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>>30795112
Oi m80 I'll pop you st8 in da gob oi will

>>30795112
TURN ON THE LOLI SWAG
AND BY SWAG I MEAN WATERWORKS
"But I worked hard for this! That's not faiiiiir!"

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>>30795141
This

>>30795112
She's doing it wrong. By trying to mug us, at most she's only going to get whatever we have right now. Who's her fence? He's probably paying shitty rates. We can do better, and probably even get her the odd job here and there depending on what she can do. Invite her over for tea so we can discuss business opportunities like civilized people.

>>30795183
This
Guilt the shit out of her.
Shank her if she gets close.

>>30795183
Fuck yeah. Dirty tricks are fair, and we don't want to lose our money mule/'employee' here.

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>>30795112
You try to give her your best intimidating face, but you're not sure how well it's going.
"Aaw, come on," the would-be mugger's smiles slips from her face, "don't cry on me! This is all strictly business now!"

Your vision starts to blur a little, "but I worked hard for this! That's not faiiiiir!"

"Heh. YOU worked hard, or the poor underpaid berk with the sword worked hard?"

The accusation hits you like a thrown rock. "Wha- under... he's not underpaid! And he's not a berk," you insist, "he's my friend!" Louie makes to step out in front of you, placing himself between you and the danger. You hear Tear start to try to point out the futility of the gesture since the two of you are inside the invulnerability field and he's the only one in danger. His sidelong glare cuts her off mid-sentence.

A sigh from above. "Well, if that's how we're playing it..." She draws the other dagger and flips it into a position fit for shanking. Without any further warning, she leaps at Louie.

>Have Louie stay defensive, defend as best he can.
>Have Louie go aggressive, beat the bitch down.
>Have Louie go evasive. Avoid fighting her at all, let her tire out.
>FLEE

>>30795390
>Have Louie go evasive. Avoid fighting her at all, let her tire out.
Go for it!

>>30795390
She's a rogue
Go evasive. If this is anything like Vanilla WoW, we can only hope she pops her cooldowns, and we can then evade until she's tired. Then we stomp her.

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>>30795390
"LOOK OUT!" you should the needless warning, Louie was watching the girl and had already moved out of the way of her diving attack. She crashes into the ground beside you, turning into a roll and up to the ready again.

"Don't try to fight her, Louie! Just don't get hurt!" She leaps straight at him again, a blur of motion that connects with Louie's block despite his desperate attempt to sidestep the charge. It's followed up with a slice of the mugger's offhand dagger that easily cuts through the cloth around Louie's sword arm, and he drops his weapon with a cry. He manages to avoid the follow-up blow though, and regains some distance.

>Tell him to keep evading!
>Counter attack!
>Step out of the invulnerability field and shiv her yourself!
>FLEE

>Step out of the invulnerability field and shiv her yourself!

Stab a bitch

>>30795562
>Step out of the invulnerability field and shiv her yourself!

>>30795562
>Step out of the invulnerability field and shiv her yourself!

in a fit of capitalistic rage!

>>30795562
>Step out of the invulnerability field and shiv her yourself!
Incapacitating strike!

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>>30795562
When the space increases again, the girl lowers her center of mass and hurls herself again in a blinding flash of motion at Louie. He somehow manages to bring his defense up in time even as he tries to dodge again, deflecting most of the blow with his shield. The mugger slows down with the impact, preparing herself to lunge out again at Louie. And you notice the gap in her defense.

With a single stride, you take yourself out of the invulnerability field and right up behind her. With a single upwards motion, you drive your shiv into the flesh of her bare back, between two of her exposed ribs. "That's my employee you're damaging," you growl in her ear as her back arches with the pain. "Know how much that's going to cost me to fix, now?" You twist the shiv free, and she instantly collapses face-first into the grass.

>>30795682
GUT HER WHEN SHE'S DOWN!

>>30795682
We have healing potions.
For a price...

>>30795682
seconding >>30795701

>>30795682
TIS BUT A RUSE
RESTRAIN THE WENCH

>>30795701
I change my answer to this.

CAPITALISM HO!

>>30795682
Louie looks down at the body, before staring at you, a look of horror on his face. Tear flitters forwards. "Quite uncivilized..." She lands next to the body of the girl and touches her gently on the neck and face. "Well, she's still alive, barely. She'll be dead in a few moments if she isn't assisted immediately." She stands upright again. "Well then, shall we return to the chest that is clearly dying to be opened?"

>Go for the chest.
>Try to help the girl.

>>30795730
>>Try to help the girl.

>>30795730
>>Try to help the girl.

Add it to her tab. At 300% interest.

>>30795730
>Try to help the girl.
She can work for us, pay off her debt.

>>30795730
>Try to help the girl.
Still best adventurer.

>>30795743
she can pay it off working for us

>>30795730
>Try to help the girl.
Time to invest in an expanded workforce.

We want her to sign a contract agreeing to pay off her debts at a retarded interest level. Best part right now, is that she has no choice in the matter.

