<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>For a moment Vesper ponders the strangeness of an octopus sentient being slipping on a sweater and hat but shakes it off. "Ah yes were coming." Then to Alex, "I would like to see you in those cosmetics so indulge a little." He smiled to her.<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 Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:55 AM, Aaron Clausen <mightymartianca@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container">>>
[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 fifteen<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">> [Vesper]<br clear="none">> "What do you think Alex ? I would be alright with that."<br clear="none">> [/Vesper]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Alex]<br clear="none">> "I don't know how much such a staff is worth. Never had any real dealing<br clear="none">> with magic items prior to this." the red headed scout responds.<br
clear="none">><br clear="none">> "As far as the cosmetics, they sound interesting but I don't want every<br clear="none">> guy to be groveling at me feet," she continues, although her voice is a<br clear="none">> bit teasing at the last comment.<br clear="none">> [/Alex]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">[GM]<br clear="none">Keldon smiles. "You do not have to wear it all the time. I know many<br clear="none">who wear them only when... well, how shall I say it... when<br clear="none">necessary."<br clear="none">[/GM]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Alex]<br clear="none">> In a more serious done, "Fifteen percent does sound a bit steep."<br clear="none">> [/Alex]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">> [Vesper]<br clear="none">> "I suppose though he could have simply accepted it as trade for much<br clear="none">> less value. We can at least see what this archbishop would offer. You<br clear="none">> have a point about
the percent though how about ten ?"<br clear="none">> [/Vesper]<br clear="none"><br clear="none">[GM]<br clear="none">Keldon thinks for a moment. "Very well." he says. "Ten percent. I<br clear="none">suppose one should not get too greedy. I cannot say if the Archbishop<br clear="none">will be interested, though I know his fondness for mystical trinkets<br clear="none">and weapons, and indeed, he is the only person for many a long mile<br clear="none">that could pay what you asked."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Keldon turns to his squiddish sons. "Alright lads. I'm taking these<br clear="none">fine folks to see the Archbishop. Might as well lock the shop up."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">With that Keldon scurries to a coat rack, grabs a multi-sleaved<br clear="none">sweater and pops it and a wide-brimmed cap on. "You coming?" he asks<br clear="none">Alex and Vesper.<br clear="none">[/GM]<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-- <br
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