The Pistachion Plot (A Disney Villains Victorious CK2-Style Secret Society Quest)

Prologue 1958 Part 2
[X] Plan Making Friends and Working on the future
-[X] Win Friends and Influence People
-[X] Study the framework of government

-[X] Personals
--[X] Spend time with sprouts
--[X] Visit a shooting range
--[X] Homeschool sprouts for them to take the GED as well
--[X] Experience human culture
---[X] Watch White Wilderness

-[X] Allura
--[X] Research mad science
-[X] Hunk
--[X] Help Allura with "mad science"
-[X] Katie
--[X] Work on the ranch
-[X] Keith
--[X] Watch television (select show that aired during current year)
---[X]The invisible man
-[X] Lance
--[X] Set up a lemonade stand
-[X] Win Friends and Influence People
DC 75
53+18+5 = 76
Bare Success

It took some doing, but after you understood the importance of the office's watercooler in being a monument to discourse in the office, you became much more adept at the small talk necessary to improve your standing and actually getting the promotion. Now you can hire and fire as you see fit!

Diplomacy +1
Derek Kerman has been promoted to manager of the Kansas Office of Vital Statistics.

-[X] Study the framework of government
DC 65
14+13+5 = 32
Critical Failure!

You tried as much as you could to understand the framework of government, which positions had authority over what, the various branches, what positions were elected vs appointed, etc, but all you accomplished was giving yourself a migraine.

At least the idea to become the governor of Kansas was simple: be likeable (or just have a lot of loyal voters) and win a popularity contest. But actually doing the job itself, or finding ways to benefit Pistachions using the governor's power seems beyond you at this point in time.

DC for studying framework of government increases
Derek will have a malus for navigating the inner workings of government until this action is succeeded, or his lack of knowledge is otherwise compensated for.

-[X] Personals
--[X] Spend time with sprouts
9

You tried to spend more time with the sprouts but were bogged down again by work, and the time that you did manage to spend with them, were mostly spent on homeschooling them. At least you got the promotion you needed.

--[X] Visit a shooting range
42

While you weren't the best shot, you learned about the basics rules of handling contemporary human weapons. While in the future your people had overthrown humanity with sheer brute force and numbers, you might want to see about equipping your people with adequate weaponry to deal with the more powerful threats that now exist in the timeline. You've also purchased a pistol to keep on your person in case of emergencies.

Progress Revealed: Modern Weaponry 42/100

--[X] Homeschool sprouts for them to take the GED as well
67

You were able to sit your sprouts down and give them lessons on the materials tested on the GED so they would be able to easily pass it themselves as you did.

Sprouts gain +1 learning each and will be able to pass the GED quite easily.

--[X] Experience human culture
---[X] Watch White Wilderness
28

You saw a nature documentary but all you could really say about it was that it was something else to talk about while infiltrating humanity.

Progress Revealed: Human Culture 68/300

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The first generation of sprouts have aged another year, and are now the approximate size of an 18 year old. This is their final stat boost from age increases.
Martial +6
Diplomacy +1
Stewardship +1
Intrigue +1
Learning +1

-[X] Allura
--[X] Research mad science
13+5+5 = 23

-[X] Hunk
--[X] Help Allura with "mad science"
72

Allura had requested for you to purchase various items for her to conduct experiments with which you happily did. Unfortunately it seems like something went wrong during a critical moment and her experiment was ruined.

Thankfully, no one was hurt. Hunk was helping Allura build her devices and when he got a premonition of danger, he was able to tackle Allura to get both her and himself out of harm's way in time.

Allura
Progress Revealed: Mad Science 23/100

Hunk
Martial +2
Learning +1
Safety First: Hunk has developed a sense for danger and is able to think quickly under pressure. +5 to all rolls involving potentially dangerous situations or objects.

-[X] Katie
--[X] Work on the ranch
28+10 = 38

Katie had a lot of fun working on the ranch and learned a lot, but she still had more to learn before she would be ready to run the small family sized ranch on her own.

Progress revealed: 38/60

-[X] Keith
--[X] Watch television (select show that aired during current year)
---[X]The invisible man
20

Keith thought the show was boring, cheesy, and simplistic. Yeah, it would be easy to hide when you're invisible, big whoop.

