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trans_92011-08-08 07:22 pm
thewunderkind) wrote in trans_92011-08-08 07:22 pm
The Awesomeporium is Open for Business! [Open]
Lash couldn't complain about her life on the ship. In fact, if asked, she might have regarded it as 'pretty good'. In the time she had been there, she had become a Power Ranger (in the brightest of yellow colors), become friends with a rather colorful cast (not that she'd admit it out loud) and even really, really liked a guy (not that she'd admit that out loud either).
During the attack on Galilee, Lash and Zetta had used the distraction to go around and steal--er prolong borrowed some of the items in the nearby shopping mall. It was only fair, considering what they had been put through! Not that neither really cared about morals anyway.
After taking their share, they found themselves with a rather large amount of items and strange knicknacks that might interest the rest of of the ship's fine citizens. Maybe not enough clothing to dress everyone up or to give them a pair of fitting shoes, but she was sure someone could appreciate a new shirt or two, or use them for rags or other creative uses they could find. Therefore their next part of the plan came into motion; if they built it, the others would come.
One of the city's many abandon buildings had been getting fixed and patched up the last few days since their arrival, an old store getting a second lease on life. Only, you know, this one involved demons and afro girls and stolen merchandise. But it was okay! This wasn't going to be a purchasing store, but a bartering one. In between their talks, meets and crashing a prom in the best of ways, they'd managed to get a very crude and badly painted "THE AWESOMEMPORIUM" in dripping red paint over the building front. One of the windows also had the rules, also painted with the same brushstrokes;
1) Find stuff you like
2) Exchange it to us for stuff and service you have
3) We have the right to refuse any deals
4) No Zedds allowed
Truthfully, both Wunderkind and Overlord had very little use of extra materials they might get in return, being people of simple needs. However, just giving items away would label them as being too nice. Turning stolen goods into a store and hiding behind a bartering system? Now that was much more devious. Besides, maybe they'd end up with some pretty cool items and tools in exchange, or having half of the ship owe them favors. Both were prospects interesting enough to follow.
Inside, the store was brightly lit thanks to Lash's repairing skills and Zetta's Merchant Minions (which Lash fondly liked to call Sonja Jr's) walked around the shop, tending to to the shelves and making sure everything looked presentable. Everything was in sections, with the same red paint just put on the shelves (lacking proper materials for labeling) so people would know what they were exchanging for.
Most of the time, Dog, Lash's alien green caterpillar dog was in the store, being lazy behind the counter. Dog was looking abnormally fat lately, barely moving around. The counter sometimes had Lash standing there working on fixing an item, a book lazying around, sometimes the both of them, or sometimes just a merchant minion standing there when neither of them where available. Rest assured, they'd find out what you traded when they were gone.
And just to make sure it could easily be found, one of Galilee's fabulous floating fountains now stood in front, hovering for no real reason that it was built that way. Sometimes you could find Lash was riding in it on a good day or early in the morning.
[[OOC info - this is the list of things that Lash and Zetta have available (one item is slightly unsafe for work). The list will be constantly updated depending on what your characters want and what they exchange for it. Sometimes the bartered stuff might end up on the list if neither of them have use for it.]]
During the attack on Galilee, Lash and Zetta had used the distraction to go around and steal--er prolong borrowed some of the items in the nearby shopping mall. It was only fair, considering what they had been put through! Not that neither really cared about morals anyway.
After taking their share, they found themselves with a rather large amount of items and strange knicknacks that might interest the rest of of the ship's fine citizens. Maybe not enough clothing to dress everyone up or to give them a pair of fitting shoes, but she was sure someone could appreciate a new shirt or two, or use them for rags or other creative uses they could find. Therefore their next part of the plan came into motion; if they built it, the others would come.
