The Market Post

[travelagency]

Who: Merchants and You
What: Open Market
When: M12 D14
Where: The Market
Notes & Warnings: Warnings will be in individual thread starters as players see fit. Here is the market OOC post.

The weather is starting to warm from the dead of winter, but it's still cool out. The morning in the market is foggy, too, so the warmer food is still getting a lot of attention. Soups and hot teas and cocoa (refined from the beans gathered in the planet's jungles).

After the recent efforts to clean up the town and the brief increased access to other universes, vendors there are a lot of vegetables brought in from that, too. This has been the first time in a long time there has been such a variety so take advantage of the displays. There are also people that have been trying out the potion samples here and there, doing things like attempting to set themselves on fire or inhale water. Luckily 99% of them are stopping when they're warned when their timer is running out.

There is the odd idiot that doesn't know how to hold his magic. Injuries won't be grave when they do happen, just incredibly stupid.

If anyone who helped investigate swamps wants to talk to travel agents about potential trips home, this is the chance to do it. Remember that you can also take visitors with you when the time comes around.

Comments

[impossibilities]

1. Market

[The market became something of a thing to look forward to for Grainne a while ago, and she wanders from stall to stall, picking up foods to stock her room with and contemplating on finally taking up on that spawner set for snacks Jeebs always seemed to have, and maybe a copy of that map. A wider hunting ground for bounties, and with the race coming up she could pre-scout the route...

Chewing on a hot pastry, Grainne looks around at all the people trying out the potion samples. Such a thing would be lost on her personally, but she thoroughly enjoys the entertainment provided.]

2. Candle

[Near the end of market, Grainne's passing by Harry Mudd's stall again, wondering if getting a speeder was really worth the price he asked for, when she spies it. A candle, old fashioned and attractive, and she stops to give it a good looking over.

After living in a world full of artificial lights, she did miss the glow of a flame from time to time.]

How much for this one, Mr. Mudd?

[most_feared]

[Kay knows from personal experience that the fire one works. He strides up beside of her, hands tucked behind his back.] Feeling more settled in, now?

[Hello should work as an introduction, but sometimes he just skips right by it.]

[impossibilities]

[As she had just taken a bite, she looks surprised for a second before chewing rapidly and swallowing before she dared answer.]

A little. It does help when one feels that there is a role for them. In many ways it reminds me of my first home.

[most_feared]

Howso? [He asks simply, seeming to not take offense to her eating. He's wondering how they replicated the potions, but they definitely don't last as long as the ones he and Una found in the swamp. Something is missing.]

[impossibilities]

The community here. It is a little hard to explain... the people may not be family to each other like a homestead, but they work hard for each other and rely on each other. The world is wild and unpredictable. It is closer to what I knew than how my home is now.

[She takes a small bite, and then adds;]

And what about you? Are you settled as well?

[most_feared]

Not really, no.

[It's sort of a flat admission. The place never feels like home to him. Not quite right.]

But I think it was more important for you to be. I got a job I gotta go back to one day.

[impossibilities]

One day. Hm, I would say that sounds as if you are planning to stay for a while longer. [Shaking her hair a bit, she hides a mischievous smile.]

Are you certain that you are not settling a little bit? It is often the home we do not expect to find ourselves in that the best memories are made.

[most_feared]

I'd get back to it sooner but Zed is insisting I need to stay for a while.

I don't know why. I didn't ask. [And now he's thinking the MiB is just trying to understand how it's affecting alternate timelines and creating them there.]

I'm pretty sure. No offense. Most of my best memories are attached to my job. Or they're sorta in the background- I can remember them, in a way. When I hear certain voices that make me feel something, or a shape that makes me squint a little harder than usual, makes me want to look closer at it.

[And he has a lot more people back home than he's willing to discuss. Especially Jay.]

[impossibilities]

Ahhh... [It's a long sound of enlightenment, as if she has figured something very important out.] You are not the type that calls a place home.

[most_feared]

I guess that's a good way to put it. I'm real attached to my job.

The good part is here I get some stuff I can take back to it. The spawners could do wonders for us, so the MiB wouldn't have to interfere at all in Earth's resources. It'd be a great call if we could get the authorization to use the technology through respectable and responsible behavior.

