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mylittlejamjar2013-04-08 09:23 am
surpriserainbows) wrote in mylittlejamjar2013-04-08 09:23 am
1st Diversion - Action
[Now that she's fairly well convinced that she isn't dead and this is some bizarre afterlife/her mind's death throws, Surprise has found it kind of a necessity to get busy. If she keeps from work or from doing something for too long, she inevitably begins to ponder. And just as inevitably pondering tends to force her mind to go down some dark, dark roads she's rather keep from even setting hoof on. The question for a bit had been what to do with her time. She'd already decided going back to Cloudsdale and the Weather Factory wasn't worth it, and that for the most part she wasn't sure she could take going back and seeing what it was like in this world. But something she did know was that she needed to make money. And it was a few days ago that a plan started to form.
In the square where many of the ponies have shops and fruit stands Surprise has started her own. It's a small little wooden stand, not much different from a kid making a lemonade stand, though it at least seems more sturdily built. The sign on the top of the stand, written in white paint, reads "REPAIR AND PAWN SHOP".
Anyone bothering to really look at the sign will notice in much smaller and neater letters under the main sign has been written "All sales final prices subject to change". It's not particularly reassuring, but hey at least she said it outright. Sort of.
As for the stand itself, it seems to have several very simple mechanical goods scattered on it and around it: alarm clocks, watches, a toaster or two, some of those stupid mechanical bobbing birds that drink water. Most of it was junk Surprise had found around town and managed to repair. It had, in fact, been finding and repairing it that gave her the idea to even try this.
As for Surprise herself, she's wearing an incredibly loud purple suit and tophat. She isn't exactly the best salesman, however, as her plan to draw attention seems to just be pointing at random ponies passing by on the street and shouting.
Right now she seems to be trying to pass off one of the many, many little mechanical drinking birds she has.]
Hey, you know what you need? You need this little guy right here! Wow, just look at him go! I mean, I guess you could see him drinking water if I actually had a glass of water, but if I did oh man he'd be drinking that water so much it'd be crazy!
...Okay, so you don't like the one little mechanical bird. Okay, okay! How about....
Two mechanical birds! Wow! Can you believe how crazy it's getting here?
[Her sales pitch could use a bit of help.]
In the square where many of the ponies have shops and fruit stands Surprise has started her own. It's a small little wooden stand, not much different from a kid making a lemonade stand, though it at least seems more sturdily built. The sign on the top of the stand, written in white paint, reads "REPAIR AND PAWN SHOP".
Anyone bothering to really look at the sign will notice in much smaller and neater letters under the main sign has been written "All sales final prices subject to change". It's not particularly reassuring, but hey at least she said it outright. Sort of.
As for the stand itself, it seems to have several very simple mechanical goods scattered on it and around it: alarm clocks, watches, a toaster or two, some of those stupid mechanical bobbing birds that drink water. Most of it was junk Surprise had found around town and managed to repair. It had, in fact, been finding and repairing it that gave her the idea to even try this.
As for Surprise herself, she's wearing an incredibly loud purple suit and tophat. She isn't exactly the best salesman, however, as her plan to draw attention seems to just be pointing at random ponies passing by on the street and shouting.
Right now she seems to be trying to pass off one of the many, many little mechanical drinking birds she has.]
Hey, you know what you need? You need this little guy right here! Wow, just look at him go! I mean, I guess you could see him drinking water if I actually had a glass of water, but if I did oh man he'd be drinking that water so much it'd be crazy!
...Okay, so you don't like the one little mechanical bird. Okay, okay! How about....
Two mechanical birds! Wow! Can you believe how crazy it's getting here?
[Her sales pitch could use a bit of help.]
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[The fact that she found several of them in garbage cans? Would be unsanitary. But she won't mention that part.]
Like I've got to many of them but they're most of what I could find.
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[He lifts a hoof, flipping one back and forth and studying it intently.]
But you've repaired them, haven't you? You did quite well... [He obviously doesn't consider the fact that they were broken to be much of an issue; they're actually more interesting now.]
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Why, you want one? Because for you, I'll give it half off!
[Seriously, buy a stupid bird. She needs to get rid of these damn things.]
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[He's completely blasé about being broke and homeless; he's moved on to messing with one of the broken watches.]
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[Okay, now she's a little annoyed. It isn't Apollo's fault, but just the fact that so many ponies have come by here to apparently just chat and haven't had any money. It's annoying, and she's starting to lose her temper about it.]
What're you doing in the market if you don't have any money? No one likes a window shopper!
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[He's opened up the back of the watch now, and is poking around in there with his magic. It's quite calming working with a machine, even one so small as this.]
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She frowns a little at the display of magic though.]
Hey, look man. You can wander all you want but you can't mess with the merchandise if you aren't paying. I got to keep my stock in working order, you know?
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[He flicks it shut again and sets it back down, pleased with himself.]
Good luck, then!
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.....
Hey. Wait a minute.
[She doesn't know why she's doing this. But it's obvious the unicorn here is both very new and in trouble if it doesn't have any money. In a lot of ways she always kind of thought she'd have been alright with the concept of letting a unicorn starve.
She doesn't know why she cares now. It's not really caring; more like being bothered by the thought. Either way, she puts a bit on the counter.]
Here. Take this. If you need food or something, you're going to need money.
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Are you sure? [Though he doesn't want to come right out and say it, it doesn't look as though she's selling much here.]
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You're hungry, right?
[She doesn't necessarily want to give it to him, because Apollo's assumption would be right. Saying she isn't selling much would be a little bit lenient, the more accurate pronouncement being that she's barely sold anything at all. And it's not like she should care, let alone about a unicorn.
But he's new, and not really a pony, and...she doesn't know. Maybe it's just that now that she has a chance to do something decent, she's taking it.]
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[He focuses briefly, levitating the coin over in a haze of crimson.] Thank you. My name's Pollo, I don't believe I introduced myself.