>>Explain why you can't lower the price. (Pleading)
Start tearing.
Hopefully we can cry loud enough to potentiall attract attention and cause him to hesistate, or at least the thought of kiling a crying little girl would make him think twice

>>30546343
Shiv him and take his money.

>>30546343
>Get out of my shop.

>>30546343
>*sigh* This is why you always carry a shiv.

>>30546343
>>Lower the price.

It's like non of you actually played Recettear

We're probably already asking him for 300% the actual price.

>>30546343
Explain why you can't lower the price. (Pleading)
Tear up, sob story mode engage.

>>30546343
>Explain why you can't lower the price. (Pleading)

If that doesn't work, shiv the fag.

>>30546343
"I- I can't lower it anymore! I'm already barely making a profit! You look at him with puppy-dog eyes. "Mr. Terme is already charging me most of this cost for the 'honor' of selling for him!"

His anger subsides, just a little. "Eh... why should I care how much you're-"

"Please! Please take this price! I won't be able to buy food if you don't!" You try not to cry. You're pretty sure you're doing a good job of not crying. You're not.

"Aaw, damnit! Don't cr- a'right, fine! I'll pay." He hands over the cash, you hand him the pouch full of narcotics, and beam a happy smile at him.

"Thank you so much! Please come again!"

>>30546527
heh, works every time

>>30546527
but if we kill him we get the money And the drugs.

>>30546527
Your satisfied customer leaves the alley, leaving you alone. You turn to follow, to head back home to your hovel in the slums, only to find your path blocked by a small figure. Damn. A witness? You subconsciously reach for your shiv.

A female voice calls out to you. A haughty, dignified voice. You're not sure you like it. "I see Mr. Terme wasn't exaggerating your bartering talents. Perhaps you are the one we need for the job."

>Ask who they are.(Polite)
>Ask who they are.(Demand)
>Ignore them, leave.
>Shiv them. No witnesses.
>Other?

>>30546563
No repeat sales and its major bad to murder someone without permission when you are under the thumb of a crimelord.

>>30546573
>Ask who they are.(Demand)

>>30546573
>>Ask who they are.(Demand)

>>30546573
>Ask who they are.(Polite)

>>30546573
>>Ask who they are.(Demand)

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>>30546343
>>Lower the price.
>mfw

>>30546573
>Shiv them. No witnesses.

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>>30546573
"Hey, who are you?" This is no time to be polite. Your hand stays firm on the bone handle of your shiv.

"Ah, pardon me. My name is Tear of the Terme Finance Company. Specifically, I am Mr. Terme's personal financial adviser. He has apparently taken a liking to you, as he has assigned me to assist you in repaying your debt to our company. As such, I have... acquired... a building that would be more suitable for your purposes."

>Building? What building?
>...Acquired how?
>Suitable for what purpose?

All questions will get answered. This is a social cue to dictate interpersonal relations.

>>30546659
>All questions will get answered. This is a social cue to dictate interpersonal relations.
not sure I understand

>Building? What building?

>>30546728
Sorry. I could've worded that better.
The question you ask first is a clue to Tear as to what your priorities are, thus affecting her opinions of you.

>>30546659
>...Acquired how?

>>30546659
Your hand starts to relax. "Building? What building?"

"It's a small residence on the hill." Tear's wings flicker out from behind her and she lifts into the air to hover a little way in front of your face. "A suitable enough location, near enough to the market that we are not isolated, but far enough away to be unique and noteworthy. From what I could see, it boasted a rather large front room which could easily be converted to a storefront."

"Well... that's great and all, but what do I want that for?"

"For making money." She raises an eyebrow at you, giving you a derisive look. "I should have thought that much would be obvious. With a centralized store, any number of options open themselves. Compared to being a-" she gives you a disgusted look "-peddler."

Okay, that much you can deal with, but how did she 'acquire' such a building?
"By removing the previous owner, obviously. Do not worry yourself with the minor details. He was in debt to the Company anyway, and he shall not be missed by anyone of importance." Her cold statement doesn't fill you with confidence as the newest 'owner' of this building.

>>30546820
With no real further questions, you let the fairy lead you across the city up to the hill to your new home. It's a rather spacious-looking house. You could definitely be comfortable here...
As soon as you go to sit down on one of the comfy-looking chairs in the front room, however, Tear starts talking again.

"Well, first things first, we'll have to move all the furniture to the back rooms. Or sell it all off. Or burn it. It can't stay here, in any case. Once that's done, We can throw up a sign that lets people know we are a merchant store, and the customers should bring themselves."

>Sell the furniture as merchandise.
>Move it all to the back room, keep it for yourself.
>Scrap it all.