Keith gains a passion for higher stake actions.

-[X] Lance
--[X] Set up a lemonade stand
14 + 5 = 19

Lance had prepped everything himself to set up a lemonade stand on a hot summer day, but by the time he was finished there were only a few local kids as customers and dealing with them annoyed him.

Stewardship +1
Diplomacy -1
 
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Why you don't Mad Science Alone
Why you don't Mad Science Alone​

"Are you sure this is safe sis? I don't think these chemicals are supposed to be this color."

"It'll be fine Hunk, what's a little chemically made abomination to our GRAND WORK, besides Dad got what we needed, but I could not get the right amount of beakers so I mixed a few, no big deal."

Hunk sighed as he looked over Allura's "Grand Work", and while he loves her, he can't help but see this as a disaster waiting to happen. I mean what kind of rational is wanting to bring to life a amalgamation of fruits and vegetables to make a "New being" like themselves and Father using only cleaning supplies, a hastily made mechanical contraption Allura still won't tell him the purpose of and a live current of electricity from the neighbors house.

"Hunk get ready, the time is nigh I say " Well at least she seems to be getting into her "Character" as she calls it, wearing some old welding goggles the Andersons were kind enough to lend to him and big rubber gloves Father bought at the market place, he and the others were very on board of Allura's big plans, while Hunk was the one to help set most of this up.

Frankly he did not mind that part, it's been some good work on his end, he was extremely proud of the metal restraints for the thing, that process took a whole day to get just right. A good day, but looking at the bulbous thing strapped to the table, wires being stabbed into the thing and the strange device Allura made having some sort of pump attached to the lower body. Hunk could not help but think that this was a Bad idea.

"Hunk when I give the signal you know what to do right?" She asked while stabbing the final wire into the things...well where the head should be anyway.

Hunk gives a thumbs up "Yep I know what to do sis, don't worry." his hesitation seemed to be unnoticed by Allura as she rushed over to her spot to laugh dramatically at her creations success... apparently that was an important step or something, Hunk could not say. but Hunk made his way over to the "lever" for the power flow and waited for Allura to get her Goggles on and get the lighting just right.

"NOW PULL THE LEVER HUNK"

Hunk looked at the makeshift "Lever" (Really it was the bathroom's light switch hastily hooked up to the massive array of wires to make this whole process work) and flipped it with little fanfare.

As Electricity course through the thing, the stitched together parts pulsates with the chemical compound flowing through it, Hunk could see the glee in his sisters eyes as the things starts to fidget and convulse, getting closer to the thing. But while she was focused on the creature, the machines started to smoke.

Hunk's eyes widened as he sees what is about to happen and he tackles Allura out of the way before the thing explodes in a burst of vegetable and fruit sludge, which quickly eats a hole in the floor.

The two sprouts look over the knocked aside table at the bubbling mess of fruit pulp and vegetable mash, Hunk with a worried and frantic breath, while Allura.... had a big smile "Did...you...see...THAT?" she exclaimed happily. "Who knew that specific combination of chemicals could be so volatile, maybe it had something to do with the ....what do you think we should call this experiment Hunk? I was thinking something along the line of Exploding Plant Goblins, probably will workshop it to make the name roll off the tongue. Got to think of the marketing, but really the fact it exploded means so much like how..."

As she continued to ramble off about the potential applications of "Exploding Plant Goblins (Name Pending)" Hunk had only one thought in his head, that he was going to have his hands full for a long time and most of his worries are going to involve his crazy sister.

He promptly falls over at the thought of the idea.

" And not to mention the.... Hunk? you ok, DID A PIECE HIT YOU. OH MY GOSH I NEED TO GET DAD"
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I hope this is good and is fitting to the character ideas people had for Hunk and Allura
 
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Prologue 1959 Part 1
Kansas Domination

The year is 1959.

The time for you to move on to the next phase of your plan is drawing near, but there are still some final steps that need to be done first.

[] Operation: Green Thumb

Pick Two actions in total (Not from each category). You currently have an extra +5 to all rolls relating to Operation: Green Thumb until the end of the prologue. You can also do write-in operation actions if approved.

