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[holycurse]

[Hello Prismatica, this video feed is showing a bright-eyed cheerful teenager whose face is way too close to the screen.]

—Is it working? I think this is right...ah, Lord Windmaster, can you hear me? I was just out shopping, and this market is selling two entire loaves of bread for the price of one! And they're fresh, too!

[He sounds more excited than a guy should be about bread...also there's some movement as he lifts a shopping basket into view. Showing off his prize!!]

I picked up some coupons for other things here too, so I've been looking for those...have you heard of coupons, they're really quite amazing, they would have made life much easier before—er, but if there's anything else we need, please contact me! You can use the array if you like, I just wanted to show you the bread...I still haven't found the "fabric softener" on this coupon, but it sounds like something Ruo Ye would like...anyway, yes, that's everything! I'll be looking around here for a while longer, but I should be home in a shichen or so!

[Aaand end message. How did he manage to post on a public forum instead of sending a private message? The gods just don't know.]

Comments

[winepouring]

If they're shaped like fish, they might taste like them, too. [ Dried fish crackers... Hm. ] Though I've also seen food shaped like animals here that were actually sweet! Animal shapes seem fairly popular for snacks here. It makes guessing what they might taste like difficult...

[ Wait, you can't just "anyway" away talking about bloodstains- ] Ah, Xie-xiong? Do you need a soap that takes out bloodstains? Did something happen?

[holycurse]

Well, you can never go wrong with dried fish, so that sounds like a good enough purchase to me. [Hm, hm.] Animal-shaped foods though...I've seen fish-shaped breads? And fish-shaped candies too. They're a surprisingly popular shape, but it does make one wonder what the foods actually taste like....

[Fish-flavored fish? Fruit-flavored fish? Bean-flavored fish???]

--Nothing! Nothing worth worrying about anyway, I'm a martial god after all, the occasional bloodstain is perfectly natural in my line of work!

[winepouring]

Do you have a coupon for the fish breads and candies, too? If they're candies, they can't taste like fish, right? Oh, maybe they'll give you a sample of them if you ask. That's only fair. They're very generous with their samples at that store.

[ What would fish-flavored candies taste like... Salty, maybe? Like the sea? ]

Have you gotten prayers like that recently...? I haven't gotten any at all since being here. You should take me along with you. I might not be a martial god, but as your friend, I'll give you my support.

[ Also, it's boring without any work... ]

[holycurse]

I only have one for the crackers, but the candies are relatively cheap, so I suppose I could buy a package anyway....

[Ahem.]

I haven't gotten any prayers like that, no--only a request from Lord Shen for naming advice. But I'll make sure to invite you along if I get anything more challenging then that!

[does this mean he gets more work than the windmaster--it probably doesn't count if it's a single casual prayer from a friend, does it...]

[winepouring]

[ Shi Qingxuan makes a little noise of agreement, like, yes, that sounds fair.

But! Wow, Xie Lian does get more prayers than him... The Palace of Wind has really fallen on hard times... ]

Peak Lord Shen prayed to you for naming advice? [ ?? Well, his Ruo Ye and his sword do both have more creative names than Shi Qingxuan's fan. ] Though, wait, Your Highness, if you didn't get injured answering a prayer, why do you need soap that can remove blood??

[holycurse]

He did, yes! He wanted a good name for a sword.

[Weapons are Xie Lian's love....plus he's used to getting menial labor for prayers at this point, getting to name a sword was honestly a nice change of pace.]

...Er. Well, somebody else mentioned it, and you never know when you might need something like that, especially for a man in my position, so it seems like it would be a nice investment, don't you think?