Chapter 94
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Chapter 94:
"It looks good, I'll give you 4,500 Lien."
"4500?" I rolled my eyes. "Why don't you just rob me. 10,000." I countered.
"I can't make a profit with 10000, it's gotta be 5,500 at the most."
"9500."
"6000."
"Look, can we just skip this song and dance and meet at 7500?" I offered. "And throw in an old Scroll." I thought for a moment, looking around. "Also, I'll take a small box of your fire dust." I pointed over to a display with several vials of 'dust' shown off.
He mulled that over for a moment. "Fine, it's easy Lien even if it takes a bit to sell, and you can pick out one of the old scroll models" He grumbled giving me a stack of money from this world.
I pushed a small stack of gold coins his way. "Pleasure doing business." I happily accepted the money and walked out of the little pawn shop, new phone in hand. Granted, it wasn't called that here, but that was pretty much what it was.
A scroll, I walked past one of those stores that explicitly only sold these items, as well as seeing people walking around with them, it wasn't hard to put two and two together to realize it's their version of phones.
Pretty neat, I'm excited to see how it works.
Found this place fast after I left the 'airport' or whatever they call that here as well. Unfortunately, gold isn't as valuable here as it is in other worlds. While still a 'precious metal' that most would kill over, I would say it only retains about a third of its value compared to Earth. Maybe I would be better off selling some jewels and jewelry?
Regardless, I doubt I can keep going around selling gold without attracting attention, probably going to need to find a secondary source of revenue because there are many things I plan on buying and I have to fully explore this place.
Walking out the place, I did remember a book store I passed about a block down.
"Tukson's Book Trade – Every book under the sun." I muttered, staring at the sign outside.
Sounds like my kind of place.
The little bell on the door signaled me walking inside, the owner behind the counter immediately perked up to look at me. "Welcome, feel free to browse or ask if you want anything specific." He gave a smile that I couldn't help but notice the sharper teeth.
Interesting.
"Thanks, just browsing for now, but I'll probably ask for a few things later." I gave a polite reply as I made my way into the rows of bookshelves.
Oh man, I love this feeling, so many things I simply don't know, and they're all here, available for me.
I pulled a random book off the shelf --- Ninjas of Love 3
[I'm sure you could learn a lot from that book]
I rolled my eyes and pulled open a random page, flipping through a few until I stopped and read a quick passage.
"Wow." I whispered.
I mean, he was being sarcastic, but he wasn't wrong.....
[Oh, that is some surprisingly hardcore porn for a book with that name.]
And how would you know that?
[I've seen your memories.]
....touché.
Lets just put that away for now....
Hmm, what else...fiction, fiction and more fiction.
Ah, here we go.
'Proper handling of Dust'
Not exactly what I was looking for but anything is good right now.
I began taking a few more books off the shelves here or there, before deciding to put one or two back.
'The nature of Aura'
'What semblances mean, a look into our souls'
'The history of Vale.'
A few looked a bit dry, but I wanted to know some more about this place. I hefted my stack of books up and brought them up to the counter.
Tukson sat up straight, pushing a book he had open to the side. "Hoh." He smiled. "Found everything you wanted?"
Oh, well isn't that interesting?
Should I find someone to 'awaken' my aura then. I don't even know if I'm compatible with this mystical phenomenon, and apparently someone needs to poke my soul with their aura for it to happen.
A curious thought crossed my mind, how did the first person awaken their aura if it needs someone to awaken it for them?
"Sir, your coffee and pastry....also I have a small plate of lettuce for your.....pet." Velvet said quietly, holding a couple plates.
"Thank you." I smiled at her, mentally reminding myself to give her a decent tip, seems like she needs a win today.
I feel like a lot of information is still left out.
I closed it for now, most of the remainder was meant for kids studying it under combat intentions, I could already devise many uses of the nature of aura without a book.
With a sigh, I took out the book on Dust. It was perhaps an equally curious avenue of research when compared to aura.
What exactly was dust?
I could tell immediately it was somewhat magical in nature, but I didn't delve into that yet. Hell, I could feel the magical energy from the few small vials of the dust I had just purchased.
'Nature's Wrath' is what the book described it as, but all I could think about was that it basically mimicked elemental magecraft corresponding to the 'element' of the dust.
Red – Fire.
Blue – Ice
Those were obvious for anyone, but the more I read the more I was intrigued.
Gravity dust?
It seems this 'dust' branched out from just the basic elements....
Curiouser and curiouser...I bet gramps would love to get his hands on some of this infact –"
"P-please don't move those....ah" I looked up to see Velvet trying to rein in a few guys pulling chairs from all over as they put two tables together so they could all sit down.
"Why are we even here? They let animals just walk around." He swept his gaze around, eyes landing on me. The other seemed to notice as well.