-[] Rob a bank (loud)
DC 55 (reduced)

You had checked out the local bank and were shocked to notice a lack of security cameras. Then you remembered that they wouldn't be a thing for at least another decade or so. Perhaps it would be prudent to fabricate a generic human disguise to rob the bank, stash the money somewhere, and to retrieve it later? It'll take some time to come up with a plan and acquire the tools necessary, but you think it could be done.

(Reward: Loadsamoney, can attempt many purchase actions, ??? when prologue ends)

-[] Convince higher ups of need to expand the office
DC 70

Now that you've achieved a management position at the office, maybe you can convince your bosses of the need to hire additional employees? The sooner you can fill the office with pistachions, the sooner you can quit.

(Reward: Easier to hire more Pistachion workers in the Division of Vital Records, office potentially grows in relevance/authority)

-[] Save your money to purchase something
DC 40 (reduced)

Buying the home ate through "your" savings, but you have a good salary to keep you afloat. Perhaps you should focus on saving and investing your money in order to make some big purchases? You could cut back on food and start gathering nutrients from the ground at night. With your new promotion, you're making even more money now.

(Reward: Unlocks ability to attempt one purchase action: invest in real estate, purchase farm, purchase ranch, purchase firearms, etc.)

-[] Rob a bank (silent)
DC 75 (reduced)

You had checked out the local bank and were shocked to notice a lack of security cameras. Then you remembered that they wouldn't be a thing for at least another decade or so. Perhaps it would be prudent to fabricate a generic human disguise to rob the bank, stash the money somewhere, and to retrieve it later? It'll take some time to come up with a plan and acquire the tools necessary, but you think it could be done.

(Reward: Loadsamoney, can attempt many purchase actions, ??? when prologue ends)

-[] Build case(s) against human employees
DC 50

Now that you have acquired a manager position at the office, perhaps it's time to build a paper trail that can be used to discredit and fire human workers to make room for pistachions. And the sooner you can fill the office with pistachions, the sooner you can quit.

(Reward: Easier to replace workers in the Division of Vital Records with Pistachions)

-[] Study the framework of government
DC ???

There is a lot of complexity regarding the plan besides just running for governor and winning. There is the federal government, branches in the federal government, branches in the state government, and the local government(s) of various districts and counties. You need to learn all you can in order to determine your infiltration priorities.

(Reward: Can better plan the government angle of taking over the state, reduce malus to government related actions)

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Personal Actions

[] Write in (nearly) anything!
[] Experience human culture (68/300 for Derek) (Can be taken multiple times at once by Derek)
-[] Write in a tv show, book, movie, or current event that is available in the current year
[] Spend time with the younger generation(s) of sprouts
-[] Write In
[] Study a subject or learn a skill
-[] Write In

Choose 4 personal actions, or choose 1 personal action and an operation action to reroll.

[] Visit a shooting range (Modern Weaponry: 42/100)
You've gotten a bit of experience with human weaponry, but once you feel more comfortable with them you could encourage a wide adoption of them for all of your pistachions.

[] Plan a Plot
You've got a couple potential ideas for various pieces and sub-plots for Pistachion dominance, maybe it would be best to compare the pros and cons of potential strategies to see what could be the best, and to create a plan to pursue it effectively and efficiently. (Based on action's roll, gain a few various goals to work towards and a framework and boost towards achieving them)

[] Go on a trip to the first annual Daytona 500
You've heard a bit of buzz about this in the office, maybe you should take some time off to attend?

[] Spend time with sprouts
Perhaps it would be good to check in with all of your sprouts, especially the oldest that are about to take their first steps on their own.

[] Take a generic action(s) (see above list)

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Allura, Hunk, Katie, Keith, and Lance

Your first generation of sprouts have now reached a size where they can pass off as young adults.

Choose one Personal Action and one "Prepare for the future" action for each sprout as they are preparing for the next stage in their life.

[] Personal Action

-[] Take a generic action (see above list)

-[] Mad science (23/100)
Your first foray into the realm of mad science may have ended in explosive failure... but failure is progress! Once your experiments prove fruitful, perhaps the time will be right for you to plan an evil scheme?

