[SP-F1] <<earning a living>> Time to sew pt II

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Waking up in the morning, standing up, Allania stretched wide and let out a yawn. Heading over to her shop, Zandrar Wears, to open it up. After a short walk, Allania took a little break, stopping at the side of the road, perching on the edge of a bench and watched. Watched as the citizens of this Town went about their daily business. “Simple lives these NPC’s lived” she mused.

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Her gaze every so often coming to rest on the odd passer-by that was not an NPC. The players, people much like her who are trapped in this so-called “death game”, distinct from the NPC’s by their obvious weapons and armour that set them apart from the common NPC’s living in this world. “Death game” she laughed to herself, Allania in no way thought of it like that, this was no death game, it was just another opportunity at life, her previous life, although hard, was great fun, one where her family were close, closer than the families of any of the other children she had known growing up, but that was due to their wealth, she had to make do with what they had, surviving in that world was a group effort. Much like this one.

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 In this world you could only go so far on your own. She could take out simple Boars, the basics of this world, but only when they were on their own.  She needed support to do anything more, especially at this point. But to get to the point when she could fight more for herself she needed to get to work. Standing up, determined she marched herself the rest of the way to her store, opening the door to the ring of a bell.

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Walking inside to its dark but comforting interior. There was not much to be seen in the dark, she did not have much stock. First she opened the curtains, letting the light flood in, illuminating the glass counter which she performs transactions over. Going into the back room, making sure everything was still in check, that nothing was missing and that there was in no need to replace or repair anything.

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Humming a short tune to herself, Allania walked  out the back room, into the main one, then outside, making sure that the sign was in check. It was  simple, and somewhat garish, it was a bright orange sign, her favourite colour by far,  the orange was the colour of the thread wrapped around a spindle, but it was hers. Making a mental note that she should probably get herself a new sign at some point.

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Having now set up a tailoring shop Allania thought it about time she go and see her mentor, he who taught her the trade. To visit Zandre.  It had been a while, a week at least and she had not gone to visit him once. Locking the door behind her Allania set off in the direction of his store.

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As she walked she had a thought, maybe I should bring him some materials for his store, I bet he’d love that, what better a gift to a tailor than free materials. Thinking it was a fantastic idea, Allania took a left turn onto the main road, instead of the right turn required to get to Zandre’s store. “It will just be a short detour” she told herself, “nothing major, just gathering a few materials for him”.

 

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Walking at a leisurely pace, Allania soon arrived at the gate to the Town. Looking down the hill at the plains surrounding it, littered with both players and Boar alike. Some fighting, some resting, and some searching. Everyone seemed like they were busy today.

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Stopping as the path started to wind down. Allania had to make a decision. How would she gather the materials? Stuck for how to gather them Allania stepped to the side of the road, so as not to block it for others. Getting distracted for a short while every so often as she stopped her train of thought to watch the people walk by.

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Finally deciding that she would rather search safely than risk her life out there in the field, battling it out with Boar when having no mitigation. Allania started to trace the edge of the town. Not looking as hard as she normally did, she managed to just find a plant that she could harvest, almost passing it by but feeling the luck of her dress guide her towards it. Looking down at her dress, after she had collected the material, smiling with joy at how well it came out.

 

ID# 52222 results:

 Loot: 13 + 2 = 15

+1 mat

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Deciding that she should probably bring more than just the one material for him. Allania continued on her way around the Towns edge. Looking here and there with little interest in what she was doing, missing any possibilities of finding materials as she was not paying any attention. Instead she was looking down the hill, watching the specks of players on the horizon, running about, fighting Boars, having great fun. "I should probably do some more things with a party, my friends list is rather short" she said, as opening her menu to find it pitifully empty.

 

ID# 52223 results:

 Loot: 11+ 2 = 13

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Shaking herself awake, telling herself that she needs to find some materials to present to Zandre as a gift, Allania retraces her steps. Walking back along the wall the way she came, Allania kept a much closer eye this time on her surroundings, looking for a plant that she could make use of. Finding one quickly, sat out there in plain sight, for all to see, she wonders how she could even miss that. "How oblivious was I when I was walking about?" she pondered.

