Sigil: The City of Doors

Hirota glanced at Ikkit again, and, still plainly rattled, grimaced.

"I could do two-seventy."

[quote="Ikkit the Bastard" post_id=3586 time=1691232013 user_id=76]
"I tell you three hundred, you offer half- half which you haven't even got!- and then some words..."
[/quote]

"You're a businessman in a bustling city, aren't you? You ought to be used to working on credit, even if that wasn't what I was asking for. And besides, I was expecting you to counter-offer." She leans over to get a good look at his stock before looking back up at the man. "You are allowed to ask for more, mister Hirota. I just wanted to negotiate. Where I'm from people haggle."

[url=https://orokos.com/roll/986729][D2 MA] One Man's Treasure II Persuasion roll[/url]: [u]1d20+12[/u] [b]21[/b] vs Hirota's 16: SUCCESS

"Do you see what I offer here, girl?"

"A buncha crap, some of which you got from me-"

"Shut up, Ikkit!"

"Make me!"

Hirota was sorely tempted to try, he really was, but...

[i]But the swelling...[/i]

"I tell you three hundred, you offer half- half which you haven't even got!- and then some words..."

The exchange with Ikkit appeared to have rattled him out of actually talking up his wares.


But not enough that he wasn't [url=https://orokos.com/roll/986732]sticking to his guns[/url]

[Illi needs to beat a 16 to haggle him down]

[quote="Ikkit the Bastard" post_id=3582 time=1691230227 user_id=76]
"Half. You're asking for [i]half[/i], and a promise you'll show it off. Forgive me if I'm less than impressed, especially since you admit you haven't been paid yet!"
[/quote]

"Hey, a girl's gotta pay bills and put food on the table!" She says, throwing her hands up in the air. "Ain't smart to just throw money at you right now in case the gig falls through. Gotta think economical-like. 'Sides, I'll not just show it off, though I will," She chirps, "I'll also perform and advertise. Those are two totally different things. I wanna drive traffic your way, get your name out there. You just tell me where to go and what impression you want me to give, if there's something you really want to fly off the shelves, and I'll figure out the best way to get your future customers lining up."

...haggling works different in Sigil, noted. She was expecting a higher price to be thrown back at her. Oh well. You play the cards you're given.

He snorted, and glared at Ikkit for bring this balloon-headed drow to him.

Ikkit made an extremely rude gesture in response.

"Half. You're asking for [i]half[/i], and a promise you'll show it off. Forgive me if I'm less than impressed, especially since you admit you haven't been paid yet!"

[quote="Ikkit the Bastard" post_id=3575 time=1691229363 user_id=76]
Hirota scratched at his chin.

"How much coin you got?"
[/quote]

"I'm awaiting payment on a job from S.I.G.I.S., so it'll be a few days before I can buy. I was hoping you I could get you to part with one for 150 gold," She says, "Or maybe 175 for a particularly fine specimen, with my services covering the rest." And so the haggling begins.

Hirota scratched at his chin.

"How much coin you got?"

[quote="Ikkit the Bastard" post_id=3375 time=1691061002 user_id=76]
"Advertise?"
[/quote]

"Why yes!" She chirps before giving a flourished bow. "I am a performer trained across multiple planes, and stand out wherever I go; it's hard not to notice me when I get going!" Illi hops up to grin. "I could sing the praises of your shop all across Sigil or perhaps even show off your lovely wares while I do so... make them fashionable while showing off their high quality." Or try to, anyway. "More Clueless are likely to buy a mimir from you if they realize how useful it is and that they can get one from you, I imagine."

The man... stared at her. Glanced at Ikkit, and seemed to reconsider what he was going to say.

Memories of the last time he'd laughed at something the goblin was trying to do danced through Kasuga Hirota's mind.

It had taken a week for the swelling to go down, and the [i]smell[/i] had lingered for a month.

"Advertise?"

[quote="Ikkit the Bastard" post_id=3368 time=1691057618 user_id=76]
"That's blindiingly bloody obvious!"
[/quote]

Illiam'iira is now smiling like a dog that is very very stressed. Just. Keep. Smiling. Through grit teeth, she asks, "Would it be possible to perhaps pay half with work and half with coin? Once I have it. I am a performer and could... advertise?"