-[] Develop something to publicly demonstrate your intellect (Must be taken with "San Fransokyo Institute of Technology")
Perhaps it would be better to develop something that would be more apt for public demonstration?
--[] Write In (within reason)

[] Prepare for the future

-[] Evil Science School (Major in Mad Science)
Despite the school's name and the reputation of it's alumni, it is a legitimate school to attend. Unfortunately, it's located away from home so you might be separated from the rest of your family, unless another sprout enrolls with you. (Personal actions will be limited to stuff possible at Evil Science School for next 4 turns)

-[] San Fransokyo Institute of Technology
You could try to wow the faculty at SFIT with a display of your intellect to earn a spot as a student there, but it's a long shot. (Must take associated personal action. Personal actions will be limited to stuff possible at "San Fransokyo Institute of Technology" for next 4 turns if successful, otherwise can either try again or attend University of Kansas. Evil doesn't accept being someone's second choice.)

-[] Write In
You have a different idea in mind for the future.

[] Personal Action

-[] Take a generic action (see above list)

-[] Focus on physical fitness
Maybe you should find a way to improve your physical fitness? It could come in handy in the future.

-[] Find some old junk to tinker with
Things break down and are thrown away for the next new thing fairly regularly. Maybe you could find something and fix it up?

-[] Help Allura with "mad science"
Maybe it would be best if someone were watching Allura to make sure her "experiments" don't get too messy. (Allura must take Mad Science)

[] Prepare for the future

-[] Evil Science School (Choose Major)
--[] Applied Henching
--[] Traps & Lairs Double Major
--[] Scheme Operations Management
--[] Write In
Despite the school's name and the reputation of it's alumni, it is a legitimate school to attend. Unfortunately, it's located away from home so you might be separated from the rest of your family, unless another sprout enrolls with you. (Personal actions will be limited to stuff possible at Evil Science School for next 4 turns)

-[] University of Kansas (Choose Major)
--[] Engineering
--[] Business Administration
--[] Public Administration
--[] Write In
A standard option to expand your knowledge and learn about a subject in depth. It is the biggest school in the state, and would allow you to study while staying close to home. (Will remain a hero unit while attending school, but only for personal actions)

-[] Join the ROTC while attending the University of Kansas (Choose Major)
--[] Engineering
--[] Business Administration
--[] Public Administration
--[] Write In
You could offset your tuition costs and become an officer in the military by joining the ROTC while attending the University of Kansas. (Can take personal actions while attending University, and then a 4 to 8 year commitment to the military afterwards)

-[] Join the military
After hearing about the potential of your father joining the military, you thought it might be a decent option for you to hone your skills, plus who knows what else you might get access to. (Will be busy in military for 4 to 8 years at a minimum)

-[] Look for a job
--[] Plumber
--[] Electrician
--[] Construction Worker
--[] Police Officer
--[] Write In
It might be better to just start working right away to earn money for yourself and to help your family. Maybe you could find an apprenticeship somewhere? (Will gain additional disposable income to invest in Pistachion plots, and immediately becomes a full hero unit that can assist Derek with operation actions, may unlock special actions based on position chosen)

-[] Write In
You have a different idea in mind for the future.

[X] Personal Action
-[X] Work on the ranch

[X] Prepared for the future
-[X] Owner of ranch and will help dad take care of future generation of sprouts (Immediately becomes a full hero unit that can assist Derek with operation actions)

[] Personal Action

-[] Take a generic action (see above list)

-[] Study how humans interact with each other
Getting more experience with how humans interact with each other could help you blend in easier.

-[] Steal something
Maybe it isn't as lucrative as a bank robbery but you could potentially end up with something of decent value for a lot less effort and risk.

-[] Case the bank
Perhaps "Keith Melton" could become a client at a local bank. It could be an opportunity for you to get familiar with the building's layout.

[] Prepare for the future

-[] University of Kansas (Choose Major)
--[] Communications
--[] Political Science
--[] Law
--[] Psychology
--[] Sociology
--[] Theater
--[] Write In
A standard option to expand your knowledge and learn about a subject in depth. It is the biggest school in the state, and would allow you to study while staying close to home. (Will remain a hero unit while attending school, but only for personal actions)

-[] One big score
You've got an idea how you could work with your dad to get one big score. (Keith can be assigned to either operation action to rob a bank next turn as a hero unit, and immediately becomes a full hero unit that can assist Derek with operation actions)

-[] Write In
You have a different idea in mind for the future.

