<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt">[Vesper]<br>"What do you think Alex ? I would be alright with that."<br>[/Vesper]<br><div><span><br></span></div><div style="display: block;" class="yahoo_quoted"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, February 3, 2014 2:10 PM, Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container">>> [GM]<br clear="none">>> Keldon laughs, or at least that's what the gurgling sound coming from<br clear="none">>> his unseen mouth probably is. "I would have said you were from the
New<br clear="none">>> German Republic, but Lone Star makes more sense. I will say, m'lady,<br clear="none">>> that you react better than some Coalition types have." He turns around<br clear="none">>> and reveals the stump of a tentacle. "This old wound is thanks to a<br clear="none">>> young Dead Head who took a, how shall I put it, more worried view of my<br clear="none">>> appearance."<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> "Now, my good people." Keldon says, hopping off the counter and standing<br clear="none">>> on about half of his tentacles. "We carry all types of items and spells,<br clear="none">>> but my specialty is temporal magic; spells, enchantments and, if I do<br clear="none">>> say so myself, a couple of awfully clever Technowizard devices, thanks<br clear="none">>> to Twelp."<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> "And," he says, giving Alex a somewhat
disconcerting wink with three of<br clear="none">>> his eyes, "I carry a line of enchanted cosmetics that you might be<br clear="none">>> interested in. After all, m'lady," Keldon says knowingly, "you don't<br clear="none">>> seem quite so stunned of the mystic as one would expect from someone<br clear="none">>> from the Coalition."<br clear="none">>> [/GM]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">OOC: Reordering a bit<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Vesper]<br clear="none">> Hearing about the mystic cosmetics he gave Alex an interested look curious<br clear="none">> to see if she would want to try something that no Coalition Soldier he ever<br clear="none">> knew (Not that he knew many) would ever go for.<br clear="none">> [/Vesper]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Alex]<br clear="none">> Speaking up, the red headed scout states, "I have to be honest, I am<br clear="none">> not sure that I have
much money I can spend here. Coalition credits<br clear="none">> don't spend real well here. "<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> She pauses for a few moments before continues, "Kind of curious though,<br clear="none">> what does enchanted cosmetics do?"<br clear="none">> [/Alex]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">[GM]<br clear="none">"It takes your considerable beauty and makes it legendary." Keldon<br clear="none">says. "It magnifies and enhances what is there, so that to those that<br clear="none">look upon you, even those who might find a female humanoid a less than<br clear="none">attractive affair, would view you as supremely beautiful."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">"It is very popular with the ladies." he adds simply. "And I have<br clear="none">contacts in the New German Republic who can exchange Coalition credits<br clear="none">for NGR credits with a fifteen percent fee charged."<br clear="none">[/GM]<br clear="none"><br
clear="none">> [Vesper]<br clear="none">> "I could help you out Alex, don't worry if there is something I could buy for you<br clear="none">> I would love too."<br clear="none">> [/Vesper]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Alex]<br clear="none">> Nodding, Alex responds, "In the CS, my pay covered basic needs if I<br clear="none">> could not already just get them from the PX. Weapons and ammo were all<br clear="none">> covered."<br clear="none">> [/Alex]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Vesper]<br clear="none">> Presents the Splugorth staff one of the ones he has, "Would you be willing<br clear="none">> to accept something like this in trade ? As a master of dimensional magics<br clear="none">> myself I would be fascinated to learn some temporal magics to add to my<br clear="none">> repertoire." He didn't really like the Splugorths weapons there was just<br clear="none">> something a bit unwholesome
about them and the strange creatures floating<br clear="none">> in them.<br clear="none">> [/Vesper]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">[GM]<br clear="none">Keldon's eye blinks, and for a moment the odd store owner says nothing.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">"It is a device of supreme revulsion, to be sure." Keldon says. "But<br clear="none">aside from the horror of the thing, it is insanely valuable. I will be<br clear="none">perfectly honest with you. I do not have funds sufficient to pay for<br clear="none">it. I could give you perhaps three hundred thousand credits, perhaps<br clear="none">that again in other items. But I am an honest broker, and I will tell<br clear="none">you now that I would turn around sell this to the Archbishop for<br clear="none">twenty times that price. If I were brave enough to venture to New<br clear="none">Camelot or the New German Republic, I might be able to double that."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">"Let me
make a proposal, sir and madam." Keldon says. "I could<br clear="none">introduce you to the Archbishop, which is something the average fellow<br clear="none">with a Splugorth Staff of Eylor might have a problem not being<br clear="none">arrested on the spot. We can negotiate a sale and my fee will be ten<br clear="none">percent of the sale price, as a finder's and broker's fee. In the<br clear="none">meantime, I will open a line of credit with you and your lady for,<br clear="none">say, five hundred thousand credits?"<br clear="none">[/GM]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br clear="none">Aaron Clausen<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:mightymartianca@gmail.com" href="mailto:mightymartianca@gmail.com">mightymartianca@gmail.com</a><div class="yqt6238702224" id="yqtfd98019"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Taocowpbem mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect"
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