Vanilla was happy to hear that the man was still very interested in her proposition to open a box at the ender island for him. A smile grew on her face while she still had her hand inside of the child's. "Great! Let's see…" She tapped her chin in thought, trying to figure out a fair enough price that she would have to charge for not only using one of her trips to the island, but also the cost of the box itself. After a few moments of contemplating, Vanilla looked back at the man with her answer. [font color="fc9fc9cf3I can get you what you want for 200 points. Does that sound fair?"[/font] He agreed as they transferred points and Vanilla received information on what he was looking for exactly. A spear that would definitely get a nice piece of weaponry if it was getting picked up out of that divine chest.

"It's a deal. I'll message you when I get your weapon when I get back. Pleasure doing business with you."

Jeanne then began to go a little bit into detail with what her class did. It did interest the girl a lot, as she had to sit and wonder just what kind of class would be able to sell just bundles of boxes like that. But apparently, Earth-chan would judging how in depth this girl had gone on about her class. Another business lacking the manners to keep advertisements outside regardless, she was a fan of Jeanne's shop from the sound of it. "So you essentially sell mystery boxes in bulk, do I have that right?" she asked the child. "I'd like to see your storefront and this Kitty for myself in the future. Coukd you tell me where youre located?"

Val
Jeanne-Marie

So this child was a merchant as well? Vanilla was conflicted about this. She wanted nothing more than the child to stay in a protected zone. Why would Earth-chan just push them out into the game world? Were they some sort of deranged artificial intelligence? Probably. But even so, Vanilla would frown at the sight of her being all alone. Maybe nobody was around to keep an eye on her and she was just trying to start a business with nothing like she had done. Well, except for the part that Vanilla was an adult (a short one) and Jeanne was a literal child. "It's nice to meet you as well, Jeanne. Are you, ah, here alone?" She said before being interrupted by the newcomer.

Jeanne looked upset that he had butt into the conversation and rightfully so. But alas, a business that was open was open to everybody. The small enchanter gently placed a hand on Jeanne's head and gave it a few pats, just like her parents had done to her so long ago. "It's alright, Jeanne. Eh, why don't you tell me about your supply chain? Is it a class or something like that?"

Val
Jeanne-Marie

Vanilla continued to scavenge the boxes and arrange things into piles for people to take at her quickened pace, making short work of those evil boxes that had been in her way for quite a while. She'd work through the mid day, as the sounds of machinery and metal equipment were the only accompanying symphony that was following the sounds of the unwashed and unsheltered masses. Natalya looked over and commented about her skills in being a bit of a reverse packrat, to which the Brit gave a smile, adjusting her glasses while they sat ajar on her face. "I have. My parents owned a bakery where I worked at the moment I could walk. I couldn't really bake as well as they had, so I was placed in stock room duty. You could say I grew up around bags of sugar and packages of eggs as friends." She mused, half jokingly and half laughing at how pathetic it sounded. She loved the creation of something for others, which was part of why she had wanted to run a bakery before Earth-chan had decided to put a stop to that plan.

The group worked and worked up until Noelle would call out to them about an incoming rainstorm. She finished up with the box she was on and hurried alongside the others to throw the remaining boxes and such into a shelter as to not ruin anything inside of them. While throwing stuff out of a box was easy for her, Vanilla had no real way of lifting up as much weight as the other people present. So she'd move onto setting up tents with everyone else as a set of tools was handed to her. The merchant began to carefully hammer nails and drive in stakes for shelter from the rain while watching other people scurry about.

After a while, she pulled up her phone to check out the progress bar. So far, they were nearing completion and making good time. If everyone quickly finished up their tasks, they could go ahead and be done in no time! Vanilla waved over to the rest of the group once the time had come to really finish. "Hey, we should be done, and just in time. The rain's about to hit in a couple of minutes. Are we ready to go?"