"U-um sir...the policy – "
"Oh hey, there's a rabbit in here too." He cut her off much to the laughter of his friends.
Ah, they were calling Velvet an animal....
Annoying.
I slid my foot across the around, pulsing magical energy all into the floor. I targeted a leg on the idiot's chare and overloaded it.
A small crashing sound and he rolled on the ground as the chair fell backwards.
I despise baseless hate like this. If you hate someone, you hate someone, why does it have to be because of something beyond their control?
It's just....the pointlessness of it all that really drive home the annoyance in me.
"I think these chairs have an upper weight limit." I said idly, but my voice carried.
The gentleman who rolled on his ass was a bit heavy set, I wouldn't call him obese and even say he has quite a bit of muscle, but he definitely spends a lot of his time sitting down with a beer in his hand.
Velvet stepped away from the fuming racist. He surprisingly didn't' direct his annoyance at the target of his racism, instead looked at me, fuming. "You think you're funny?"
My lips curled up. "As funny as you are fat." I wonder if that was a nerve for him. Not particularly witty, but this really didn't deserve my best.
"You some kind of tourist brat? Don't you know who we are?" His other friends stood up, following his lead. "We don't like your types around here."
Did he really just say that? How cliché.....
"Funny, handsome, fit?" I hazarded a guess.
By the looks of them pulling weapons out, that is indeed not what they meant.
I hope some of them had Aura, I wanted to stress test that a bit before getting some of that for myself.
***
Not much to say, just the Mc essentially getting his bearings and trying to figure out where to go from there while getting a secondhand dose of that sweet sweet racism so prevalent in RWBY. Mostly to try and find someone to unlock his aura.
Anyways, if you want to read 5 chapters ahead or support me, visit my /astoryforone
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Chapter 94:
"It looks good, I'll give you 4,500 Lien."
"4500?" I rolled my eyes. "Why don't you just rob me. 10,000." I countered.
"I can't make a profit with 10000, it's gotta be 5,500 at the most."
"9500."
"6000."
"Look, can we just skip this song and dance and meet at 7500?" I offered. "And throw in an old Scroll." I thought for a moment, looking around. "Also, I'll take a small box of your fire dust." I pointed over to a display with several vials of 'dust' shown off.
He mulled that over for a moment. "Fine, it's easy Lien even if it takes a bit to sell, and you can pick out one of the old scroll models" He grumbled giving me a stack of money from this world.
I pushed a small stack of gold coins his way. "Pleasure doing business." I happily accepted the money and walked out of the little pawn shop, new phone in hand. Granted, it wasn't called that here, but that was pretty much what it was.
A scroll, I walked past one of those stores that explicitly only sold these items, as well as seeing people walking around with them, it wasn't hard to put two and two together to realize it's their version of phones.
Pretty neat, I'm excited to see how it works.
Found this place fast after I left the 'airport' or whatever they call that here as well. Unfortunately, gold isn't as valuable here as it is in other worlds. While still a 'precious metal' that most would kill over, I would say it only retains about a third of its value compared to Earth. Maybe I would be better off selling some jewels and jewelry?
Regardless, I doubt I can keep going around selling gold without attracting attention, probably going to need to find a secondary source of revenue because there are many things I plan on buying and I have to fully explore this place.
Walking out the place, I did remember a book store I passed about a block down.
"Tukson's Book Trade – Every book under the sun." I muttered, staring at the sign outside.
Sounds like my kind of place.
The little bell on the door signaled me walking inside, the owner behind the counter immediately perked up to look at me. "Welcome, feel free to browse or ask if you want anything specific." He gave a smile that I couldn't help but notice the sharper teeth.
Interesting.
"Thanks, just browsing for now, but I'll probably ask for a few things later." I gave a polite reply as I made my way into the rows of bookshelves.
Oh man, I love this feeling, so many things I simply don't know, and they're all here, available for me.
I pulled a random book off the shelf --- Ninjas of Love 3
[I'm sure you could learn a lot from that book]
I rolled my eyes and pulled open a random page, flipping through a few until I stopped and read a quick passage.
"Wow." I whispered.
I mean, he was being sarcastic, but he wasn't wrong.....
[Oh, that is some surprisingly hardcore porn for a book with that name.]
And how would you know that?
[I've seen your memories.]
....touché.
Lets just put that away for now....
Hmm, what else...fiction, fiction and more fiction.
Ah, here we go.
'Proper handling of Dust'
Not exactly what I was looking for but anything is good right now.
I began taking a few more books off the shelves here or there, before deciding to put one or two back.
'The nature of Aura'
'What semblances mean, a look into our souls'
'The history of Vale.'
A few looked a bit dry, but I wanted to know some more about this place. I hefted my stack of books up and brought them up to the counter.
Tukson sat up straight, pushing a book he had open to the side. "Hoh." He smiled. "Found everything you wanted?"
