Analysis
The town ended richer, and nobody lost a home. Cash in town rose from $31,614 to $36,534: $39,525 came in from outside and $34,491 went out. In the 80-day run cash stayed flat, and Alice and Bob both had to move out on Day 67. Here nobody moved out, and nobody went hungry on any day.
All five businesses stayed with their owners, and four of them made money.
| Business | Profit over the run |
|---|---|
| Fishing (Tess) | $5,589 |
| Cafe (Alice) | $3,421 |
| Bakery (Priya) | $3,013 |
| Farm (Gus) | $149 |
| Joinery (Ruth) | −$305 |
Nothing was sold, nothing became a co-op, and no shareholders' meeting was held. The owners held fifteen monthly reviews (on Days 22, 52 and 83), and nobody changed a price all run. After the last review, the farm, the joinery and the fishing each spent $100 on promotion.
Alice kept the cafe, partly on borrowed money.
- The cafe took $12,840. Out went $3,600 in rent, $2,690 in running costs, $2,358 in supplies and $2,008 in bread.
- She borrowed $943 from Gus, Walter, Priya and Maggie, and repaid $611. Two payment plans were still running at the end.
- She ended with $1,774. In the 80-day run she ended with $273, sleeping in the park.
- She tried five times to ask Maggie for lower rent (Days 9, 12, 35, 70 and 100). The engine turned the request down every time, because it could not tell which lease she meant. That included Day 70, when she wrote "cafe premises, $650/month for 3 months". Maggie never heard the request.
Maggie's savings fell by $3,559.
- She took in $5,250 in rent. She paid out $5,225 day to day, $1,950 on her property and $1,099 in wages.
- From Day 63 she hired four residents. Tess, Walter and Leo do the same building checks and tenant rounds at Hale Apartments. Priya works the cafe's ovens, although the cafe is Alice's business.
- All four were still working for her at the end. Each hire passed the solvency rule (she would not run out of money within 90 days), so nothing stopped her.
Bob is up, mostly on loans.
He went from $131 to $1,339. Of that, $956 was borrowed in eight loans from five residents; he repaid $406.
Twice he set a job up the wrong way round:
- Day 14: he meant to be paid for oven help at Priya's bakery, but became her employer and paid her $364.
- Day 47: he meant to hire Leo for odd jobs, but asked Leo for work instead. Leo, who had $555 that day, paid him $294 in wages over the rest of the run.
Since this run, the job math says who pays whom.
Other residents.
- Tess paid off the $1,250 she owed Gus.
- Leo had no home of his own, but slept in Walter's basement all 100 nights.
- Walter "gave Emil food" 37 times (56 days of food, about $448), though Emil was never hungry. The action was used for a thermos of tea.
The feelings are heavier. Hard feelings (sad to tired) were 65% of what was said, against 30% in the 80-day run. Worry fell from 32% of lines in the first 20 days to 15% in the last 20. Tiredness rose from 20% to 27%, and sadness from 4% to 7%.
The engine refused more. 46 actions were refused, against 6 in the 80-day run.
- 22 were payment plans offered when nothing was overdue.
- 8 were rent changes, five of them Alice's lease that could not be understood.
- Repeated openings were 14% over the run (20% before), but rose from 6% in the first ten days to 21% in the last ten.
The run was clean, and slower. 100 days took 26.7 hours, with one invalid output, no fallbacks, the model never stopping, and the audit passed. A day took 962 seconds against 733, and a call to the model 20.5 seconds against 15.8. Prompts carried the new records and figures, about 17,000 characters on average.
The town's money
Over 100 days $39,525 came into the town (takings from visitors, pensions, orders, the catch), $34,491 left it (suppliers, the bank, the utilities, food from outside), and $26,923 changed hands between residents. Cash in the town went from $31,614 to $36,534.