Hana Sakuyuki
Natalya
Noelle

After Nikolas had left, Vanilla gazed at his business card in envy. Somebody had stuff like this even after the world was kind of loaded in limbo? She needed to get a few of her own made. Still, maybe maintaining a good connection with a fellow shopkeeper would be beneficial for the both of them. She flicked his business card between her fingers for a moment before getting back to work on cleaning this place up. She dropped the business card in her pocket and then moved onto sweeping the floor and moving a few more boxes.

It wasn't but another half an hour when the door had opened again. The woman had been busy behind the counter and didn't even notice when somebody had entered the business until a shrill voice would ring out in the interior of her store. She began to quickly stand up back while cleaning the gunk out of the corner of the counter. "Sorry, I was just busy fixing up a few..." Her eyes fell over the literal child in front of her, an expression of surprise. "...little things." Was there a kid in front of her? Somebody who looked like she hadn't even started high school yet? What kind of cruel game was Earth-chan trying to pull here? Vanilla furrowed her brows in thought, puffing out a cheek in confusion for a moment but eventually would smile at the girl. "How can I help you, sweetie?" she asked with a beaming smile. "You're a bit young to be on your own out in the world. Did you just load in?"

Jeanne-Marie

The jumping back at her introduction had caught the woman off guard. Vanilla jumped in surprised, eyes darting towards the other man who later introduced himself as Rory. She had never really met him before, taking in his features and such to mind while her finger tapped on the side of her cheek as she listened to his little description about his class. A ping came to her phone that was brought up to her face, showing the synergy bonuses that the entire group had for coming together as their many classes. It was, at best, a vague promise that he had something to fight with, but alas, it was certainly more effort than Vanilla would bring. Tali and Noelle thankfully did recognize her as she felt a little better about things again. Tali especially seemed happy to see her in good health, bugging her about her training. "Ah-I've been training, yes. Although I'm not too proficient with a weapon, I can fend for myself." she said with a finesse that only a Brit could must. Before she could speak with Noelle, the boat began to rock on its course to the island.

Three large creatures were making their way up towards the deck. Vanilla jumped into action, summoning her weapon from her phone. While everyone has some kind of threatening weapon, hers was...a plastic fairy princess looking glaive. She held it at the ready, as the monsters showed their faces to the group, and my oh my...These are fearsome creatures of the deep. the middle one a tall, lumbering mass of an anglerfish with its two friends. Still, the merchant, even if ill equipped, was ready to do battle. Rory made his powers known by a dice appearing above the enemy's heads as it rolled and...buffed the enemy. Vanilla looked at him incrediously. "Bloody useful power, I can tell." she said sarcastically, going on the offensive. Her little dinky weapon was swung at the base of the monster, a shape of a heart coming from the weapon as it hit the outer shell and did no significant damage. It looked down at her, as if to meet her gaze and wonder why this child sized girl was attempting to bother it, before Tali's weapon had crashed into its form. She leaped back to join the knight's side with her weapon raised, feeling the towering presence of Tali above her form. "Yeah, nice to see you again too, Noelle. I'm excited to see what you can do with that class of yours."

Noelle
Rory Perkins
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Vanilla huffed again, still stuck in her own thoughts and worries that she'd listen quietly to the knight beside her while he bandaged her hand. She watched in a muted interest, lips pursed together in thought as he'd remind her about the things that made them both human. How the emotions she was experiencing her valid and that she would see her lover again. The woman wished that she could believe such things, although coming from Tali did make her have to admit that she was a bit envious of his hope. He even agreed to teach her how to fight, although warned her about it not being what she sought. That would have to be some kind of breakthrough only she could control to get by. At his joke about wielding a two handed axe, she'd snicker alongside him before then looking up to the sky in contemplation.

"Yeah, I think home would be nice." Vanilla said in agreement. "If Vanessa is really out there or even not loaded in, I'll wait for her. Even if it takes decades of waiting, I'll do it. Just to see her face again."

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