Business as Usual (Closed)

[Nathalia]

The Equine watched with a smile as she racd off to snag a forgotten bander. He chuckled thinking about how grateful she should be that no one had taken it...until he saw the thing.

Monster only just began to describe the beast. He stepped back a pace to watch, not wanting to be in biting range.

The transformation was astounding. He watched the luxurious fur and shine that the pelt gained, the tiny wings and the inexplicable change in his appearance.

He must have those potions.

"Those certainly are amazing accomplishments, my dear!" Cauter exclaimed, delightedly as he gestured tward the changed bander. "I can imagine quite a few people enjoying those effects! Quite a few indeed! Shall we discuss the price over lunch?"

He gestured toward the sandwich shoppe, more eager than ever to get his hands on those potions...imagine the price he could set on something like that!

[danishweasel]

Watching Cauter's reaction, Ataxia was pleased as punch. She had been worried that she might have mixed it a bit too much. The potion was as she said: a bit tricky. Mix it too little or too much, you never know what you might get, but hey, beauty was in the eye of the beholder, right?

"Oh, just a little something I've been working on in my spare time...though I'm happy to hear that the results of my experiments might be useful to others. Lunch sounds lovely, though..."

Ataxia looked over to the cage that contained Vortex. He was growling low, which meant that he was in a whole new world of pissed off. She took a chain that was wrapped around the base of the cage, unraveled it, and twisted the chain around the base of a park bench before locking it tight. She then opened up a latch above a sign, uncovering a tag in red letters on the cage: 'For your physical well-being, please DO NOT APPROACH THE BANDER. Thank you.'

"There. Now, let's talk." Her tail wagged lightly behind her as she padded her way into the shoppe.

[Nathalia]

Cauter led the way in and grabbed them a table, pulling out the other chair for the Canine before she could do it herself.

"I highly recommend their steak sandwich, my dear...and please, feel free to order whatever you like, I did say it was my treat after all."

He ordered the sprouts sandwich when the waitress came by and a coffee. After they had satiated a bit of their hunger, he put his coffee aside.

"But now...to business my dear. What sort of payment are you looking for for this marvelous mixture of yours? Perhaps a discount in my store? Or a trade...maybe I should look for a little something special...or perhaps you had a surprise in mind for me?"

He grinned, watching her...he liked her features, such a well patterned Corvie... The mate she finally landed for herself would be very pleased indeed.

[danishweasel]

It came as a bit of a surprise to her when she had her chair pulled out for her by Cauter. She wasn't too used to pleasantries or formalities or any of that. Needless to say, it was a welcome surprise as she hopped up onto the chair and took a seat.

"Thanks much!"

As nice as it was, however, she was there for business. And she had to do her best to stay focused on the goal. She had goods to sell, and she was going to make sure she would get them at the best possible...Her ears perked up as she heard the unmistakable sound of the word...

"Steak? Consider my order placed!"

Steak sandwich and ice water, absolutely scrumptious. Though it was a bit awkward eating around someone with opposable thumbs. Ataxia did her best to eat politely, pressing down on the sandwich with her paws and nabbing small bites with her teeth. She couldn't get around lapping at the water, though.

Her ears perked up once again at the sound of beginning business. Her initial reaction was to go for payment, but...she remembered some of the things at Cauter's shop that definitely caught her eye...It was sorely tempting...

"Well, I have been looking at that tail armor you have back at your shop. You think you could tell me more about it?"

[Nathalia]

Cauter sipped his drink eyes rolling back slightly in thought at the suggestion of the tail armor.

"Nice, solid armor, that." He murmured, putting the drink down and contemplating his pickle. "It'll keep attacks off of more'n just yer bum, that's for sure. The man that sold it to me assured me it has an enchantment or two on it...it tingles when you touch it too...almost as though it was charged like a bulb. But what would you be needing armor for, m'dear? Things blow up at home that often? I'm fond of explosions myself, but if that's the case...I could try to find you a helmet too."

He smiled, knowing this probably wasn't the case, but at the same time...never hurt to make the offer.

"If you were looking for that one however...I'd be willing to knock ten p off of the price in addition to your payment."

Which will be substantially smaller if that is the case... His mind finished for him.

He continued eating while she pondered this.

He loved a good business lunch.

[danishweasel]

The question was certainly an awkward one to answer. She couldn't answer directly what she needed it for, though the reactions would be priceless, no doubt. That armor did sound nice, though, something she would definitely need in the future, should all go well.

"Well, you never know what way the research might turn. I thought that having some more heavy-duty protective gear, aside from the usual muzzle covers and leather gloves, might do me some good should I decide to focus on those properties."

That should do. If he didn't fall for that, he would at least get the hint that it probably wasn't a good idea to linger on the why. ...The helmet was definitely tempting as well, seeing as she would need to be sure to keep all her bases covered, as well as all of her vitals.

"That's certainly a possibility, though I suppose the first question to start with is what are we looking at when it comes to payment?"

Best to get it clear from the get-go. Should he try low balling, she could always try her hand at some bartering. That game was always fun.

[Kiki]

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