The Magpie Emporium, Thursday (3/16)

[drumsticksandd20s]

The plushies were in a different configuration than they had been yesterday, but they still seemed to be locked in the same fuzzy adorable struggle that they'd been in all week.

Steph was trying not to worry about it too much, and kept herself occupied with putting together a dramatic duel themed display for a new game that had just come in. This one looked like it was going to be a lot of fun to play, and she was pretty excited about it.

[OOC: Late but open!]

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[stykera]

Would Steph be interested in an alien stopping in to say hello since they hadn't had much time for talking last night and it had been a while? And he'd only been in here the once so far.

"What's this?" Stark asked, nodding to the display she was working on. "Hello, Steph."

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Hey, Stark," Steph replied, looking up from her work with a smile. "We just got this new game in, so I'm putting it on display."

Little Bot beeped a greeting at him, a plushie displacer beast held gingerly in several servo arms so it looked like he'd been wrestling with it.

"What's up?"

[stykera]

"Hello," Stark said to the tiny robot as well. Maybe it could have a playdate with the DRD!

"I just came in to say hello. Maybe to look around."

Maybe someone else needed to be entranced by shiny math rocks.

[drumsticksandd20s]

"Have you met Little Bot?" Steph asked, indicating the souped-up Roomba. "He's half the reason this place is as neat as it is -- and of course you can look around. There's a lot of shit to look at."

Shiny math rocks were for everyone to be entranced by!

[stykera]

"I have not," Stark said, grinning a little at Little Bot. "Did you build him? And there is a lot to look at. And I'm not sure I know what any of it is."

There were probably some things that were at least vaguely familiar.

"I've never really played many games." But ooh, the dice were shiny and he did enjoy that and his eye was immediately drawn to them.

[drumsticksandd20s]

"I didn't build him. Vi... acquired him," Steph said with a significant little look on acquired. "He's been here ever since, keeping the store clean and making sure Saffron's fed when I'm not around to do it."

She leaned back against the counter and not-so-subtly nudged a set of sparkly metal dice in Stark's direction.

"If you want to know what anything is, all you have to do is ask." She sketched a goofy, ornate bow. "I, the occasionally humble proprietor of the establishment, am here to help with a no-judgment guarantee when it comes to questions about anything in here."

[stykera]

Most of Stark's favorite people had a tendency to have done at least the occasional crime. He was fine with acquisitions.

"I don't know where to start. But these," he said, picking up one of the dice to turn it over in his hand, "these are lovely."

[drumsticksandd20s]

A lot of Steph's friends had a record of some kind too. She could hardly judge either.

"I know, right?" asked Steph, poking idly at one of the other dice in that set. "Blows my mind a little that people have turned this into some kind of art form."

[stykera]

Stark was almost certainly still wanted in some jurisdictions.

"You have so many," Stark said, picking up the d20 now. "And so many colors. I like the blue in this one."

But did you have anything in pink, Steph? Someone was on a bit of a pink kick of late.

[drumsticksandd20s]

Did she have any in pink? Did she? Honestly. She had so many different kinds of pink dice.

"Believe me, this is just a fraction of the different kinds you can find," Steph said. "And that's not even counting some of the amazing handmade stuff people make and put up on Etsy. Like. They'll hand sculpt tiny little animals and objects to put inside transparent dice."

[stykera]

"But what do you with them?"

Besides hoard them like dragon, as one does.

"I know games but I don't know any of them. Or... they're just pretty."

Was he now eyeing those glow in the dark pink ones? Yes.

[drumsticksandd20s]

Steph leaned forward, adopted a conspiratorial tone, and made a dramatic gesture with both hands. "Maintain the element of surprise."

Okay, that wasn't entirely helpful without context, so she continued, "It keeps things a little random in most games. Degree of success, how much damage you do, all kinds of things depending on the game. And some people? Just kind of collect them."