all your family from now on. After all, what is more important than family?" {@@LEADER@@'s family reunions revolve around ring-kissing and favor-asking}



Please, I also had ideas of options like offering more money for driving schools and government takeover of towing industries, so please, give me your thoughts!

[Shrive]

I like it!

I would change "company" to "agency", as agencies can be companies or state apparatus, so it would work with socialist or capitalist countries

[Candlewhisper Archive]

Welcome to the forum!

It's an interesting premise, but there are a few things to mention here.

First off, you need to structure things a little differently and to get your effect lines presented in the right way. Worth noting we don't want stat suggestions, just the effect line.

Have a read of the How To thread for a guide on this: viewtopic.php?f=13&t=424657

Secondly, there's some issues here with player autonomy, and on issue notability. Again, refer to the above link for more on this.

On the upside, I like your informal storytelling style, and the English here and narrative construction is of good quality. Once you get the hang of issue writing (as opposed to just writing in general) I think you'll be a published issue author pretty quickly.

[Australian rePublic]

Yours if you want it

[title] Fighting Tooth and Tow

[desc] @@RANDOMNAME_1@@, whose car was towed because @@HE@@ was parked illegally, caught a bus to your office to complain about @@HIS@@ situation

[validity] Co-Authored by Arimusia and Australian rePublic, must allow cars, must be capitalist

1. "These stupid deciduous trees are the problem!” complains @@RANDOMNAME_1@@, trying to hide the blatantly obvious parking sign in the background of the photo @@HE@@ took of the location “Every autumn in the temperates, and every dry season in the tropics, these leaves fall everywhere and cover the road markings. And cities that have trams have to deal with leaves on the tracks! Get rid of the damned trees!”
[effect] light and air pollution increase simultaneously

[option] “How ‘bout more leaf-vac trucks?” suggests @@RANDOMNAME@@, who works in an employment office “Not only will these clear the road, but they will provide employment for some of our people. We can start ordering them from today. Here, I've already filled out the form!” you notice that there are a few too many zeros on the paper
[effect] the number of leaf-vac trucks outnumbers the number of cars at a ratio of 3:1
[option] “Why are you angry at me? I'm doing honest work here!" exclaims the resident towing company owner, @@RANDOMNAME@@. "If someone is breaking the law, it's my job to enforce it. Without me, people would be double parking and blocking driveways everywhere. They gotta pay the price! Speaking of price..." @@HE@@ says as @@HE@@ notices who you are, "I was so awestruck to see our nation's leader in here that I forgot an extra zero on your bill. Here you go -- cash only!"
1. [effect] many people are shocked to see their cars getting towed when arriving 30 seconds after the 2 hour parking limit has expired

[Option] “I couldn't help but overhear your predicament!” suggests @@RANDOMNAME@@, a world rebounded horticulturalist, emerging from a tree that faintly smells of urine. “Evergreen trees lose their leaves slowly and thus do not carry the burden of rendering street markings invisible. In addition to that, whilst decedious trees provide the illusion of their deaths during the dryer or cooler months, evergreens appear full of life year. It is my opinion that we substitute deciduous trees with evergreens.” @@HE@@ spends the next 20 minutes listing suitable trees.

[effect] hotels catering to leaf-peepers were run out of business overnight