Hod, Luna, Benjamin, and G'gila all walked off in different directions. Luna and Benjamin carried their purses in their mouths as they walked around, looking at the different market stalls. G'gila knew what he wanted and headed for the market stalls that might have what he was looking for. Hod knew what she wanted to buy but didn't know where it would be at, she asked a random green skinned humanoid, that wasn't an orc, if she knew where the clothes were sold. She gave Hod directions to the clothing district. Hod hoped that they had the right size.
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Luna started conversing with the sheep. Hello, I'm Luna, she said in sheep, after putting her purse on the ground so she could talk. She paid no mind to the minotaur pestering the ewes. She had a long conversation with them about her non-sheep family and playing with Hod and Benjamin. One of the Ewe's gasped at the idea of living with a pig. Luna assured her that Hod groomed her every day and Benjamin was clean. She then asked the direction to the market stall that sold ribbons and brushes. Lucky for Luna, the ewes had just went to the baa-baa's stall that in addition to grooming sheep, also sold pretty ribbons and brushes. Luna listened carefully, then bid the sheep a good day. She picked up her purse before walking in the direction they told her to go.
Luna tried to follow the directions given to her. She thought she'd found the place when she say a young black sheep come out of a stall looking all spiffy and well groomed. Hello, she bleated after putting her purse on the floor, is the the ribbon and brush shop? No, he replied, this is the body piercing and modifications stall. He showed her the new metal spike he had permanently attacked to his head. She asked if he knew where the baa-baa shop was. He told her it was up a level, she couldn't miss it, all the prissy ewes hung out there. She thanked him, picked up her purse, and went on her way.
Luna stopped at the ramp heading to the next level up. She looked from the immobile one, to the snazzy, flashy moving platforms, that were built like stairs, only the platforms were wider, and moved up. She decided to try the moving platforms. She hopped on to the one at floor level, it began moving up to the next floor. She thought this was a good way to get around, with all the walking and no playing she was not having so much fun. When the platform got to the next floor, she didn't know what to do. So she jumped down to the platform below the one she was on, as the one she was on appeared to be eaten by the floor, it was disappearing into it. She continued doing this until she couldn't jump onto the next platform because some humanoids where on it. She looked around panicking, until one of the humanoids, picked her up and put her on the non-moving floor. She bleated a thank you, through her mouth full of purse.
Relieved to be off of the floor's food, Luna looked around for the prissy ewes as the black sheep had called them. She finally found a stall with beautifully styled ewes leaving it. She walked inside the stall and finally found the place she'd been looking for. She walked up to the counter and placed her purse on it. She addressed the human vendor, who thankfully was fluent in sheep. Luna inquired about a brush for her hair and some ribbons. The vendor walked around the counter to help Luna, revealing her lower body was that of a sheep. The vendor picked out several brushes, Luna picked out one she thought was the prettiest and brushed her hair well. She then picked out several ribbons in each color she liked, pink, fuchsia, purple, blue, cyan, to name a few. The vendor added up the price. Luna paid with the money from her purse, the vendor putting the change into the purse for Luna. The vendor then put Luna's purchases into a bag with strings, and tied the bag around Luna's neck. Luna bleated a good day to the vendor, picked up her purse to leave.
Luna heard talking from her purse. She placed it on the ground, the opened it with some effort, using one of her front legs and her mouth. She pulled out the map. It was the man known as Bacchus talking to her. She found his dot on the map and touched it. "Baa," she said agreeing that it was a good time to eat. She tried to follow the map to Bacchus's location, but just ended up further from his dot. She touched the dot that was closest to hers, which was Benjamin's, "Baa baa baa."
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G'gila carried his little purse over his shoulder, to free his hands for other things, as he walked to the furniture district. He perused the pre-fab snoth homes. He would love to have one of his own, set it up in Hod's backyard, a white picket fence, an oven for making cookies, get himself a mount to ride. He gave a forlorn sigh after checking the price tags. He then moved on to the snoth furniture, he looked through the different furniture they offered in his size, tables, chairs, beds, chests, cupboards. He finally decided on a simple bed and a chest for his clothes. He went to the merchant selling them, and paid for them. He had a few freznics left over. After making arrangements to have his new furniture delivered to the sleigh, he left the furniture district.
G'gila walked around, checking out the different stalls in the market. He made his way to the food district. The food smelled wonderful. He was surprised that the other snoths hadn't noticed this. He decided to buy some cookies for a gift for his family. Then they can eat cookies like him, instead of height, and other creatures will like them too. Instead of all the tourists coming here for the really large market and beautiful architecture. G'gila found that he had more than enough money for a tin of cookies for his parents and sisters. He carried the bag with the tin of cookies in his hand. While he was contemplating where to go to next, the humanoid creature named Bacchus or Betty, he wasn't sure which, contacted him through the map about lunch. Even though, he wasn't fluent in understanding the Secfenian language, he was aware it was time to eat. So he followed the map to the humanoid man creature's location.
