Inspiration: https://akizone.deviantart.com/art/Loxiana1-535860341
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"Are you finished yet
Atalanta?" I asked her for the tenth time today.
"Almost Marty," she
brushed me off, "Ooh this one says it lets you attract wealth like a
magnet!"
"I'm sure it does, so can you
buy it already so we can move on?" I prompted her to leave.
"Just a second, hey shopkeeper
how much for this one," she ignored me.
"Ten platinum pieces," the
shopkeeper muttered as he focused on his book.
"Ten plats!" Atalanta
shrieked, "What kind of crooked swindle shack are you running here?"
"Ten platinum pieces," the
shopkeeper repeated. Atalanta puffed her cheeks in protest, but the shopkeeper
didn't even bother to look up from his book. Once she realized her protests
fell on deaf ears she gave up and put the bottle down.
"Ready to go now?" I
inquired optimistically.
"One more minute," she
shook her head, "there's got to be something at this shop that isn't a
complete rip-off."
"Good luck with that," I
sighed. I reached down into my pocket and checked the contents. I felt about
seven or eight loose pieces of silver, and my wallet which had a total of about
three and half gold pieces. It's about a hundred silver pieces to a gold piece,
and a hundred gold to a plat. So, yeah fishing for a deal is about all we've
got.
"Ooh, this one let's you talk
to plants!" Atalanta glowed as she picked up another bottle.
"Fifteen platinum pieces,"
the shopkeeper announced, which was met with another of Atalanta's cries of frustration.
This was going to be a long day.
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This story was inspired by the image linked here by an artist named Akizone on Deviantart:https://akizone.deviantart.com/art/Loxiana1-535860341
Fair warning if you decide to look them up, there's some slightly steamy stuff in their portfolio, but overall they've got a lot of quality art.
As for the story itself, I saw this image and the story came naturally. Personally, I want to write more about these two characters, but I haven't come up with anything yet.
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