Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!

[Hanged Hourai]

>Make sure the house is in proper working order, dine, and then head off to bed as well.

The next day

-5 gold for food or eat both mushrooms for only -4?

[Hello Purvis]

>Eat mushrooms

[Hanged Hourai]

>Eat mushrooms

-4 gold

You walk out of your room at 9:00 to see Tear already up.
"Oh hey, I got a message on the door addressed to you."
She hands you an envelope. You open it.

"I convinced the mistress to let you come in to sell your wares, but she's busy today so she won't be able to see you personally. This is a chance to make a good first impression on the household. Keep in mind that you should choose your words and actions carefully while in the mansion. During your visit, you may bring as many wares as you would like and be able to travel freely through the house. For some final advice, don't do anything stupid as obvious as that sounds.
-From,
Meiling"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Thanks, Tier!"
>Gather up all the crap we have to sell into the cart, and head over to the mansion.

>_

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Thanks, Tier!"
>Gather up all the crap we have to sell into the cart, and head over to the mansion.

>_

Complete list of inventory:
1 magic book of fire and metal
2 brooms
3 cleaning rags
1 feather duster
1 broken clock
1 strange key
7 gold coins
10 nails
5 lengths of string
7 pieces of colorful cloth
3 flowers
1 sewing needle
1 spool of thread
2 head ribbons
1 cart
1 tent

Everthing gets loaded up and you head out. Upon arriving, Meiling greets you with a smile and lets you through the gate to the main entrance. You knock on the door and a generic fairy maid greets you. You enter and look at the huge foyer.
"Today, you won't have an escort, but your accessable areas will be limited. You may go to the east wing, the west wing, and the basement library today."
She walks away and leaves you on your own.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>I'm making my way first to the east wing, offering petty stuff to generic fairies on the way. (by petty stuff I mean all we have except the magic book and the cart). I'll try to sell more items on the way to someone that looks he might be in charge here, or at least higher and less random then the generic fairies.

[Hanged Hourai]

>I'm making my way first to the east wing, offering petty stuff to generic fairies on the way. (by petty stuff I mean all we have except the magic book and the cart). I'll try to sell more items on the way to someone that looks he might be in charge here, or at least higher and less random then the generic fairies.

You head over to the east wing and spy a group of maids socializing, you show your wares to them.
"Ohhhhhh, I like those head ribbons. How about 1 gold coin for both of them?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"One a piece, I'm afraid. It's not easy to get your hands on things like these."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"One a piece, I'm afraid. It's not easy to get your hands on things like these."

"Deal."
-2 head ribbons
+2 gold

She walks away with her maid friends laughing and glancing back at you.
The hallway is now almost empty except for a maid sweeping.

[Kasu]

> Head back the way we came and go for the basement library.

[Hanged Hourai]

> Head back the way we came and go for the basement library.

You go back to the foyer and wander around for a while before entering the basement library. You see rows of books reaching almost to the ceiling going as far as you can see. A shuffling noise can be heard off in the distance.

[Hello Purvis]

>Look around. Move toward the shuffling noise.
>Try not to smack into any shelves.

[Hanged Hourai]

>Look around. Move toward the shuffling noise.
>Try not to smack into any shelves.

You see row upon row of books in all sorts of languages.
You follow the sound until you come across a red-haired girl dressed in black and white with wings sprouting out her head and back. She's busy putting books on a shelf.

[Kasu]

> "Um...  Excuse me?"

[Hanged Hourai]

> "Um...  Excuse me?"

"Huh?"
She turns around to look at you.
"Oh that's right, Miss Patchy said someone would probably be coming by today. How are you?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Properly breathing, thank you very much. And if you could introduce me to this Miss Patchy?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Properly breathing, thank you very much. And if you could introduce me to this Miss Patchy?"

"Ummmm? Good for you? Hey, wutcha got in there? Can I take a peek?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'd like to think it's good for me!"
>"Please, be my guest."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"I'd like to think it's good for me!"
>"Please, be my guest."

She looks at you funny then walks around to look in the cart.

"Ooooooo! String! These flowers look pretty. Nice cloth. Your clock's busted. Hey..."
She holds up the magic book.
"This is Miss Patchy's favorite fire book. She's been looking for this everywhere! She even offered a large reward to any of the maids if they could find it. She'd probably pay you a ton if you gav-... Hi there I'm Koakuma. Do you think I could get that book from you? I'd consider it a huge favor if you did."

[Kasu]

> "Sure.  Name your price and we can take it from there."

[Hanged Hourai]

> "Sure.  Name your price and we can take it from there."

"Errrrm, you see the thing is, I don't really get paid, so I don't really have any money. But Miss Patchy would probably not pay me even if I brought the book since I'm her assistant. She'd be really happy with me though. I guess I'm asking if I could have the book. But I'd consider it a huuuuuuuuuuuuuge favor."

[Hello Purvis]

>"And what sort of favor should I expect in return?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"And what sort of favor should I expect in return?"

"Ummmmmmm, I dunno. I'll just remember this if something comes up."

[Hello Purvis]

So I'm thinking no. While it would undoubted get us friendship points and stuff, we are a Merchant, and our task is to shake this world down for every time dime it has.

But if the rest of yalls are down, then I'll be down.

[Kasu]

So I'm thinking no. While it would undoubted get us friendship points and stuff, we are a Merchant, and our task is to shake this world down for every time dime it has.

But if the rest of yalls are down, then I'll be down.

As much as I'd hate to do it to Koakuma, I agree with this.

[Hanged Hourai]

"Oh. I guess that's your choice then. Well, I'll at least show you to where Miss Patchy is."

You follow her through rows of books before you see a person sitting a a table reading a book off in the distance.

"One more thing, she's kinda stingy so she'll probably try to underpay you. Haggle for the book, she wants it."

With that, Koakuma walks off and disappears behind a shelf of books.

[Hello Purvis]

>Quietly: "I'll keep that in mind, thank you."
>We an tip her later, for the tip.
>Approach Miss Patchy. "Good day, my lady."

[Hanged Hourai]

>Quietly: "I'll keep that in mind, thank you."
>We an tip her later, for the tip.
>Approach Miss Patchy. "Good day, my lady."

"Hm?"
She looks up from her book to look at you. She seems annoyed that her reading got interrupted.
"Why are you here?"

[Kasu]

> "I have been informed by your assistant that you have been looking for this particular book."
> Show Patchouli the tome.

[Hanged Hourai]

> "I have been informed by your assistant that you have been looking for this particular book."
> Show Patchouli the tome.

She looks surprised for a moment, then regains her composure.
"Thank you for finding this book for me, it would have been a nuisance to get it myself. As a finder's fee, here's 10 gold pieces for you."