I Can't Believe It's Not Cubic Zirconia

[thegreat1ncewas]

Feeling quite the entrepreneur today, Liam has set up a small booth with a simple sign reading:

Quality Diamonds for Sale!
Prices Negotiable, Barter Allowed

Diamonds of all shapes and sizes have been carefully displayed under a glass counter which, coupled with some neat lighting tricks, has created a small lightshow in that corner of the Nexus. It is

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[somaturge]

"We celebrate success the same way we celebrate failure: with drunkenness and whores. How much for the diamonds?"

[thegreat1ncewas]

"Alcohol and sex. Excellent, excellent." Liam's really starting to appreciate how people around here think. He leans forward all businesslike. "Depends on which diamond and what you have to offer. Prices are flexible depending on your world's currency and how much I like you." Well, at least he's an honest thief?

[somaturge]

"I could do with a few, and for that... I have little gold, but ample services. You look like a person who could perhaps use them." A mischevious smile plays across the mage's lips. "I can give you bullets that want to hit their targets. I can make you appliances driven to perform their tasks faster, better, more quietly. I can give you boxes that will open only to your hands, clothing that will strangle anyone who puts it on, security and weaponry unequalled. I am a golem-maker. What value is this?"

[thegreat1ncewas]

"Extremely good use," he says mildly, letting possibilities flitter through his mind. "We would have to somehow ascribe value to each of the services mentioned... and of course, I would require some sort of assurance that said services would be rendered as described." He smiles apologetically. "Good business practices, you understand."

[tempting_fayt]

Ooh, those are shiny. Fayt is drawn to the shiny.

"I celebrate it by doing something else while I feel like I can do anything. The feeling makes me better at what I do."

He peeks at the diamonds, inquires about a small one in the corner, "How much for this?"

[thegreat1ncewas]

"Taking advantage of euphoria. Strangely enough I don't think I've done that before." Celebratory booze kinda gets in the way of productivity.

Liam inspects the diamond. "Mm, well... sales have been slow, so I suppose a stone of that size would go for one hundred dollars. Ah, American, 21st-century, though if that's not your currency I believe there are machines about to make the exchange...?"

((I think LJ ate the first reply to this- sorry about the wait D:))

[tempting_fayt]

Fayt looks mildly puzzled, wandering off to find one of those machines.

He soon returns with the required currency, silently thanking whatever deity urged him to keep on saving his money and not just blow it all on the first awesome weapon he saw in a shop. "This much, right?" he asks, offering the money. "And how do you think that stone would do in a necklace or ring setting, for example? It looks to be about the right size for what I'd like to mount it in."

[random_xtras]

There's a grey green and cobalt blue shimmer, and suddenly Aoife is standing by the booth, being benignly loomed over by a massive mechanical creature who looks like a blue Bonecrusher.

"I used to go and sit and swap stories with my sisters. Now... I go home and have something good to eat and tell stories to my teammates."

[thegreat1ncewas]

Liam looks up at the giant robot thing and barely bats an eye. "Is that yours?"

"My teammates were involved with my success, so I believe further boasting is practically required." He smiles a little and gestures to his diamonds. "See any you like?"

[random_xtras]

She frowns at him. "That's one of my teammates."

[thegreat1ncewas]

"Is it?" he says mildly.

[alternate_faye]

Hey, shiny things. Faye also happens to like shiny stuff.

"My work isn't really exciting..."

[thegreat1ncewas]

There cannot be a single person who doesn't like shiny stuff in the entire Nexus.

"A work accomplishment, a private one, any sort of thing."

[alternate_faye]

"I pretty much go out for the night with friends. That kind of thing."

[lilmagicflower]

"Sparkly rocka!" Nikki gaped, then smiled shyly, peering at them before looking up and grinning. "i have some too... but you have a lot more pretty clear ones...."

[thegreat1ncewas]

Liam raises an eyebrow. "You have diamonds too?" he inquires politely.

[lilmagicflower]

"Yes," she said shyly, then dug into her pocket and pulled out a small handful of various precious gems. She smiled. "I make them! Do you make yours, too?"

[thegreat1ncewas]

He tilts his head and leans in to get a better look. "No, I can't say that I can make diamonds. Do you mean you made those from nothing?"