>>33768453
>Head back to the store and open shop?
Let's sell some stuff. Time to take our mind off things and enjoy our job.

>>33768453
>Head back to the store and open shop?

oh, and is it just this one or is pastebin down?

>>33768497
Yeah, looks like it.

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>>33768453
Racketeer Quest! FUCK YEAH!

>Head back to the store and open shop

Tomorow we'll shop for weapons

We've been spending a lot, though. It's not because we made three good sales we can start spending money on luxury.

>>33768453
>Keep looking around the market for stock?
cheap rings, weapons or armor

So it makes more sense when we sell more expensive stuff.

>>33768619
Well, I can't check the paste now, but do we have the cash to buy more stock?

>>33768453
Picking your way along the quiet streets, you make it back to the store soon enough. The empty store doesn't respond to your greeting, something which disquiets you a little. It's been a while since no-one was here to welcome you home.
Pushing the thought aside, you flip the sign on the door to [OPEN] and take up your usual spot behind the bar.

>Gimme some d10's for customers!

Rolled 4

>>33768719

Rolled 6

>>33768719
Yeah!

Rolled 3

>>33768719
NAGI TIME

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>>33768719
We should really keeps tab on our employees better.

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>>33768719
>FIRST CUSTOMER

The bell above the door tinkles gently, and a familiar face wanders into the store.

"Morning." He nods his greeting.

>How do you greet him?

>>33768904
hi! need anything?

>>33768904
>"Hello"
>Bright smile
>"How can I help you?"

>>33768904
Wasn't he supposed to stay away for a while? Ah well, ask what we can so for him.

>>33768904
"Hi Caillou!" You smile happily. "How can I help you?"

He grimaces as he begins his explanation. "I find myself in need... For my experiments, I need some water shrooms, the kind that only grow in dungeons. I cannot proceed until I have them."

Water shrooms? Hmm, you don't have any in stock, but you're pretty sure you know which mushrooms he's talking about. You've spotted them growing here and there on your visits.

>?

>>33768945
Well, we can offer him to have the priest try to keep the Inquisitor away from him.

>>33769017
Offer to go collect some for him, sounds like a nice and tranquil dungeon-visit to me!

>>33769017
ask him how soon he needs them and in what quantity, then go fetch some ready for him tomorrow?

>>33769017
Sounds good.

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>>33769017
"I'm sorry, I don't have any in stock! But it should be easy enough to get some for you. How many do you need?"

"Hmm, about twenty should do. Though if you can acquire more I will pay for those too."
You do some mental arithmetic. Then lose your count and try again. Then lose count again and resort to the calculator on your counter. Twenty mushrooms isn't a big order, and will probably only get you 1,000Pix. You'll just have to make sure you can pick something else up while you're there!

"Okay, I can manage that! When do you need them by?"

Caillou frowns in discontent at you. "Were you not listening? I need them right now. However long I lack them is time spent not continuing my experiments."

"R-right! Okay, I'll try to get them as soon as possible! Is tomorrow morning good?"

He sighs. "Fine, it will have to do." He leaves the store.

>>33769017
>"Hmm, I see... I don't have any right now, but I can get my hands on rapidly, If you want. Or we could go on a dungeon this afternoon and see what you can collect during the dive"

>"Is the Inquisitor still causing you troubles?"

>>33769095
Maan, have some patients Caillou.

>>33769110
I think he already does. How else does he perform experiments?

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>>33769110
>have some patients Caillou.
read as "panties"... wouldn't be surprised if he was into that

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>>33769095
After his departure, a man arrives with a delivery of clothes from Percival. You thank the man and show him where to drop the crate of clothing ready to be sorted later.

Shortly after that, your next customer appears.

>SECOND CUSTOMER

"Yo!" The big man strolls into the store, "how's it going? Just thought I'd stop by to see how you're doing!"

So he says, but he's definitely eyeing up the patched-up clothing in your window display.

>How do you greet him?

>>33769187
"Looking for a gift for someone?"

>>33769187
>Ah, welcome! Things are going well, what can I help you with?

>>33769210
>patched up clothing
>gift
C'mon... I'm not saying we wouldn't do that, but we wouldn't talk about it in public.

>>33769165
heh

>>33769246
what? No, I meant-

...I'm not sure WHAT you're implying, but I can see where I went wrong.

