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Stories / The adventures of Rini - A storybook
October 31, 2018, 01:38:57 PM
Hi everyone,

coming from Dwarf Fortress to Rimworld, I love ingame storytelling. I'd like to create my own story here by narrating the heroic adventures of Rini. Mind you, I have only started playing this game recently and never experienced many of the features/dangers that it offers. However, that does not stop me from choosing the highest difficulty setting to increase the chances of FUN! stuff happening. So this could go both ways - either very short or very epic  8)

Scenario settings
Vanilla Rimworld, no mods
Naked brutality, Randy savage (reload anytime - no savescums, only for keepsake)
World seed "kaiser", world size 100% (normal,normal)
Map size 275x275, starting season auto
Random site, random character


A typical day on the rig (6th of Aprimay, 5500)


The warm water was like a blessing. Rini leaned her head against the wall and took a deep breath. Her muscles relaxed as she watched the water - now blackened from all the grime - flowing down the drain. After 16 hours on the rig, this was her favourite part of the day. She scrubbed off the last pieces of dirt just in time for the water supply to be shut down. 'Save water, save the environment!' was the slogan the mining corporation used to justify daily water restrictions. The real reason was money, as usual. She was not happy about it but after 20 years on the rig, Rini knew it was not gonna change. She stepped out of the shower and turned towards the cryopods nestled in the southernmost corner of the quarters. Some fat, dirty bastard waiting in line whistled after her: "Hey sweetie. If you feel lonely tonight, you can come visit me and my friends. We know how to treat a lady. Right, boys?" His buddies chuckled and Rini felt their gaze on her naked body. Many people thought she was 'pretty' and sometimes they treated her differently because of it. Personally, she did not understand their obsession with beauty. Too early she had learned that the human body was just a tool. Back then the doctors had always told her she was saving lives, she was being brave. And she believed them at first. But it didn't take long to discover the truth. While waking up from one of the many operations, Rini overheard two doctors talking about her as 'the subject' and complaining about 'low quality organs' and 'dwindling profits'. The sudden realization that her entire life had been a lie was crushing. Even worse, now they were talking about replacing her for someone else. She thought about escaping but security around the camp was tight and all of the guards were heavily armed. Rini had always thought they were there for protection from the outside. Now she knew it was the other way around.

As she was about to lose hope, Randy sent her a great gift. Raiders! Lots of 'em! They had heard rumors about the compound and how much money it was making by selling organs. The bandit leader thought he should get his fair share of the profits. The guards thought otherwise and soon the area was littered with corpses. A grenade hit the outer wall of Rini's cell and left a big hole in it. As fires were starting to spread and the screams from the other cells grew louder, Rini took her chance and ran as fast as she could towards the treeline. When she saw the raiders emerge from behind one of the trunks, it was already too late. Something hit her head very hard and the world went black. After what had only felt like a second, she woke up in a hospital bed with her hands and feet cuffed. There were roughly 20 beds in the room with cuffed and bandaged pawns lying on them. After her wounds were healed she was told that she was now property of working for Sylvester Inc., a deep space mining company, and a shuttle brought her and some others to the mining rig. That was two decades ago. At first she was afraid the rig would be as bad as the camp but although work was hard, there were many upsides to it. Everyone was treated equally bad and the few silver that she earned each month were hers to spend. Most importantly, she was no longer alone. There were so many other people on the rig and while she was not a great talker, she spend hours just sitting in the rec room listening in. Funny how time went by. Still lost in thought, Rini arrived at her cryopod. With the nasty aftertaste of nutrient paste in her mouth, she programmed it for 7 hours and closed the lid. As her consciousness faded, she heard a loud explosion and muffled screams from the outside...