Time: Morning
Location: Sturdy Stables, Myriamor
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“What in the hell…” Slick stayed put as he stared at the stable containing the oversized lioness, but that wasn’t the only beast within the establishment that caught his eye. Oversized fowl and lizards too? These folk are wilder than I thought. Just when he thought he couldn’t be surprised, Avalia jumped up and spooked him with ease.
“Welcome to Myriamor’s Sturdy Stables. Something catch your eye? You seem interested in our rare selection.” A male fairy said as fluttered to Slick’s side. Slick raised his brow but kept his cool. Being alone meant he had no one else to help him blend in but himself.
“Interested? Maybe in lookin’ at the critters, but I’m a much simpler man. I’m lookin’ for somethin’ with hooves, a mane, and lackin’ the desire to steal my steak.” Slick was calm and cool as he spoke to the Forest Fairy.
“So the standard horse.”
“Standard? No, I’m lookin’ for the best you got. I like simple, but standard ain’t my style. You see, I'm a man with specific taste. Simple, yes, but it gotta be exceptional as well. You hear?” Slick clarified with a serious tone that caused the fairy to silently nod. He thought this guy spoke oddly, but knew his sort. The ones with the specific tastes were always so serious when it came to what they wanted. Some people literally waited several months for a black panther mount and he still hadn’t acquired it. The thing was, the stable owner knew once it arrived, it would be purchased the day it arrived. These types were annoyingly reliable in that way.
“The best horse then. Follow me, sir. They are a bit further down.” The fairy led Slick to the stabled containing horses but did not utter a word as he knew these particular buyers would handpick what they wanted. And he was correct as Slick visually inspected the horses within the stables.
“Now looky here. This one. He’s absolutely gorgeous… and I’m a lady’s man y’know.” Slick approached the palomino horse as if he had already decided. “Champ. Short for Champagne. A delicacy I could never formerly enjoy, plus it fits his appearance, right?”
“Champagne is nice… He’s an Oak horse so he’ll be pricier.”
“Pricier? How much you talkin’”
“220 amas.” Slick wasn’t sure if he had that seeing as he hadn’t figured out how amas worked yet and asking outright might blow his cover. He’d have to figure out pricing some other way.
“That’s a bit heftier than I thought it’d be. How ‘bout this. I’ll head out and get the amas, come back, and I’ll pay in full no problem. Deal?”
“No deal. Sorry. If someone comes through here with the amas and the desire for that horse, I’m selling it to them. It’s first come, first served.”
“I can accept that. Alrighty, I’ll be on my way and I guess I’ll have to be mighty quick if I want Champ there.” In reality, Slick had more than enough amas to purchase the horse, but he’d need a lesson on Avalian currency to figure that out first.