One of the city's many abandon buildings had been getting fixed and patched up the last few days since their arrival, an old store getting a second lease on life. Only, you know, this one involved demons and afro girls and stolen merchandise. But it was okay! This wasn't going to be a purchasing store, but a bartering one. In between their talks, meets and crashing a prom in the best of ways, they'd managed to get a very crude and badly painted "THE AWESOMEMPORIUM" in dripping red paint over the building front. One of the windows also had the rules, also painted with the same brushstrokes;
1) Find stuff you like
2) Exchange it to us for stuff and service you have
3) We have the right to refuse any deals
4) No Zedds allowed
Truthfully, both Wunderkind and Overlord had very little use of extra materials they might get in return, being people of simple needs. However, just giving items away would label them as being too nice. Turning stolen goods into a store and hiding behind a bartering system? Now that was much more devious. Besides, maybe they'd end up with some pretty cool items and tools in exchange, or having half of the ship owe them favors. Both were prospects interesting enough to follow.
Inside, the store was brightly lit thanks to Lash's repairing skills and Zetta's Merchant Minions (which Lash fondly liked to call Sonja Jr's) walked around the shop, tending to to the shelves and making sure everything looked presentable. Everything was in sections, with the same red paint just put on the shelves (lacking proper materials for labeling) so people would know what they were exchanging for.
Most of the time, Dog, Lash's alien green caterpillar dog was in the store, being lazy behind the counter. Dog was looking abnormally fat lately, barely moving around. The counter sometimes had Lash standing there working on fixing an item, a book lazying around, sometimes the both of them, or sometimes just a merchant minion standing there when neither of them where available. Rest assured, they'd find out what you traded when they were gone.
And just to make sure it could easily be found, one of Galilee's fabulous floating fountains now stood in front, hovering for no real reason that it was built that way. Sometimes you could find Lash was riding in it on a good day or early in the morning.
[[OOC info - this is the list of things that Lash and Zetta have available (one item is slightly unsafe for work). The list will be constantly updated depending on what your characters want and what they exchange for it. Sometimes the bartered stuff might end up on the list if neither of them have use for it.]]
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"All right, I think I can make use of some of that. What're you interested in?"
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"Basic hygiene materials such as shaving equipment, toothbrushes and the like," he said, rubbing his chin. "Food that doesn't taste like absolute shit would be nice, too. It's a luxury, I noticed, but it wouldn't hurt to have a little now and then."
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"All right. Take a look and give me some exact numbers, and I'll quote you a price."
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It didn't take him all too long before he mentally created a list that satisfied him. He wasn't sure what his services were worth to the talking book, but he made sure not to ask too much or too little.
"Let's see, fifteen ration cubes, ten packets of the meal gums, one of those razors, a toothbrush, and a pack of cards." He seemed to be thinking about something for a minute before adding: "You wouldn't happen to have toothpaste to go with the toothbrushes, would you?"
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Let's see. That was a pretty decent haul. Luckily, he had an idea! "Here's what I'd like in return. There are a couple people on this ship whose movements we ought to keep track of. The fire one's named Azula; the second one is Lord Zedd. They have interesting and, let's say, checkered histories. It'd be a good thing all around if someone were keeping a covert eye on them, see what they were up to."
This had no downsides! Either he'd get useful information he could use for his own gain, he'd get useful information he could use to make himself look like an awesome Councilor, or he'd get a laugh out of it all going pear-shaped!
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"Azula and Lord Zedd," he repeated, making a mental note of their names. "Anything in particular I should know about them before I start following them around?"
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"Zedd, meanwhile, is some alleged Lord who apparently is the mortal nemesis of everyone's favorite engineer geek and Prism Ranger, Billy. He's actually got a half-decent mana power, even if he comes off as incompetent. Not that I think it's the case, but I wanna make sure he's not just faking idiocy while preparing some ultimate plan that will make everyone's lives more inconvenient for a while."
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"Sounds like these two will make great distractions," Henry replied with a small smile. "What do these two look like? A brief description would be helpful."
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"Zedd..." The book looked meaningfully at the interior sign that said 'No Zedds'. Beneath it hung a picture.
"Like that, except he got the googly eyes off somehow."
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"He seems easy enough to recognize." He looked amused, and stared at the picture for a while, trying to figure out what exactly this man was. Looked like a man who just got all his skin ripped off his body. Quite grotesque, indeed. "The googly eyes are quite fitting. Very nice touch."
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It wouldn't do to not know the name of your employer.
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He didn't mention that he was a Councilor. It was common knowledge, but he could use the omission in his favor no matter how this guy took it.
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