[] Personal Action

-[] Take a generic action (see above list)
Maybe you can find a passion for something.

-[] Plan a Plot
You've got a couple potential ideas for what your role could be in the overall plot for Pistachion dominance, maybe it would be best to compare the pros and cons of various potential strategies to see what could be the best, and to create a plan to pursue it effectively and efficiently. (Based on action's roll, gains a boost to Lance's "prepare for the future" choice besides the temp job option, and a few various goals to work towards)

[] Prepare for the future

-[] University of Kansas (Choose Major)
--[] Finance
--[] Business Administration
--[] Engineering
--[] Mathematics
--[] Economics
--[] Undecided (Gain boost to personal rolls while attending University)
--[] Write In
A standard option to expand your knowledge and learn about a subject in depth. It is the biggest school in the state, and would allow you to study while staying close to home. (Will remain a hero unit while attending school, but only for personal actions)

-[] Look for a temporary job
--[] Write In
It might be better to just start working right away to earn money for yourself and to help your family before you try to plan out your life. (Will gain additional disposable income to invest in Pistachion plots, and immediately becomes a full hero unit that can assist Derek with operation actions)

-[] Write In
You have a different idea in mind for the future.

There will be a moratorium of 8 hours after posting.
 
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Prologue 1959 Part 2
[x] Plan: Safe Sane Science
-[x] Build case(s) against human employees DC 50
-[x] Save your money to purchase something DC 40 (reduced)
-[x] Visit a shooting range (Modern Weaponry: 42/100)
-[x] Plan a Plot
-[x] Go on a trip to the first annual Daytona 500
-[x] Spend time with sprouts
-[x] Allura
--[x] San Fransokyo Institute of Technology
--[x] Develop something to publicly demonstrate your intellect (Must be taken with "San Fransokyo Institute of Technology")
---[x] A Helpful "non-evil" device to facilitate the mass growing of "Pistachio" trees
-[x] Hunk
--[x] Find some old junk to tinker with
--[x] Join the ROTC while attending the University of Kansas (Engineering)
-[x] Katie
--[x] Work on the ranch
--[x] Owner of ranch and will help dad take care of future generation of sprouts (Immediately becomes a full hero unit that can assist Derek with operation actions)
-[x] Keith
--[x] Study how humans interact with each other
--[x] University of Kansas (Law)
-[x] Lance
--[x] Plan a Plot
--[x] University of Kansas (Economics)
-[x] Build case(s) against human employees DC 50
32+34+5-10 = 61
Underhanded Success

It was quite simple to create a paper trail that would let you fire some of your lower performing human employees just in time for you to hire some pistachions to replace them. Creating new metrics of performance that couldn't be met, installing a time clock and tracking the length of bathroom breaks (said breaks pistachions don't need to take) and so on.

Follow-up action unlocked.

-[x] Save your money to purchase something DC 40 (reduced)
77+25+5 = 107
Critical Success

Thanks to your new position as a manager of an office, you've managed to negotiate a significant pay increase along with it, and as such have managed to save up a considerable amount of money to spend.

With Lance coming to you with some longer term plans and crucial steps being completed, you can probably shift focus towards maximizing income and investing wisely.

Gain 2 disposable income
Unlocks income allocation

-[x] Visit a shooting range (Modern Weaponry: 42/100)
71
(Modern Weaponry: 113/100)

You went back to the shooting range, and now that the sprouts were old enough, they were able to come along with you. And now that you and your oldest generation of sprouts are familiar with guns to varying degrees, it should be relatively easier to pass on that knowledge to the future generations.

Martial +1
Pistachions gain +1 martial
New sub-action unlocked and DCs lowered

-[x] Plan a Plot
20

To be continued in: I Am Speed

-[x] Go on a trip to the first annual Daytona 500
95

To be continued in: I Am Speed

-[x] Spend time with sprouts
17

This year was your last year to spend a lot of time with the sprouts at home before they would have their own lives and identities legally distinct from your own. In fact, according to your legal birth certificates, you and your sprouts were born in the same generation.

