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countthecats ([personal profile] countthecats) wrote in [community profile] lastvoyageslogs2025-11-23 12:16 pm
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Port: Up the Airy Mountain

Who: The Cat King and OPEN
What: Up the Airy Mountain port
When: All port
Where: Town, forest, and fairy market
Warnings: CK being a dick, TBA

The Cat King is no stranger to the fae, and the woods outside this town stinks of them. He feels safe. He knows the rules, knows the way these creatures think and behave, so he's content to trot around town, lounging with the local strays to hear the gossip and rumors. He puts the fear of Bast into a few particularly ornery locals who've been giving the strays a hard time. Spooks a few others just for the heck of it with his magic cat routine, though not so many that he can't lounge nearby during storytelling, absorbing every word.

It feels good. Natural. What he's made for. But nighttime is when the fun begins.

He knows many of his fellow passengers haven't the first clue how to handle the fae, so he's eager to watch the show. Often as a cat, sometimes as a human, he mingles with the crowds and watches the bartering with an amused smile. Occasionally he'll offer a word of encouragement to someone unsure if they want to pay the cost.

Rarely, to only a very few people, he'll offer a warning. Even a swat of his paw or a stomp on their foot if he needs to stop them right now from doing something stupid. He doesn't care if most of you wind up forgetting who you are or cursed with animal body parts, but he will not let his people take a bad deal if he can help it.
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[personal profile] weaponuser 2025-11-25 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Cheradenine has bartered before, but it's a skill he's rusty at. He's trying to be winsome and drop the price of a statuette of a dryad to something he can afford. Alas, the shopkeeper seems immune to his charms.

He glances over at the cat he's seen around the Barge before. Maybe he'll help a little?
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[personal profile] weaponuser 2025-11-26 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"A good deal more? No, but I know cats. You know how to beguile. You're wily." He can only hope this won't insult him.
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[personal profile] weaponuser 2025-11-27 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
"If you give me a discount on this, I'll buy you something you want." That way they both come out ahead.
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[personal profile] weaponuser 2025-11-28 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"Most cats don't talk, mate. I can't imagine that there's nothing here you want." Or maybe he's making huge assumptions about the Cat King. He doubts it, though.
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[personal profile] weaponuser 2025-11-30 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
"If I buy it, I'll spend all my money." He really wants this statuette. It reminds him of his sister. But he doesn't want to spend all his money on one thing, either.
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Night Market!

[personal profile] nimbuster 2025-11-29 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
The only thing Cloud's familiar with that's anything like the fae is moogles. And moogles are actually pretty straightforward about their business models. So this wishy-washy system of negotiating abstract prices with no currency is pretty ridiculous to him, and he's not having a great time navigating it.

When CK runs across him, he's staring down some faerie shopkeep with his arms folded, exasperated and clearly nearing wit's end.

"So...you can't just name a specific price that's something normal? Like...a physical object I could actually trade you? What is with this place?"
nimbuster: (are you done)

Re: Night Market!

[personal profile] nimbuster 2025-11-29 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Cloud glances over when the cat jumps up - oh, he recognizes that cat, that's the Cat King. The question makes him sigh.

"They make no sense. How am I supposed to pay with 'the last color that made me cry'? That's never even happened."

That he remembers, anyway. Or that he recognizes as a color having anything to do with it.
nimbuster: (the most unimpressed face ever)

Re: Night Market!

[personal profile] nimbuster 2025-11-29 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Cloud gives the cat a flat look. "People only say that when the worst that could happen is really shitty. I'm not giving them anything I don't fully understand."

He may be unfamiliar with the fae, but he's familiar with Shinra contracts and fine print, at least.
nimbuster: (close your eyes and sigh)

Re: Night Market!

[personal profile] nimbuster 2025-11-30 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
"Not here to have fun. Or play guessing games. I just want to complete a simple transaction and get outta here. You'd think that wouldn't be this hard in a market."

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[personal profile] wildguardian 2025-12-01 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Good evening, your Majesty," Zhao Yunlan calls to the orange tabby sauntering by in the stream of stranger beings. He's sitting at a pop-up ale tent table, a large mug of something nut-brown and aromatic cradled between his hands and a backpack tucked safely between his feet away from potential bag-snatching attempts. "How's the evening treating you?"
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[personal profile] wildguardian 2025-12-02 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm just hoping we don't have too many people waking up full of regrets tomorrow morning," Zhao Yunlan muses aloud, and offers the mug. "Farmhouse ale, if you'd like a taste."

Normal cats shouldn't taste beer, of course, but it's only polite to offer a Cat King his choice.
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[personal profile] wildguardian 2025-12-05 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Fine, fine," Zhao Yunlan laughs. "More for me." He takes an appreciative swig: it's a thicker beverage than he's used to, less well-filtered, but tasty nonetheless.

"One or two is entertaining, too many is just chaotic. These things need a sense of proper dramatic escalation, don't you think?"
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[personal profile] wildguardian 2025-12-08 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Zhao Yunlan barks a laugh and takes another deep swallow of his ale. "As expected of a cat! Well, I can't deny there's a few people I'd laugh at if they got themselves into deep trouble, too. Not many of 'em left on board, though."

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