"Before we start trading, we should make a visit to the local Merchant Guild," Tear informs you. "They're the, ah, more legal side of the trade. The Master there would like to be informed of any mercantile activity in 'his' city." Her tone is once again derisive.
It's just past midnight, the populace is asleep but will wake up in a few hours. The Merchant Guild is open 24 hours a day, but visiting him at this hour may be rude.

>Visit the Guild Master now.
>Wait until morning. You can skip the morning customer rush.
>Wait until the afternoon, after the stores close. One day won't hurt.

>>30546955
>>Sell the furniture as merchandise.

>>Wait until morning. You can skip the morning customer rush.

>>30546955
Move some of the furniture to the back room, sell off a couple of pieces along with other stock. Once we have other stock.

Visit the Guild Master in the morning, when it's polite. No sense in riling him.

Ask Tear where we can get wholesale goods for our little store.

>>30546955
>>Move it all to the back room, keep it for yourself.

>Wait until morning. You can skip the morning customer rush.

>>30546955
You decide to shift some of the more useless furniture around the front room and make out like it's something worth buying. A few desks and tables you line up as mock counters, and place a few things like candlesticks and cutlery on them, laid out with a few scribbled price tags. You've got no idea how much they're worth, but Tear gives a few numbers so you just go with the flow.

The best furniture, like the really comfy chair, get carried into the back room, where you set up a little personal meeting room.

As you look over the beginnings of your store, you ask the fairy: "Hey, Tear, where do we get... you know, things to sell?"

"Hmm. To begin with? Well, I have my contacts in Terme. We could have a select stock sent our way for a small fee. Though their origins will be questionable at best. Or we can get them through more orthodox methods. Namely, the Merchant Guild, or by trading directly with customers."

You nod as you take in the information. It's still a few hours to dawn, so you head into your back room and take a quick nap on the chair.
Tear wakes you up as the Sun is just cresting the horizon, shining light into the storefront. You take that as your cue to head straight to the Merchant's Guild and introduce yourself.

>>30547174
>Well, I have my contacts in Terme. We could have a select stock sent our way for a small fee. Though their origins will be questionable at best.

Just before this we were selling narcotics in a dark alley. I think we shouldn't give a fuck about their origin as long as they are cheap.

>>30547174
The Guild is a pretty bog standard building. One big, intimidating pair of wooden doors in the front, only a few shuttered windows on the first floor and none on the ground floor. You let yourself in, as the door is open, and find a grumpy looking middle-aged man with a lot of facial hair slouched behind the counter.

"Gnh. Yes, hello. What d'you want, this early in the morning?"

>Introduce yourself. (Casual)
>Introduce yourself. (Polite)
>Introduce yourself. (No-nonsense)
>Let Tear do the talking.

>>30547244
Let's do this politely.

>>30547244
>>Introduce yourself. (No-nonsense)

>>30547244
>Introduce yourself. (No-nonsense)
We've got business to do, he probably does too. Let's get it over with.

>>30547244
>>Introduce yourself. (Polite)

>>30547244
>Introduce yourself. (Polite)
lets try to be nice and use our cuteness to get stuff

>>30547244
Be polite.

>>30547244
Will this quest end up with us trading cute anime costumes in exchange for magical artifacts?

>>30547244
Introduce yourself (Nonsense)

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>>30547244
"Good morning, sir. My name's Recette. This is my friend Tear, of Terme Finance." You state your names, and he nods greeting to you both. "We would like to start a merchant store in the city."

"Nice to meet you both. Thanks for taking the time to meet me. I'd offer to tell you about the mercantile conventions in this city before you set about business, young one, but since you have Tear here, I suspect I don't need to tell you much. But let's get the basics out the way. If it's legal, I own it. If it's not, Mr. Terme does. Don't piss either of us off, and you won't have too much trouble. If you piss off the other merchants, or your customers? Well, that's your problem. At least for most petty squabbles, anyway."

"Now, is there anything I can do for you, or did you just want to exchange pleasantries?"

>The money from last night's drug deals has given you enough cash to get started easily enough, though it can't purchase anything huge.

>Grab some basic stock from
>Focus on Weapons
>Focus on Armor
>Focus on Items
>Grab a bit of everything
>Pleasantries only, head back to the store and open up.

>>30547584
>Grab a bit of everything

>>30547584
>Grab a bit of everything
Get a feel for the market, see what's in demand.

>>30547584
>>Grab a bit of everything
Let's keep our options open.

>>30547584
>Grab a bit of everything
figure out what sells also ask what the going rate for everything is

>>30547584
>Grab a bit of everything

>>30547584
Grab a bit of everything.
You can never be too sure.

