Sincera

[Nametaken]

>Buy SMEXY HAT and SUPERCOOL SHADES.
>Proceed to use your +15 CHARISMA boost to get some low price on edible merchandising.

[Danfish77]

>Purchase toddler toy that you secretly collect; if questions are raised, say it is for a nephew.

[Nucleose]

Forget food. Buy some faygo and a pack of smokes

> Buy fix hat

>Buy a pair of shades

>Buy SMEXY HAT and SUPERCOOL SHADES.

>Purchase toddler toy that you secretly collect; if questions are raised, say it is for a nephew.

"Ladies ladies please, there's only one of me"

All of this stuff is way too expensive also there are no females around for you to swoon. You decide to only get the food.

But Oh No, it seems your meager allowances won't cover the full price of all these nice edibles! The Shop Keeper seems aware of this and prepares for the awkward silence that follows in this situation. What's your next move?

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Good news everyone, I'm not grounded anymore! Will this mean more frequent updates? Who knows!

[silence]

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Well hey, look what I found.

Chat with the good man, break the ice up a bit. Look for an opportunity to earn his respect, and maybe he'll make an exception for you.

[Indigo Suarez]

>Radio: Turn back into robot, continue search for Megatron and the Allspark

[Wessolf27]

> Just get the fruits, maybe a single can of faygo. That's it.

[Leibowitz]

But Oh No, it seems your meager allowances won't cover the full price of all these nice edibles! The Shop Keeper seems aware of this and prepares for the awkward silence that follows in this situation. What's your next move?

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Murder is the best solution.

Kill him, take the food.

[Cucurbita]

> Haul Ass

[Lieutenant Fish]

Get a job hauling asses, earn money.

[Nucleose]

Chat with the good man, break the ice up a bit. Look for an opportunity to earn his respect, and maybe he'll make an exception for you.

Maybe the Shop Keeper is susceptible to flattery and aimless conversation? It's worth a shot.

Kieran: "How are you today... handsome?"

That compliment seems to have suspended time and made things even weirder. You hope it ends soon.

The Shop Keeper chuckles.

Shop Keeper: "What's your name, kid?"

If you weren't already using a pseudonym, you'd say something ridiculous like Ben Stiller. Instead, you tell him the truth. That is, the false truth.

The Shop Keeper contemplates this, and glances at your hat. He stays silent for a moment longer, then asks you this question:

Shop Keeper: "Why have you come here to Milhaven?"

You think of the most unimportant thing you've seen all day.

Kieran: "I came to see your nice...cubes?"

The Shop Keeper sees right through your obvious on-the-spot ruse and chuckles once again.

Shop Keeper: "Why of course you have. And it's not just a cube, mind you. It's a statue, a welcoming piece for all newcomers to the city. Feels like one of those things that's been there forever actually."

You figure that this guy's been here for a while, and that he's probably a bored middle-aged man with a wealth of information. But you're mainly just hungry and you'd like to get some sustenance before you get some answers. But you figure you may be able to blend the two.

The Shop Keeper hands you a candy bar and a warm smile.

Shop Keeper: "Anything else you wanna know?"

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[Wessolf27]

> "Know a good place to crash in for the night?"

[Lieutenant Fish]

> "What is your top speed when chasing after, say, a shoplifter?"

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"Who is this Ryan P. guy?"
"Do you have a map of the city I can look at?"
"How do you keep the ladies off you, you handsome devil?"

[MyUsernamesMud]

"Do you need somebody to preform incredibly risky deliveries into the seedy underbelly of this godforsaken town?"

[Cucurbita]

> Shopkeer: Become homoerotically interested in customer

"Do you get a lot of new people coming through here?"

[MrEdwardNigma]

"Where can a guy make some quick money around here?"

[pwnifier]

"Do you know of anybody who would want to team up with me and go on what will probably turn out to be an adventure?"

[Nucleose]

"Who is this Ryan P. guy?"

Shop Keeper: "Ryan Palton is the Mayor of this fine city. He made that "statue" a long time ago--long before he was mayor--as a sort of welcoming beacon for all newcomers that enter the city. I think he wanted everyone to know that this was a place they could escape to."

"But he hardly cares about that anymore. Ever since he's become Mayor he's practically recessed into the very shadows of the city he rules over. Nowadays, he's become more of an ambiguous figurehead than anything."

You never really cared for politics, but you figure you might as well take advantage of his penchant for informative (albeit incessant) rambling and get some practical information. You decide to ask the most obvious and pressing question you can think of.

"Do you need somebody to preform incredibly risky deliveries into the seedy underbelly of this godforsaken town?"

The Shopkeeper furrows his brow in frustration.

Shop Keeper: "What? No. No I don't."

The shopkeeper sighs.

Shop Keeper: "Listen, kid, I can see you're gonna need some help. You can have this stuff, but... just promise me you'll look for a job? Maybe pay me back when you get the chance?"

The Shop Keeper's act of kindness catches you off guard like a sword of generosity breaking through your flimsy chain-mail of not-paying-for-stuff. Do you indeed promise to this verbal contract the Shopkeeper presents you?

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It's felt like a really long time since last update so here guys. Also I'm still on the fence about using this program for the whole adventure so maybe you might see really sloppy but somehow better stuff next update. Or it could end up failing and I stick to sai. who knows.

[Nametaken]

>Well, if the man is being so generous, i guess you could try to be nice for once... And he is right, you do need to get a job if you want to survive.
>"Do you know of any place where they might need some help?"

[Lieutenant Fish]

>nah, take advantage of his chumpishness and go find a more powerful dude to rack up Favor Points with. Then, after you've made it big, feel really bad about it and pay off his rent for a year or something.

[Barralax]

No, we're not going to get a job, we're just going to mooch off of people for the rest of the adventure.

Of course we're going to get a job. Thank the man for his generosity, and ask where you might get to looking for one.

[Wessolf27]

Take the offer

[Danfish77]

Promise and be sincere about paying him back later!

[Cucurbita]

Promise and be sincera about paying him back later!

Nghrrrrrrrrrrgh

I am filled with never ending rage.

[MyUsernamesMud]

>feign a debilitating disease and see if you can get welfare