ID# 52224 results:

 Loot: 19 + 2 = 21

+1 mat

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Feeling a little more confident in her gift now that she had two materials under her belt. But she could not go to him yet, "I need to get at least 3 materials" she thought, "That was what I had last time, I believe". Not quite remembering whether that was true or not Allania continued her searching for materials. Walking along the wall, not finding anything of particular use Allania took to kicking a stone along with her, paying little attention to anything but the stone and the ground around her.

 ID# 52225 results:

 Loot: 7 + 2 = 9

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Nothing, absolutely nothing. Allania could find a single thing of use at this section of the wall. Some were bountiful, others were picked completely clean. Sighing in frustration at other players having been here before her Allania moved on. "No point wasting time searching where the is nothing to be found" Allania exclaimed loudly in annoyance. With that announced Allania jogged on to the next section of the wall.

ID# 52226 results:

 Loot: 1 + 2 = 3 (still a crit fail)

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Stomping around the wall in fustration, Allania took a while to calm down. Taking a breather, sitting down and relaxing for a moment then continuing her search.Looking a lot more thoroughly out of shear annoyance for the last areas, Allania quickly came across one plant that was tucked away within a circle of bushes, the rest of the area had once again been picked clean, but it seemed they had missed this one. "What luck" Allania thought as she harvested the material.

ID# 52227 results:

 Loot: 19 + 2 = 21

+1 mat

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Satisfied now that she had a reasonable gift for Zandre Allania started back towards the gate of the Town form which she exited. As she walked along the wall, she kept an eye out for any potential materials that she could harvest. Unsurprised by her lack of success, "after all, I did search that area rather thoroughly" she let out with a sigh, "and from the looks of it so did a lot of people". But that did not put a dampener on her mood, she had got three materials! And quite quickly at that, and now she was going to go and see Zandre.

ID# 52228 results:

 Loot: 10 + 2 = 12

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Heading back through the gate, Allania walked up the main road. Passing by the turning she had took to get onto it on her way out. She was nearly there. Walking further into the city Allania saw the familiar sign in the distance. Just a simple thread and needle, indicating that the place was a tailors. Before long Allania was outside, to her it felt like an age since she had first come her, but in actuality it was probably more like a week, if that. It was starting to get hard to keep track of how many days she'd been here, it felt like so many but was actually so few. So few compared to some who have been in this world for years.

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Taking a deep breath, Allania opened the to the tinkle of the bell positioned just above it. Taking a peek round the door Allania let out a sigh of relief, it seemed that he wasn't in the main part of the room. Opening the door fully and walking in, Allania announced herself, calling out "Hello? Zandre are you there?", waiting to see if there was a response. While she waited Allania began to look at all the clothes around her, he was a truly magnificent tailor, she had no hopes of accumulating a stock like he has any time soon. Nor to the quality of his items either.

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After a short while of waiting Allania began to wonder if Zandre was okay, it wasn't normal for an NPC to leave their store unlocked if they weren't in. Starting to get a little worried about Zandre, Allania walked to the desk and began dinging the bell there a few times. Leaving the last hit of it to ring out its pure clean note out into the air. Allania then began to pace, as the bells last ring carried on for what seemed like an eternity. But just before she was about to rush on into the backroom, Allania heard Zandre's voice call out "Just a minute please!!" it shouted, drowning out the sound of the bell.

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Sighing a breath of relief at here the kind mans voice Allania stops pacing, opting instead to go and wait at the counter. After a short while Zandre comes out of the back rooms, head down as he's thinking about what he needs to do for his latest item. As he looks up he see Allania.

As he looks up, Zandre's eyes raise to see the face of Allania, beaming at him with joy, and seeming to be relieved about somehting, but he had not a clue as to what. "What are you so relieved about?" he asked, tilting his head to one side in a quizzical fashion.

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