>>30547615
>>30547621
>>30547652
>>30547653
>>30547656

>Not going through Tear's connections to acquire goods cheaper to sell for greater profits
Its like you people aren't even jews

>>30547584
You ask to look at his wares, and he shows you to the stores behind the counter. There's a lot of stuff in here, and it's kind of overwhelming. You don't really know what sort of stuff would sell in Pensee, so you just grab a bit of everything. The Guild Master runs it through his till, and it comes up to just under a half of your cash. You pay the man, and hop on the cart he wheels around to take the stuff up to your new store.

It's already late morning by the time you've gotten all the wares set up on the tables. You've missed the morning rush, but there are still a large number of people ambling around town with not much to do, and it will be lunchtime soon.

>You've still got money left. Ask about Tear's contacts.
>Open up shop, get some capitalism going!
>This is boring you. Go grab an early lunch.

>>30547696
Let's ask about Tear's contacts.
Can't run no business without 'em, yo.

>>30547696
>>You've still got money left. Ask about Tear's contacts.

>>30547696
>You've still got money left. Ask about Tear's contacts.
>Open up shop, get some capitalism going!
do both at the same time

>>30547696
>>You've still got money left. Ask about Tear's contacts.

>>30547696
>You've still got money left. Ask about Tear's contacts.
We should only sell goods that cannot possibly be identified. We don't want some broad walking in, picking up a diamond necklace, and recognising it as one that was stolen from her in the first place.

>>30547696
>>30547750
"Ne, Tear, can you ask those contacts of yours for some more stock?"

"Hmm? Oh, of course. It shouldn't take too long to set up. Most will probably have something that needs moving as soon as possible. I could make the deals on my own, if you provide me some coin. That would allow you to stay here and run the store on alone, if you feel confident. Or you could come with me and oversee the transactions?"

>Go with her.
>Open the store.

>>30547820
>>Go with her.

Because we want to know those contacts too not because we don't trust her or anything

>>30547820
>Open the store.

She knows how it works, and she has no reason not to get us the best deals possible.

>>30547820
>Open the store.
What could possibly go wrong?

>>30547820
open the store

>>30547820
>Go with her.

>>30547820
Open the store.
I don't think she'd over-Jew us.

>>30547820
>>Open the store.
Let's get on with making money.

>>30547843
>>30547854
>>30547855
>>30547859

Don't you think it would be a good idea to get introduction to those contacts of hers?

>>30547883
Yeah, but customers don't wait, right?

>>30547883
We can wait for that. Right now, we've got money to make.

>>30547909
It's not like they'll keel over and DIE if they can't buy a fucking candle stick RIGHT NOW.

>>30547820
>Open the store.

>>30547883
Yes, eventually. But not the first time. Let Tear go alone this time to show how we don't have any reason not to trust the people we work with. Come along at a later time and for now remain just "a client" to them. Builds expectations and such!

>>30547909
>>30547916
>>30547957


I was thinking that having the first day as a preparation day wouldn't hurt much but okay

>>30547820
Well, you trust her. Sort of. And it's not like you're in dire need of being associated with criminal elements any time soon. You'll let her do the dirty work for now.
You had her what's left of your money, and she gives you a small fraction back. "This should suffice, thank you." And she flitters out of the door without another word.

You set your sign to OPEN and head back to the bar you've set up as a counter, sitting down and putting your legs up on the bar, awaiting your first customer of your new trade!

>Gimme a D10 for customers!

Rolled 1

>>30547967

Rolled 4

>>30547967
Rolling dice is what I do worst.

Rolled 5

>>30547967

Rolled 1

>>30547967
>>Gimme a D10 for customers!

Here's hoping for the "artist"

Rolled 6

>>30547967

>>30547984
We're getting a fucking little girl for a customer, aren't we?

Rolled 5

>>30547967

First five rolls taken. Hahaha!

jewloli inbound
rip profits

>>30547997
>>30547984
I hope this isn't for the quantity of customers, otherwise we're pretty fucked.

Rolled 1

>>30547967
welp

>>30547967
>FIRST CUSTOMER

A tinkle at the door, you look up to find a little girl wandering into the store and having a look around. She seems... lost. Like she's not really sure what she's looking for in here.

>How do you greet her?

>>30548102
"Buy somethin' or get the fuck out, brat."

>>30548102
Hug her as welcome to our first customer!

>>30548102
"You look pretty suspicious, are you sure you're going to buy something and not rob my store?"

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>>30548102
Stomp her face in

>>30548125
Supporting.

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>>30548102
What do you want?
It would also be neat if our face was in like pic related. What could be wrong about that?

>>30548102
>shiv her
but not really

Just greet her normally and keep an eye on her, little brat might steal something

>>30548102
>>30548125
This,

You guys aren't being adorable...