I MEANT that he might have a brother or sister or something, and since he's poor, this is the best he can get. We aren't supposed to know about the orphanages yet.

>>33769187
"Welcome! I'm glad to see you actually came. Everything's going well in here, though I could use some more customers. Ehe. Is there anything I can help you with?"

He scratches the back of his neck. "Haha, nah. I was just gonna take a look around. See what ya got, y'know?"

>Remind him of his 10% discount?
>Help him look around your stores?
>Let him look himself, strike up a conversation instead?

>>33769331
>Help him look around your stores?
Can't sit behind the counter all day.

>>33769187
>"Welcome, Mister!"
>Bright smile

remember we promised him a 10% discount on the first item he buys

>>33769331
>Remind him of his 10% discount?
>Help him look around your stores?

>>33769331
>Help him look around your stores?
Sure, why not.

>>33769331
>Remind him of his 10% discount?
and say that he's a nice mister

>>33769331
>Remind him of his 10% discount?
>>Let him look himself, strike up a conversation instead

See if he want a job as dungeon diver

>>33769372
oh right, this. Definitely this. Mention needing help finding mushrooms. Sounds innocent enough.

If we got the Tielle plothook, he'd be in the palm of our hands, but owell.

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>>33769331
You hop down off your stool and walk around the counter to help him look around the store. "That offer of a 10% discount still stands, you know! Since you're such a nice person."

"Oh, haha. That's real nice of you. Really, I do appreciate it."
You start to show him some of the items you have on offer and guide him around. Very quickly though, you notice that he seems to be shying away from anything expensive. In fact, he seems to be specifically only looking at the things that are only a few hundred pix tops.

>Ask him what his budget is?
>Let him choose for himself?

As he continues looking, you idly ask him a few innocent questions. "So what do you do for a living?"

"Hmm? Oh, I do odd jobs here an' there. If someone needs somethin' doing, I'll give it a go if I can!"

"That sort of sounds like something an adventurer would do."

"Haha yeah well that's good. Since I am one."

Your eyes widen at the claim. "Really? So you go into dungeons and stuff?"

"Not really. Ya need a sponsor to get through the gates an' no-one ever seems to want to bring me." He shrugs.

>?

>>33769595
>Let him choose for himself?
>Ask if he wants to go adventuring now, since we need some materials from dungeons.

>>33769595
>Ask him what his budget is?

>tell him we need someone for dungeon diving

>>33769595
Offer some bargain bin stuff

>"Not really. Ya need a sponsor to get through the gates an' no-one ever seems to want to bring me." He shrugs.
money signs appear on Recette's eyes.

>>33769595
>"Can I ask you how much you want to spend, if it's not indiscrete?"

>"Well, I've heard there's another way to enter dungeons..."

Possible deniability Yay!

>>33769595
"If... you don't mind me asking, how much did you have to spend today?"

"Aaah, well. Nothing, really. I sort of don't have anything spare. I just spent the last of my money on gifts."

"Gifts? Who for?"

"Well, the kids at the orphanage. I owe the place, so I stop by when I can with presents for the kids."

"Wow!" you exclaim. "You really are super nice!" He scratches the back of his neck again, laughing gently.

"Well, I try."

Seeing a chance, you bring up the mushroom order. "Say, would you like to help me with a job? I need to go into the dungeons soon to get some mushrooms for a customer. I'd love to have you along!"

His eyes go wide. "Yeah! Yeah I'd love to! When are you leaving?"

>?

>>33769773
Eh, we can leave soon. Let's give him time to collect his gear while we close up shop and tell people where we're going. Speaking of, where is everyone?

>>33769773
Tomorrow!
Do we have any gear to lend him?

Also, do we invite Allouette/Louie?
He might still be bitter, and mess up our relationship with Elan, but...?

>>33769796
>Implying even moody Louie could disrupt Elan
Please anon

>>33769773
hmm, today at sundown, taking the passage?
or should we do it sooner and legit?

>>33769810
Maybe we should try it legit for once.

>>33769810
We should definitely handle this legit.We don't want to scare off elan.

>>33769825
>>33769834
so that means that we need to spend this afternoon accompanying him for the license test.

>>33769850
Might make for a good experience.
Maybe make it tomorrow though, I don't know if we want to do it now when no-one's around here to watch the store/tell them we're going there.

Elan is already an adventurer. Each pass into the dungeons is accompanied by an entrance fee though, hence the need for a sponsor.