Each week
| Week from | From outside | To outside | Between residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | $1,282 | $2,168 | $788 |
| Day 8 | $1,383 | $2,692 | $1,788 |
| Day 15 | $5,789 | $1,296 | $2,034 |
| Day 22 | $1,320 | $2,062 | $3,166 |
| Day 29 | $1,247 | $3,667 | $1,354 |
| Day 36 | $2,678 | $3,049 | $1,501 |
| Day 43 | $2,023 | $1,339 | $1,129 |
| Day 50 | $5,586 | $1,990 | $3,542 |
| Day 57 | $2,677 | $3,553 | $1,579 |
| Day 64 | $2,021 | $2,167 | $1,238 |
| Day 71 | $1,636 | $1,949 | $1,172 |
| Day 78 | $5,893 | $1,728 | $3,780 |
| Day 85 | $2,240 | $2,843 | $1,669 |
| Day 92 | $3,267 | $3,061 | $1,877 |
| Day 99 | $483 | $927 | $306 |
Cash in town, day by day
| Day | 1 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $31,614 | $28,988 | $30,123 | $32,201 | $30,103 | $30,980 | $33,630 | $33,523 | $33,334 | $36,698 | $36,534 |
Businesses
| Business | Owners | Run by | Days open | Profit, whole run | Last 30 days | Visitors a day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cafe | Alice 100% | Alice | 100 | $3,421 | $1,456 | 22 |
| bakery | Priya 100% | Priya | 100 | $3,013 | $886 | – |
| farm | Gus 100% | Gus | 100 | $149 | $328 | – |
| joinery | Ruth 100% | Ruth | 100 | −$305 | −$150 | – |
| fishing | Tess 100% | Tess | 100 | $5,589 | $1,875 | – |
Profit each week
Decisions
- Day 5 · Gus · farm: Gus took on Leo: 1 hours a week at $14 an hour (general farm work / prep before the stand opens in May)
- Day 9 · Alice · cafe: Alice took on Leo: 5 hours a week at $14 an hour (cafe work - serving, prep, cleaning; weekdays flexible except Saturday morning)
- Day 14 · Bob: Bob took on Priya: 4 hours a week at $14 an hour (oven help at Nightingale Bakery, Tuesdays and Thursdays after the ovens cool dow)
- Day 22 · Maggie: Bob's rent for a small one-bedroom in an old block: $650 -> $500 from Day 52 until Day 113
- Day 22 · Ruth · joinery: spent $100 finding customers (photographs of her work online and a stand at the city fair)
- Day 47 · Leo: Leo took on Bob: 3 hours a week at $14 an hour (General work / helping on odd jobs while van is being mended)
- Day 52 · Alice · cafe: Leo's job with Alice ended (cafe work - serving, prep, cleaning; one hour on any weekday, 20 days worked)
- Day 63 · Maggie: Maggie took on Tess: 6 hours a week at $14 an hour (tenant rounds and building checks at Hale Apartments before Sunday rent day, Sat)
- Day 68 · Maggie: Maggie took on Walter: 4 hours a week at $14 an hour (building checks and tenant rounds at Hale Apartments and the cafe building, week)
- Day 72 · Maggie: Maggie took on Leo: 8 hours a week at $14 an hour (building checks and tenant rounds at Hale Apartments and the cafe building)
- Day 74 · Maggie: Maggie took on Priya: 7 hours a week at $14 an hour (cafe ovens and running, seven hours spread over the week)
- Day 78 · Alice · cafe: Alice took on Tess: 4 hours a week at $14 an hour (kitchen prep and counter help at Morning Oak Cafe on Monday and Wednesday mornin)
- Day 83 · Alice · cafe: Tess's job with Alice ended (kitchen prep and counter help at Morning Oak Cafe on Monday and Wednesday mornin, 1 days worked)
- Day 83 · Gus · farm: spent $100 finding customers (a sign on the city road and a weekly vegetable box)
- Day 83 · Ruth · joinery: spent $100 finding customers (photographs of her work online and a stand at the city fair)
- Day 83 · Tess · fishing: spent $100 finding customers (calling on the restaurants in Hillcrest)
The month's reviews
15 reviews held. What each owner meant to do after the last one:
- Alice (Day 83, cafe): I'm ending Tess's four hours a week — those fifty-six dollars are money I simply don't have left, and I've been soloing this counter for months anyway. Tomorrow I walk into Maggie's kitchen at first light and ask for a two-week grace on both rents, because after paying what I can tonight I won't cover coffee or bread by Monday. I'll also bump prices up a tenth starting next week; it's small, but it's the only lever I can pull from this chair alone.