>>30548351
She's a sub loli. Don't worry about it.

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>>30548102
You grumble to yourself as she wanders about. "Hmm. She looks awful shifty. She better not try to steal anything." By the insulted look on her face, you achieved your aim of making your grumble loud enough for her to hear in the silent store.
"Hey brat. Buy somethin' or get the fuck out."

Her face goes blank, then into a slight frown. Tears well at the corners of her eyes. "You're mean! I'M TELLING MOMMY!" She turns and flees from the store.

Hmm. Maybe you could've handled that better?

>>30548372
Nope. REMOVE LOLI.

>>30548372
JOB WELL DONE.

Hopefully we wont have to deal with her anymore

>>30548372
She was bad for business.
We also don't have to make sure we don't accidentally waifu the loli.

>>30548372
Naw, fuck kids.

>>30548372
I see we're off to a nice start.

>>30548372
Good.

Fucking jew brat.

>>30548413
This is the one quest where you don't need to worry about that.
Fucking jewloli doesn't deserve any kindness.

>>30548454
But that's us.

if you level up the jewloli in the game she actually becomes a good customer


There is one shit-tier customer who never improves and it is that stupid whore artists who comes in to peddle useless shit for outrageous money breaking your combos if you refuse her

>>30548454
How do we know she's a jew yet? Aren't we the marketer here, anyway?

>>30548372
Wait for the MILF to show up and complain.
Charm her panties off.

>we rolled 1 twice in the first 5 rolls

She'll be back guys

>>30548479
>confirmed for never playing the game.

>>30548496
With her mother.

>>30548498
>implying I'm not just acting in character
but I haven't played the game

>>30548372
>SECOND CUSTOMER
The door hasn't even finished slamming shut before it is grasped by an old man. Slightly unsteady, he watches the little girl running away in tears. He shrugs, and enters the store. His clothes look a little worse for wear, and he doesn't seem to be looking around, but simply tottering his way straight to your counter.

>How do you greet him?

>>30548514
greet him politely I guess

>>30548514
"Hello there, sir, how can I help you?"

Shiv him if he looks at us funny.

>>30548514
"Hello sir. Is there anything I can help you with today?"

>>30548514
MAXIMUM POLITENESS
MAXIMUM CUTENESS

>>30548514
What everybody else said, really.

>>30548545
this

>>30548514
Polite. Old men like when young people are polite to them. Makes them feel respected.

>>30548514
Old men go fucking gaga over young girls, turn on the charm and fleece him.

>>30548545
Second

the fucker is going to try to sell some old shit he found in the trash and try to pass it off as a family heirloom, isn't he?

>>30548514
"Hello sir. Is there anything I can help you with today?" You switch on your thousand-watt smile, attempting what you suppose is the normal greeting of a merchant. It seems to be enough, as the old man smiles serenely back at you.

"Ah, good day m'dear. I was hoping you could help me out. M'grandchildren keep pestering me to buy a treasure. Apparently someone of my age should have at least something like that of value." He chuckles lightly.

You're pretty sure you don't have any treasures in store. Though, what exactly is classed as a treasure these days?

>Tell him you have nothing.
>Offer him the broken statue you found in a drawer.
>Offer him the candlestick on display.
>Offer him a piece of old jewelry.
>Other?

>>30548648
The statue!

>>30548648
>Offer him the broken statue you found in a drawer.
Genuine article, pulled from the old ruins of, uh...over there, just got it in so you're the first to see it. You seem like a nice guy, so I'll even slash the price a little!

>>30548648
>>Offer him a piece of old jewelry.

Make up a story about it

>>30548648
>offer him a candlestick shoved into a broken statue with a jewel atop it.
Claim it's modern art, and that it is a metaphorical treasure which might look like it belongs in the trash, but will actually make him look very impressive.

>>30548648
>>Offer him the broken statue you found in a drawer.
How else are we going to hand this garbage off?

>>30548648
>>Offer him the broken statue you found in a drawer.

Everyone knows statues are treasures.

>>30548648
>Offer him the broken statue you found in a drawer.
"This is exactly what you need! This thing is ancient, you can clearly see the wear of time on its surface. Perfect way to start a story time!"

>>30548648
>Offer him the broken statue you found in a drawer.
It's practically an ancient Greek statue! I mean, it was made on the same planet, at some point in the past, that's close! Gotta expect some small deviations at your price-range, you know?

>>30548648
Kids love JEWelry, why not go with it?