Whatever happened to going dungeon diving with Allouette and Louie?

>>33769880
ahh, alright, my mistake.

>>33769883
I guess we're mushroom hunting at the same time

Okay, unless there are protests, we're arranging to go diving after lunch!

Speaking of lunch, I'm really hungry.

>>33769937
Why don't you eat lunch?

>>33769950
Because his diet consists entirely of Port.

>>33769962
And also bacon.

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>>33769773
"My customer wanted them by tomorrow morning, so I was going to go this afternoon. Would after lunch be good?"

"Definitely! I'm ready to go right now if you are!"

You smile, "great! Meet me back here after lunchtime then and we'll get going!"

He nods eagerly, then quickly exits the store.

Following his departure, the store remains quiet for some time. One old man visits and buys your rusty old dagger, claiming to need a tool for something, but other than that you get no custom.

Just as you hear the bells tolling lunchtime, however, the door swings inwards.

>THIRD CUSTOMER

>(How) Do you greet him?

>>33770010
Hey Louie! Doing fine? No injuries?

>>33770010
Store-face comes on.

>>33770010
a surprised "Louie!?"
followed by a monotone "welcome to recettar, what can i do for you?"

>>33770010
>"Hello!"
>Bright smile
>"how may I help you?"

Also, he needs to give our equipment back. But let's be polite first

>>33770010
You steel yourself and greet him as if he were any other customer. "Hello! What can I do for you today?"

Louie steps over the threshold. "H-hey Recette. Listen, uh. I brought some stuff back that I borrowed from you." He swings the thick metal shield from his back and rests it against your counter, then proceeds to unbuckle his sword belt. "And. Well, since I was here, Alouette wanted to know when you two were going to go into the dungeons together."
He begins to unlace the leather plates on his chest and shoulders as he continues. "She was wondering if you still wanted to go at all."

>?

>>33770336
Tell him that we're still on, I suppose.

>>33770336
Tell him he can keep the gear for now, he can pay us back later, and tell him we're going to go to the dungeons after lunch, he and Alouette are welcome to come along.

>>33770336
I was planning on inviting you two right now, as a matter of fact.

>>33770415
>Tell him he can keep the gear for now
I think Alouette's got him covered for his gear, better ones too.

>>33770336
Seconding >>3377041 & >>33770422

I say we let him keep the sword and shield, they've served him and us well.

>>33770444
It's not about the material value of them anon, its about the meaning and sentimental value of them, he says we never gave him anything, we say we gave him the tools to take and shape his life, to live, survive and fight for himself.

>>33770336
Didn't think you'd want to come here. Did she make you?

>>33770460 here, derp, meant to second >>33770415

>>33770422
Seconding this

I say we take the gears. Refusing would imply we still care about him.

>>33770460
let's not keep ties with Louie, please

Uh. Looks like a tie between letting him keep the gear and taking it from him?

Turning it to a proper vote just to be sure.

[ ]Let him keep the gear.
[ ]Take the gear back.

>>33770658
>[ ]Let him keep the gear.

>>33770625
>let's not keep ties with Louie, please
why not? he might not work for us, but thats no reason why we should burn that bridge, he can still be a friend, and god knows with our ambitions we're going to need some

>>33770658
Take it back AFTER the dungeon dive. It's not about the money at this point, but the principle of the matter, and if him having the gear still benefits us, then he can keep it for now.

>>33770658
>[x]Take the gear back.

>>33770625
>Refusing would imply we still care about him.
I think that's the idea. Better that he thinks that, isn't it? After all, that gives us a bridge between ourselves and Alouette.

>>33770658
>[ ]Let him keep the gear.

>>33770625
>Refusing would imply we still care about him.
Sure he made his call to stop working for us and go join Alouette, but that does not instantly make us a petty vindictive heartless husk.

Capitalism does that, and we're not anywhere near capitalist enough for that yet.

>>33770658
>[ ]Take the gear back.

>>33770658
[ ]Take the gear back.

>>33770658
>[x]Let him keep the gear.
Boons > dosh.

>>33770720
>>33770766
>>33770799
you all make shitty capitalists, don't even know the value of a good investment >>33770692 is on the right directions but not good enough

>>33770658
>[ ]Let him keep the gear.

Are you guys sure that Louie won't take it as pity or an attempt at buttering him up?

