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initiates NPCs ([personal profile] initiatesnpc) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2012-08-20 07:26 am

OPEN: get in the car we're going shopping

Date & Time: 8/21-8/23 daytime
Location: Outside a civilian residential apt building
Characters: BIG SPENDERS or anyone really just tag your butts in and go to town
Summary: Yard saaaale. In the street. Because what is a yard in the future.
Warnings: Blood spilled over ShamWow??


What had begun as the idea of two became the realization of at least seven — all landlord approved and with nods of approval from neighboring apartment buildings. It didn't even take up a full block, but it was full enough to attract attention of passers-by on the morning hustle to work, saddling them up with something worth spreading to others along the grapevine throughout the day.

Mostly clothes and household items easily given up, but here and there a few gems. A would-be Initiative member had no need for old board games or a guitar or two, and there would be no time to take care of a pet, even one so curious and darling as Blinky. Now and then, its soon-to-be-ex-owner cast a sorrowful glance its way, only to get a slow, out-of-synch blink in response.

Oh, Blinky.

Parting woes aside, business wasn't bad! With the shabby state of affairs in Exsilium, the chance for something new, even a hand-me-down, always sparked interest. And with so many strange, new recruits, there was bound to be someone curious enough to drop down the cash for the most absorbent fabric ever made (those Germans made good stuff)...

And so, after the work buses left the area, the tables went up and the wares were put out until the workday would come to a close and force the tables out of the street. Someone was bound to score something worthwhile in that time over those three days...!


REFERENCE: Stuff for sale

[personal profile] ex_bandai157 2012-08-23 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
I don't keep house plants, either.

[ Or living things at all TAKING CARE OF THEM IS HARD. ]

I'm sure it's very nice - [ louder, for the benefit of the vendor ] - but it'd only be a waste of money, especially if it dies. Besides, there's no way it suits me.
whatsupcroc: (☇ happy: you should see your face)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-23 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
No way? Look at it's cute little face. It basically shouts, "Take me home, Barnaby, even if you forget to water me half the time I'll survive anyway."

[ The owner nods, like this makes sense, if they quite clearly don't give a damn. They're highly unconcerned with hawking their wares. ]

It's a chia-pet knock-off from the future, Brooks. What more could you ask for? These things almost survive on the humidity in the air. It rains all the time here, I'm sure it'll be fine!

[ She looks to the vendor, and he shrugs. Sure, kid. ]

[personal profile] ex_bandai157 2012-08-24 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
If you like it that much, maybe you should think about getting it for yourself.
whatsupcroc: (◆ amused: you think you know it all)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-08-28 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm, maybe! Say, Barnaby, when's your birthday?

[ She's still eyeing that darn NeoChiaPet. ]

[personal profile] ex_bandai157 2012-08-29 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not sure if he's glad for this change of topic or not. ]

October thirty-first, so it's too soon to try passing it off as a gift.
whatsupcroc: (☇ happy: the more subtle kind of feeling)

[personal profile] whatsupcroc 2012-09-01 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ Collette smiles, a slow curling of her lips up at the corners. ]

It's a housewarming present. Hey! You! Half of what you have it offered for and your NeoChia walks out of your life permanently. What do you say?

[personal profile] ex_bandai157 2012-09-01 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Sigh. He's just going to stand back and let her handle this one - he knows a losing battle when he sees one. ]