[impossibilities]

I wonder if that is a wise idea with what has happened so far. There is so much we do not understand about the spawners... [She can see his point, but it would be a horrible thing if one suddenly started spawning skeletons.]

What is the MiB?

[most_feared]

Nah. It's not the spawners here that make them. Not the ones in town.

Those are simpler and they're well understood. The new ones found, they were made by something else.

[impossibilities]

Oh? I have not completely paid attention to what has been going on, I suppose. I thought they were all made on the same principle. I'm quite content just going out there hunting.

[She pauses as one of the potion testers ignores a warning about the time limit, and squawks, sputtering after trying to inhale some water.]

I wonder if those potions are anything like the ones I used to make.

[folkscallmewander]

An' can it work on animals, too? [Wander turns a Potion of Fire Resistance sample in his hands.] Jus' askin' in case we ever run into a situation where we'll be a-needin' protection 'gainst the heat.

[By his feet, Nikolina reaches for that potion, leaning against Wander's body to grab it. She's unsuccessful, but it's makes him lean over and briefly loose his balance, bumping into Grainne.]

Sorry, sorry. [He looks up to meet Grainne's face.] Did I hurt you?

[impossibilities]

[Blinking, Grainne shakes her head.]

No, Wander, it would take a great deal to hurt. Are you all right?

[folkscallmewander]

[Whew, just checking. He can never be too careful.]

I'm fine, caught my balance thanks to you. [Nikolina meows, trying to reach for the potion again.] Looks like Niko's brave enough to try this here potion, so I'm hopin' it's safe for animals, right?

[He really doesn't want to accidentally poison his adorable kitty. On the other hand, he can't refuse those four shining eyes.]

[impossibilities]

[She looks over to the potions and tilts her head.]

I suppose so, if you think you can handle a cat that can jump a league or two...

[It's a small giggle that follows, like Grainne isn't used to laughing very much.]

Did you name her after Niko?

[folkscallmewander]

I'll be sure to keep her safe. An' I was actually thinkin' of givin' her the fire potion, since you never know when we'll need it.

[Wander pops off the top of the sample he was holding and kneels down to let Nikolina have a taste. She licks at the bit of liquid slowly pouring out of the bottle and wipers her nose with her paw.] She likes it! I'll be keepin' this for a while. [He closes it and pushes it under his hat.]

Yup! Her name's actually Nikolina, since she's a girl, but I like callin' her Niko anyway, since it sounds a lot cuter. [No intended offense to the man Niko.]

[impossibilities]

[Her smile grows a little larger.]

You are right, it does, poor Niko. Are you planning on going some place dangerous?

[folkscallmewander]

Not right now. [He kneels down to pet Nikolina.] But we might be needin' it if we ever find ourselves in a sticky situation and I need to get Niko out safe.

...Maybe I should get some of the other potions, too.

[impossibilities]

If you go exploring a lot, they sound useful. Maybe you can stash them in your hat for later.

[She's totally serious, that hat looks like it could store a few.]

I wonder if any of the recipes are available.

[folkscallmewander]

They sure do! [He reaches for one of the jumping potions, but pauses before he puts it in his hat.] Ya think I should pay for 'em, considerin' I'm takin' so many for later? [He's well aware of the concept of free samples, but there's a line between "take one" and "causing an inconvenience".]

Oh, that's right, you can make these sorta potions on your own. [She's a witch, so obviously they all have some skill in that.] What kinds can you already make?

[impossibilities]

I say take as much as you like, Wander. They're bound to have a lot more, and when you run out you will go back to pay for more, won't you?

[It made sense to her, she was already wanting to go try out different colors of hair after Zhu Li's visit.]

I can make many kinds, maybe not exactly like these. Mostly, I learned to make normal medicines and remedies.

[folkscallmewander]

Yeah, but, I reckon they wanted folks to get only one or two, not a whole bunch. [He pockets the Potion of Leaping, but turns away from the stand afterwards.] It's only polite.

Oh, so you're a doctor where you're from? A witch doctor? Right? [A small pause for Grainne to get the joke.]

[impossibilities]

[Unfortunately, the joke flies right over her head.]

Well, women wise in medicines were often called witches... though I am not sure I would qualify as a doctor.