>>33770806
>Boons > dosh.
Indeed anon, you gotta build those foundations otherwise all that CAPITALISM comes crashing down around you, gotsa be smarts.

>>33770755
>>33770733
>>33770692

From a purely economic standpoint, taking the gear back now would increase the chance of them being in working order, and Alouette will certainly provide Louie with something better.

From a personal standpoint, I'm not saying we get hostile or even mean. I just say that, as far as Louie is concerned, any relationship can only be purely professional. Alouette and her fairy, on the other hand, are aquaintances, and perhaps can become friends if they want to.

Question: we're doing an official dungeon dive, with the paying entrance fee, right?

>>33770834
Nah, I say we say something like
>>33770460
>he says we never gave him anything, we say we gave him the tools to take and shape his life, to live, survive and fight for himself.

>>33770850
>any relationship can only be purely professional.
You would make a terrible friend. We can still be friends after all this, we just have to not be cunts about it.

Also, I kind of want to partner up with Alouette (or expand and absorb her) when we start getting older and more ambitious, if we are going to take over from Terme, with or without his help and blessings, then we're going to need allies and friends, people we can trade with and business partners.

>>33770825
>>33770844

How could letting the guy keep those gears be a good investment?

At best, he will use them, and this will damage them, decreasing their values.

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>>33770336
"Keep the gear for now," you say. He stops unlacing long enough to stare at you in a light state of shock. "You can give it back later." A difficult expression forms on his face, he tries to take in your meaning.
"I'm actually going into the dungeons this very afternoon! You two are more than welcome to come along! I'll be leaving right after lunch. And if you do come, you might as well have your gear until we get back safely right?"

"Right- yeah, right okay." He laces the plate back on, then picks his sword and shield back up, then nods his thanks to you. He looks away. "I guess, I'll see you after lunch then." You agree, and he swiftly makes his way out of the store.

Right! Lunchtime!

>Rustle up a good snack.
>Cook some real food for everyone to eat when they get back.
>Go out for lunch.

>>33770882
>Also, I kind of want to partner up with Alouette (or expand and absorb her) when we start getting older and more ambitious, if we are going to take over from Terme, with or without his help and blessings, then we're going to need allies and friends, people we can trade with and business partners.

I agree with this

>We can still be friends after all this, we just have to not be cunts about it.

We can. I don't want to.

>>33770898
>Cook some real food for everyone to eat when they get back.
Might as well.

>>33770898
>>Cook some real food for everyone to eat when they get back.

Something that can be eaten a long time after being prepared. At worse, it'll still be good for dinner.

>>33770883
It is not a pure profit investment anon, its an emotional personal one, one we can call on in the future, for greater profit and aid.

Jesus Christ its like your not even capitalist.

>>33770898
>>Cook some real food for everyone to eat when they get back.

>>33770901
>We can. I don't want to.
Don't want to what? Be a cunt or be friends?

>>33770898
>Cook some real food for everyone to eat when they get back.

>>33770834
Doesn't matter. If he wants to forget us that badly, he can get rid of the things on his own rather than use us as an excuse. Keep it, sell it, burn it, he can do what he likes, but we're not helping him do THAT.

>>33770898
>>Cook some real food for everyone to eat when they get back.

>>33770926
Be friends with Louie. It's purely personal, but I don't like the guy.

>It is not a pure profit investment anon, its an emotional personal one, one we can call on in the future, for greater profit and aid.

I see your point, but you can't quantify emotional investment, so you cannot have an emotional capital.

>>33770972
Hey, those things are ours and they're worth good money.

>>33771005
>I see your point, but you can't quantify emotional investment, so you cannot have an emotional capital.
Yes you can, clearly you've never met a competitive investment banker.

You treat emotional investments, the people you make those ties with, as individual savings accounts, and when the market is right, you can further your investment, or call upon it.

>>33771015
If you played Recettear, you'd know that the short path to profit is by far the least profitable.

>>33771039

Speaking of which, I had an idea:

What if we take more mushroom than necessary, and we keep one to start a 'shroom farm?

I know it supposedly only grow on dungeons, but at worst we can experiment why it does so and recreate the conditions.

>>33771406
What do you think Caillou is doing?

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>>33770898
You wouldn't want anyone to go hungry just because they're not here right now. You're sure they'll be back soon enough, and if not... well, you could always make something that can be heated back up for dinner later.

