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Comments

[aegist]

Cindy Clawford it's not a bad place.
Cindy Clawford but for serious if you want me to beat a level ever i'm nebulously around.
Cindy Clawford i work in various places but this week most of my shifts are at the candy shop across from mcdonalds.

[appraiser]

Crowji Mochickuki for serious i am coming by right now
Crowji Mochickuki if you're there
Crowji Mochickuki if you're not there, i'll be hanging around buying peanut brittle until you are

[aegist]

Cindy Clawford i'm there. you can stop by whenever.
Cindy Clawford we're having 2 for 1 special today anyway so peanut brittle may not be a bad buy?

[appraiser]

Crowji Mochickuki yes! i'll be there in 15
Crowji Mochickuki and i am going to buy twice as much peanut brittle
Crowji Mochickuki this news makes up for all the pac-man, honestly

[aegist]

Cindy Clawford see you in a bit then.

[ AND SHE WILL INDEED BE WAITING FOR HIM AS PROMISED IF/WHEN HE ARRIVES? with an apron on and behind the counter since she's at the store and was apparently just texting anyway oops. ]

[appraiser]

[ He's here! Bounding in through the door with enough skip to his step that he probably doesn't need the extra sugar, but Ryoji makes a beeline for the counter immediately. ]

Hello~ I'm here for two pounds of peanut brittle and one pac-man expert!

[aegist]

...That is a hell of a lot of peanut brittle, but I'm sure not gonna stop you, dude.

[ she. MAYBE SHOULD? this is the face of a man who does not Need any more peanut brittle. and yet. ]

[appraiser]

[ AND YET he's good business, laughing her off as he picks out the boxes of brittle, but gets distracted by a small bag of dark chocolate truffles, and oh, these mint patties look good too... ]

If I bought one of everything in the store, how much would that cost?

[ It's a serious question, pac-man forgotten. ]

[aegist]

God, probably over one hundred dollars? We have a lot of different types of candy, and those might not be much for one a piece, but then you get into the things that are sold as like packages or whatever...

[ RYOJI NO ONE NEEDS THAT MUCH CANDY ]

[appraiser]

[ Nobody needs that much candy, but does that stop them? ...It gives Ryoji pause, in any case, thinking not of his wallet, but of the practical aspect of it. ]

I suppose I can't eat that much candy all at once... And then the seasons change and flavors get rotated, and I'll have to buy them too...

[ Well, alright. Ryoji sets his stuff down on the counter: the promised bag of bagels for Thalia, his credit card for the brittle, and two $10 bills. ]

I'll start with the one a piece, however much this will get me. Surprise me?

[aegist]

Sure. Do you have any flavors you absolutely don't like? Like sour, or whatever?

[ she'll charge the brittle, and - okay, she didn't fully expect bagels so that gets a semi-startled grin, and then the $20 bucks. ]

[appraiser]

Hmm... [ He doesn't have any hard no's, but certain tastes are conditional. ] I like sour as long as it's even with sweet, spicy only if it's cinnamon, mint is fine unless it's too strong and physically hurts.

Oh. And no black licorice.

[ screw licorice ]

[aegist]

I can work with that. Give me a few minutes.

[ there's some spicy cinnamon candies and some mint chocolates that aren't that strong - and then if she just matches sour and sweet, she can match everything he said was okay. along with a few surprises, like some lemon hard candies. ]

I'm not a huge fan of licorice of any flavor myself.