So when you had the opportunity to go on a trip down to florida, you wanted to make sure to take at least one of your sprouts with you, and Keith was the one who had the most free time in his schedule to go with you.

Lowest personal roll gets +10 (Keith)

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-[x] Allura
--[x] Develop something to publicly demonstrate your intellect (Must be taken with "San Fransokyo Institute of Technology")
---[x] A Helpful "non-evil" device to facilitate the mass growing of "Pistachio" trees
64+8+2=74

To be continued in: Pervasive Pistachios

-[x] Hunk
--[x] Find some old junk to tinker with
35+5+3 = 43

In the months leading to his attendance at the University of Kansas, Hunk decided to see if he could find stuff that was thrown away that he could repair, or at least scrap for parts and practice with hands-on engineering work.

He found the remnants of a partially destroyed bike and was able to fix it up a bit to working condition.

Engineering: 43/100

-[x] Katie
--[x] Work on the ranch
73+10 = 83
Work on the Ranch (121/60)

After working on the ranch for a few years, getting guidance from a veteran, Katie feels like she is finally ready to do all the work that is required of a ranch hand and the original owner has agreed to sell you the ranch. On top of that, she also thinks she is now ready to pay the favor forward and train future generations in ranching, which could be a great way for them to gain practical experience with one of the largest parts of the local economy and keep them in top physical shape.

However, you might have to do something about establishing proper homeschooling resources for the sprouts for more academic pursuits once your population booms.

Stewardship +1
Happy Trails boost increases to +15

Name of Ranch
[] Elder Cattle Company
[] Elder Acres
[] Write In

-[x] Keith
--[x] Study how humans interact with each other
9+10 = 19

To be continued in: I Am Speed

-[x] Lance
--[x] Plan a Plot
60

To be continued in: Sprout Syndicate
 
Sprout Syndicate
Your father had entrusted you with some of his ideas and strategies for securing pistachion dominance to learn from.

You think an important first step for the long run would be to create some kind of institution to provide a way to pool the economic resources of individual pistachions together, while preserving the anonymity that each pistachion is supposed to have from their non-related identities.

Of course, creating something for the express purpose of accepting freely given money from random unaffiliated people could be a red flag to the outside world, so you would have to create something with at least the appearance of legitimacy.

To address these needs and concerns, a few ideas coursed throughout your mind:

Perhaps you could study finance, learn more about the stock market, have your sprouts infiltrate various companies' accounting departments, and use their insider knowledge to make investment decisions. It's not quite pooling economic resources directly, but it could still get you a lot of centralized wealth to use to fund future projects. Or you could form some kind of hedge fund and have pistachions as clients providing the capital necessary to make investments.

Alternatively, If you want to focus primarily on gaining control over Kansas itself, you could start a real estate investment company and have pistachions paying rent as a way to consolidate all of your separate finances. This could later turn into doubling as a real estate development company, perhaps being able to provide high density housing designed by and for pistachions throughout the less dense Kansas, to provide homes for a large and rapidly growing population, and could allow you to profit from your father's insight of real estate prices going up. However, this might be a difficult choice to start out with until you get some starting capital.

Otherwise, you could create a company focused around one or more products or services and have pistachions as either a built in loyal customer base, loyal workforce, or both, depending on the industry. It could be a good way to ensure you have supply lines set up for critical resources, as well as providing jobs to your fellow pistachions by profiting from selling to human customers. You could have sprouts infiltrate your competitors' to learn about their strategies and operations for your own benefit. But you might have to think carefully about what market you enter, plus it could require taking a leadership role which you'd rather not have to do, so you may need to perhaps raise a sprout of your own or pick a sibling to take on an eventual CEO position. By the time you graduate college, your first generation of sprouts should be just a few years shy of starting college themselves anyways.

Lance gets a long term goal.
Stewardship +1
Intrigue +1

[] Lance's goal? (What Lance will strive to achieve after college, thus what he'll put effort into preparing for during college)
-[] Insider Trading Operation / Eventual Hedge Fund
-[] Real Estate
-[] Corporation? (Choose Sector) (Agriculture already covered by Katie and Derek)
--[] Manufacturing
--[] Retail
--[] Transportation
--[] Insurance
--[] Write In
-[] Write In
 
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