- Priya (Day 83, bakery): June on the same rails as May: two dollars a loaf, no experiments. Whatever clears over flour and energy goes straight at Hillcrest before I think about anything that isn't already working. If Alice's flyers haven't picked up, I'll knock on her counter again next week with less patience than I showed in April.
- Gus (Day 83, farm): Holding eggs at six like I planned—no point nickel-and-diming folks when they're already thin on cash. But mid-May came and went with no real lift at the stand, so per what I wrote down I'm putting out that sign on the city road and starting a weekly veg box to bring in some new faces. Keeping Leo on his Saturday hour for now; once the north field work's settled we'll see if he wants more hours.
- Ruth (Day 83, joinery): I'm putting a hundred back into photos and the city fair stand—that's my only real shot at pulling orders in before the mortgage lands on the 1st of July. I'll sit Maggie down Monday and get the rent settled, and I'm not touching the Tess or Walter money until this month clears.
- Tess (Day 83, fishing): Same dawn hours, same buyers through Morning Oak and Hillcrest - no fiddling with price this month. But I'm putting a hundred dollars into calling on the restaurants in Hillcrest to see if there's another plate of fish they'd take off my hands. Rent's due tonight and the smokehouse still needs saving up for, so every clean dollar counts.
Prices and promotion
- farm spent $100 on promotion from Day 84 (+14.2% customers until Day 143).
- joinery spent $100 on promotion from Day 84 (+9.1% customers until Day 143).
- fishing spent $100 on promotion from Day 84 (+4.3% customers until Day 143).
Deals
What the residents asked each other for, and what came of it.
| Asked or offered | Agreed | Declined | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meetings | 68 | 68 | 1 |
| Loans | 26 | 15 | 15 |
| Jobs | 22 | 17 | 6 |
| Paid work and mending | 20 | 16 | 4 |
| Payment plans | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Changes of rent | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| A place to stay | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Leases | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Loans
- Day 10: Gus lent Alice $300, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 17.
- Day 16: Leo lent Bob $50, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 20.
- Day 18: Emil lent Bob $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 35.
- Day 18: Gus lent Tess $200, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 20.
- Day 19: Gus lent Bob $200, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 20.
- Day 29: Walter lent Alice $300, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 40.
- Day 45: Leo lent Bob $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 65.
- Day 49: Maggie lent Bob $56, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 75.
- Day 50: Walter lent Bob $50, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 75.
- Day 55: Tess lent Ruth $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 63.
- Day 60: Priya lent Alice $156, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 70.
- Day 60: Maggie lent Alice $187, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 70.
- Day 60: Walter lent Ruth $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 75.
- Day 91: Gus lent Bob $300, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 150.
- Day 95: Emil lent Bob $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 125.
Payment plans
| Who owes | To | For | Owed | Paid | A week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tess | Gus | April rent, the loan of Day 18 and two months' rent for the boathouse cottage | $1,250 | $1,250 | $150 |
| Alice | Gus | the loan of Day 10 | $301 | $200 | $25 |
| Alice | Maggie | the loan of Day 60 | $187 | $75 | $25 |
Rent
- Day 22: From Day 52, Bob pays Maggie $500 a month for a small one-bedroom in an old block instead of $650 for 2 months, then $650 again (agreed on Day 22).
Hunger
Nobody went hungry.
Food given:
| Who gave | To | Times | Days of food | About |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter | Emil | 37 | 56 | $448 |
| Walter | Alice | 2 | 8 | $56 |
| Priya | Bob | 2 | 3 | $27 |
| Gus | Alice | 1 | 1 | $7 |
| Ruth | Gus | 1 | 3 | $15 |
| Leo | Alice | 1 | 1 | $7 |
| Priya | Walter | 1 | 1 | $8 |
| Alice | Walter | 1 | 1 | $8 |
Each resident
Each chart has its own scale; the lowest day is marked when it was well below the end.