Oh, well isn't that interesting?
Should I find someone to 'awaken' my aura then. I don't even know if I'm compatible with this mystical phenomenon, and apparently someone needs to poke my soul with their aura for it to happen.
A curious thought crossed my mind, how did the first person awaken their aura if it needs someone to awaken it for them?
"Sir, your coffee and pastry....also I have a small plate of lettuce for your.....pet." Velvet said quietly, holding a couple plates.
"Thank you." I smiled at her, mentally reminding myself to give her a decent tip, seems like she needs a win today.
I feel like a lot of information is still left out.
I closed it for now, most of the remainder was meant for kids studying it under combat intentions, I could already devise many uses of the nature of aura without a book.
With a sigh, I took out the book on Dust. It was perhaps an equally curious avenue of research when compared to aura.
What exactly was dust?
I could tell immediately it was somewhat magical in nature, but I didn't delve into that yet. Hell, I could feel the magical energy from the few small vials of the dust I had just purchased.
'Nature's Wrath' is what the book described it as, but all I could think about was that it basically mimicked elemental magecraft corresponding to the 'element' of the dust.
Red – Fire.
Blue – Ice
Those were obvious for anyone, but the more I read the more I was intrigued.
Gravity dust?
It seems this 'dust' branched out from just the basic elements....
Curiouser and curiouser...I bet gramps would love to get his hands on some of this infact –"
"P-please don't move those....ah" I looked up to see Velvet trying to rein in a few guys pulling chairs from all over as they put two tables together so they could all sit down.
"Why are we even here? They let animals just walk around." He swept his gaze around, eyes landing on me. The other seemed to notice as well.
"U-um sir...the policy – "
"Oh hey, there's a rabbit in here too." He cut her off much to the laughter of his friends.
Ah, they were calling Velvet an animal....
Annoying.
I slid my foot across the around, pulsing magical energy all into the floor. I targeted a leg on the idiot's chare and overloaded it.
A small crashing sound and he rolled on the ground as the chair fell backwards.
I despise baseless hate like this. If you hate someone, you hate someone, why does it have to be because of something beyond their control?
It's just....the pointlessness of it all that really drive home the annoyance in me.
"I think these chairs have an upper weight limit." I said idly, but my voice carried.
The gentleman who rolled on his ass was a bit heavy set, I wouldn't call him obese and even say he has quite a bit of muscle, but he definitely spends a lot of his time sitting down with a beer in his hand.
Velvet stepped away from the fuming racist. He surprisingly didn't' direct his annoyance at the target of his racism, instead looked at me, fuming. "You think you're funny?"
My lips curled up. "As funny as you are fat." I wonder if that was a nerve for him. Not particularly witty, but this really didn't deserve my best.
"You some kind of tourist brat? Don't you know who we are?" His other friends stood up, following his lead. "We don't like your types around here."
Did he really just say that? How cliché.....
"Funny, handsome, fit?" I hazarded a guess.
By the looks of them pulling weapons out, that is indeed not what they meant.
I hope some of them had Aura, I wanted to stress test that a bit before getting some of that for myself.
***
Not much to say, just the Mc essentially getting his bearings and trying to figure out where to go from there while getting a secondhand dose of that sweet sweet racism so prevalent in RWBY. Mostly to try and find someone to unlock his aura.
Anyways, if you want to read 5 chapters ahead or support me, visit my /astoryforone
Chapter 94:"It looks good, I'll give you 4,500 Lien." "4500?" I rolled my eyes. "Why don't you just rob me. 10,000." I countered. "I can't make a profit with 10000, it's gotta be 5,500 at the most." "9500." "6000." "Look, can we just skip this song and dance and meet at 7500?" I offered. "And throw in an old Scroll." I thought for a moment, looking around. "Also, I'll take a small box of your fire dust." I pointed over to a display with several vials of 'dust' shown off. He mulled that over for a moment. "Fine, it's easy Lien even if it takes a bit to sell, and you can pick out one of the old scroll models" He grumbled giving me a stack of money from this world. I pushed a small stack of gold coins his way. "Pleasure doing business." I happily accepted the money and walked out of the little pawn shop, new phone in hand. Granted, it wasn't called that here, but that was pretty much what it was. A scroll, I walked past one of those stores that explicitly only sold these items, as well as seeing people walking around with them, it wasn't hard to put two and two together to realize it's their version of phones. Pretty neat, I'm excited to see how it works. Found this place fast after I left the 'airport' or whatever they call that here as well. Unfortunately, gold isn't as valuable here as it is in other worlds. While still a 'precious metal' that most would kill over, I would say it only retains about a third of its value compared to Earth. Maybe I would be better off selling some jewels and jewelry? Regardless, I doubt I can keep going around selling gold without attracting attention, probably going to need to find a secondary source of revenue because there are many things I plan on buying and I have to fully explore this place. Walking out the