Loansharking Ho!

On that note, can we posion her and keep feeding her antidote? She stops working for us = no antidote?

>>30795773
i suggest an interest rate of 76%

her debt shall be... say, 3000 gold coins.

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>>30795730
You move to leave the body. She was trying to kill you, after all. Well, Louie. Which is bad! Probably. Sort of. You'd be out of an employee if she'd succeeded.
You stop a few paces away.
"Hey, Tear... we have something that can help her, right?"

Tear hrrms for a moment. "Well, I have one vial of medicinal potion that I was saving in case our mule got injured."

"M-mule??" Louie looks indignant, then shakes the thought from his head. "What are you waiting for then, give it to her!"

"Tear tilts her head, raising an eyebrow at Louie. "And why should I do that? Healing potions are expensive."

"Because it's the right thing to do!"

"For her, perhaps. Not for us."

You interrupt. "Tear, add it to her tab."

"What? But she doesn't have a-"

"She does now. Add it to the tab. As well as bills for rent."

"Waah? You can't mean..."

"Sure I do! We're taking her home, making her better, then we'll take ALL of her money!"

>>30795819
Capitalism ho, bitches.

>>30795773
No, that only works if we are a accomplished apothecary; it relies on the fact that nothing we give her can be cured by anyone else.

Further if you keep giving her the antidote then how does she stay poisoned? even if you don't give her enough to cure her entirely the amount of poison in her system will gradually decline even if you have an antidote that ameliorates the symptoms.

>>30795836
hmmm... your right...

We could just start slipping addictive drugs into her food?

>>30795844
We're not drugging Charme. We don't need to.

>>30795866
we just sell her drinks as a huge markup?

>>30795819
The trip home is largely uneventful. After opening the chest and stashing a handful of golden treasures from inside it, a magical red door appeared in the middle of the courtyard. Upon passing through it, you find yourselves once more in the back alley behind the Adventurer's Guild. Tear makes a point to thank the man working the door, who seems completely unphased by the fact that Louie is carrying an attractive young woman over his shoulders alongside the bag of loot.

By the time you make it back to the store, lunchtime is almost past. It took longer than it should've to return the short distance due to your need to keep a low profile while walking the streets with a captive and a bag of illegal goods.
You make it without incident, however, and are now left with the better half of the day open to you.

[Choose where to display your new loot items!]
>Fancy stuff in the display window. Let everyone know you have this stuff for sale!
>On the counters. Those who frequent the store will see them.
>All of the stuff stays behind the counter. Only you and your closest friends know it's there.

[What to do for the rest of the day?]
>Go into the city, shopping/sightseeing/socializing.
>Open the store.
>Meet some of Tear's darker contacts.
>Chill out, take the afternoon off.

>>30795894
Jesus christ, way to declare war on the tavern-owner. We don't have a license to sell alcohol, guy will come down on us like a hammer.

>All of the stuff stays behind the counter. Only you and your closest friends know it's there.
Go for quality sales, rather than quantity.


and


>Meet some of Tear's darker contacts.
Get info on our new "employee"

>>30795898
>All of the stuff stays behind the counter. Only you and your closest friends know it's there.
Don't wanna tip off the guild.
>Open the store.
HEY LET'S ACTUALLY SELL SOME STUFF TODAY.

>>30795898
>All of the stuff stays behind the counter. Only you and your closest friends know it's there.
Secretssss

>Go into the city, shopping/sightseeing/socializing.
More like scoping out competition/looking for business opportunities.

>>30795898
>On the counters

>Open store
>Leave the thief asleep on a couch or near the window to attract customers

>>30795898
As Louie sees to it that your lovely new 'employee' is tucked up in your bed to rest, you take all of the items you've managed to gather and place them along the bottom shelf behind your counter. People won't be drawn to your store in order to find them specifically, but you can definitely provide them should a customer ask for something specific.

You're still undecided on what to do with the rest of the day, though. It's only your second day of being an item store, so it would probably be good to open shop.

Alternatively, you could head around the city for the day. You could use it as a chance to relax, to scope out what other stores are operating, gather more legitimate merchandise, or to simply increase your social contacts through the city. You already know most of the faces here, having grown up here, however most won't yet be aware that you're now running an item store.

Or you could meet some of Tear's contacts, and get your own fingers firmly dipped in the less savory side to your new job.

[QM note: I do have a list of the exact items you looted, but not on this PC. I'll get it up later.]

>>30796105
Fine, leave the stuff behind the counter.

We really should get some merchant xps though.
>Open store
>Leave the thief asleep on a couch or near the window to attract customers

>>30796105
Go see tear.

Knowledge is power.

>>30796105
>Go scoping out the city.
Gotta look for rivals and business-opportunities!

>>30796105
Go see your old friend Arche and tell her about your adventure.

>Alright, executive decision! You're opening the store.

Gimme some d8's.

Rolled 2

>>30796249
I love rolling dice.

