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

[Hello Purvis]

>Let's go get that bamboo.

[Hanged Hourai]

>Let's go get that bamboo.

>Indeed.
>The trio of you make your way over to the beginning of the bamboo forest, the same place you found the shoots.
>By the time you get there, the sun finishes setting and Mumbai begins her eeire glow.

>Tear: "This is going to be fun!"
>Rook turns to you, "You ready for this?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Nod and enter the forest.

[Hanged Hourai]

>Nod and enter the forest.

>Rook : "Good."
>You enter the forest, and after some walking, you find yourself in the clearing with the burn spot.
>Rook: "Think this is as good a spot as any?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Looks fine to me."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Looks fine to me."

>Rook: "Let's get started then."
>Rook pulls the knife out of the cart and starts hacking at a stalk of bamboo, but gives up after a while.
>The bamboo shows very little damage on it.
>Rook: "This stuff is really hard. Any other ideas?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Inventory
>"Maybe we could dig it up by the roots?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>Inventory
>"Maybe we could dig it up by the roots?"

>Inventory

1175 gold coins
 1 broom
1 broken clock
1 strange key
10 nails
3 lengths of string
7 pieces of colorful cloth
1 cart
1 tent
1 rusty knife
1 pair of knee boots
1 pair of leather gloves
1 strange hat
1 flyer
1 pillow
1 pair of scissors
1 wooden mallet
14 bamboo shoots
1 bookkeeping book
1 set of writing utensils
1 ball of tangled fishing wire
10 feathers
1 shovel
2 cattails
4 lilies
1 wheel
1 filthy vase
1 hard hat
1 basket

1 Mumbai

>Rook: "I dunno. The list said 'cut under the full moon'."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Use this."
>Offer him the shovel.
>"A good swing with one of these will take a man's head off."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Use this."
>Offer him the shovel.
>"A good swing with one of these will take a man's head off."

>"Ok."
>You give Rook the shovel, who then swings ita at the bamboo.
>When it hits, you can see a noticeable wedge taken out of the bamboo.
>Rook repeats this several more times before the whole stalk falls down.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"Good job, Rook"
> load the chopped of bamboo to the cart.  we gotta keep it safe at home as this is the special order.

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Good job, Rook"
> load the chopped of bamboo to the cart.  we gotta keep it safe at home as this is the special order.

>"No problem."

> +1 bamboo stalk cut under full moon

>When you finish loading up the bamboo, rustling can be heard from outside the clearing.

[Hello Purvis]

>Glance toward the rustling. Be prepared to sic Mumabi on it.

[Hanged Hourai]

>Glance toward the rustling. Be prepared to sic Mumabi on it.

>You look over to the rustling.
>Into the clearing walks...Uize.
>Uize: "Hi guys."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Lo Uize. How are things?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Lo Uize. How are things?"

>Uize: "Things are good. And actually, as one last request from Yagokoro, she wanted me to invite you guys to the clinic for a talk with her."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, that'd refreshing. Wait...is this a talk, or a talk?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Well, that'd refreshing. Wait...is this a talk, or a talk?"

>Uize: "I dunno. She just said she wanted to talk with you."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Good enough, I suppose. Lead the way?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Good enough, I suppose. Lead the way?"

>Uize: "Sure."
>She leads you through the bamboo to the large house you encountered before.
>This time, there are dozens of rabbits out front pounding something with mallets.
>UIze leads you inside the doors to the house and you immediatly enter a large sort of waiting room.
>Sitting down at a table is s woman with white hair and a red and blue dress.
>A tall rabbit with purple hair stands by her side.
>Opposite from the red-blue are three chairs.

[Hello Purvis]

>Have a seat, and try to gauge the mood of the room.

[Hanged Hourai]

>Have a seat, and try to gauge the mood of the room.

>You take a seat at the table. Rook sits to the right, Tear to the left.
>The mood of the room is somewhat light, with a tone of seriousness. The red-blue was following you this entire time with her eyes, but you see no malice in them.

>She folds her hands under her chin and begins to speak in a light, curious voice.
>"So. I heard from my rabbits that you were sneaking around my clinic, trying to break in."

[Hello Purvis]

>"They misjudged the situation. We found your clinic while looking around, and getting no answer from the door, I peeked into the window to try to figure out what the place was. That is all. But as I understand, you also sent someone to follow my friend, and then to break into our home. Which was done successfully."
>Try not to be accusatory, but rather matter of factly. We gettin' some compensation for this. >=[

[Hanged Hourai]

>"They misjudged the situation. We found your clinic while looking around, and getting no answer from the door, I peeked into the window to try to figure out what the place was. That is all. But as I understand, you also sent someone to follow my friend, and then to break into our home. Which was done successfully."
>Try not to be accusatory, but rather matter of factly. We gettin' some compensation for this. >=[

>You say it in a matter-of-factly tone.
>"Did you not see the sign? What you were doing was trespassing.

[Hello Purvis]

>Did we see the sign?
>Presuming not, shake head. "Where was it?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>Did we see the sign?
>Presuming not, shake head. "Where was it?"

>She probably means the paper. "Gone for business..."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Are you really trying to liken looking into a window with stalking and breaking and entering?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Are you really trying to liken looking into a window with stalking and breaking and entering?"

>"Not at all. But what I do have the right to know is, why were you on the property and in the forest in the first place? This isn't a place for travelers."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Not traveling so much as exploring. I'm a trader, my lifeblood is knowledge and sources of goods. Anyways, I'm sorry I gave you cause for worry. I've got no interest in stealing your things."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Not traveling so much as exploring. I'm a trader, my lifeblood is knowledge and sources of goods. Anyways, I'm sorry I gave you cause for worry. I've got no interest in stealing your things."

>"Well, no harm, no foul. I do not believe you had any malicious intent when you came here."
>She leans her chin on her hands.
>"And now the only question that's left is: What are you going to do now?"