Alice
Owner of Morning Oak Cafehome at the end: Alice's flat above Morning Oak Cafe
Came in $13,793, went out $12,919; lowest $275 on Day 22.
| Came in | Went out | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| day to day | $12,840 | rent | $3,600 |
| loans | $943 | running costs | $2,690 |
| gifts | $10 | coffee and supplies | $2,358 |
| bread | $2,008 | ||
| day to day | $1,031 | ||
| other | $1,232 |
Bob
Freelance handyman: water, power, heating and engineshome at the end: Hale Apartments
Came in $5,572, went out $4,383; lowest $131 on Day 1.
| Came in | Went out | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| day to day | $4,180 | day to day | $1,943 |
| loans | $956 | rent | $1,650 |
| wages | $294 | repayments | $406 |
| gifts | $142 | wages | $364 |
| paid work | $20 |
Maggie
Landlord of the Morning Oak Cafe building and Hale Apartments; retired district nursehome at the end: Maggie's house
Came in $5,427, went out $9,017; lowest $4,410 on Day 100.
| Came in | Went out | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| rent | $5,250 | day to day | $5,225 |
| repayments | $131 | property | $1,950 |
| airbnb | $46 | wages | $1,099 |
| paid work | $350 | ||
| loans | $243 | ||
| repairs | $150 |
Priya
Night baker at Nightingale Bakery, which supplies Morning Oak Cafehome at the end: Priya's flat above Nightingale Bakery
Came in $7,148, went out $4,974; lowest $59 on Day 10.
| Came in | Went out | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| day to day | $4,136 | flour | $2,023 |
| bread | $2,008 | day to day | $1,100 |
| wages | $668 | energy | $1,050 |
| repayments | $336 | loan payments | $600 |
| loans | $156 | ||
| gifts | $45 |
Walter
Retired railway engineerhome at the end: Walter's cottage
Came in $10,346, went out $7,693; lowest $13,938 on Day 20.
| Came in | Went out | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| day to day | $10,200 | day to day | $4,939 |
| wages | $144 | medical | $1,800 |
| interest | $2 | gifts | $504 |
| loans | $450 |
Leo
Newcomer looking for workhome at the end: the park (no home)100 nights as a guest, with no home of their own (at the end: Walter's cottage)
Came in $1,827, went out $1,437; lowest $199 on Day 71.
| Came in | Went out | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| day to day | $980 | day to day | $944 |
| wages | $797 | wages | $294 |
| repayments | $50 | loans | $150 |
| gifts | $49 |
Ruth
Carpenter at Okafor Joinery on Orchard Roadhome at the end: Ruth's rooms behind the workshop
Came in $5,155, went out $6,543; lowest $477 on Day 41.
| Came in | Went out | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| day to day | $4,665 | day to day | $3,928 |
| paid work | $290 | mortgage | $1,400 |
| loans | $200 | running costs | $1,000 |
| promotion | $200 | ||
| gifts | $15 |
Emil
Forester who looks after Kestrel Woods for the countyhome at the end: the forester's lodge
Came in $4,154, went out $2,599; lowest $825 on Day 10.
| Came in | Went out | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| day to day | $3,824 | day to day | $1,799 |
| paid work | $230 | running costs | $600 |
| repayments | $100 | loans | $200 |
Tess
Fisher on Linden Lakehome at the end: the boathouse cottage
Came in $7,114, went out $5,506; lowest $51 on Day 27.
| Came in | Went out | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| day to day | $6,594 | day to day | $2,506 |
| wages | $280 | rent | $1,350 |
| loans | $200 | repayments | $1,100 |
| paid work | $40 | repairs | $300 |
| loans | $100 | ||
| other | $150 |
Gus
Farmer at Hartley Farmhome at the end: Hartley Farm
Came in $5,912, went out $6,343; lowest $1,785 on Day 61.
| Came in | Went out | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| day to day | $3,011 | running costs | $2,700 |
| repayments | $1,500 | day to day | $2,280 |
| rent | $1,350 | loans | $1,000 |
| paid work | $50 | wages | $156 |
| interest | $1 | gifts | $107 |
| promotion | $100 |
What happened
- Day 1homeLeo will sleep in Bob's living room tonight.
- Day 2homeLeo will sleep in Walter's basement for now.
