week 2

[arsholes]

[One week down and (if the Alchemist's promise is to be believed) just three more to go. In the past week royalty has been bullied, explicitly non-Satanic chairs were ordered and you began the pact-bonding process with your new proprietor of mercantile wares, ✨Garfield the Deals Warlock✨.

All in all, a surprisingly good week despite the kidnapping and looming threat of death. We'll see how long that lasts.


Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday

✨WEEKLY DEALS✨
1. The Cloak of Duplication - An ancient vampiric artifact, when worn it changes your appearance and voice to perfectly mimic another individual of your choosing. (You still have to sell the act, though.) [5 coins] SOLD
2. The Battle Axe of Hatred - A sick as hell electric guitar with an energy that feels like it is powered by the screaming of an ancient and evil lord- or at least once was. It has a signature on the body that simply says "Ron" and looks like it might have been written in blood. [5 coins]
3. The Jable - Put down your keys and stay a while. [2 coins]


✨LEFTOVER STOCK AT 50% MARK-UP✨
1. The Tingler - The whole hand tingles from wearing this ring, as if more blood rushes through the area. [2 coins]
2. Christine Jr. - A tiny red convertible. It's powered by pedals like a bicycle, with a steering wheel. For some reason it makes you think of old men in silly hats. [6 coins]



(( OOC: Don't forget to submit your orders for any threads that aren't with the Alchemist or Garfield! The Alchemist and Garfield both have "office hours" now so feel free to reach out to them. The compact functions have also been updated and don't forget activity check!

This week is where the real game begins, so get in your regains and CR while you can. >:3 ))

Comments

[seaweedwrap]

[oof. Yikes, Loki. After a moment, Wu will add his 2 cents]

I didn't take my picture but...it was Kuvira. The person who took over the Earth Kingdom and declared herself dictator during my coronation.

[cuttingremark]

Is there a chance another would have taken her place in the coup were she never born?

1/2

[seaweedwrap]

I don't know. Her never being born wouldn't have stopped terrorists from murdering my great-aunt and the rest of the royal family, though. [THIS IS...ODDLY GLIB]

[strongestfeelings]

[dude wtf. She squeezes his hand.]

[seaweedwrap]

[Wu blinks at that, glancing over--and he offers her a smile, then. It's fine! He's fine! He's alive! :)]

2/2

[seaweedwrap]

[and then he actually goes a little...serious??] And anyway...her not being born isn't something I want. Even if she is a crazed evil dictator, as my bodyguard put it...she's still a person. I'll find a different way to deal with her than doing something like that.

[cuttingremark]

A very noble stance. [He sounds sincere.]

[seaweedwrap]

To be honest, I don't know if it's noble or not, or if it's even the right decision. ["It won't be easy, but you must stay unflinching and trust in your own decisions."] But it's my decision, and I'm sticking with it.

[nomansbosom]

Dude.

[Seriously.]

That's the most yogaballs royalty-type thing I've heard- well maybe not ANYONE say, but definitely you.

[seaweedwrap]

[alsdkfs what

Wu looks a bit startled at that, glancing at Finn] Is it?

[alhsdhfs] I mean, a lot of people here have a lot of different ideas how a kingdom should be ruled and I'm deciding on mine.

[nomansbosom]

Yeah, it sounds all noble and junk.

1/2

[seaweedwrap]

Like I said, I don't know if it's noble or not--

2/2

[seaweedwrap]

But if two of you say so, then the ladies probably will, too. [because it wouldn't be Wu if he didn't ruin it lol]

[nomansbosom]

...that part feels less noble.

[pegasinister]

A coup...

[Hubert has a distinct look of... anger(?) on his face at that, though not aimed at Wu]

[seaweedwrap]

[Wu glances over Hubert's way]

...yeah. She staged it in the middle of my coronation, so she could announce it to everyone over the radio in the middle of Republic City, which is neutral ground.

[pegasinister]

[Hubert certainly isn't a proponent of divine right: an incompetent ruler should be disposed... but...]

That kind of showiness is... distasteful. Suggests a lust for power, not a desire to better the country with a new regime. Disgusting.

[seaweedwrap]

[that'll earn a blink out of Wu. Considering how he described that leader he likes so much...well, he expected the opposite.]

You...don't think she's justified in what she did? In deposing me as king?

[pegasinister]

If you were a poor ruler she would be. But a regime change takes a certain level of care. Preparation. I can not say without hearing her policies and goals or knowing what your own would have been.

... Lady Edelgard's father was similarly deposed, and her line make puppet rulers. By his own lords and vassals. Including my own father. Over a thousand years of House Vestra's service tossed aside like it meant nothing.

If there is one trait that is most important in a vassal it's loyalty. So even if it might have been the best choice in the long run to turn you out, I still find it repugnant on a ... personal level.

[At least he seems slightly aware of his own hypocrisy here]

[seaweedwrap]

[okay yeah that "turn you out in the long run" bit stings, hunching Wu's shoulders a bit, but...]

...I could tell you her goals and policies, if you want to hear them...what I know of them, anyway, which isn't a lot. [he lets out a bit of a dramatic sigh then, going back to that bit of easy glibness] As for me, I'm still forming mine.