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 Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 8:14 am
Barter and Haggle
Prompt 2
Can be used toward Solo or RP req
Lately, the local market places have been filled with new traders offering their wares. It seem as if many across the land are trying their hand at selling clothing, weapons, and trinkets. With so many new faces, now is the best time to go to the market and barter for the best prices.
So go ahead and grab your goods or grab your gold and take a shot at bartering.
This prompt can be played from either side: your character can be the merchant, or can be looking to purchase an item. Groups can RP with both characters on the same side, or trying to barter with each other. || You can also use this opportunity to test out the new Item Crafting system!
|| If you use an item that you have successfully crafted with the new system (you do not need to have customized the item) as the item in your prompt, you will earn 15exp in addition to the versatile point. Please provide a link to the crafting thread in your character's first post.
|| If you choose to craft an item for the event, the attempt must have been done after the prompt opened (February 8th), and all requirements must be complete for it to count.
|| As always, the crafting system is intended for stage 2+. Younglings and prentices will not be able to try for the extra exp.
|| If you choose not to use a crafted item, you will only receive the versatile point credit.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:39 pm
Sakhile was a bit jealous of his friends new clothes. As much as Alos complained about how much heavier they were and he didn’t like the colors and wanted his shifter styled clothing back… he still wore them! Probably because they’re so fancy. Sakhile looked at his plain shirt and pants and sighed. He wanted to dress up too! Growing up in a theater meant he’d always worn good clothing; often times his mother would buy or have made really fancy or gaudy clothing for him. He did love to dress up! But for the trip he’d left those behind, figuring they’d attract unwanted attention. But now they were stayingin Belpol for a while for training and that meant he was wearing boring clothing and was not getting attention except for the bad kind. He eyed the much lighter bag of crystals and coins his mother had given him to pay for things on his trip and sighed. To get more than one nice set he’d need more! Unless… Were there used clothing stores about?
He smiled and grabbed his bag and headed out. His theater made extra coin by selling the old costumes that they no longer used. Why would other countries not do the same? This place was the storage place for most merchants who traveled from Oba to the rest of Tendaji and for Tendajian merchants to store things as well! There were plenty of dance halls and... ‘dance’ halls so there ought to be a store that sold second hand clothing! Where else would the street walkers get their fancy clothing? And where there were second hand stores, there would be cheaper cloth stores. He could always just make himself an outfit!
Out in the mid-day heat he was sweating but it was bearable; compared to the humidity of the jungle this dry heat was nothing! Still took a lot out of him but not miserable to live in. He headed towards the less savory side of town. Cheap but good would be there guaranteed! And maybe with a shield on his back and long dagger at his side he’d be in less danger. He just had to hope that there wouldn’t be any hybrid haters or arrogant sour Obans to deal with this time! As he walked he looked at the buildings; stacked on top of one another to make fake thick trees of buildings. It wasn’t… ugly. Just different. He doubted they would appreciate it he climbed them like trees though! Smiling at that thought he headed towards one shop at the bottom of one such stacks of buildings. It had a faded sign that held a roll of cloth and a spool of thread upon it. That ought to be a cloth store right? Or a clothing one?
It was indeed both. Inside, dust motes floating in the bright beams of sunlight that lit the gloomy interior, were boxes of cloth. He looked around but could not spot a person inside… shrugging he went to look at the contents. Some, he wrinkled his nose, had very obvious damage done to them. Guess this is where people come to drop off the clothing of people they mug in alleyways, he thought with bitter amusement. One long tunic had several large knife holes in it. At least they were cleaned with out blood stains!
“Looking fer anythin’ in particular?” A voice drawled from the shadows in the back.
“Better clothing than what I have now.” He replied with a bright smile. “I only packed drab things… and since I am to stay here for a while figured something with patterns would be nice.”
“Why not go to the brighter markets then lad? Yer not from around here and well...” He saw the shape of shoulders rise and fall.
“Used too much on gear for myself and my friends. So what’s left isn’t enough to pay for too nice of clothing. Besides. I just need a bit of mending to make this work!” He found a few sets that fit his wants. Designs upon the
“Since they are damaged…” He said suggestively.
“They’re clean and without stains.”
He pulled up the cuffs on one shirt and the damaged leg on one showing off the embroidery damage. “It’ll take some effort to get these designs fixed.”
“Cloths still good and sturdy. Can just trim those off.”
“I like the designs…”
“Ye haven’t even herd the price yet.” The man chuckled and hobbled over to the desk, showing the badly wounded side of his face and mutilated leg. “Its 3 coins per piece. And that’s lowering fer the damage.”
Saki had been about to say something but frankly.. he did have that amount…. “Tis a fair deal.” He handed over the last of his coins. “Many thanks!”
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