It sounded easy enough, right? Go to market, ask the stall holders if they know of anyone selling a bronze or maybe even a brass head knife, buy it and get the hells out of there. Right? Wrong!
Entering the markets I was struck by the stifling heat, and I had to stand there and wait for my eyes to adjust in the dim light. As a Sun Seeker I'm pretty used to dealing with the hot sun, but in this dark chamber there was no respite in the form of a cool breeze or anything..
The next thing I noticed was how full the room was.. People packed together like fishies in a net. I'd thought it'd just be a few stalls, but I guess not. The sellers were everywhere, filling the room, and most of them appeared to be dozing.. Well, in this heat who could blame them. I squeezed past a few of them, checking their wares as I went. Some woke up and glared at me as I checked, their eyes never leaving me as I looked over their goods, others slept on, oblivious to the fact I was even there. No help searching for my new head knife then..
I found weapons, I found armor, bits and bobs and the strangest curiosities, but no head knife. By that point I was a bit annoyed with all the sleeping shop keeps and decided that I wasn't going to be little miss nice miqo'te anymore.. Taking a deep breath, I shouted at the top of my lungs "IS THERE ANYONE SELLING A HEAD KNIFE HERE!" The shop keeps around me all startled awake and one little lalafell, I swear jumped a malm in the air!
Trying not to laugh I ran for it after a Highlander and Duskwight both looked like they were ready to cuff me round the ears. Pushing through yet more people I felt a tap on my shoulder and turned round to face.. A stomach..? Looking up I came face to face with a roegadyn and he smiled and pointed in the other direction "There's a stall over their selling a few bronze head knives but I think they look a mite expensive". Grinning, I thanked him and headed on over but he was right.. These knives were bloody expensive! 30,000 gil?
I looked glumly at my old worn and weathered head knife and sighed.. I didn't quite have enough on me, but my own shop keep should be around here somewhere. Pushing my way through all the tall folks I made it to where Zahra always said she worked, selling my loot and crafted goods for me. I smiled and asked "Hey there, didn't expect me see me, did'ya? Made any gil for me? There's something I have my eye on just over there"
Giving her wages out the gil that'd been made selling my stuff, I wandered back over and shook the head knife-selling shop keep awake. "I'll take your over-priced head knife! Here's the gil", and dropped the coin in front of him, swiping the knife and pushing my way towards the doors. Freedom at last!
Now, I'm away to go test out this brand new bronze head knife.. It better be worth all that coin, or I won't be a happy woman at all!
~Rakshi Zahrann