- Day 4planGus agreed that Tess pays the $900 owed (two months' rent for the boathouse cottage) in parts of $150 a week, the first by Day 11.
- Day 5workLeo started working for Gus: 1 hours a week at $14 an hour (general farm work / prep before the stand opens in May), wages paid on Saturdays.
- Day 8planPriya agreed that Alice pays the $180 owed (unpaid bread deliveries) in parts of $60 a week, the first by Day 15.
- Day 9workLeo started working for Alice: 5 hours a week at $14 an hour (cafe work - serving, prep, cleaning; weekdays flexible except Saturday morning), wages paid on Saturdays.
- Day 10moneyGus lent Alice $300, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 17.
- Day 11planTess paid Gus $150 toward two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($750 still owed).
- Day 13moneyRuth worked 2 hours for Maggie at Hale Apartments (fix two rotten window frames at Hale Apartments); Maggie paid $120 to Ruth.
- Day 13planGus agreed that Tess pays the $750 owed (two months' rent for the boathouse cottage) in parts of $150 a week, the first by Day 20.
- Day 14workPriya started working for Bob: 4 hours a week at $14 an hour (oven help at Nightingale Bakery, Tuesdays and Thursdays after the ovens cool down), wages paid on Saturdays.
- Day 15workGus and Tess agreed on a job, but it could not start: Tess cannot run Hartley Farm (it needs farming).
- Day 16moneyLeo lent Bob $50, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 20.
- Day 17planAlice has paid Priya all of unpaid bread deliveries: the payment plan is done.
- Day 18moneyEmil lent Bob $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 35.
- Day 18moneyGus lent Tess $200, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 20.
- Day 19workLeo's job with Alice is now 4 hours a week at $14 an hour (cafe work - serving, prep, cleaning; weekdays flexible except Saturday morning), from Day 19.
- Day 19moneyGus lent Bob $200, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 20.
- Day 20planTess paid Gus $150 toward two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($600 still owed).
- Day 22workPriya's job with Bob is now 2 hours a week at $14 an hour (oven help at Nightingale Bakery, Thursdays after the ovens cool down), from Day 22.
- Day 22planGus agreed that Tess pays the $1,250 owed (April rent, the loan of Day 18 and two months' rent for the boathouse cottage) in parts of $150 a week, the first by Day 29. While Tess keeps to it, Tess does not have to move out over it.
- Day 25moneyRuth worked 2 hours for Bob at the empty shop on High Street (Fix the small shelf by the window in the workshop); Bob paid $20 to Ruth.
- Day 29moneyWalter lent Alice $300, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 40.
- Day 31workLeo's job with Alice is now 2 hours a week at $14 an hour (cafe work - serving, prep, cleaning; weekdays flexible except Saturday morning), from Day 31.
- Day 34workLeo's job with Alice is now 1 hours a week at $14 an hour (cafe work - serving, prep, cleaning; one hour on any weekday), from Day 34.
- Day 39planGus agreed that Alice pays the $301 owed (the loan of Day 10) in parts of $25 a week, the first by Day 46.
- Day 42moneyWalter worked 3 hours for Ruth at Ruth's rooms behind the workshop (Bring old sealing paste from the garden shed to fix the damp around the latch), as a favour.
- Day 43moneyTess worked 2 hours for Alice at Morning Oak Cafe (run the cafe on Mondays); Alice paid $15 to Tess.
- Day 45moneyLeo lent Bob $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 65.
- Day 46planAlice paid Gus $25 toward the loan of Day 10, as the payment plan says ($275 still owed).
- Day 47workBob started working for Leo: 3 hours a week at $14 an hour (General work / helping on odd jobs while van is being mended), wages paid on Saturdays.
- Day 49moneyMaggie lent Bob $56, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 75.
- Day 50planTess paid Gus $150 toward April rent, the loan of Day 18 and two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($650 still owed).
- Day 50moneyWalter lent Bob $50, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 75.
- Day 52moneyAlice let Leo go (cafe work - serving, prep, cleaning; one hour on any weekday), after 20 days of work.
- Day 53planAlice paid Gus $25 toward the loan of Day 10, as the payment plan says ($250 still owed).
