“Welcome to my shop, weary traveler! I have for sale many mysterious artifacts that grant untold powers to those who wield them. This stick, for example, controls the Portal of Sam-Soong, granting mystic knowledge to all who stand before it. But most precious of all is the Jingle Mouse of Cat-Neep, whose intoxicating aroma expands the consciousness, revealing visions of ineffable beauty…”
Purrfect commentary for this!
I need a new phone. Can I barter for that one? I’ve got some other Cat-Neep items I can trade.
He needs a lamp for his bazaar stall.
He doesn’t want to haggle!? Five dinaars for this, two dinaars for that?
Did someone say dinner?!
In Morrowind, I always used to jump-start new characters by robbing the khajiit merchant in Balmora blind. To make up for it I’d return late game and sell him, like, an exquisite robe and a fancy hat, which he’d immediately equip, and about a metric ton of moon sugar. It wasn’t until years later I thought about what it’d be like being an NPC and wandering into his store.
“Uh, why are the shelves empty?”
“Long story; don’t ask. Want some drugs?”
“…do you have any tableware?”
“I have drugs.”
Just then, a lizard man bounces by before stopping, dropping 326 pillows, reading a scroll, and soaring away into the night.
Too much Neep.
I remember wandering into a bodega years ago. It was small, creepy and the proprietor was even creepier.
gold chains, open shirt, the whole thing. Top it off, he was on the phone telling a guy that he was going to delivery the chickens that night.
they had no fresh meat/meat counter in the place. I left quickly.
Don’t buy the monkey’s paw. Repeat – DO NOT BUY THE MONKEY’S PAW.