>>30796105
Meet Tear's contacts, we might need their expertise and knowing them makes calling on them for jobs easier

Also we need to have Louie watching Charme for when she wakes up so she doesn't cut and run with all our loot

Rolled 2

>>30796249
Dicifications!

Rolled 8

>>30796249

First 3 dice taken! customers inbound!

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>>30796105
You finish arranging the treasures in a logical order behind the counter, flip the sign on your door to OPEN and put your feet up on the bar, awaiting your first catch of the day...

>FIRST CUSTOMER

The bell above the door tinkles, and you roll your eyes at the newcomer. This girl again? Really?

>How do you greet her?

>>30796331
Wait and see if she actually looks like she's going to buy something this time.

>>30796331
"You...is there a REASON you keep coming back here?"

>>30796331
Hiss.

>>30796331
Come on guys, quit harassing the little girl. She can become a perfectly viable customer if we're nice to her. Welcome her back and express our desire to put the previous misunderstanding behind us!

>>30796331
Make sure she doesn't steal anything.

>>30796390
I can back this, but I'm suspicious of her reason for even coming again after what we've done to her.

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>>30796331
You fix her with a glare, and she freezes like a rabbit in headlights. "You...is there a REASON you keep coming back here?"

She stumbles over her own words, withering under your glare. "I, mu- uhm, ah, I... Mo-mommy said I... I should come and ap-apo..." you hiss. She turns tail and flees from your store.

Well done! Perhaps she really won't come back this time? Content with your deed for the day, you lean back in your chair and start to drift off into a nap, only to be slapped awake by

"OW, T-Tear??"

"What sort of behavior do you call that? What sort of reputation will this store garner if you treat customers in such a manner?"

"Ah... I'm sorry. I'll do better next time!"

"Hmm, yes you'd better."

>>30796416
oh come on

>>30796416
alright, maybe the hiss was a bit much. Ahwell, no sweat of the Racateer's back.

>>30796416
Yeah we need to knock the bitch routine off
Seriously once is understandable but when she was coming to apologize even? She could become our minion and spy

>>30796416
Tear leaves you and heads upstairs, something about checking on your guest. You sit yourself upright and await your next potential customer.
After almost an hour, a cart pulls up right outside the store. A very, VERY shifty looking man hops off the cart, looking up and down the street as if checking for witnesses, and making pointed looks at you through the front window.

>(How) Do you greet him?

Little Girl can become a good customer because she tends to beeline for certain items and clear out stock that other customers regularly pass up. Like candy or cutesy items. It might behoove us to extend the olive branch here so she'll buy stuff that'll otherwise rot or gather dust.

>>30796456
With Louie in close proximity.

>>30796456
Greet politely, but stare with that drugdealer edge.

>>30796456
Signal to Louie ( figure out a signal for when we need him to appear as muscle in the future ) and ask this guy what he wants
Tell him the story is a subsidiary of terme finance and if he steals anything he will be quickly ending up in a dungeon where no one wil ever see him again

>>30796416
Guys, please. Just please, stop doing this. You're undermining the loli power of being so gosh darn cute and adorable that nobody can say no to you. You gotta think of other lolis not as your competition, but a medium through which you can channel your own loli powers. By bringing her under your charm, her own (lesser) charms will allow you to hit even more victims with loli charms.

>>30796456
Both of these
>>30796469
>>30796473

>>30796469
Yeah and if we need anything technically legal done we could probably bribe her with something cheap and shiny and she will do whatever we ask which also means we won't have anyone who watches us seeing it

>>30796456
You call up the stairs, "Hey Louie, get down here you're needed." After a short pause, you comes bounding down the stairs to you.

"What, what is it Recette?"

"There's a shifty guy outside. Stay close to me and look... muscly."

"Muscly? Uh, right, got it! Leave it to me!"

Together, the both of you head outside and greet the man. He gives a start as you open the door loudly, but settles when he sees you.
"Good afternoon, sir. Can I help you with something?"

"Got a delivery for Tear. Where is she?"

"Oh, she's inside. What delivery is it?"

"...If you don't know, I don't think you should."

"Huh?.. Oh. Oh, right. That."

With the help of Louie, the man sets about moving a whole bunch of crates off the back of his cart and into the store. Once he's done, he hops back on the cart, tips his peak cap at you, and sets off along the road.

You head back inside and pop the nearest crate open. It's... almost entirely clothes, light jewelry and other personal effects. You find yourself morbidly curious as to where these items came from, but push the desire away and think practically. The store is still open, so you should be prepared for business right now...

>Stash the crates for now, organize them later.
>Let someone else organize them. (Choose Tear/Louie)
>Organize the crates now.

>>30796614
Stash'em, we've got enough suspicious goods to sell for now.

>>30796614
> Huh. So that's what happens to people's personal effects when they get sold/harvested for organs.

>>30796614
>Have Tear organize them.

>>30796614
>Stash the crates for now, organize them later.