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>>30548648
You desperately look around the stock you have on display, then notice something stick out from under the bar. Aha! "I think I have just the thing, sir!" you tell him excitedly, pulling out the golden statue and plonking it on the table. This earns an 'oooh' from the old man, a great start to the pitch!
"This is the genuine article! This thing is ancient, as you can see from the wear of time on its surface! And it's real gold, too. And everyone knows gold doesn't tarnish except after a really, REALLY long time!" Actually, gold doesn't tarnish at all. This isn't gold. But he doesn't need to know that, right? It's shiny enough.
"And you seem like a wise customer, so I'll even slash the price a little! It'll make a great start to story time!"

"Alright," he says energetically, "that suits me just fine! How much for this treasure?"

Err. You don't know what it's really worth. Probably nothing. And how much does a real treasure sell for, anyway? He seems pretty eager for it, so you might be able to get away with...

>Charge him what you used to make in a day.
>Charge him what you used to make in a week.
>Charge him an extortionate amount.

>>30548902
>Charge him what you used to make in a week.
I call bullshit. Where's our standardised price list?

>>30548902
>Charge him what you used to make in a week.
Don't get too greedy. This'll be enough to start us off right.

>>30548902
>Charge him what you used to make in a week.

>>30548902
>Charge him what you used to make in a day.
Remember: Build customer relations, THEN you start raking in the cash because everyone loves you.

>>30548902
>Charge him what you used to make in 4 days.
Why not compromise? I'm sure that's about a bazillion times as much as it's worth anyway.

>>30548902
>Charge him what you used to make in a week.
Don't go too extreme. You want to convince him.

>>30548936
>I call bullshit. Where's our standardised price list?
You decided to open up shop without Tear around to help you out. Right now you have pretty much no knowledge of what stuff is worth beyond how much narcotics go for and how much it costs to stay alive day to day.

>>30548902
>>Charge him what you used to make in a week.

Charging too little might make him paranoid.

>>30548963
Will this be more then a one-shot?

>>30548963
But didn't we buy these things at the Guild?
We should at least know how much they cost there

>>30548975
That depends completely on how much fun I have during this thread.
And I'm having a ball.

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>>30548902
Well, a day's earnings isn't all that much, right? A treasure is supposed to be hard to get hold of, so a week's earnings is pretty reasonable. Probably.
"Eh, uhm... 300! It's 300 pix, please!"

A slight frown crosses his face. "Hmm, that seems a little high, don't you think? Is that with the slashed discount? Perhaps I should look elsewhere.

>Hold steady! You can't let him know you were bluffing!
>Haggle a little, try to find his comfort zone!
>Slash the price!

>>30548991
Excellent.

There's a distinct lack of capitalism these days.

>>30549087
>>Haggle a little, try to find his comfort zone!

>>30549087
>Haggle a little, try to find his comfort zone!

>>30549087
Lower the price to 295. Admit that we can afford to go this low, just to make him feel like he's smart and won the haggle.

>>30549087
>Look disappointed, explain that you really can't go any lower since the store would go bankrupt that way, wish him luck in finding something more within his price-range somewhere else. If he looks like he's not biting and goes to leave, start crying a little.

>>30549087
>>Hold steady! You can't let him know you were bluffing!
Utilize weapon's-grade cuteness!

>>30549087
>>Haggle a little, try to find his comfort zone!

"250, and I'm stacking discounts, here."

>>30549087
>Haggle a little, try to find his comfort zone!

>>30548991

Wow you massive loser. Why don't you run a quest based on a good game like Call of Duty?

<spoiler>did I make you lose enough fun for you to make a part 2?</spoiler>

>>30549087
ACTIVATE OUR SECRET WEAPON
THE PUPPYDOG EYES

accept to lower the price to 200

>>30549188
With bait of that quality you should open a fishing store.

>>30549214
Why? He'd go out of business before selling a single one.

>>30549087
You decide to try to haggle him down a little. "Hmm. Well, I admit I can go a little lower. Does 295 sound more reasonable to you, sir?"

"More... hmm. There's not much in it. To be honest, my budget is only 250. I may indeed have to look elsewhere. I'm sorry for wasting your time, dear." He turns to leave, but you stop him with an extra gambit.

"Uhm, If I were to stack discounts... I'm sure we could manage on 250. Though the store is going to be on the edge of bankruptcy if I do this too often~!" You once again switch on your thousand-watt smile, clasping both hands together and tilting your head a little.

"Ah, well... I really can't ask you to go any lower then! Very well, 250 it is, m'dear!"
He hands you a pouch of coins and you let him take the statue.

Yayifications! You swindled your first innocent customer!

>>30549276
After he leaves, the store is quiet for almost half an hour before your next visitor. When you next look up to the sound of the door chime, you see the Guild Master looking around in interested.

"Ah, so this is where you set up."

>How do you greet him?

>>30549276
CAPITALISM!

