kaisou | but i'll be a doggone cowboy all my life

WHO: Kni
WHERE: Libra + His newly opened storefront in Brick Alley.
WHEN: Nov 3rd (Early Morning)
WHAT: Thanks to the Goodwill, Kni is the proud owner of a storefront located in Brick Alley.
WARNINGS: None!

[ network | un: kni ]

If you're looking for the farm stand out by the cottage, it's moved.
Don't even bother going that way at all, actually.

It's somewhere in Brick Alley, find it if you really want eggs and apples and whatever else I feel like stocking.

We are still cash only and any stupid questions about that or anything else will raise the prices for everything starting at 25%.

[ action | welcome to gunsmoke general, i guess ]

[upgrading from the lovingly put together farm stand outside the city limits to a brick and mortar storefront was a little bit of a surprise, but kni is doing his best to take it in stride.

it's a little bare bones inside, but there are shelves with varying types of vegetables and fruits that shouldn't still be in season and yet look near perfectly ripe. off to the side is a table set up with mason jars filled with different fruit jams and honeys, but up at the front are three baskets filled with eggs of different colors. above each basket is a picture of a different colored (black, white, and blue) chicken that the eggs came from. all of the prices are surprisingly cheap considering the store's location.

and dressed in one of his oversized hoodies kni is sitting behind the counter, head down and focused on his book with impressive disinterest to anyone who might walk in.]

We don't provide bags, and any jars or cartons you take will need to be returned.

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[He's poking his head in during one of the breaks he takes from Auguries, squinting at the eggs and the fruit jams and honeys.]

Oi, Kni, lad. [Tipping an imaginary hat to him.] D'you want a supplier? I have an unbelievable amount of instant ramen packs and Zulius won't let me sell them in the Vogue. Something about my track record.

Your track record?

[he looks up to aim a raised brow edward's way.]

I guess that'd be fine... There's nothing wrong with them, is there?

I've no bloody clue what he meant by it.

[The rum, Edward, he still remembers the chunky rum.]

The only thing wrong with them is that they keep arriving at my Jackdaw faster than I and my menagerie can eat them. I have to off-load them somehow, so.

Of course not.

[if he knew about the chunky rum, even kni might be skeptical of magically unlimited instant ramen.]

It's already a cheap product, so I wouldn't expect to see much of a financial return if that's something of interest to you.

[kni closes his book, now that edward has his full attention.] How much do you have right now?

At this point, lad, I care less about the money and more about just getting it sold so I don't have to deal with it anymore.

[How did he even end up with so much goddamned ramen? You'd think they'd have cleared up that clerical error by now.]

Crates and crates full of the stuff. All different flavors, so at least there's variety, but bloody hell, there's so much of it. I can drop off enough to fill a shelf the first week and we can see if it appeals to your customers.

[Well, if the customers include starving college students, probably.]

[anyone else might look interested at the promise of different flavors, but kni just looks grossed out. he's seen the flavors stocked at the grocery store and none look very appealing.]

Have you been cursed? I don't want to have crates suddenly showing up here because you've passed something on to me.

[but the store is pretty bare bones and he can spare some shelves... kni sighs and moves to stand.]

... But I'll go ahead and take some off your hands, if you're really that desperate. Is there anyone else you've been giving these to?

If I'd been cursed, trust that I'd know.

[Said with the tone of someone who once got cursed into tasting only vinegar when he tried to drink alcohol. For a whole month.]

I've been dropping packs of ramen off with different people all over the city, and so far it's just been me getting all these crates. Apparently it's a clerical error, but they've not figured out where things went wrong just yet, so...

[Ugh. He darts out for a moment, and a minute later is hauling in a crate full of, you guessed it, instant ramen.]

My friends, mostly. My rat's been cooking a few into meals for Meropide in his spare time. I tried to sell them in the Vogue but, as I said, Zulius wouldn't let me.

Oh? It seems you have moved up in the world, then. I'm impressed. You'll likely get more custom in the city proper, too.

[She wants to ask about what happened on the ship, but she knows better than to press, so for now she will leave that be. ]

Not by choice.

[he's not Super Pleased that he has to deal with more strangers now.]

But it'd be a waste if I did nothing with how much we have.

Edited 2024-11-19 03:20 (UTC)

I see. So you are not doing this by choice, but because you wish to reduce waste from the garden.

[ As if she isn't an ACTIVE REASON they have so damn much growing there. Fucking Gods, man. ]

Such a heavy weight you bear for us all. It's so brave of you.

[You know Persephone loves you dearly if she gives you shit. ]

It is, isn't it? I appreciate your noticing what a great burden I carry now, supporting this family and all.

[there isn't a single person at the cottage that really complain about how active persephone's gardens are, but just like ~~his mother~~ wolfwood kni hates to see any of it go to waste.]

The papers for the location came to me from that Goodwill, so it seemed like a good opportunity to do something with my time.

I do indeed. We are all so very proud of you.

[ Why yes, she IS inserting herself there as "family", what of it? Sometimes, you need to make sure the food isn't wasted! She appreciates the thought. Demeter would be all for this. ]

Oh? That's fortunate. So you truly do own your own little business.

Where or not Knuckles had even seen the network post was a moot point. He was out ~~wandering~~ patrolling around the city today, because he had seen how antsy people were getting on the network. And maybe a little bit enjoying the fact that he could just walk into the grocery store to buy cool ranch Doritos again without anyone commenting.

In any case, the new store had piqued his curiosity, and there was now a red, cowboy hat-wearing echidna having himself a quick look around.

oh cool perses house got a store? unless theres like way more than 1 cottage buuuuuut thats the only one anyone ever mentions lol

There is still only one cottage.

How do you know Persephone?

oh we r family lol im hermes :D hi

[That explains literally nothing.]

Hello.

Good family or bad family?

p sure good ??? im kinda the new guy in the fam sooooo she likes me u kno as much as she says she likes anybody shes cool isnt she

I imagine if she didn't like you, then you'd know by now.

[and because he knows perse can probably see this, public messages and all that-]

She's really cool, yeah.

Want to know how we first met?

oh yah probably lol shes good about that kinda stuff uhhh YES??

When she first came by the cottage, I slammed the door in her face.

L M A O !!!!

no way!!!!
no
no way u did not!!

omfg dude how did u SURVIVE

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