ITP: Swap Meet

[slashing_canon]

[Outside the Arts and Crafts hut, two young men sit on the ground ...crafting. Well, one of them is crafting, the other is just giving helpful suggestions.]

This is great but...I think we'll probably run out of materials before we make any money, this way...

((Found some fascinating shiny things on the panty raid that you need to offload before

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[slashing_canon]

...Not really.


Capell Received Smiley Charm!

Er, thanks. It's really handy you can keep us equipped in the field, like this...

[expert_slash]

Well, after you went to all that trouble to collect...materials, we ought to put them to use, right?

[slashing_canon]

It's the least I could do, really. I mean, it's not like I could make anything, so I might as well be helpful like this.

Although [inspect charm] this isn't really the sort of thing I'd expect you to be making.

[expert_slash]

[I AM NOT BLUSHING AT ALL, OKAY, SO SHUT UP] Wh-what's that supposed to mean?

[slashing_canon]

Huh? Er...nothing, really. You're just...you know. Not the...smiley type? I guess. Doesn't this seem a bit too cheerful, for you?

[expert_slash]

They're useful! Th-that's all. It's not like -- I mean -- I've made plenty of things for other people that weren't suited to me.

[slashing_canon]

Right, sorry. I didn't mean you could only make things for you. Still, the design doesn't seem like something you'd come up with.

Did you make anything like this for Sigmund?

[expert_slash]

I didn't. Eugene showed me the pattern for them.

...Not...not like this, no. He mostly...took care of his own gear. But he let me work on his armor once or twice.

[slashing_canon]

Oh, that makes sense, then.

Heh, that...sounds like him. He was sort of a hard guy to get to know, even though I didn't know him very long.

...Uh, sorry.

[expert_slash]

You don't have to apologize. I...still miss him, but...it doesn't hurt as much as it used to.

[sad smile] And really, I think you got to know him as well as anyone did. He took such a liking to you so fast.

[slashing_canon]

Yeah...I don't really understand why he...believed in me, so much. He was the hero, after all. I was nobody. And not very good. Pretty useless, like you said.

[expert_slash]

He was -- you still want me to not tell you too much, right? He...had his reasons.

...And you're not useless.

[slashing_canon]

--you know why? I-- ...it's going to be a strange explanation, if I ask you to tell me, isn't it?

Um...thanks.

[expert_slash]

It's...it's very strange, yes. But I'll tell you any time you want to hear the story.

[slashing_canon]

Um...okay. I'll...think about it. Thanks.

[expert_slash]

Okay.

...In the mean time, I'm wondering if any of these people can help us find a place to stay. I've asked Sora, and he didn't know of anyone who had a room, but maybe one of the others....