Video; A brief commercial interlude

[resenting]

[ In front of an unassuming store, Naofumi and Raphtalia stand next to each other awkwardly. They're dressed to the nines in costume formalwear, glitter and sequins blinding in the poor lighting. ]


I'll never make it to the ball if I can't cure my sanguis bloodlust!!"


[ In a flat, almost put upon tone: ]


Here, try this.


[ Raphtalia drinks the potion. One might almost believe her fake smile ]


I feel great! Just like an ordinary Prismal! Thank you, Mas-- Doctor Naofumi!


[ She twirls around, feigning complete recovery. ]


[ In a very bad monotone: ]


Heavenly Fowl Apothecary, for all of your potion needs.


No refunds, though.


[ With that, the video cuts out… but the sound stays on. ]


You could at least try to sound convincing!


Yeah yeah, the important thing is just that they hear the name.


"No refunds"? You don't have to let them know upfront that you're a cheapskate.


That was the most important part. Everything works, so if anyone wants a refund they're just trying to pull something anyway.

Wait- shit! How long as this thing been on!?


[ The feed abruptly cuts out completely ]

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[bought]

[ Raphtalia crosses her arms. Her tail swishes irritably. ]

I don't know! I'm still learning how these things work.

[resenting]

It's fine, what'd done is done. I'd be surprised if anyone's really paying that much attention anyway.

[bought]

Didn't you say this is how things are done on your world?

[resenting]

More or less.

Well, people pretty much ignore them there, too.

[Let's face it, everyone hates commercials.]

That's why it only matters that they hear the name.

[bought]

[ oh... they fucked up...

no, he fucked up, she was just along for the ride. clearly. ]

Master Naofumi, we didn't even tell them where we're located!

[resenting]

[Oh. Right.]

We'll get some fliers printed up that will have all of that on them.

I guess we should probably hire somebody to hand those out...

[bought]

You can hand them out yourself.

[resenting]

In between collecting materials and crafting out entire inventory?

And we need you to man the storefront. That means we'll have to hire somebody.

It's fine, I can trust them as long as I know they're doing it for money.

[bought]

Chroma. [ not money. chroma. ] What kind of person are you thinking of hiring, then?

[ is it a girl? is she gonna have to moonlace with the employee to keep naofumi's paws off them? ]

[resenting]

Sure, Chroma then. [Look, it's not like he's seeing this as an MMO or anything but money is money is money.]

No idea. Probably somebody I've already spoken to, though.

[Those two pirate brothers probably wouldn't do it, but there's a few people he seems to get along with. Maybe one of the people who come from other versions of japan?]

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[wearingguess]

Ah! Hello, Raphtalia! [ unless they somehow never got around to exchanging names that time he semiconsciously texted nonsense to her ] Hello, Dr. Naofumi!

Aside from ones that cure Sanguis bloodlust to the extent that it is possible to attend a ball, what kind of potions do you offer?

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[unhappy]

Does it actually work?

[ She seems a little skeptical even with that last allegedly 'oopsed' part. Mostly because she's having a lot of issues with her nature already being.. well, a lot of the traits Sanguis bestows like violently aggressive behavior and possessiveness, so it reaches some pretty close to yandere levels. If it feels like she can't control it, she's been avoiding going outside. ]

[resenting]

Depends on what you need, but I'm pretty confident I can come up with about any kind of medication you might need.

[resenting]

Yeah, if I was selling anything that didn't people would catch on pretty quick, don't you think?

[unhappy]

You could sell a bunch before anyone figured anything out and make off with the profits. What are the side-effects?

[resenting]

But then I'd never be able to do business with those people ever again. It's just not worth it.

You ever take any kind of sedative? It'll be kinda like that.

As long as you're not planning on flying a spaceship or anything for a few hours, you should be fine.

[bought]

Master Naofumi has the best healing potions you could ever ask for!

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[bought]

He's been leveling up his potion-making skills for a long time. If Master Naofumi is selling it, it's going to work.

[bought]

[ Pirates though!! ]

Like who?

[ sanguis says what? ]

[resenting]

Who knows?

There's a few people who seem to be from other versions of my world, just like the other heros. They don't seem to be self-important morons for the most part, so that's a plus- if I ask anyone it'll probably be somebody like that.

[bought]

[ "like the other heroes" makes it sound very flippant; maybe they won't be people who'll be closer to Naofumi by virtue of having a similar background. ]

I see. [ and does it really matter? she's the one who knows him best, after all. ] So, do you think this ad will really work?

[resenting]

We'll just have to wait and see.

As long as the good doctor seends her patients our way for their needs we'll be fine either way.

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[insecution]

[ This is an ad for snake oil if Shinobu’s ever seen one. She’ll bite, though. ]

Wow! Did you two make that yourselves?

That’s amazing. You know, I happen to have a little bit of a dog problem myself… [ She throws a thumb behind her, where a mop of black hair and a pair of matching wolf ears sit. ] Do you have anything that might help with that?

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[soulburningfights]

What about strength and dexterity potion? Better yet, can you craft some healing potions?

[Gods, she's missed her potions.]

[resenting]

Looks like it's your lucky day then, because those are our specialties.