1st Partridge [Action][Let's not realize we're trapped in Luceti]

[pearheaded]

[Luceti seems so calm right now. Active, but silently making white noise over the treetops around them—Ian's favorite type of place. And it was a good thing, too: no one is in need of money more than this guy well, had someone actually told him things were free and he couldn't leave, anyway. He has a blanket laid out, and a bag sat right in the middle. Full of little powder-filled glasses, freshly made and found in his stuff at the item shop, as well as his awesome clothes (note: not really). This medicine was his usual method of getting cash, when his pockets were empty. Granted, some people might not ever use his medicine if they knew what was in it, but what they can't know won't hurt 'em! In fact, it'll heal 'em! 8D

Oh yeah, and he left his journal in a bush in the forest, by accident. Whoops. He'll be sure to get that when he realizes it could help him.]

Wonderful people of—

[...oooone second. He looks at his hand and carefully tries not to make an ass of himself.]

Wonderful people of Loo-ket-ey! Feeling like curing your poor injured shoulder? Got a broken collarbone in need of fixing up? Lost a limb in a bar fight? Then look no further than here!

[Motioning to the bag laid out in front of him with the shit-eatingest grin he can perform. Shiny vials and powders glint in the sun! Glinty glint glint!]

With this medicine, your unhealed physical injuries will go bye-bye in minutes, seconds even, depending on the size! Just a simple payment of 19.99 will give you guys the best bandages anyone could ever ask for: the kind that don't need to be used at all! Don't know what to get your mother for her birthday? How about the sweet taste of insta-cut-healing! Papa getting too crazy with that hacksaw? Insure yourself so he'll have all of his fingers in the future!

Come on, you can't refuse such a cheap offer, can you?

[...Wow, these people aren't really caring that much. Same ol', same ol'.]

...o-or not...

[Why, go ahead and fill him in on what the hell Luceti even is. Cause as far as he's considered, he's stuck in a village in his world and needs to get back to the one his pals are in. Such is the life of a dense idiot.]

Comments

[analyzing]

[Ehhhhh, letting him go for the hug. She'll pat him lightly on the back.]

[pearheaded]

[Just gonna pull back and give you a nice pat on the shoulder.]

You are a wonderful person!

[He holds up a bottle of the powder and offers it to one of her hands.]

Take one on the house! If you ever get hurt, just take this and you'll be healed up in no time!

[...This is how 50 percent of his sales end, really. orz]

[analyzing]

[Cupping a hand under it just so it doesn't fall if he lets it go, but she doesn't take it yet. Slow down, man, slow down, what happened to awesome sales.]

Whoa, whoa! How about your sale?

[pearheaded]

[Still smiling, of course. He just can't help himself!]

You've already paid me, just in wisdom and kindness. Don't you think?

1/3

[analyzing]

.......

[analyzing]

...you really are a good guy, aren't you?

[analyzing]

[Oh man, now she feels bad for having joked earlier about his prices. Or the fact that she had offered at all since she'd just been teasing. Why you gotta be so sincere, dude?

She runs a hand through her hair as she takes it, but holds up one finger.]

I'll accept this, but only if you allow me to add one more thing to make it an even trade. How about that?

[pearheaded]

[He nods, grinning.]

Sure thing, miss! Whatever you want!

[analyzing]

Anything? But isn't there something you'd really want?

[pearheaded]

Hmmm... Well... I—I've always been pretty content...

[Also, even Ian's bright enough to know you can't give him what he'd want.]

Maybe you could show me what radios and walkie-talkies are, then!

Someone brought that up earlier, but I have no idea what they're like...

[analyzing]

[That might be a pretty tall order for Luceti and its no-electronics rule...]

Well, I can't show you since we don't have any here, but I can tell you how they look like and how they work. How about that?

[pearheaded]

That sounds good! I just wanna know what they're like; we only have mailing and stuff like that, back home. Nothing all that interesting.

[analyzing]

I am A-OK with that! But...[She glances around. Even if it's not snowing today, it's still cold.] ...here?

[pearheaded]

Oh! Ah—we can go where ever you'd like, ma'am!

[...It's cold? Should he be wearing a coat? Because it feels like Spring to him! |D]

[analyzing]

[He's new- she can tell that much. And herp derp, let's say this is the plaza, so she'll gesture towards the Welcome Centre.]

How about in there? It's much warmer inside.

[pearheaded]

Oh, aha, yes! Warmer is definitely better!

[He will follow like a lost dog. Because he might as well be. But before that, he extends a hand.]

I'm Ian. It's nice t'meet you.

1/2

[analyzing]

[Have a handshake, man. You're cool.]

Rise Kujikawa at your service! It's good to meet you too, Ian.

[analyzing]

[She glances down at the stuff he's supposed to be selling. Um.]

Do you um...want to take your stuff in with you as well?

[pearheaded]

Huh? O—oh, right! [quickly gathering this stuff up, now |D;] I'm, uh, a little airheaded... about things... But I figure I wouldn't be me if it were any other way!

[ahaha... V_V]

[analyzing]

[Waiting...waiting...are we done? Good, awesome. Let's walk!]

Do you always leave your things out like this?

[pearheaded]

[a playful laugh]

Well, not usually, but I would be lying if I said I've never forgotten my merchandise from time to time!

[analyzing]

Really? That must've cost you quite a bit.

[pearheaded]

Aha, sometimes. I tend to get by anyway, and my home is at war so much, it's not difficult to make more medicine and get a lotta' work...

[analyzing]

It sounds like you've been having a really tough time then. Is that why you didn't find it surprising- when you arrived here?

[She's pretty sure that she's right about him being new, because it seems too strange for someone to stick to selling their stuff if they'd been told about everything being free here.]

[pearheaded]

Well... this place is a lot like home. For the most part, there's just a lotta' forest, with village spread out through it... so I just figured I was in a new town.

[He rubs the back of his head, beaming.]

I was beat up by a bunch of bandits back home, so... I thought I'd just conked out while they took my stuff.