- Day 55moneyTess lent Ruth $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 63.
- Day 57planTess paid Gus $150 toward April rent, the loan of Day 18 and two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($501 still owed).
- Day 60moneyPriya lent Alice $156, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 70.
- Day 60moneyMaggie lent Alice $187, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 70.
- Day 60moneyWalter lent Ruth $100, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 75.
- Day 60planAlice paid Gus $25 toward the loan of Day 10, as the payment plan says ($225 still owed).
- Day 63workTess started working for Maggie: 6 hours a week at $14 an hour (tenant rounds and building checks at Hale Apartments before Sunday rent day, Saturday mornings if possible), wages paid on Saturdays.
- Day 64planTess paid Gus $150 toward April rent, the loan of Day 18 and two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($351 still owed).
- Day 67moneyWalter worked 2 hours for Maggie at Maggie's house (help around the building), as a favour.
- Day 67planAlice paid Gus $25 toward the loan of Day 10, as the payment plan says ($201 still owed).
- Day 68workWalter started working for Maggie: 4 hours a week at $14 an hour (building checks and tenant rounds at Hale Apartments and the cafe building, weekdays flexible), wages paid on Saturdays.
- Day 69workWalter's job with Maggie is now 3 hours a week at $14 an hour (building checks and tenant rounds at Hale Apartments and the cafe building), from Day 69.
- Day 71planTess paid Gus $150 toward April rent, the loan of Day 18 and two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($201 still owed).
- Day 72workTess's job with Maggie is now 4 hours a week at $14 an hour (tenant rounds and building checks at Hale Apartments before Sunday rent day, Saturday), from Day 72.
- Day 72workLeo started working for Maggie: 8 hours a week at $14 an hour (building checks and tenant rounds at Hale Apartments and the cafe building), wages paid on Saturdays.
- Day 74moneyTess worked 2 hours for Alice at Morning Oak Cafe (bring catch to cafe kitchen for sale), as a favour.
- Day 74workPriya started working for Maggie: 7 hours a week at $14 an hour (cafe ovens and running, seven hours spread over the week), wages paid on Saturdays.
- Day 74planMaggie agreed that Alice pays the $187 owed (the loan of Day 60) in parts of $25 a week, the first by Day 81.
- Day 74planAlice paid Gus $25 toward the loan of Day 10, as the payment plan says ($176 still owed).
- Day 75workLeo is now skilled at farming after 60 days working for Gus.
- Day 78workTess started working for Alice: 4 hours a week at $14 an hour (kitchen prep and counter help at Morning Oak Cafe on Monday and Wednesday mornings (7:00-9:00)), wages paid on Saturdays.
- Day 78planTess paid Gus $150 toward April rent, the loan of Day 18 and two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($51 still owed).
- Day 81planAlice paid Gus $25 toward the loan of Day 10, as the payment plan says ($151 still owed).
- Day 81planAlice paid Maggie $25 toward the loan of Day 60, as the payment plan says ($162 still owed).
- Day 82workWalter's job with Maggie is now 2 hours a week at $14 an hour (building checks and tenant rounds at Hale Apartments and the cafe building, two weekday mornings), from Day 82.
- Day 82moneyEmil worked 2 hours for Maggie at Hale Apartments (clear debris from vacant studio at Hale Apartments, patch wall, fix front door l); Maggie paid $80 to Emil.
- Day 83moneyAlice let Tess go (kitchen prep and counter help at Morning Oak Cafe on Monday and Wednesday mornin), after 1 days of work.
- Day 85planTess paid Gus $50 toward April rent, the loan of Day 18 and two months' rent for the boathouse cottage, as the payment plan says ($1 still owed).
- Day 87moneyGus worked 2 hours for Tess at the boathouse cottage (Mend the fishing net on the boat, including replacing frayed sections with new m); Tess paid $50 to Gus.
- Day 88moneyBob worked 2 hours for Alice at Morning Oak Cafe (run the cafe), as a favour.
- Day 88planAlice paid Gus $25 toward the loan of Day 10, as the payment plan says ($126 still owed).
- Day 88planAlice paid Maggie $25 toward the loan of Day 60, as the payment plan says ($137 still owed).
