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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #630 on: March 17, 2025, 12:54:28 AM »
> "That's part of the browsing process. If you take a look and don't see anything you want, you aren't obligated to spend."

>Aoi nods. "I guess. Hm, maybe they'll have something I can use."

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #631 on: March 17, 2025, 03:04:38 AM »
> "Let's, then."
> Head toward the market area and begin browsing around for anything useful (either for engineering, or for staving off boredom when we're not piloting).
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #632 on: March 17, 2025, 05:49:50 AM »
> "Let's, then."
> Head toward the market area and begin browsing around for anything useful (either for engineering, or for staving off boredom when we're not piloting).

>You make your way toward the market. It is, without a doubt, one of the easiest experiences moving around a market that you've had outside of visiting one when no one is there. People simply manage to keep themselves organized, moving along lanes that are not marked but clearly understood. No one seems to linger in the way, moving aside to do this. At one point a cart comes through, also keeping to this organization as people move out of its way.
>With regards to the stalls, you have less luck. There's quite a few people selling swords and the like, and fewer things to tinker with. You quickly learn there aren't even any bolts or screws to be had; nails are about the best you can find. It makes sense, you suppose; everything here is made of wood and paper, with the odd bit of stone.
>Your luck is markedly better with entertainment things; you find books, cards, and some board games easily enough. Are there other entertainment options you seek?

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #633 on: March 17, 2025, 12:01:39 PM »
> Given our predilection for board games, how do we feel about card games?
> Are there one-player board game options?
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #634 on: March 17, 2025, 08:38:46 PM »
> Given our predilection for board games, how do we feel about card games?
> Are there one-player board game options?

>Cards are fine, you suppose.
>None that you can see.

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #635 on: March 18, 2025, 03:59:26 AM »
> What do the cards generally seem to be running, cost-wise?
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #636 on: March 18, 2025, 06:29:45 AM »
> What do the cards generally seem to be running, cost-wise?

>You don't know. Taking a closer look, there is definitely a unique kind of currency here.
>That said, there's nothing cheap-looking here. Everything you see if of excellent quality, meticulously made whatever the craft or medium might be.

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #637 on: March 18, 2025, 02:47:03 PM »
> Would it be sacrilegious to use Otohime's gifted robe as part of barter? (Do our best to mentally set aside our priors about gods when making this consideration.)
> Based on our knowledge of at-home pricings, can we estimate what a deck of cards here might cost in our own currency?
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[22:40:30] <Drake> overreaction
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #638 on: March 18, 2025, 06:28:47 PM »
> Would it be sacrilegious to use Otohime's gifted robe as part of barter? (Do our best to mentally set aside our priors about gods when making this consideration.)
> Based on our knowledge of at-home pricings, can we estimate what a deck of cards here might cost in our own currency?

>Sacrilegious, probably not. A bad use of a gift? That probably depends.
>A lot more than you'd like to pay. But a good enough set might well count as a treasure in its own right.

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #639 on: March 18, 2025, 11:18:37 PM »
> Quietly: "Whoof. This stuff does not look like a bunch of bargain deals."
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #640 on: March 20, 2025, 04:54:23 AM »
> Quietly: "Whoof. This stuff does not look like a bunch of bargain deals."

>"I guess that's to be expected of a heavenly bazaar?" Aoi says. "It looks like quality stuff. Though not really any scrap like back home, huh?"

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #641 on: March 20, 2025, 12:38:50 PM »
> "Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if they just saw no need for it."
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #642 on: March 20, 2025, 05:16:48 PM »
> "Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if they just saw no need for it."

>"Or maybe they just don't end up with it," Aoi says. "Hey, speaking of, am I the only one disappointed in the Lady of Kashima's workshop? It was just and anvil and some stuff! I mean, I was expecting some big mechanical place full of the most advanced hardware and big machines and presses and lathes. I don't think she even had a water wheel!"

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #643 on: March 20, 2025, 05:57:12 PM »
> ...Come to think of it, is that assessment accurate?
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #644 on: March 20, 2025, 06:18:39 PM »
> ...Come to think of it, is that assessment accurate?

>You are sure her workshop would not have been out of place in times of antiquity. Aoi was clearly envisioning something much more modern.

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #645 on: March 20, 2025, 06:40:19 PM »
> Shrug.
> "Guess your amenities can be old-fashioned if you're a god and you produce work of that quality."
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[22:40:30] <Drake> overreaction
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #646 on: March 22, 2025, 08:27:47 PM »
> Shrug.
> "Guess your amenities can be old-fashioned if you're a god and you produce work of that quality."

>"I guess," Aoi says, her tone thoroughly unsatisfied with that fact.

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #647 on: March 23, 2025, 04:42:39 AM »
> Chuckle.
> "Hey, it just means you can take pride in having a better workshop than our sumo god."
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[22:40:30] <Drake> overreaction
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #648 on: March 24, 2025, 02:17:11 AM »
> Chuckle.
> "Hey, it just means you can take pride in having a better workshop than our sumo god."

>"We invented it anyways," Aoi grumbles. And is careful not to say that too loudly.

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #649 on: March 24, 2025, 01:51:01 PM »
> Look to Koa.
> "You or your master got a workshop?"
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #650 on: March 25, 2025, 05:22:37 PM »
> Look to Koa.
> "You or your master got a workshop?"

>"Uh, we have kind of a lab set up around and in the library?" Koa says. "Is that what you mean?"

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #651 on: March 26, 2025, 01:29:23 PM »
> "Sort of. I was just curious if you had a similar opinion on that workshop compared to whatever you have at home."
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #652 on: March 26, 2025, 03:38:23 PM »
> "Sort of. I was just curious if you had a similar opinion on that workshop compared to whatever you have at home."

>"Oh, uh, not really?" says Koa. "I wasn't really paying much attention to it."
>"You're not a craftswoman, either," Aoi says, "So you're not prone to notice these kinds of things."
>"I guess not?" Koa says, shrugging. "I mean, I noticed it was simple, but I figured that's just the way she liked it."

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #653 on: March 27, 2025, 07:03:05 PM »
> "Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent skill sets, I suppose."
> Have another look at those selling card games. Who looks the least likely to laugh if/when we make a total social embarrassment of ourselves in trying to purchase something from them?
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[22:40:30] <Drake> overreaction
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #654 on: March 28, 2025, 02:30:12 AM »
> "Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent skill sets, I suppose."
> Have another look at those selling card games. Who looks the least likely to laugh if/when we make a total social embarrassment of ourselves in trying to purchase something from them?

>Koa seems content to leave it at that. Looking around, you find an older-looking woman running a stand that deals in various sundries, and has a few amusements in her stock. You might hope she's a dignified elder who might overlook your social faux pas.

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #655 on: March 28, 2025, 12:15:35 PM »
> Approach the stand in question.
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #656 on: March 29, 2025, 03:14:39 AM »
> Approach the stand in question.

>You approach the stand. The older woman gives you a warm smile. "You must be a long way from home. Please look as much as you wish."

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #657 on: March 29, 2025, 06:37:43 AM »
> "Thanks, and I am. Honestly, not really sure about what to do about currency..."
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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #658 on: March 29, 2025, 11:08:16 PM »
> "Thanks, and I am. Honestly, not really sure about what to do about currency..."

>"Oh, I thought money was quite common down below," she says. "Doesn't it cause many problems?"

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Re: Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #659 on: Yesterday at 01:35:45 AM »
> "Oh, uh, it is. I just figured we wouldn't have the same money."
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