Just as Aya was heading to her room to game some more Mars, stormed into the room fuming.
"Can you believe those asshole cops told me I was delusional," Mars said stomping around the apartment in anger. "They wouldn't even come up to talk to you!"
"Like I said, not my first rodeo, this is a low priority area. Even if the robbery were going in front of them they wouldn't even lift a finger," Aya said folding her arms.
Mars stopped pacing at Aya's words. The girl frowned, barely containing her anger. The only thing she could say was at least nothing was stolen. Neither she nor Aya were harmed by the failed break in.
"I guess it's a good thing we're getting out of here," Mars said after a moment of silence. "I didn't think it would be this bad in Axen,"
"Way more different than Evangels I take it,"
Mars smirked.
"A whole lot different, you could drop 1000 Lue in broad daylight and come back to meet the money still laying on the ground, nothing we can do about Axen I guess,"
"Yeah nothing we can do," Aya said a bit disheartened.
"Chin up," Mars said flicking the girl's forehead. "Only two more days to Saturday,"
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[Restoration of the Rose Manor 4%]
The notification was the first thing that greeted Yvlena when she logged back into the game. She looked around only finding the statue of Vaelindor gleaming in the sunlight.
“Oh, I guess the grass around the manor counts but won’t come up until I’ve done something a bit more...substantial,” Yvlena got to work spinning some more Linen out of the fiber until she had another Linen rag.
[Yvlena Acquired
Linen rag x1]
She stepped up to the statue of Selendriel and began wiping from the bottom to the statue to the top, washing, and cleaning until the sister statue shined as brightly as the one next to it.
Upon closer inspection Yvlena noticed some cracks had formed in both statues, parts of the stone had come off, causing the pieces of the face to crumble away.
[Restoration of the Rose Manor 4.5%]
“Oh another one popped up,” Yvlena said in surprise after she had discarded the linen rag. She looked up at the statues’ faces with a frown. Now they were so eaten away by the foliage she couldn’t see the features.
“Well, I’m sure there’s a stone-worker? A stone mason? Yeah, that’s what it’s called,” Yvlena said stepping back. “Got a lot of work to do,”
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Yvlena went into the Rose Manor and headed straight for the kitchen, now she knew what she had to do to get rid of all the dust gathered on the stove and around the oven.
She wiped and wiped until the stove and oven were spotless and free of the dust that once covered their tops.
“I doubt a rag is going to clean the floor, there must be some kind of broom or something right? Dust is only the first step, there are repairs to be made, rooms to unlock,”
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She searched the kitchen for a storage cupboard.
Previously she hadn’t taken the time to really look through each other rooms on the ground floor that were available to her, but now she was curious.
Now, she wanted to restore the Manor before she had to leave it.
“Aha!” she cried, fitted between the walls was a small kitchen cupboard that was no doubt used to keep the cleaning tools long ago. The knob was rusty and when Yvlena pulled all that came from it was a loud squeak.
“It’s covered in rust, just like O’Leary’s memento,” Yvlena said recalling she hadn’t bought the potion she would need to remove the rust from the watch.
“Well I have the Moon Points and my alchemy has gone up quite a bit since the last time I tried to buy it plus I need a bronze cauldron, looks like another visit to the Artisan District,” Yvlena said rushing out the door and back unto the streets of Bloom Haven.
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It didn’t take long for Risel’s shop to come into view as she walked along the brick houses of the Artisan District. Yvlena inhaled the fresh scent of pastries, resolving to try one when she had the time.
“I got enough ingredients from Olivia to make some of the recipes people have gifted me so far, I should really try to make the spice bread,”
She pushed the door open gently, listening for the sound of the little bell that let Risel know someone was in her shop.
“Oh, Yvlena!” Risel greeted cheerfully as the other elf approached the counter. “What can I do for you today? thanks again for helping me with those health potions,”
[Risel is deeply appreciative of your efforts so far]
[Affinity with Risel +10]
Yvlena giggled at the way the elf’s ears perked up as she spoke. She wondered if her ears were also as expressive as Risel’s but reasoned they weren’t due to the quality of the headset. The Zephyr might have been able to, or even a gaming pod.
The Revista could barely handle emulating the five senses, although it did a pretty good job so far.
“You’re welcome, if you need any more help I’m open to it,” Yvlena said.
[Buy/Sell]
Yvlena clicked buy and the shop opened up for her to peruse.
“I need a bronze cauldron to brew the Purifying Elixir, I didn’t know cauldrons affected the grades of the potions too,”
“Well, they do but only after a certain point, if you’re no good at something having the best tools won’t help will it?” Risel said pointedly.
Yvlena considered her words for a moment.
“I suppose you’re right Risel, but I guess I’m here to purchase the Bronze Cauldron and the Rustigra,” Yvlena said.
Risel nodded.
Everything all together cost about 7500 which was a huge chunk of change but Yvlena, from all the adventuring, had made enough to cover her purchase.
I’ve added a bonus for my favorite customer in the whole of Bloom Haven. Risel said in excitement.
[Yvlena Acquired
Bronze Cauldron x1
Rustiga Recipe (Rare) x1
Bottles (Small) x10
Bottles (Big) x10
Relaxation Potion x5]
“Wow, Risel this is a lot of stuff!” Yvlena exclaimed, reading through the things in her inventory. Risel didn’t have to part with so much but it was nice of her to. Now Yvlena didn’t have to worry about getting more bottles for a while.
“You’re awesome,” Yvlena said with a smile.
“You’re the reason the town is thriving again, the next village will soon open up and I can’t wait to head to Verdant Vale,”
Verdant Vale? This was the first time Yvlena had ever heard that name within the game. It certainly fit the naming convention of everything she had heard of so far.
“Oh? That’s what the next town is called?” Yvlena asked.
“Yeah, it’s where I’m from. The Verdant Vale is a bit bigger than Bloom Haven and one of the main towns in Moon Valley,” Risel explained.
“I can’t wait to help you see your brother, it must have been a long time since you two have gotten separated,”
“Incredibly long, I wonder if he’s grown a beard by now,” Risel said holding a hand to her chin.
“Maybe!” Yvlena said laughing along.
She felt bad making Risel wait, but some things had to be done around the Manor first and Yvlena owed herself a little break within the game to get her other skills up if she was going to be fighting with the Moon Sickle.
“Seen you soon Risel,” Yvlena said leaving the apothecary.