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Post by Noa on Nov 23, 2021 19:10:40 GMT -6
"Yes, glass things," Noa repeated, his voice laced with impatience. "Sculptures, knick knacks, that sort of nonsense. Made of glass."
"W-We carry some marbles here, but--"
"No, not your merchandise." Noa cut him off before he could get too far with that line of thought. "I'm... Look, did an old Kapper come through here or didn't he?"
That seemed to spark something in the young man's mind, and he left off staring back at Noa to glance up, as if trying to recall something. "O-Oh, now that you mention it... Oh! That's right! Wait here please!" With that, he ran off towards the back of the shop, presumably to an employees only area, hopefully to fetch the things that Noa had been sent out to find. The day had been pretty unpleasant so far, but if he only had to visit two stores to complete the request, then that was some consolation.
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Post by Noa on Nov 23, 2021 19:17:36 GMT -6
Sure enough, the young man emerged a few minutes later, both arms laden with a collection of glass nonsense. Noa took it in for a moment, cataloguing the various items, then decided it wasn't even worth the bother of trying to pick them up himself. "Rhys," he said. The Faeron understood at once what he wanted, though Rhys hesitated slightly.
{I don't think I've ever carried this many things before...}
"Well, if some of them drop, that's not my problem," Noa said. Who just carried around glass baubles like this with no protective padding in the first place? A glance at the young man's face and Noa noticed his hesitation, but Noa arched a brow at him and the young man blinked before looking away. Well, if he wasn't going to say anything, then Noa was going to carry on as if there were no problems -- or at least not more than there already were anyway.
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Post by Noa on Nov 23, 2021 19:40:13 GMT -6
{... I'll try my best not to drop any,} Rhys said. Then he glowered at the glass objects, and one by one they rose into the air. Some of them wobbled a little, and the young man who had been holding them let go of the rest with a yelp, which left Rhys scrambling to levitate them all before any of them could hit the ground. Noa looked on, more curious about the outcome than anxious for it. After all the nonsense that these glass objects had put him through, he wouldn't have been terribly upset to see a couple of them broken.
Unfortunately, Rhys did in fact manage to catch them all. The young man at the shop breathed a sigh of relief too, for which Noa gave him an odd look. What stake did he have in all this? But no, it didn't matter, they had what they needed.
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Post by Noa on Nov 23, 2021 19:42:34 GMT -6
It had taken long enough, and he was just as glad to be out of here. The toys really were starting to get to him.
"Thanks," he said. He didn't sound any more grateful than he had at the last shop, but then he wasn't the one who wanted these things to begin with.
The young man smiled again, though there was something tense about it now. "No, I... I'm happy to help!" Well, he didn't seem to want to hassle Noa about not buying anything, which was good. Maybe he was just as anxious to be rid of Noa and Rhys as Noa was to take his leave of this place. But that didn't interfere with what Noa wanted at all, so if the man wanted him gone, so be it.
With Rhys still levitating the baubles, they swept out of the store, and through the city, back to the quest board.
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Post by Noa on Nov 23, 2021 19:50:31 GMT -6
The Kapper wasn't there, but Noa was certainly not going to waste any more time. He went to the quest shop, demanded a box, eventually managed to acquire one, then had Rhys dump all the thrice blasted glass nonsense into it and left it at the foot of the board itself. If the Kapper came around and saw these, great. If someone else stole them before he had a chance to happen upon them, that wasn't Noa's problem. He had upheld his end of the bargain, as far as he was concerned, and it wasn't as if the Kapper had left him an address to go to anyway.
With that done, he wasted no time in heading for home. There were other things to do, and with the months getting colder, he didn't want to spend this much time outside. Maybe he'd brew some tea, to help with the lingering headache...
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Post by NPC on Nov 25, 2021 6:59:00 GMT -6
Congratulations, you have successfully completed the quest! Your QP will be added to the bank.
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