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>>30796614
You put the lid back on the crate, securing it closed, and tell Louie to move them all to one side of the store out of the way. If possible, find a cover to throw over them so they draw less attention. He sets about moving them as you head back to your counter, ready for your mid-afternoon nap...

A tinkle at the door.

>THIRD CUSTOMER.

A boy about your age, wearing a long green robe with over-sized golden zippers down the middle, struts through the doorway. He barely even throws a glance your way before stating his demand.
"You there, counter jockey. Fetch the owner of this establishment."

>How do you respond?

>>30796741
I own this place, either buy something oe go away, we're busy

>>30796783
Nah, he looks important.

>Hey, got those reagents?
>Hey, got those reagents?
>Hey, got those reagents?
>>30796741
"Here. Recette Lemongrass at your service. See the sign? Recettear. Recette. Owner. Me. Not the fairy. Me. Nice to meet you."

>>30796741
Right. Forgot that they get off on a terrible start.

>Look stern
"I'm afraid I'll have to ask for your reason, incase you're wasting her time."

>>30796790
This. We shouldn't be rude.

>>30796741
"Here. Recette Lemongrass at your service. See the sign? Recettear. Recette. Owner. Me. Not the fairy. Me." He looks at you with an expression that reeks of suspicious disbelief, but you ignore it and push on. "Nice to meet you. What can I help you with today?"

"...As much as I would distrust such a claim from someone like... yes, I cannot fault the logic that you bear the establishment's name. Very well." He leans in over the counter in a conspiratorial manner. "I am in need of certain magical items. Items not 'ordained' by the Holy Church. And I am searching for a merchant who might be able to keep me in supply of such items."

>Show him your wares.
>Ask him what items he needs.
>Tell him he's wasting your time.

>Remove trip, post in OWQ. 4chan keeps my trip up.
>Reapply trip, post here. 4chan eats my trip.
Why?

>>30796937
Ask him what he is looking for, then bring out the wares

>>30796937
>>30796956
shh, shh, it's okay

>Ask him what he wants, we've got quite a stock.

>>30796937
>Ask him what items he needs.
Sounds like the kind of wares you don't go browsing for. Tell me what it is, I'll see what I can do about it.

>>30796961
>>30796967
No no, you don't show off illegal wares. Customer orders them, then picks them up discreetly.

>>30796937
>Ask him what items he needs.
But do it all secretive-like so he thinks we give a shit about his charade.

>>30796956
Because nobody would believe you were kaleun if you didn't drop your trip constantly.

>>30796982
err, alright, sure. I didn't mean to imply that we bring stuff out.

>>30796937
>Ask him what items he needs.

But all secret like. Act like we're indignant that someone would so brashly come up and ask for contraband, but subtly phrase it or use some other gestures to get him to specify/come back later.

>>30796937
FETCH TEAR

Maybe he is an undercover agent!

Tear is around, right?

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>>30796937
You decide to keep up his act, and lean over to whisper your response back at him. "Then you've come to the right store. Unfortunately, we haven't yet finished organizing our newest selection of stock. Maybe if you leave a list with me, I can see if we can get them for you. Just stop by later and I can let you know for certain."

You lean away again, and note a satisfied gleam in his eye. "Very well, if this is truly the case, I shall hope to see more of each other very soon. Now," he bows his head to you, "farewell, Recette Lemongrass."
He leaves the store, leaving you alone once more.

Almost an hour passes before the Sun finally starts setting, casting a warm red glow throughout the city visible through your front window. You head over to the door and flip the sign to CLOSED once more, stretching out your stiff muscles. Slow days are terrible for your posture!

You head into the back rooms, intent on making some food for everyone, when you hear a trudging coming down the stairs. You investigate, and find the girl thief making her way unsteadily down the stairs.

"Aaah. Ha. Hi there. Thanks for not ganking me when you could've and all that. Hope ya didn't take the whole 'money or your life' thing to heart. But, uh, if you don't mind, I think I'd like to head home now."

>Stop her.
>Let her go.

>What say?

>>30797131
>Stop her.
She's not going anywhere until she pays off her debt.

>>30797131
>>Stop her.

Do we have a legally binding contract ready?

>>30797131
"Ahahahahaha-JUST WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?"

"You're OBVIOUSLY still injured, so why don't you stay here for a while? You can even work to pay me back for that precious potion we spent on you."

>>30797131
>Stop her.
It would be immoral to let her go in the state she's in. We wouldn't want anything bad to happen, now would we?

>>30797131
>Stop her.
Oh no, we gotta clear some things up first.

>>30797131
>>Stop her.

"i don't recall giving you permission to leave. you got a debt to settle with me."

>>30797250

Besides, it's impolite to leave your host's home when dinner's cooking.

>>30797131
You hold out your arm to block her path. "Wha- are you really going to try to stop me?"

"You're OBVIOUSLY still injured, so why don't you stay here for a while? "I definitely don't want anything happening to you before you've paid off your debt."

"Debt?! What debt?"

