[OPEN] In this economy, even white rice and eggs are high-end!

[a_bad_egg]

WHO: Tae Shimura and YOU!
WHERE: The supermarket \o/
WHEN: Saturday afternoon, March 27th (yes this is up late shut up)
WHAT: GROCERY SHOPPING IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
WARNINGS: loonyness. (tba)
FORMAT: [action brackets] because I am lazy.

Comments

[princemunculus]

[Guess who else is PISSED AS SHIT over this bullshit price increase. THAT'S RIGHT IT'S THE ASSHOLE THAT HOARDS MONEY aka Greed. He's playing the good waifu and grocery shopping since Ling eats all the goddamn food.]

[He's got one of those shitty plastic baskets on one arm and he's GLARING at a display of blue space apples as though they just insulted his momma and harassing some poor grocery store employee.]

25 Credits per apple? KEH! I don't care if they are rare, that's a bullshit price! How the hell do you people stay in business?

[a_bad_egg]

[Glances ~SO SLYLY~ over at this exchange, and LOUDLY proclaims, as if she were speaking aloud to herself,]

Perhaps it's because they're the only people in business! It's an unfair grocer monopoly!

[princemunculus]

[The poor grocery store employee tries to explain that IT ISN'T HIS FAULT HE JUST WORKS THERE, but Greed is having none of this. Instead he flips his hand dismissively at the poor, sever armed lad, turning his nose up at the overpriced apples]

Tch, maybe if we didn't have to eat to live, things would be different. But then what would they inflate the price on? Would they start charging for oxygen?

[a_bad_egg]

And maybe if they were normal apples, even, but these ones aren't even worth those 18 credits! They barely have a taste to them.

You know, I bet they would, those evil, insensitive monsters.

[At this point the poor grocery employee looks like he's about to have a mental breakdown. EVERYONE HATES HIM.]

[pattan]

[Getting dragged along because who else will be the pack mule?]

A-Ane-ue...do you really need so many eggs?

[a_bad_egg]

[OF COURSE. And while she's pushing the cart, of course pachi is laden down with the giant bags of rice.]

Of course I do! It's not like we can afford much other than toast, curry, instant noodles and egg rice in the mornings, afternoons and nights these days!

[Glances to the onion... things, one of which snaps a strangely thorn-filled mouth shut on a passerby's tentacles]

Shinpachi, be a dear and take a few of those for the cart? [Smiles sweetly C:]

[pattan]

W-WHAT?! THEY'RE NOT EVEN DEAD YET!!! AND MY HANDS ARE FULL!!!

[a_bad_egg]

Perhaps they'll add some zest to the rice! And they're much cheaper than the green onions, see? Only 5 credits a pound!

[Aaaand the dude that got bit screams, running up and down the aisle with an onion latched onto him...]

[thelonelyawesme]

[Oh hay, look who's also shopping in the produce section]

[Checking out the fierce selection of potatoes]

[a_bad_egg]

[Rolls on by~]

Why, hello, Gilbert.

[thelonelyawesme]

[Oh shi-....he isn't quite sure whether or not to be completely scared yet, but he gets into a minor defensive stance just in case]

H-hey, Tae...

[a_bad_egg]

[It's probably a good idea, though she isn't making any violent movements yet. And besides, she wouldn't attack while his guard is up]

Here to do some shopping? The potatoes were looking a little pricey for me today.

[youidiots]

[Inspecting a fine variety of vegetables except for carrots, screw them.]

The meat prices are worse. Chicken is almost 70 credits.

[a_bad_egg]

How do they expect us to live on such measly pay with these prices!? Even if I can only buy chicken stock, it's still around 30 credits.

Figures, since the Amanto jacked up prices like this in Edo, as well.

[youidiots]

I was wondering if it was because it was getting harder to find certain foods, with all the planets being destroyed... but even the alien foods are still expensive. Plus, I can't get certain things cheaply because of picky eaters...

[a_bad_egg]

Perhaps that might be the case, but if it was, then how would the ship be able to have such a varied selection in the first place? I'm certain it's just artificial inflation.

You should make those picky eaters pay the inflated difference, if they're going to be ungrateful!

[itsnotzura]

[debating extensively between two absolutely identical heads of lettuce an aisle over]

[has been there for easily 45 minutes, unmoving]

[a_bad_egg]

[ROLLS ON BY WITH HER CART]

[Stares... at the heads of lettuce, trying to figure out what exactly he might be deciding on]

[Decides he's retarded]

Ah, hello... Katsura-san?

[itsnotzura]

[BECOMES SHOCKED]

[itsnotzura]

Which one of them spoke-?