>>30549306
politely of course

not sure what he would want since all the goods we sell were bought from him.... maybe some furniture

>>30549306
Ask him what he's here for, politely.

>>30549306
He must be here to discuss business. We already set up a meeting room and could prepare some tea if he'd like?

>>30549306
Ask him if he wants to take any of our useless junk of our hands.
Also some help with appraising stuff.

>>30549306
Ask if he has any price-lists for guidelines! Or if he knows how we can price some of this jun-uh, priceless inventory.

>>30549306
"Good afternoon, Guild Master! Did you need something? I can't imagine you're here to shop, this is all your stock after all. Unless you're interested in some furniture?"

"Ha ha, no unfortunately not. I'm actually here to look the place over, just so I know who I'm dealing with."

"Well, I have a room in the back if you'd like to sit down. I could make some tea?"

"Oh, that sounds lovely! I'll take you up on the offer. I'm sure it'll be far superior to anything the damned wide could come up with, at least."

You lead him into the back room and let him take a seat. He attempts to sit down in your comfy chair, but you subtly guide him to the chair across from it instead. He obliges, and takes the place, waiting patiently for you to return with a pair of cups and a pot of tea.

He kicks back, takes a sip and sighs. "Yup, I could get used to this." You nudge him back to the prospect of business talk, and he sits up straight in his chair again.

His actual business talk to pretty long and boring. He covers the basics of inter-store pricing, and the baseline prices of most items, as covered by the Guild. It's basically a guideline as to how much items should be worth, so as to avoid both conflicts between stores, between suppliers and the merchants, and to keep the merchants from ripping off their customers. Illegal items obviously don't fall under this guideline, neither do magical items or artifacts. Since artifacts are too rare to really price, and magical items are outlawed to all but the Church. It does give you a pretty good idea of what to price on your items now, though. That statue probably shouldn't have been worth more than around 150. Sweet!

>>30549601
Is that assuming it was actually gold, or just a piece of junk?

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>>30549601
You're starting to doze off when he finally calls the lecture to an end and shows himself out. You almost decide to continue to nap before realizing the store is still open and make haste back to the front room. Just in time for the little girl from earlier to return, dragging what you can only assume is her mother along behind her.
Neither looks pleased.

>How do you greet them?

>>30549656
Greet them in the cutest, kindest way imaginable.
Her mother's here, y'know.

>>30549656
"Fucking kike bitches get the fuck out of my store or I'll bust a cap in your asses."

>>30549656
Hello Ma'am, are you here to shop?

Kick the bitch out when she starts up trouble.

>>30549656
Polite confusion.
It's all a simple misunderstanding.

>>30549656
"Is your daughter here to apologize for trying to steal from my shop?"

>>30549656
exactly this: >>30549680

>>30549680
This.
Be the nicest little girl in the world, tear up when she accuses you.

>>30549656
>>How do you greet them?
Nicely.

If the little girl says you were mean to her play it like she's making shit up.

>>30549759
>accusing a little girl of lying
>in front of her mother
No. We simply make out like she misunderstood us when we offered to help her pick out something to buy.
SHE'LL know we're lying, but her mother will just think OH GEEZ NOT AGAIN and feel obligated to purchase something.

>>30549680
>This

>>30549840
Well, if she accuses us we can tear up and make her mom feel bad.

>>30549656
"Hello Ma'am. I hope you're having a wonderful day! What brings you to my little store? I'll be happy to help however I can!"
You completely ignore the evil-eye from the little girl, and instead face the fury of the angry lady. Her anger is stifled by your greeting, but not entirely.

"Now, listen here...uh,"

"Recette," you tell her helpfully.

"...Recette. My daughter came crying to me earlier about your vulgar behavior earlier and-"

You cut her off. "Vulgar behavior? I tried to help her in her shopping! I think she took it the wrong way though, so I'm really sorry!" The little girl is still pulling an evil glare at you, but you bow apologetically at the lady, who suddenly looks awfully embarrassed at the situation.

"Ah, uhm. Well then. If that's the case, I'm sorry for causing a fuss." She looks around the store. "Hmm, an interesting selection. I may need to come back here..." She starts to usher her daughter out of the store.

>Stop her for something?

>>30549963
Offer her a discount as apology for the whole misunderstanding thing.

>>30549963
"Have a wonderful day !" Give her the biggest smile. Glare at the brat when the mom stop looking at us

>>30549963
What this guy >>30550004 said.

>>30549963
offer her a discount if she buys something now...
like that old jewelry from earlier...

>>30550008
Actually, I just had an idea.
When the girl comes back to bitch at us, we act like we planned it all along, and if she keeps quiet about it, we can give her side-jobs, maybe even hire her on full-time.
Then we bag her and tag her and ship her off to the boss.