"Let's see, there was the health potion, the bandages, the laundry for the bloodied sheets, the rental fee for my bed, the labor time of two of my employ-"

"Alright, alright, I get it! Uh, how much are you-"

"Three thousand pix."

"Thr- how the hell you charge that much!?"

At this exact moment, Tear appears by your side "Oh. You think your life is worth less than that? Very well, I shall notify my contacts in Terme that they should be able to purchase a healthy body for under three thou-"

"ALRIGHT, I get it, I get it! No need to sick goons on me! But I don't have that kinda money right now. Kinda why I was tryin' to stick ya up in the first place."

"That's fine. You can pay me back when you can!" You flash her your trademark grin.

She makes to leave again, but you bar her way again. "What? What now? I can hardly start making your money back if you don't let me go."

"Oh, of course," you beam, "but it's impolite to leave your host's home when dinner's cooking."

After little more convincing, you manage to get everyone sat down around a table together and serve up a large bowl of beef stew for everyone to dig in to. It's not the flashiest of meals, but the gathered crowd certainly seem to enjoy your cooking.
The lady thief introduces herself properly to you all. Her name is Charme, and apparently she's a legitimate adventurer at the Adventurer's Guild. Tear seems to take offense at this suggestion, but you simply compliment her for being awesome. She also gives you one of her business cards that apparently can be used with the Guild in order to request a certain adventurer when you take a party on an adventure.

>>30797462
When the meal is over, Charme tries to leave again despite you trying to keep her here. After the third time, she gives up and makes her excuses to head back upstairs to rest. You relent to that, and let her go. As soon as she's clear of the kitchen, however, you hear the sudden whoosh of movement, and the tinkle of your shop doorbell, followed by the clatter of it closing in the wind.

You sigh. You'll never catch her now, so you'll just have to let her go. You hope she stays true to her debt. It's getting very late, now, and you could probably do with heading to bed shortly.

>Anything else to do for the day?
>What are tonight's sleeping arrangements? Same as last night?

Alright, I need to go drive places. Like home.
We shall be taking an interlude of roughly one earth hour.

>>30797462
>>30797513

>not making her sign a legally binding document enforced with magic
Do you guys even jew?

>>30797513
>>What are tonight's sleeping arrangements? Same as last night?
we really should get Louie a place to sleep. Perhaps a bed in storage room or something. We can't be sleeping like this forever.
This time we sleep on the bed.

>>30797513
>organize crates

>sleep in bed. See if Louise chickens out.

>>30797513
>Same as last night?
Hell naw, our turn on the bed.

>>30797529
See you soon, Kaleun.

>>30797551
damnit, I spelled Louie's name wrong again.

>>30797590
Not for long.

>>30797513
I believe it's our turn in the bed

Side note, 3000 pix is hardly a debt. I mean that's the same as 10 pieces of candy or apples

>>30797670
You clearly arn't working with an adventurer's budget.

>>30797529
Due to hours being defined as a specific number of seconds, which is defined by the vibrational frequency of cesium, one hour is the same no matter which planet you're on.

>>30797844
I think OP meant the difference between an in-Quest hour and IRL hour.

>>30797730
with 80% interest though it becomes quite a bit higher.

>>30797941
Yes, yes! We can even say that we were trying to keep her there to discuss the interest in the morning!

>>30797941
Only 80%?

>>30797979
Daily

>>30798023
Compounded by the hour.

>>30798044
With a reminder every time she opens a chest.

>>30798044
I didn't think we were quite that bloodthirsty
Tear definitely but not Recette

Trying to bind her with debts is probably not the way to go, really. A small reasonable one, fine, if she appreciates the neighborhood she'll probably pay it to be rid of the trouble. Place an unreasonable debt she can never pay, what's going to happen is she runs away and we never see her again. Even if Terme were to back us, she can probably still escape to somewhere they can't reach. No, if we want her to stick around, we are going to make her WANT to stick around. By being adorable, by being a good fence, by giving her jobs, but not by trying to bind her. If we simply offer her the things we want her to do with a fair pay, we will still get what we want while she thinks of us a client or business associate, rather than a master to escape from.

>>30798277
Agreed

I have returned! Writing.

>>30798277

This is the way to go. Have her pay off her debts while showing how she could definitely benefit from working with us. If we get a large and diverse enough customer base, we'll both be making fair bit of cash.

>>30797513
You and Tear spend some time organizing the delivered crates while Louie clears up after dinner. Like you initially suspected, most of the new stock is clothing of various sizes; though there are a few necklaces, rings and assorted good-luck charms in the mix.

One item that does grab your attention is a golden amulet with a rune inscribed in the center. You're not all that sure what it does, but even you can feel the magical power emanating from it.

You also spend a little time going over the list of magical items that the guy in the green robe handed you earlier.
Most of it doesn't seem all that magical to you, but it's none of your concern. What is your concern is the fact that you have no idea what most of this stuff is, other than that they're "ingredients" of some kind. His list does include a set of golden scales, which you were lucky enough to have looted during your earlier adventure, so you're already well on your way to impressing him, right?