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Hod looked excitedly around the market place, so many stalls, so little time and money. But she new exactly what she wanted to buy, a new dress for dolly Betty. She walked in the direction that the green humanoid had told her to go. She still wasn't sure what the woman was, but didn't ask since she wanted to get to her shopping. She finally made it to the clothing district. There were lots to choose from, but she was after a dress, for her dolly.
Hod found a stall that sold dresses, including dolly sized dresses. She looked through the dolly sized ones. She saw several she liked. The seller walked over to her. He was a long haired man, wearing a nice floral dress. "I like your dress," Hod told the man. "Thank you, I made it myself. And what are you looking for today?" Hod replied to the man, "I look for dress for my dolly. His name Betty. I have 50 freznics to buy it with. I want it be prettiful." The man looks down at the young orc, "Perhaps you'd like a dress too, to match your dolly? I'm having a sale on matching dresses. Maybe you can get one that also has a matching dress for your mommy?" "I not have mommy, she dead. But I have Kit! Can I really afford one for her too?" Hod got excited at the idea she could buy Kit a dress too. She thought Kit sized dresses cost a lot. "We have a special today, just for little orcs with dead mommies, but with Kits," the dress wearing man smiled at the orcling. The man helped Hod pick out matching dresses. "Can I afford these
dresses? They pretty for Spring, though it winter, but Spring come soon enough." The seller looked at the price on the dresses, "Yes, you have just enough." The man carried the dresses to the counter and puts them in a bag for the orcling. Hod handed the man all the money in her purse. She takes the bag with the dresses in it and thanked the man.
While leaving the stall, Betty's voice spoke in her purse, saying it was lunch time. She opened her purse and pulled out her map. She touched his dot. "I find you, then we find food." She followed the map to Betty.
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Benjamin looked lost. It was his first trip shopping by himself. A pig-centaur walked up to him, began chatting with him. Benjamin laid his purse on the ground, "Hello Wesley, I am Benjamin. And yes, this is my first visit to the market. What all do they have here? I'm unsure what I wish to purchase." "They have everything you could imagine, from cookies, to furniture, to clothes, to magic items, even a grooming shop that the visiting sheep like to call the baa-baa shop," the pig-centaur rolled his eyes when he mentioned the baa-baa shop. Benjamin thought to himself that Luna would like that shop, but it wasn't for him, "Magic you say?" "Yes, there's an entire area just for magic items," Wesley gave Benjamin directions to the magic district of the market. Benjamin thanked him, then picked up his purse and walked in the direction of the magic district.
Benjamin made it to the stalls filled with magic items with no trouble. He may be young, but he's one smart pig, at least that's what other creatures say about him. The first magic stall had staffs and other magic weapons, he had no need for them. The next one had enchanted jewelry, again, not what he was looking for. Finally, he found a stall that had magic writing instruments and painting supplies. He walked up to the merchant, who was behind the counter and laid his purse on the counter, "Hello, may I inquire if you have a magic writing instrument that a creature without opposable thumbs can use to write with, that's legible." The merchant looked down at the pig, "I have just the thing." He picked up a stick and a piece of parchment. He laid them on the counter in front of the pig. "Go ahead, give it a try," the merchant told the talking pig. Benjamin tried to pick up the stick. "No no no," the merchant said, "just tell the stick what you want to write. Like this," the merchant demonstrates how to use the stick. "Now you try it." Benjamin did as the merchant demonstrated, and the writing stick wrote Benjamin on the parchment, just as Benjamin had told it to. "Great, I'll take it!" Benjamin paid the man. The merchant put the stick, and some parchments into a bag and tied the bag around the pig's neck. He then put the change into Benjamin's purse for him.
Benjamin picked up his purse and had decided to see some more of the magical offerings. Bacchus's voice came from Benjamin's purse, saying it was time for lunch. Benjamin put down his purse and opened it, even without opposable thumbs it was no problem for him. He pulled out his map and found Bacchus' dot. He was far from him, so Benjamin put the map back in his purse and picked up his purse. He began walking through the crowds in the direction of Bacchus's dot. It wasn't long before he heard Luna's voice coming from his purse. She sounded distressed, 'Baa baa baa.' She must be lost again. He put his purse down and pulled out his map. He found her dot and touched it, "Stay where you're at, I'll come and get you." Benjamin picked up his purse, after putting his map back in it. He walked in the direction of Luna's dot.
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'Stay where you're at, I'll come and get you,' Luna understood she should stay still and wait on Benjamin. She kept looking around for him. It wasn't long until she spotted him. She ran, with her purse in her mouth and shopping bag tied around her neck, to greet him. He too had a bag around his neck and purse in his mouth. After greeting her, he put his purse down and pulled out his map. "Follow me," he put his map back and lead Luna to Bacchus.