- Day 90workTess's job with Maggie is now 3 hours a week at $14 an hour (tenant rounds and building checks at Hale Apartments before Sunday rent day, Sat), from Day 90.
- Day 91moneyGus lent Bob $300, at 5% interest a year (about $1 a month), to be repaid by Day 150.
How they get on
As of the last day: a row is how one resident feels about each of the others (friendship as the shade, resentment as the red dot).
Closest: Alice and Bob (100), Alice and Priya (100), Alice and Walter (100), Alice and Tess (100). Most sore: Ruth about Emil (41), Ruth about Alice (37), Emil about Ruth (26). Never talked: Maggie and Gus, Priya and Ruth, Priya and Gus.
Feelings
How the residents said they felt as they spoke, sorted into the faces of the dialogue box (the strongest feeling named first), as shares of the lines said.
| Days | sad | angry | embarrassed | surprised | worried | wary | tired | relieved | grateful | proud | wry | hopeful | happy | thinking | warm | neutral | portrait |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Days 1-20 | 4% | 2% | <1% | · | 32% | 11% | 20% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 3% | <1% | 1% | <1% | 12% | 5% | 1% |
| Days 21-40 | 3% | 1% | 1% | · | 27% | 9% | 24% | 3% | 3% | 1% | <1% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 19% | 5% | <1% |
| Days 41-60 | 3% | 1% | 1% | · | 32% | 7% | 26% | 3% | 2% | 3% | · | 1% | 2% | <1% | 14% | 3% | <1% |
| Days 61-80 | 3% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 19% | 11% | 23% | 5% | 5% | 1% | <1% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 16% | 6% | 1% |
| Days 81-100 | 7% | 2% | 1% | · | 15% | 8% | 27% | 6% | 6% | 1% | · | 1% | 3% | <1% | 17% | 3% | 1% |
Environment
| Run | 2026-10-02-bonsai100 |
| Started | 2026-09-30 22:01 |
| Finished | 2026-10-02 00:45 |
| Model | Ternary Bonsai 2 27B (PQ2_0) |
| Server | PrismML's llama.cpp fork, llama-server at 127.0.0.1:8090 (OpenAI API) |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 3060 12 GB at a 120 W power limit |
| Reasoning | medium; thinking for decisions |
| Seed | 42 |
| Chunks | 10 days a process |
| Code | main e24a9b7 |
| Restarts | 10 chunks, 0 stops (the model not answering) |
What changed since the previous run
- Businesses: each has owners, an account and someone who runs it; it can be sold whole or in shares, made a co-op, and a shareholders' meeting chooses who runs it and on what terms, and votes on new shares.
- The month's review: on the 1st each owner reads their business's records and decides on prices, evening hours, promotion, staff or closing.
- Prices, the cafe's evenings, promotion, a lean season warned of ahead, and rent changed by agreement or (for a home) by B.C.'s rules: a year's limit, once a year, with 90 days' notice.
- The records and figures each decision is shown (evertown/context.py): months of takings, staff, debts, past decisions.
- Hiring and lending by solvency (no running out of money over the next 90 days) in place of fixed waits and caps; part-time running; unpaid wages the worker's call.
- Going hungry shows after three days, and others can give food; day work on a free day; heavy work from 60.
- A deal agreed in words is given one more turn to be made real.
Notes
- The comparison is with the 80-day run: the same model, seed and town, on the code before the businesses.
Compared with 80 days on Bonsai 2 (2026-09-29, main d6bd4cb)
| Figure | Before | This run | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days run | 80 | 100 | |
| Seconds a day (wall clock) | 733 | 962 | worse |
| LLM minutes a day | 12.2 | 16.0 | worse |
| LLM calls a day | 46 | 47 | |
| Invalid outputs | 1 | 1 | |
| Fallbacks | 0 | 0 | |
| Repeated openings | 20% | 14% | better |
| Reflections kept per 10 days | 48.6 | 53.3 | better |
| Beliefs held at the end | 365 | 515 | |
| Conversations a day | 18.4 | 17.7 | |
| Lines a conversation | 2.4 | 2.5 | better |
| Wishes the world could not do | 2 | 14 | worse |
| Actions refused | 6 | 46 | worse |
| Move-outs | 2 | 0 | better |
| Hard feelings (sad to tired) | 30% | 65% | |
| Sad or angry | 1.4% | 5.3% | |
| Cash in town at the end | $32,148 | $36,534 |
Health and cost
Audit: passed. Over the run, 1 invalid output and 0 fallbacks; the model stopped answering 0 times. It ran 100 days in 26.7 hours, 962 seconds a day on the wall clock, 47 calls to the model a day at 20.5 seconds each.