place, I did remember a book store I passed about a block down. "Tukson's Book Trade Every book under the sun." I muttered, staring at the sign outside. Sounds like my kind of place. The little bell on the door signaled me walking inside, the owner behind the counter immediately perked up to look at me. "Welcome, feel free to browse or ask if you want anything specific." He gave a smile that I couldn't help but notice the sharper teeth. Interesting. "Thanks, just browsing for now, but I'll probably ask for a few things later." I gave a polite reply as I made my way into the rows of bookshelves. Oh man, I love this feeling, so many things I simply don't know, and they're all here, available for me. I pulled a random book off the shelf --- Ninjas of Love 3 I'm sure you could learn a lot from that book I rolled my eyes and pulled open a random page, flipping through a few until I stopped and read a quick passage. "Wow." I whispered. I mean, he was being sarcastic, but he wasn't wrong..... Oh, that is some surprisingly hardcore porn for a book with that name. And how would you know that? I've seen your memories. ....touche. Lets just put that away for now.... Hmm, what else...fiction, fiction and more fiction. Ah, here we go. 'Proper handling of Dust' Not exactly what I was looking for but anything is good right now. I began taking a few more books off the shelves here or there, before deciding to put one or two back. 'The nature of Aura' 'What semblances mean, a look into our souls' 'The history of Vale.' A few looked a bit dry, but I wanted to know some more about this place. I hefted my stack of books up and brought them up to the counter. Tukson sat up straight, pushing a book he had open to the side. "Hoh." He smiled. "Found everything you wanted?" Oh, well isn't that interesting? Should I find someone to 'awaken' my aura then. I don't even know if I'm compatible with this mystical phenomenon, and apparently someone needs to poke my soul with their aura for it to happen. A curious thought crossed my mind, how did the first person awaken their aura if it needs someone to awaken it for them? "Sir, your coffee and pastry....also I have a small plate of lettuce for your.....pet." Velvet said quietly, holding a couple plates. "Thank you." I smiled at her, mentally reminding myself to give her a decent tip, seems like she needs a win today. I feel like a lot of information is still left out. I closed it for now, most of the remainder was meant for kids studying it under combat intentions, I could already devise many uses of the nature of aura without a book. With a sigh, I took out the book on Dust. It was perhaps an equally curious avenue of research when compared to aura. What exactly was dust? I could tell immediately it was somewhat magical in nature, but I didn't delve into that yet. Hell, I could feel the magical energy from the few small vials of the dust I had just purchased. 'Nature's Wrath' is what the book described it as, but all I could think about was that it basically mimicked elemental magecraft corresponding to the 'element' of the dust. Red Fire. Blue Ice Those were obvious for anyone, but the more I read the more I was intrigued. Gravity dust? It seems this 'dust' branched out from just the basic elements.... Curiouser and curiouser...I bet gramps would love to get his hands on some of this infact " "P-please don't move those....ah" I looked up to see Velvet trying to rein in a few guys pulling chairs from all over as they put two tables together so they could all sit down. "Why are we even here? They let animals just walk around." He swept his gaze around, eyes landing on me. The other seemed to notice as well. "U-um sir...the policy " "Oh hey, there's a rabbit in here too." He cut her off much to the laughter of his friends. Ah, they were calling Velvet an animal.... Annoying. I slid my foot across the around, pulsing magical energy all into the floor. I targeted a leg on the idiot's chare and overloaded it. A small crashing sound and he rolled on the ground as the chair fell backwards. I despise baseless hate like this. If you hate someone, you hate someone, why does it have to be because of something beyond their control? It's just....the pointlessness of it all that really drive home the annoyance in me. "I think these chairs have an upper weight limit." I said idly, but my voice carried. The gentleman who rolled on his ass was a bit heavy set, I wouldn't call him obese and even say he has quite a bit of muscle, but he definitely spends a lot of his time sitting down with a beer in his hand. Velvet stepped away from the fuming racist. He surprisingly didn't' direct his annoyance at the target of his racism, instead looked at me, fuming. "You think you're funny?" My lips curled up. "As funny as you are fat." I wonder if that was a nerve for him. Not particularly witty, but this really didn't deserve my best. "You some kind of tourist brat? Don't you know who we are?" His other friends stood up, following his lead. "We don't like your types around here." Did he really just say that? How cliche..... "Funny, handsome, fit?" I hazarded a guess. By the looks of them pulling weapons out, that is indeed not what they meant. I hope some of them had Aura, I wanted to stress test that a bit before getting some of that for myself. *** Not much to say, just the Mc essentially getting his bearings and trying to figure out where to go from there while getting a secondhand dose of that sweet sweet racism so prevalent in RWBY. Mostly to try and find someone to unlock his aura. Anyways, if you want to read 5 chapters ahead or support me, visit my /astoryforone