>>30550004
>>30550024

these

>>30550008
> Glare at the brat when the mom stop looking at us
lets not

Seriously. Jewloli is not really a bad customer in the game if you handle her right. It is a bad practice to alienate your customers

>>30549963
You call out to stop her, "please, for the terrible misunderstanding, please accept a discount for any future purchases from my store!" She shakes her head, however, insisting that it isn't necessary, and heads out of the store. "Have a wonderful day! Please come again!" You call after her as the door closes after her.

Yeah! She's definitely gonna go spread the news about how good your service is, right?

>>30550074
As long as my lungs hold breath there will be no peace with jewloli.

>>30550188
Mein Herr, I think you have a certain fascination with lolis...

>>30550286
Death to the jewloli.

>>30550188
>FIFTH CUSTOMER!

Thee store goes quiet now as the afternoon drags on a little. You're starting to get a little depressed that you've been open for hours and only had a handful of customers. Hopefully this is just because the store's opening was so sudden, right?

Just as you're thinking of closing up for the afternoon, a ragged-looking hobo presses himself against the window pane. You think he looks pretty young, about your age. You can't really make out his features through the grime he presses onto the window, though you can sort of make out the shape of a short sword at his side and the silhouette of a muffler about his neck. Even from inside you can hear the growling of his stomach.

>(How) Do you greet him?

>>30550336
OH SHIT, SON! IT'S LOUIE-SAN!

Lock the door, he's going to rape our tiny loli body.

>>30550336
>I said come in, don't stand there.

>>30550336
"um, need something? from here all you can do is make the glass dirty, you know..."

>>30550336
With a disarming smile with both hands behind our back holding our shiv

>>30550336
Hmm. We could use some muscle.
Offer him food in return for eternal servit- occasional heavy lifting.

>>30550336
Go outside, politely ask him to not dirty the windows, and ask if you can help him (get out of here as fast as possible).

>>30550381
this

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>>30550358
I can't breath

>>30550336
He will make us sweet sweet cash.

Give him cash, sent him adventures, get profits, he get rich.

We get richer.

>>30550358
>>30550455
>Implying that he gonna rape us
>Not knowing we gonna rape him for him being our muscle.

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>>30550336
You decide to go out and see if he needs something. As you open the door from the inside, you feel your hand instinctively curling around the handle of your shiv, still tucked safely away under your shirt.

"Um, do you need something?" He looks up at you, something resembling utter shock in his eyes. "Only, from here all you can do is make the glass dirty, you know..."

"You're... talking to me? You're actually..."

Wait, what? Is he... crying??
"Ah, uhm, well. Yes? Only, if you want to buy something..."

The look of adoration starts to slip from his features. "Ah, sorry. I don't actually have any mon-" the rest of his sentence is cut of by the overwhelming growl from his stomach. He curls over onto the floor, clutching it in pain.

>How do you react?

>>30550598
Offer him food in return for work of some sort. Ask what he can do.

>>30550598
offer him food
don't tell him right now he'll be stuck here as a bouncer/cleaner for the next 10 years in exchange

>>30550598
Food for work.

Ask him what skills he got.

>>30550598
Steal his sword and kick him to the curb. We don't need bums stinking up our business.

>>30550598
Just like the game. Give him food and he will die for our profit.

>>30550598
Tell him you've recently run into a surplus of food. Perhaps the two of us could make some sort of arrangement?

>>30550598
>You... uh... you wanna buy some food, mate?

>>30550598
"You can work it off."

"Fucking animal."

>>30550598
We can feed him, dress him in nice clothes, and we'll have his eternal loyalty. Our first minion!

>>30550800
>Giving away perfectly sell-able clothes when he'll readily enslave himself for just the food.
Absolutely disgusting.

>>30550800
It'll be just like having a living doll that has to do everything we say!

>>30550856
DANCE PUPPETS! DANCE!

>>30550856
NO even better. He'll want to do everything we say.

>>30550822
Having someone dressed like him loitering around the store hurts business. Give him a suit and he can be our menacing security.

>>30550921
Make him buy it.

>>30550921
Seconding. Louie is awesome and loyal and huggable. We'll dress him up, give him work, and charge him for the privilege later.

>>30550934
Make him buy it on loan.

>>30550598
You head inside and grab a heel of bread from the pantry for him, and hold it out. He looks up at it in utter confusion.

