Vendor Quest 2! Keep On Shopkeeping! (Now with a map)

[IBakaChan]

> Mumble something about the youth of today. Preferably something mean.
> Attempt to polish/clean vase.

>_

[Hanged Hourai]

> Mumble something about the youth of today. Preferably something mean.
> Attempt to polish/clean vase.

>Dang whippersnappers and them tree hugging hippy folk.
>You try to fix up the vase, but your efforts amount to almost nothing.

[IBakaChan]

> Sigh.
> Any other items?

> If not, vamos de la SDM! (Fail spanish, I no hablo espanol.)

[Hello Purvis]

>Set it in the cart so it won't muck up everything else.
>Onvards.

[Hanged Hourai]

>Set it in the cart so it won't muck up everything else.
>Onvards.

> Sigh.
> Any other items?

> If not, vamos de la SDM! (Fail spanish, I no hablo espanol.)

>You put the vase in the cart.
>Sigh.
>No more itmes around, so you head to the SDM.
>When you get there, you find Meiling sitting at the front gate. She smiles when she sees you coming.

[IBakaChan]

> "Good morning, Meiling." Smile a nice, genuine smile. None o' that bussines man crap.
> "Yesterday didn't really go as planned, huh?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Sorry I got you in trouble."

[Hanged Hourai]

> "Good morning, Meiling." Smile a nice, genuine smile. None o' that bussines man crap.
> "Yesterday didn't really go as planned, huh?"

>"Sorry I got you in trouble."

>Meiling returns with a warm smile.
>"Good morning to you too."
>"It's fine, don't worry about it. It's just that I have my duties to perform here as well, and I have to be ready for them."
>"Oh! And I talked to my mistress, and she said that you can come again tomorrow to sell your stuff. Isn't that great?!"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, it's some consolation. But now I'm really wondering, how does that maid get precedence over you when you're off duty? What are they paying you for that?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Well, it's some consolation. But now I'm really wondering, how does that maid get precedence over you when you're off duty? What are they paying you for that?"

>Meiling suddenly becomes visibly uncomfortable.
>"Well, it... I.... hmmmm... It's sorta complicated, but I owe it to the household to do my duty."

[Hello Purvis]

>"So, they don't actually pay you outside of room and board? And I guess you don't want to get into why you owe them, right?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"So, they don't actually pay you outside of room and board? And I guess you don't want to get into why you owe them, right?"

>"I do get paid, but....."
>She starts fidgeting with one of her braids.
>"I would rather not talk about it."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, okay, but I wanna help you out with this. Does the Mistress also rain down on you like this, or just the maid?"
>She gets paid? Let her have a look in the cart! Then we can claim it's all business if Sakuya manifests.

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Well, okay, but I wanna help you out with this. Does the Mistress also rain down on you like this, or just the maid?"
>She gets paid? Let her have a look in the cart! Then we can claim it's all business if Sakuya manifests.

>"Sakuya acts in my mistress's stead. I obey her as I do my mistress."
>You let Meiling look in the cart.
>She picks up the brush.
>"Oh, is this for sale? How much is it?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Name your price, I've got no particular desire to chisel every bent coin I can out of you."
>"And, do you think she accurately represents your Mistress' will? Because if she's not, well...someone's abusing trust."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Name your price, I've got no particular desire to chisel every bent coin I can out of you."
>"And, do you think she accurately represents your Mistress' will? Because if she's not, well...someone's abusing trust."

>"15?"
>"It's not my place to say."

[Hello Purvis]

>"10 it is."
>"But it might it be your duty to inform your mistress, in such a case?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"10 it is."
>"But it might it be your duty to inform your mistress, in such a case?"

>"Sure."

> +10 gold
-1 brush

>"It is not my place."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Then whose is it? How would she find out if someone were abusing her trust?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Then whose is it? How would she find out if someone were abusing her trust?"

>"She isn't abusing anything. She's doing what she think is right for the household, and she's right."
>She looks a little downcast now.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Are you not a part of the household? Is not your happiness and free will important to it?"
>Smile.
>"Don't be so eager to undersell who you are for what you do. I can't imagine that'd make anyone you owe service to very happy."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Are you not a part of the household? Is not your happiness and free will important to it?"
>Smile.
>"Don't be so eager to undersell who you are for what you do. I can't imagine that'd make anyone you owe service to very happy."

>"Thanks. It means a lot to me that you care about this so much."
>She gives you a hug.
>"But I need to be getting back to my duty."

[Hello Purvis]

>Hug right back.
>"Just think about what I said. If you're going through that kind of thing for someone, there's no way she couldn't want you to be happy. And no one wants a miserable guard."
>Roll out back to the tree house, unless she says something that requires further response.

[Hanged Hourai]

>Hug right back.
>"Just think about what I said. If you're going through that kind of thing for someone, there's no way she couldn't want you to be happy. And no one wants a miserable guard."
>Roll out back to the tree house, unless she says something that requires further response.

>She whispers, "Thank you." and releases the hug.
>Meiling says farewell before you go back home.

>When you arrive, you find Rook, Tear, and Uize sitting at a table drinking tea and talking.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oh, hey Uize. What's news?"
>Have a seat.

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Oh, hey Uize. What's news?"
>Have a seat.

>Uize: "Oh nothing. Just came to hang out."
>Tear: "She got fired!"
>Rook facepalms.
>Uize nearly falls out of her seat, "Nuuuuuuuu. I was going to break it to him another way, but that works too."

[Hello Purvis]

>"The hell for? Is it just a tradition that employers around here are insane? Should I be abusing you guys more to fit in?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"The hell for? Is it just a tradition that employers around here are insane? Should I be abusing you guys more to fit in?"

>Tear: "Please don't."
>Uize: "Nuuuuuu. It's just that Yagokoro doesn't have any need for an employee that can't do its job right. And I'm glad. Now I'm free from her and her ridiculous missions. And now I can do what I really want for a living."

[Hello Purvis]

>"What do you have in mind, then? Bounty Hunting?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"What do you have in mind, then? Bounty Hunting?"

>Uize: "Freelance information gathering. It's what I always wanted to do."
>She closes her eyes and nods contently while Tear looks at her like a superhero.