With that business out the way, it's time for bed. You inform Louie that he can sleep on the floor this time. He looks a little nonplussed at this, but takes the decree in stride, setting up a sleeping place beside your bed. Fantastic. You get the double bed to yourself!

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>>30798637
You awake to the feeling of a small foot resting on your cheek. "Mrphle... waaa?"

You hear Tear sigh somewhere above you, and the small foot kicks you in the face again. "OW, HEY!" You jerk upright in bed. Tear is standing on your pillow.

"Oh good, you're finally awake. For goodness' sake, you're a merchant now. You should at least find the grace to wake up in the mornings. Now, it is a bright new day, there is much we could accomplish."

>Open the store, bright and early! Catch the morning rush.
>Go shopping yourself, spend the morning in the city.
>Go meet Tear's contacts! Begin your descent into the underworld of Pensee.

>>30798697
>>Open the store, bright and early! Catch the morning rush.
But don't be happy about it.

>>30798697
>Open the store, bright and early! Catch the morning rush.

>>30798697
>Open the store, bright and early! Catch the morning rush.

>>30798697
You haven't even had breakfast yet, but if Tear's going to be so insistent then fine! You can do things early! You throw on your dress, stomp downstairs and flip the store sign to OPEN before sitting back and waiting for the morning rush.

>Gimme some d14's!

Rolled 13

>>30798883

Rolled 1

>>30798883
Capitalism Ho!

Rolled 7

>>30798883

Rolled 4

>>30798903
Hi there again loli

Rolled 14

>>30798883
Come on big spender!

First four rolls taken! Writing!

>>30799015
If it is, perhaps we can start fixing the relationship so we can use her later as a discrete spy/mule. She could be an easy payoff with candy or what not

>>30798883
You check the time. It's still going to be almost half an hour before the morning rush really commences, but you sit back and wait patiently anyway. After a few minutes, you notice someone across the road, staring through the window. A girl, you think. With green hair, and some really over-sized gloves? You're pretty sure she's staring right at you.
Just standing there. Staring.

"Wow, uh... okay. This is getting a little creepy. Tear? Tear, you there?"

There's no response from Tear. You're on your own for this...

>(How) Do you greet her?

>>30799104
wave

>>30799015

If she comes along today, we should at least appear to be remorseful at our conduct. Perhaps say that we had a bad experience with a former childhood friend and that it might have negatively colored our meetings with the girl. Or that living alone and stress of running a shop and all that.

>>30799104
smile and wave, try to hide the discomfort

>>30799104

>>30799121
>>30799136
These.

>>30799136
Yeah, let's try it.

>>30799104
You move to the window and wave to the figure across the street. Her head rotates smoothly to regard you. Yep... definitely staring now. You try to give your best "please come into my store!" smile, but it seems to have little effect...

>>30799104

Go outside and greet her while introducing ourselves. Be as friendly and welcoming as possible.

>>30799159
go outside and say something like "hey, i'm not for sale, but if you want anything else, just come in"

>>30799159
Go out and ask if you can help her.

>>30799159
This:
>>30799182
>go outside and say something like "hey, i'm not for sale, but if you want anything else, just come in"

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>>30799159
You take a few careful steps outside. Once again, the girl's head rotates smoothly to follow your movement. "Uhm, good morning! I'm Recette, of Recettear. That's this store, see?" You point at the sign. "Is there anything you'd like? I can help you to find something to buy." She keeps staring at you. "Well, uh. Not me though. I'm not for sale."

The girl finally moves, rotating her body to face you and swiftly walking to stand in front of you. You feel like her dull, lifeless eyes are staring deep into your soul. "What is the purpose of this establishment?"

"...eh?"

"What is the purpose of this establishment?"

>?

>>30799269
we exchange currency for material goods

>>30799269
"It's a shop. We trade goods for currency."

>>30799269
"we... sell things?"

>>30799269

Uh, it's a vendor providing various goods. You know, item shop? Sells things in exchange for money?

>>30799269
This building is a facility in which material goods are exchanged for currency. Said goods usually consist of items that can be found in the nearby dungeons, such as weapons, armor, artifacts, jewelry, books, and alchemical ingredients. In addition, food and other consumables can be found here from time to time.

Hmm, might want to get Tear for this.

>>30799269
It's a store!

>>30799306
Other way around usually.

>>30799269
>>30799269
"Well... This is a store, where items are bought and sold. If someone is looking for something, or wanting to get rid of something, they come here.

Is this, uh, your first time seeing a store, by chance?"

>>30799269
"It's purpose... well, it's an item shop. Is this, uh, your first time seeing a shop?" She nods. "Well, uh. We sell things. We trade items for money."

"Money? Explain."

"Wha...? I have to explain money? Yikes... So, uh, how do I explain what money is? Well, the money we use is referred to as 'pix'..."

[some time later]

"...So that's why different items cost different amounts, see?"

