Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!

[Kasu]

> "That helps us a lot.  Thanks!"
> Keep eatin'.

[Hanged Hourai]

> "That helps us a lot.  Thanks!"
> Keep eatin'.

"Your welcome." she says with a smile.

You and Tear eat your food and it's surprisingly good. When you almost finish, red pants and funny hat leave the stall.

"Come again soon!" Mystia calls to them. "Ok, so vendor, that'll be 2 coins each."

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>pay 5 coins, covering mine and Tear's meal and a tip for Mystia.

(I guess that makes us free from paying the everyday food cost)

[Hanged Hourai]

>pay 5 coins, covering mine and Tear's meal and a tip for Mystia.

-5 gold coins

"Thank you! And come again soon."

A little distance out of the stand, Tear talks to you.
"She a diva, but she always has info on the going ons around here. Alright, it's getting dark, think we should go home?"

[Kasu]

> "Yeah.  I doubt that there is really anything else we'll be able to accomplish tonight."
> Head for home.

[Hanged Hourai]

> "Yeah.  I doubt that there is really anything else we'll be able to accomplish tonight."
> Head for home.

The two of you head for home and Tear slips into her room to sleep.

The Next Day

-0 gold for food

Upon walking out of your room, you find Tear waiting for you.
"I got a letter! It's from Meiling! She says she has a gift waiting for you!"

[Kasu]

> "Cool.  You coming too, or do you have plans?"
> Get our inventory gathered.

[Hanged Hourai]

> "Cool.  You coming too, or do you have plans?"
> Get our inventory gathered.

"Nah, I've got businesss to attend to. Have fun though."

You get all your stuff together in the cart and head outside.

[Kasu]

> Head for the Scarlet Devil Mansion, while keeping an eye out for potentially sellable items.

[Hanged Hourai]

> Head for the Scarlet Devil Mansion, while keeping an eye out for potentially sellable items.

You head for the SDM. On the way, you find an empty bucket.

+1 bucket

Upon arrival, Meiling greets you happily.

"Hi there! Remember the needle and thread I bought? I made this for you."

She holds up a pillow with pink flower stitching. It looks very nicely made.

"I wanna give you this as a thank-you."

[Kasu]

> "It looks great!  Thanks!"
> Accept the pillow.

[Hanged Hourai]

> "It looks great!  Thanks!"
> Accept the pillow.

+1 pillow

"I also got news that the house enjoyed having you around before. I'm gonna guess that in a few days, they'll invite you back." she said with a smile. "But, I shouldn't really be seen talking with you about this, so I'll get back to my duties. Bye!"

You wave to her and walk off to the village path.

[Kasu]

> Head for the village.
> List of known unexplored areas.

[Hanged Hourai]

> Head for the village.
> List of known unexplored areas.

You walk towards the village.

All areas discovered have been explored except for the village.

After a while of walking, you see the village in the distance and hurry towards it. You arrive at the entrance to the village and immediately see a schoolhouse and market stalls.

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Side note, I wanna work on my new fic, so I may not be able to update this game as often as I have. Sorry. :ohdear:

[Kasu]

S'all good.

> Is the school in session?

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

Aww... at least reply once a day, little doll :<

[Hanged Hourai]

> Is the school in session?

There is no one around the school, so everyone is either in, or school's out.

[Kasu]

> Head towards the market area.

[Hanged Hourai]

> Head towards the market area.

You walk over towards the market area. Many vendors are selling goods out of stalls or out of baskets. People walk past you without noticing. From here, you see many people hawking goods for medicine and food and the like. As you look around, you see poor people begging for change.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Observe the merchants, their wares, look for anything interesting, eye-catching

[Hanged Hourai]

>Observe the merchants, their wares, look for anything interesting, eye-catching

You look up and down the row of vendors. Out of the corner of your eye, you see someone selling mushrooms, the same kind Marisa has.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Examine that person

[Hanged Hourai]

>Examine that person

The vendor is a tall, thin man with tan clothes and a white apron. He stands by a wheelbarrow filled with mushrooms and yells to passerby about how great they are.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"I guess I should ask Marisa about this kind of vendor"
>Any wanted posters? Information, hints about the Thief?

[Hello Purvis]

>Does the guy's stand have any more information, such as a name?

[Hanged Hourai]

>"I guess I should ask Marisa about this kind of vendor"
>Any wanted posters? Information, hints about the Thief?

Looking around, you see a flyer about the thief

Wanted: Unnamed Thief
1000 coin reward for capture
No description is available, but he is known to be very dangerous. If you have any information about the thief, contact authorities.

>Does the guy's stand have any more information, such as a name?

You would need to talk to him to find out more.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

... not much we can do really in this case.
>Act like a proper merchant, make a little stand using my cart, offer my wares for sale to villagers.

[Hanged Hourai]

... not much we can do really in this case.
>Act like a proper merchant, make a little stand using my cart, offer my wares for sale to villagers.

You open your cart to passerby, but no one really takes notice of you. A little while into it, you hear a voice from behind you.

"That's not really how you're supposed to do it."

You turn around and see the mushroom vendor standing behind you with a smile on his face.

[Hello Purvis]

G'dammit Smoku, you gotta have some class when doing this stuff.

>Look to Mushroom Man. "It was an experiment. Trying to see if something blatantly different would attract more attention simply for standing out. Not cutting into your share too much, I hope?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>Look to Mushroom Man. "It was an experiment. Trying to see if something blatantly different would attract more attention simply for standing out. Not cutting into your share too much, I hope?"

"No no, not at all. I just saw you looking at my stand a while back. Hand-picked mushrooms. Was there something you wanted to say?"