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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{TB|Have a Merry Christmas. Is that what people say? <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">“Merry</del>?<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">” </del>I <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">don’t </del>know, sounds weird.}}</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{TB|Have a Merry Christmas. Is that what people say? <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Merry</ins>?<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">" </ins>I <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">don't </ins>know, sounds weird.}}</div></td></tr>
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Solar Dragon: /* Pt. 5 */
2024-05-23T17:06:52Z
<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Pt. 5</span></span></p>
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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Tapped Out Quest<br />
|name = The Cost of Doing Business<br />
|image = <br />
|level = 5<br />
|update = {{TOCU|Christmas 2013}}<br />
|requirements = <br />
|characters = [[Mr. Costington]]<br />
|optional = <br />
|previous = <br />
|next = <br />
|premium = yes<br />
}}<br />
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'''The Cost of Doing Business''' is a premium questline in ''[[The Simpsons: Tapped Out]]''. It was introduced in the {{TOCU|Christmas 2013}} content update. It requires [[Mr. Costington]] to be unlocked.<br />
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== Dialogue ==<br />
=== Pt. 1 ===<br />
{{Table|<br />
{{TH|After tapping on Mr. Cosington's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Attention all employees.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|The day after Christmas has become a major shopping day, right up there with Black Friday, Bloodbath Monday and Dystopic Nightmare Wednesday.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|To get a jump on our competitors, we will be opening at midnight, December 25th. All employees will report to work at 6 PM, Christmas Day.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Have a Merry Christmas. Is that what people say? “Merry?” I don’t know, sounds weird.}}<br />
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Mr. Costington Ruin Christmas|4 hours|[[Costington's]]}}|colspan=2}}<br />
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}<br />
}}<br />
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=== Pt. 2 ===<br />
{{Table|<br />
{{TH|After tapping on Mr. Cosington's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Attention all employees.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Word has reached me that many of you are unhappy to be working Christmas Day.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|I am sympathetic to your concerns, and interested in discussing this with you face-to-face.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|All valued employees belonging to this shadow underground of malcontents should immediately drop to the ground, face down, hands clasped behind their heads.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Remain calm as security zip-ties your wrists. Once you have been neutralized, you can trust we will have a frank discussion of your legitimate concerns.}}<br />
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Mr. Costington Intimidate Employees|4 hours|[[Costington's]]}}|colspan=2}}<br />
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}<br />
}}<br />
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=== Pt. 3 ===<br />
{{Table|<br />
{{TH|After tapping on Mr. Cosington's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Attention all employees.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|It has become clear that the Anti-Christmas-Work-Day faction does not intend to self-identify.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|This is disappointing, as management is only trying to help.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|We cannot address your grievances if we cannot detain and interrogate you.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Let us air our concerns together, sharing the names of your co-conspirators in an atmosphere of trust.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|For your convenience, special agents have been placed at key chokepoints around the store. Please turn yourselves in to them at your earliest convenience.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|You’ll know them by their black armbands and cold, dead eyes. Thank you.}}<br />
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Mr. Costington Root Out Troublemakers|8 hours|[[Costington's]]}}|colspan=2}}<br />
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}<br />
}}<br />
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=== Pt. 4 ===<br />
{{Table|<br />
{{TH|After tapping on Mr. Cosington's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Attention all employees.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|We have heard your concerns, and decided to cancel all Christmas-day shifts.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Now there’s no reason for key figures in the Anti-Christmas-Work-Day Putsch not to come forward.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|If you would prefer to discuss your former involvement in this nefarious network amongst yourselves, please do so within three feet of one of the new flower arrangements.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|These flowers have been placed wherever employees tend to congregate, and, it goes without saying, do not contain sensitive monitoring devices of any kind.}}<br />
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Mr. Costington Spend a Fortune Monitoring Employees|12 hours|[[Costington's]]}}|colspan=2}}<br />
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|100}} and {{XP|10}}|colspan=2}}<br />
}}<br />
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=== Pt. 5 ===<br />
{{Table|<br />
{{TH|After tapping on Mr. Cosington's exclamation mark|colspan=2}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Attention all employees.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Christmas is once again a work day. I apologize for any confusion.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|The previous announcement was a feint, intended to root out the evildoers in our midst.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|For your convenience, all employees will be tailed by ex-CIA operatives until December 27.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Whatever names these men once had, they respond now only to an identifying number. Please do not try to guess the number.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Their nerves are understandably frayed from years spent deep undercover in hostile territory. Do not converse with them.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|Sudden movements will be perceived as a mortal threat by these men. Please move at half-speed. Crawling can only help.}}<br />
{{Tapped Out Mr. Costington Icon}}<br />
{{TB|See you Christmas Day, and have a wonderful holiday season.}}<br />
{{THT|{{Task/Job|Make Mr. Costington Ruin Christmas|4 hours|[[Costington's]]}}|colspan=2}}<br />
{{THT|Quest reward: {{Cash|1200}} and {{XP|20}}|colspan=2}}<br />
}}<br />
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{{Tapped Out Quests/Christmas 2013}}<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cost of Doing Business, The}}</div>
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