[some time later]

"...And that's when the hero yelled, "this is the end of my journey!"..."

[some time later]

"...and that's why you need to pay for items in places like this!"

The girl is silent for a long few moments after the end of your explanation.

"Understood," she murmurs. "Then I shall return when I have acquired 'money'."

"Okay! See you soon!" The girl wanders off, leaving you alone in the street.
You check the time, and realize you've been out here for almost an hour. Yikes! You head back in and await your next customer.

>>30799451
>SECOND CUSTOMER

You barely have time to seat yourself down when the morning rush arrives. A whole bunch of people suddenly enter the store at once. Wow! You're not quite sure how to deal, so you simply try to greet them all and make sure they're okay. Most seem to just be browsing, so you leave them to it. You make a point of calling Louie from out back though, so he can keep a quiet eye on everyone and make sure no-one's trying to steal anything. You also note Charme make a quiet entry behind the rest of the group. She seems to be stumbling around a little, a rosy tint to her cheeks.

Of the crowd, only one middle-aged man approaches your counter.
"Good morning Recette."
"Good morning, sir! How can I help you today?"
"My wife has been bugging me to get her some jewelry. I don't really know what to get her, but I think a necklace would be a good idea. Anyway, any help would be great!"

Well, you have quite a few necklaces in the stock delivered last night. Though this would be your first time selling questionable goods through your store...

>Pick a necklace you think suits her from your new stocks.
>Show him a selection of your new stock.
>Tell him you have no jewelry in stock.

>>30799648
>Pick a necklace you think suits her from your new stocks.
Don't show all the loot!

>>30799648
>Pick a small selection from the new stock to show him

>>30799648
Pick out the most expensive looking necklace, of course.

>>30799648
>Pick a necklace you think suits her from your new stocks.
let's just hope it's not a necklace of fireballs

>>30799648
>Pick a necklace you think suits her from your new stocks.

>>30799648
>Pick a necklace you think suits her from your new stocks.

Hope Tear was prudent enough to get generic looking jewelry or at least get them from a fence that works far away from here.

>>30799648
You ask him for a description of his wife. He gives you slightly more details than you really wanted or needed, but you've got a pretty good idea of what she would like now, as well as what would suit her. You ask him to give you a moment to look through your stock, and step to one side.

Of your stock, there are three that really stand out to you. The tree-seed necklace is a cheap but popular one amongst the ladies of Pensee. You'd be surprised if his wife didn't already have one, but you know she'd definitely like it.

For lovers, there would be this love charm, but you somehow suspect that something like this would lose its romantic effects coming from a husband in place of a boyfriend. Probably. The love charm is a little pricier, but still affordable.

The only one you really think hits the spot though is this azure necklace. It's definitely got some magical power emanating from the clear blue stone set in the pendant, but it's not particularly powerful. You think.
You know it would not only definitely suit her, but she would absolutely love a gift like this.
It's certainly going to be a pricier buy though. But that's not your concern, is it? That's his.

>Which one do you offer?

>>30799813
Magic necklace should be ours.
Give him the Love Charm.

>>30799813
Show him the love charm and azure, and mention how nice the latter is, while implying the first would be a worse gift.

>>30799813
Use another one to work up the azure.

>>30799813
show him the tree-seed and the azure

>>30799813

Hmm, I wonder if it'd be too prying to ask him if this is for a special occasion or not.

Lovers' Necklace, I say. We might want to save the Azure one for the wizard guy, or for someone we know is loaded.

>>30799813
You decide to take the lover's charm in one hand and the azure necklace in the other. "Well, sir, if it's for a special occasion...? I think one of these two would be great." You show him the lover's charm. "This one would be romantic as a gift, if that's what you're looking for, I think. But personally, I really like..." You bring the other out. His eyes gleam with the reflection of the stone as you do so. Yep, instant sale.

"I love it!" he exclaims. "How much? How much for it?"

Well, the going price for something like this is around 4,000 pix.

>Flash sale! 4,500 pix.
>A fair deal, 5,000 pix.
>It's clearly what he desires. 6,000 pix.

>>30800098
>DESIIIIIIIIIREEEEEEEEEE

>>30800098
>Flash sale! 4,500 pix.

Rope him in. Repeat business is good.

>>30800098
>Fair deal
6000 will throw him off, 5000 might be that sweet spot we have to hit in order to get dem merchant points.

>>30800098
>A fair deal, 5,000 pix.

>>30800098
We're nothing but fair, surely.

>>30800098
>5,000
If he was say getting it for say an anniversary or birthday, I'd go higher.

>>30800098
>A fair deal, 5,000 pix.
Are we paying monthly? Might want to go low for the Pin bonus if not.

>>30800098
Normally:
>It's clearly what he desires. 6,000 pix.
But for you:
>A fair deal, 5,000 pix.

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>>30800098
"Well, sir, currently it's being valued at 5,000 pi-"
"DEAL!" He takes you hand still holding the necklace and shakes it with both of his. A very short exchange later, and you are up 5,000 pix and he is carefully securing the necklace in one of the pockets on the inside of his waistcoat. "Thank you, Recette! Such fantastic service!"