Some time later, you've eaten your fill and left the rest on covered plates at the table, along with a note explaining to the others that you'll be out for the afternoon. Right on time, Elan appears at the store's window, waiting patiently for you. As you're locking up the store, however, you realize that only you and Tear actually have keys to the store. Well, you'll just have to hope Tear gets back before Charme or Euria.

You look to Elan. "Uh... I thought you were going to get your gear?" He looks confused at your question. He's standing before you in the exact same clothes with no weapons or armor in sight.

"I did," he says. He rolls up his sleeve to reveal a wooden armband with some pattern scored in, and shows you a lucky charm around his neck. "Can't be going into danger without these!"

...You decide not to inquire further and depart the store.

Louie and Alouette are waiting for you at the Adventurer's Guild.

"Ohohoho," Alouette laughs aloud as she sees you approach. "I see you have once again chosen to employ the lowest adventurer plebeian you could find!"

>Let the jibe go?

You're standing before the Adventurer's Guild now. The entry fee, dependent on the reputation of the adventurers passing through, is currently set at 1,000Pix for each of the boys.

>Pay the fee for both?
>Ask Alouette to pay?
>Split the fee fairly?

>>33771431
>Let the jibe go?
yep, let her insult to Louie go unsaid

>Split the fee fairly?

>>33771431
>Let the jibe go?
>Split the fee fairly?

>>33771431
>Let the jibe go?
Maybe a sarcasmic glance at Louie, but nothing more.

>Split the fee fairly?

How much Elan ask for, by the way?

>>33771517
He hasn't asked. But really, anything we offer him will be met with gratitude.

Getting public opinion on our side is only a bonus.

>>33771431
>Pay the fee for both?
WE are bringing HER to the dungeons, remember? Show some good faith to our future profitable friend.

>>33771431
>>Let the jibe go?
Those under my empoly might not have very impressive past, but they seem grow into better future and higher demand fast enough.

You're after our sloppy seconds, bitch.

>>Split the fee fairly?
Well, duh, what else.

>>33771431
>That's not very nice
Don't mention how it's not nice to Louie specifically, though.

>>33771551
Technically, we just agreed to let her chose her part of the loot first. And to let her lead the way

>>33771649
>Technically
People who start sentences with that word are always well liked.

>>33771757
I take offense at that. When used in idle observations or to make jokes, technically is a great word!

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>>33771431
You opt to let her little jibe pass, instead choosing to raise an eyebrow and slowly look from her to Louie, then holding his gaze until he realizes that he's just been insulted, not you. Then you look back to Alouette. "Well, I'm heading in my my new friend," you emphasis your choice of word. "You're welcome to follow us!" You smile as you pass her by into the Adventurer's Guild.

The process of entering the dungeon takes way, way longer than you'd anticipated, with how you end up having to fill out a whole bunch of paperwork stating who you are, why you want to loot the dungeons, which adventurers you're acquainted with and other pointless information the Guild probably doesn't need to know. Elan helps you through the whole thing though, and you suspect this would've taken you hours if you'd had to go through this alone.

Still, after a grueling twenty minutes, you're accepted as a valid Sponsor within the Guild and permitted to pass the portal gate and into the Living Dungeons beyond.

Once more, Louie and Alouette are already there, waiting patiently for you to catch up.
The superior smirk on Alouette's face gives you a rather foreboding feeling that this only marks the beginning of how this jaunt is going to roll.

>>33771431
>Let the jibe go?
Glance towards Louie, then back at Aloutte.

>Split the fee fairly?

And that's it for now. Thank you all for reading!

The rest of the thread is open to debate and discussion, and for Q&A! Beside that, I hope you all had fun and I hope to see you all again same time next week!

>>33772098
thanks for running!

Rolled 43

>>33772098
Thanks for running.

>>33772098
Thanks for the thread OP

>>33772098
Thanks for running!

Being honnest is hard

>>33772098
Kinda short thread, but whatever.

Thanks OP.
WHENS NAHGEE[/spoiller]

>>33772098
Aww, missed it.
Thakns for running!

Why do I have a bad feeling that the bitch is going to fuck us over somehow? Also, we should ask our adventurer what that charm of his does.

>>33772181
Nagi is random. Purely random. she is but a leaf in the wind.

>>33778071
Nagi?

>>33775823
She probably is. And it'll turn out to be completely inconsequential because both she and recette are adorable and so is their rivalry.