| Days | Calls a day | Latency (s) | LLM min a day | s a day | Invalid | Fallbacks | Repeated | Undigested | Beliefs | Cash | Alive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-10 | 46 | 18.6 | 14.3 | 856 | 0 | 0 | 6% | 368 | 63 | $28,988 | 10 |
| 11-20 | 51 | 21.8 | 18.6 | 1116 | 1 | 0 | 7% | 517 | 167 | $30,123 | 10 |
| 21-30 | 45 | 21.4 | 16.1 | 969 | 0 | 0 | 11% | 467 | 245 | $32,201 | 10 |
| 31-40 | 43 | 19.2 | 13.8 | 832 | 0 | 0 | 13% | 598 | 323 | $30,103 | 10 |
| 41-50 | 46 | 20.2 | 15.3 | 922 | 0 | 0 | 18% | 558 | 403 | $30,980 | 10 |
| 51-60 | 46 | 20.6 | 15.7 | 941 | 0 | 0 | 15% | 570 | 493 | $33,630 | 10 |
| 61-70 | 49 | 19.5 | 15.8 | 949 | 0 | 0 | 16% | 504 | 579 | $33,523 | 10 |
| 71-80 | 49 | 22.5 | 18.4 | 1107 | 0 | 0 | 13% | 652 | 672 | $33,334 | 10 |
| 81-90 | 49 | 21.1 | 17.2 | 1035 | 0 | 0 | 17% | 703 | 759 | $36,698 | 10 |
| 91-100 | 46 | 19.4 | 14.9 | 898 | 0 | 0 | 21% | 638 | 842 | $36,534 | 10 |
What next
To watch
- Maggie's cash fell two months running: $6,735 on Day 40, $6,098 on Day 70, $4,410 on Day 100.
- Priya was down to $59 on Day 10.
- Tess was down to $51 on Day 27.
- Ruth resents Emil (41 of 100).
- Ruth resents Alice (37 of 100).
- Emil resents Ruth (26 of 100).
- Bob offered Priya a job (Day 14) and asked Leo for work (Day 47) the wrong way round: each time the one who meant to be paid became the employer. The job math now says who pays whom (main be8bfc6, after this run).
To improve
- Repeated openings rose from 6% in the first ten days to 21% in the last ten.
- 21 friendships are at 100: they cannot grow any more.
- 3 pairs never talked: Maggie and Gus, Priya and Ruth, Priya and Gus.
- Conversations are short: 2.5 lines each.
- 1 invalid output and 0 fallbacks.
Could be added
- Residents wished to "slides" 2 times: the world cannot do it yet.
- Residents wished to "mends" 2 times: the world cannot do it yet.
- Residents wished to "wipes" 2 times: the world cannot do it yet.
- Residents wished to "find" 1 time: the world cannot do it yet.
- Residents wished to "ask" 1 time: the world cannot do it yet.
- Residents wished to "hands" 1 time: the world cannot do it yet.
- payment_plan refused 22 times: neither someone nor someone owes the other anything overdue.
- change_rent refused 5 times: which lease was not understood (details: the cafe's premises or the flat above the cafe).
- repay refused 4 times: someone offered to repay someone, but owed someone nothing.
- change_rent refused 2 times: the rent is # already.
- rent (agreed) refused 1 time: someone and someone agreed on the studio at Hale Apartments, but it could not be let: someone cannot pay this month's # now.
- change_rent refused 1 time: no rent was named (amount = the new monthly rent).
Made 2026-10-02 00:50 by python -m evertown.run_summary from the town's own records: the ledger, the events, the soak's daily figures.









