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Blackstaff Travel ([personal profile] travelagency) wrote in [community profile] the_last_resort2014-11-03 06:39 pm

The Market

Who: Merchants, Reporters, and You
What: Open Market
When: M9 D13
Where: The center of town, near the resort
Notes & Warnings: Here is how the market works...

The marketplace is a large open air affair in the middle of town, with a couple of dozen vendors out supplying wares. For the most part they're local crafstmen and farmers; it is post harvest time now, and the last of the fresh vegetables are being sold off before it gets really cold (various tubers, fruits, roots, wheat, etc). There are also cooks with a variety of foods, so everything smells pretty good. There are even pierogi and sausages along side more unusual fusion foods like deep fried gagh on a stick.

Unfortunately, it's raining and while it's not a drenching rain, if you're not used to the rain an umbrella probably wouldn't go amiss.

There are a few odd stands, though. External stands, brought in by merchants that don't want to permanently reside here but are happy to do some sales for the resort. Sure they have to earn in the planetary currency, but they can buy a few unique items from here to take back with them before they go. That makes the trade worth it for them, and Blackstaff needs all the external trade it can get (even if the outside vendors doing the trading are a little dubious and are probably breaking the law just by being here during the quarantine).

In the meantime, with Blackstaff's cooperation Upsher and Doff have set up a booth in the middle of the market. Imports receive additional pay for going inside and answering their questions, and Jeffers is very adamant that imports should participate. It may help out their current situation by showing the universe what widely varying worlds are represented by the resort and attaching real faces and voices to the people of Quadratus.
folkscallmewander: (speaking)

[personal profile] folkscallmewander 2014-11-11 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wander does not understand a word of Greek, but he assumes that "the past is like a foreign country" was the direct translation.]

Who's to say? Besides, who knows if this guy's gonna be born way, waaay in your future. Things'll be real different in a couple hundred years.
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[personal profile] archeologue 2014-11-12 06:49 am (UTC)(link)
No, as I understand it, this man is going to be born very soon after my time. Or perhaps is an infant born already. He becomes famous a mere two decades from my time, otherwise I would not be bothered to consider getting it.
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[personal profile] folkscallmewander 2014-11-12 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I see. So you're buyin' his merchandise before it's even it stores? Must be a real steal!
archeologue: (i like you)

[personal profile] archeologue 2014-11-14 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Just so. If I wait a few decades, it will be worth a small fortune, I wager.
folkscallmewander: (wow)

[personal profile] folkscallmewander 2014-11-24 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
So...you're gonna sell it an' get real rich? [That's one amazingly rewarding long-term plan.]

This guy must be real popular in the future!