[Game thread] Skull Ruins Pokerole

[Lord Windos]

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"Alright, well, I guess that'll have to do. Maybe I can Sneasel a few coins out of your friends, you know. Trade them, for my trade goods. I don't have many, mind, but... actually I'll just wait until they're all here."

In walks Spira with a giant Sneasel following him. The Sneasel immediately dumps his backpack on the ground in the middle of your group and starts talking in a rambling voice. "Make way, make a little room, please and thanks. Spira here told me, he said he'd show me where some sunken treasure is, which he did and I'm grateful. I'll go look for, I'll search for that soon. First I have to show you where the Sword is. Meanwhile, I heard you have some coin of your own? Here's what I have to trade:"

I'll convert his prices into Pokedollars.

"A Black Apricorn. You could try to plant it, but it only grows in pitch blackness. Any light will kill the plant, but the fruit is safe, you know, obviously. $6000."

"A Heavy Ball made from a Black Apricorn. These things, wow, they just scale without end. You'll want this if you want to catch any of the Pokemon down here, I can tell you that.  It'll make the job easy, big as they are. The bigger the bigger, or better, really. That phrase just came to me. What I mean is, there's no limit to how much bigger a Pokemon can be before this Apricorn can't hold it. I heard surface folk like to catch Pokemon in Apricorns. I figure that's what this is for, 'cause it has these funny crystals and I found it in an old area of that old palace.
$10,000."

"A scrap of cloth here. Bind it around yourself and you move much more quickly, seems backwards, I know, but I assure you it's the truth. I guess the problem comes in when the cloth makes you keep doing the same thing over and over for, I don't know, a long time. Long enough to walk probably a tenth of a mile.
$12,000."
This last is a Choice Scarf. The wearer is first in the initiative order, but can only use the first move they are ordered to use. Both effects last for one scene.

Seeing a Giant black feline prance right up to the group in toe with Spira caught Terra off in a moderate way, causing him to involuntarily back-up from them blinking before they even asked for space, but when they spoke and revealed themselves to be a merchant, that REALLY ignited his interest.

'Talking Cat? Talking Merchant Cat? Awesome. Very, VERY awesome. Must do business with them. Now.'

With that brief thought in mind, the mountain of a man wastes hardly any time introducing himself to colossal cool cat, already in Business Mode and ready to make some deals!

"Greetings, Mr. Merchant Cat. I am Terra. Terra Sanaa Ismet. I happen to be a merchant myself, and I would be more than delighted to do trade goods and do transactions with you. Just name what you desire, and if it's within my means and power, you will have.....so long as you can afford it, that is. You also have my sincere gratitude for giving us your assistence in finding The Sword. *Bows* Thank you."

First things first (after saying the above): Terra would want to buy the Heavy Ball for $10000 (Or 1/4 of his share of the Chasm Loot). He'd want it so he could actually catch a Giant Pokemon himself, as such gargantuan beast were beyond unique and valuable, and therefore desirable to Capture! If anyone else wants it, though, that trade would probably have to be put on hold, unless they have more than one.

Secondly, Terra would see that the Giant Sneasil is hungry (such a thing should be obvious to a 'chef' , and offer to make a fine meal for them in exchange for lowering the price of the Heavy Ball by 20% . If they end up not liking the meal, however, Terra would make them another one for free and instead pay 20% more for his Heavy Ball to repay the shame of serving them a poorly prepared meal.

Thirdly, Terra would ask if they'd be interested in joining the group and becoming his partner, and if so, what would the price of their companionship be? Probably not going to happen, but how COULD my chara. resist the opportunity to get a Talking Merchant Pokemon?