"Here, you really need it, right?" He nods slowly. A hand reaches out to take it. you pull the bread back a little. "I can feed you just fine, but you'll have to work it off. And it'll be hard." He nods frantically, and you let him take the bread.
He shovels the heel into his mouth, and it's gone in seconds. It's fascinating to watch, if a little sickening.
He finishes the quick meal and lifts his head, already looking healthier. "Thank you so much! My name's Louie. I don't have all that many skills, but I'm an adventurer by trade. Well, I'm trying to be. I sort of ran out of money and couldn't find anyone willing to sponsor me through my adventuring. But... I can help out with being a bodyguard! Or... lifting heavy things for you! Or something!"

>>30550948
He's a good asset at the moment, but let's not forget that young children fetch a high price on the black market.

>>30550977
Why would we sell away valuable employees who can get us a steady stream of income instead of a one time bump?

>>30550969
"I'm Recette. You can stay in the back room until I need you."

>>30550969
>Adventuring
How does this sound? *I* sponsor you. I will own you. You will go into dungeons and fight to near death against monsters, and I will sell the loot in my shop. You will be fed and geared by me.
Shift back into cute girl mode.
I-is that OK, M-mr Louie?

>>30550969
offer him girl clothes
Y/N?

>>30551043
No.

>>30551043
Y

>>30551043
Yes.

YES!

DANCE FOR US, DOLLY!

>>30551004
He's a good investment right now, but if the cow runs dry...

>>30551043
Yes

>>30551071
Yes, let's plan for the day that every dungeon in a world full of magical randomized layout dungeons will run dry of magically randomized loot.

>>30550969
You will deal with the kids, urg.

>>30551043
no, that's stupid, fuck you

>>30550969
As he's trying to list off his possible uses, you catch the movement of Tear heading towards you down the street. She gives one dirty look at Louie and the stain he's left on the window before addressing you.

"Well, I have successfully organised a delivery of a wide selection of goods from my contacts, which are due to arrive in the morning. I have also found us a new avenue for acquiring a potentially vast amount of goods for an extremely low price. It will be difficult, though, as we shall first have to find a pawn for our use. Preferably someone who is extremely down on their luck. Maybe someone with nowhere to stay. Possibly not even able to afford to eat, or even clean themselves. Someone that few people would miss, should things go sour. In short, someone who is willing to die for our profit. I imagine it will be a very hard search, indeed."

"Not really," you reply to her. "I found one already."

She goes blank. You point your finger at Louie. He looks between the two of you. "Eh?"

Hmm. Okay, I was just about thinking of calling it now-ish anyway, and Hero Quest just went up.

Does anyone here feel like pushing on further?

>>30551108
I think he meant if the kid wasn't performing we'd sell him off. Or just his organs.

>>30551172
up to you, really

but i'm having fun, so..

>>30551172
I'd like it if you ran again, but I don't mind stopping now.

>>30551172
If you ARE going to stop, now's a good point.
Just promise to run more later okay? And make a twitter.

>>30551172
Yes, that way i can switch between LGA, Hero, and this. Are you tired?

>>30551172
Your stamina and interest is the determining factor, here. Don't look to us, you usually won't get people saying "Yes stop this now" because it takes no effort at all to follow a quest.

>>30546634

The worst part is you get streaks of sales which get you more customers

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I have a twitter, by the by, @Loli_Kaleun
I was intending to run my other quest at whatever time I woke up tomorrow morning, so yes now would be a good time to stop for me.

Next Racketeer thread will be... whenever I feel like it! Probably not too far in the future, since I enjoyed the heck out of this.

Thanks folks, you've been a great audience!

>>30551347
Thanks for running!

>>30551347
Thanks for running Kaleun! It was a fun ass thread.

I should get to playing this game.

>>30551347
See you soon I hope! Anyone archived?

>>30550304
Kaleun's thing seems to be for the cutedark. LSQ is cute on the surface with dark undertones. He seems to be doing that here as well.

>>30551347
really fun thread
i knew it was you when you introduced the bearded guy

>>30551407
But the guildmaster IS a bearded man in the source material. It was obvious this was coming though, thanks to his tweet a few days ago. Or maybe that's just the psychic link I seem to have established with him...

>>30548511

fucking play it right now

>>30551347
>I have a twitter, by the by, @Loli_Kaleun
Oh, so you do! I don't follow Loli Stalker because the Zone is a very special place for me and you are doing horrible, hilarious things to it. And for that, I can never forgive you.

>>30551402
I'm trying to find the words to argue that it's just pure coincidence. The words won't come to mind.

>>30551585
That's okay. I don't forgive me either. But then again, I don't have to because I'm having fun with it!

>>30551407
Complete coincidence, I swear. That's the Guild Master from the game.

>>30551382
Yes you should.

>>30551385
Archived now!

>>30551687
It's okay man, you don't have to defend yourself. I can't find much appeal in cute things that aren't considering killing me anymore either. It's just better that way.