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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.]

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[husbun]

Back home, most of our money went to weapons until...well, until we didn't need to buy them anymore.

[Because Grima had killed almost everyone and they could just sorta pick them up off the ground? Yikes.]

I always dreamed of a day where I could buy nice things like silks, you know? I'd rather do that than learn alchemy or magic.

[holycurse]

["Until we didn't need to buy them" can go two different ways, and he gets the feeling it might not be the good one....quietly sweeping that particular topic out the door, then.]

Well, they're easier to obtain here than they were back home, if you're interested in buying some. My closet's grown to contain quite a few since I arrived here, though I hadn't really planned for it to happen.

[husbun]

[Yarne's life is tragic, but at least he's cute so it's okay?]

Hey, you know, I bet I could do that! I'm going to be making more Chroma soon, I think. How much are you selling them for?

[He's made the assumption that Xie Lian is selling him used silks straight from the closet. Whoops.]

[holycurse]

[It's okay Yarne, we can be tragically cute together.]

Me? Er, I hadn't really thought of selling my own, but--if you're interested in any of my clothes, I suppose I wouldn't mind selling a few?

[Earning money is important! But will they even fit...regardless, he'll give a price that's pretty cheap for silk (but probably not cheap cheap, because silk).]

[husbun]

Ah! No, no, I just thought you meant...don't worry about it!

[Oh, no, now Yarne is embarrassed.]

I should buy my own new ones! It'll be like...a celebration of...um...I'm really not sure what it'd be celebrating other than that I can find them in a store. But it'd still be nice.

[holycurse]

That's as good a reason as any! I'll admit to having bought quite a few things myself, simply because I had the money to afford them. [Sometimes you can't help it!

And sometimes you just get carried away because intangible digital currency is confusing.]

Honestly, all the clothes I've seen for sale here seem to be of nicer material than my old outfit. Even the cheaper things are soft!

[husbun]

Back home, I don't really wear clothes, so everything here is new to me now that I think about it.

[He has fur, though, so it's okay.]

It's settled, then! When I get more Chroma, I'll treat myself to something really, really soft to wear! I mean it!

[holycurse]

You don't?—Ah, because you're a rabbit?

[That makes sense enough, right? A furry rabbit man not wearing clothes. That chicken man hadn't really been wearing anything either, back in Ghost City.]

That's a perfect plan! Do you not have much chroma now? If you lack the funds for necessities, I'd be willing to offer you a hand.