You wish him luck, and ask him to come again as he makes his way out of the store. He's almost to the door when he accidentally bumps into Charme stumbling about the room. "Ah, sorry," she immediately mumbles to him, raising both hands above her head. "My bad, sorry."

"No worries, no damage done. Excuse me," he steps past her and out the door. Charme's attention suddenly swivels to you as she stumbles across the room to you.
When she reaches you, she reaches into her pocket and places a very familiar-looking necklace with a bright blue stone inset in the pendant down on the bar. "Heyyy Recette," she slurs at you. There' a terrible smell on her breath, "shhoo, I heard a rumor zhat pendants like zhese are goin' fer like, five THOUSAND!"

>Response?

>>30800353
>I like you.
>I like your style
>I like your clothes.
>I like your ability to steal.
>How bout a mutually beneficial partnership?

>>30800353


>>30800399
This.

>>30800399
>>30800421
she's already working for us I thought?

>>30800353
Bounce her head off the counter.

"You want to give me a bad reputation!? Get in the back room and stay there till I can deal with you!"

>>30800353
Oh god, usher her into the back. We can't have a drunk scaring away customers.

>>30800353
that can make us some awfully bad reputation... get the collar back, tell louis to bring her in the backroom and give the necklace back to the old man

>>30800353
>Just stole from one of our customers
>Now we have an unhappy customer who thought we had fantastic service
I think this was a bad idea.
I mean, profit is one thing, customer dependability is another.
The old man's probably gonna spend more than 5k over his remaining time, the necklace will be small fry in comparison
>Convince Charme to return the necklace, somehow

>>30800399

Wonder if we could somehow take advantage of her sloshed state to reverse-pickpocket that necklace onto that guy. As a true test of skill, and to make sure that guy spreads around positive PR about our store.

>>30800353
Take the necklace back and tell Louis to chase after the man. Have him explain he dropped it when he bumped into the drunk girl. He'll be even more pleased then he already is that we returned it to him before he even realized he lost it.

This isn't a problem, it's an opportunity.

>>30800353
>You dare to steal my wares before they've even left the store?
>Pay me in cash you drunken harlot and get out of my store until you do.
>Give that man his necklace back and don't let me find you stealing from my customers again, because any of their losses will be added to your debt.

>>30800543
This, about a hundred times.

>>30800353

Thirding this:
>>30800543

>>30800543
This. He'd be even more happy with us. Also get her out of the shop and tell her to sleep off her drunkenness in the bed

>>30800543
Do it.

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>>30800353
A slow, thin smile spreads across your face.
"I like you, Charme. I like your style, I like your clothes and I really like your ability to steal." You reach forward, grasp the back of her head and pull her in close to your face. A look of surprise and excitement spread across her features, and she licks his lips just inches from yours. "However," you slam her face down onto the counter. As she's reeling from the shock, you snatch the necklace from her hand and toss it to Louie. "Get after the man that just left. Tell him he dropped it when he bumped into the drunk girl. And tell him Recette wishes him well!"

"You got it, Recette!" He sets off at a sprint.

"However," you continue where you left off, lifting Charme's head back off the counter, "what do you think this could do to my reputation? Get in the back room. And stay there until I can deal with you." You yank her around the counter and let go. Tears are forming in the corners of her eyes, and there's a large welt on her forehead.

"But... I just- I"

"No." You shove her into the back room and shut the door.

You're starting to think saving this girl was more trouble than it was worth...

>>30800543
Absolutely this, but don't forget to praise Charme's talents afterwards.

>>30800716
Oh, I forgot Charme was princess of the Dykes.

And that's it for tonight, folks! I hope you can all join me again next week too!

>>30800775
Thanks for running. It was a fun session.

>>30800775
Thank you for running, Kaleun! I thought I'd hate that your splitting attention away from LSQ, but I actually found that I love this quest too.

See you next time!

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>>30800775
Thanks much, can't wait for the next session.

>>30800775
Thanks for running.

>>30800775
You didn't archive!

>>30801093
Thanks for the reminder! I'm getting terrible at remembering to archive.

>>30800871
holy shit that is amazing.

Kinda pissed I missed the thread though

I'm gonna have to go back to this game and play it again.

When playing the game is there any way to figure out how many times you have already "hearted" a customer?

Just realized something:
We take backdoors into the dungeon.

WE CAN TAKE MORE THAN ONE ADVENTURER

>>30806956
Rich girl already does that in one instance that you find her in game. The reason you can't do that in the real game is because reasons.

Two things we need to do, one immediately and one in the future.

Next time, we need to apologize to the little girl, because we don't want her to ruin us. Give her a free candy bar or something too; a good one, so that she'll want to come back and buy more later.

Once we've got the cash and space, we need to go buy some Xzbit-brand vending machines, because those fuckers are a license to print money.