Inside the shop

A soft click was all the sound that came of Rogan swiftly finishing his own upgrades. He began a quick diagnostic on the PET with one hand, gently shunting the packaging for the upgrades into the small waste baskets by the table. His eye flicked up for a moment as the woman took a place across from him, but dropped again when she began opening her own purchases.

Lyntael took far more interest, jumping up to look at the woman across from them now, head tilted and wearing a small grin. Her mouth opened as though to speak, but she hesitated, remaining silent as the lady appeared to notice her as little as Rogan himself. An opportunity presented itself, albeit an embarrassing one, as the lady struggled with her purchases, and Lyn waved one arm with a bright grin and far more enthusiasm than was probably necessary. Rogan, by contrast, seemed not to hear the other woman's question, though she suspected he had and was just trying to look occupied.

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((Moving to a new thread, to get out of the shop => SciLabs))

This is where he came from

Joseph walked into the store quietly. His steps were slow, and casual. He had a cocky posture, and always kept his chest poking out, with his head held high. As he got to the counter, he spoke calmly, "May I have one hp memory, and one power up please?"

"Two upgrades master?" Sparks was surprised by this.

"Yes, you fought hard during our last string of battles, we need to make you stronger so that we can last longer out there though." The operator answered. "Well never be able to get strong enough if we just get buying small upgrades here and there."
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3rd hp memory should be 1500
1st power up should be 1000
If i am correct.

I'm bumping this because the Modpad won't load on my phone... So yea... Bump

Being the good-natured soul he was, Suitachi withdrew the two upgrades in question from the excess inventory under the counter and actually charged Joseph for the appropriate amount relative to his Navi. How exactly he knew Sparks' prior upgrades without checking the PET himself... well, it's certainly not like the front door was bugged with a scanner or anything. Not at all, no sir.

"2500z... And there we go. Have a good day, sir." confirmed Suitachi with a magnificent poker-faced smile as he bagged the goods and handed them to Jospeh. A good shopkeeper knows his customers... even if the customers don't know he knows.

Joseph GET: HP Memory 3, PowerUP 1
Joseph LOSE: 2500z

Joseph quickly grabbed the upgrades off the counter, with a wide smile on his face. "Thank you, I can't wait to get home and install these upgrades for Sparks." Full of excitment he didnt wait on Suitachi to reply, as the net operator made a fast exit, heading back to his house. "Thanks again!!"

This is where he is going

The door chime announced a new customer as a sultry woman entered the shop. She glanced around from her vantage point at the door. Was she hesitating to enter a place with unknown security? At any rate, the drop-dead gorgeous blond took in the stock in a couple moments with her piercing ice-blue eyes. She pondered for a moment, adjusting her weight from one foot to the other, the skimpy navy blue leather getup she was wearing creaking and her large bosom announcing it's own entrance. She passed Suitachi a wink and sauntered to the counter.

Apparently the woman had already done here research before hand because she didn't bother browsing any further. Was she just... Casing the joint? Either way her voice almost purred like a cat as she said "Mmmm. Hello there... I'll need, hmm.. Four of your process upgrades". She crossed her arms over her tight stomach and nudged them up slightly, her bosom rising to the summons.

She knew she wasn't going to get a discount or anything, she just loved teasing people, men and women alike, using her body like a weapon.

[Process Upgrade #1, 2, 3 and 4. -100z, -200z, -300z, -400z. Total 1000z]

Before Eliza walked in, Suitachi was about to fall asleep at the counter, propping his head up with his right hand. As soon as she walked in, one of his eyes shot open, and Eliza winked. Oh, it was probably one of those people. He dealt with them frequently enough, and one of the 5x7 picture frames displayed at the counter clearly stated his status. He got up, shook his head a little to clear it from drowsiness, and patted himself down.

"All right, four process upgrades, 1-4, that'll be... one grand," he stated plainly, smirking as his eyes focused themselves on the automatic doors behind Eliza.

Eliza GET: Process Upgrade x4 [#1-4]
Eliza LOSE: 1000z

Eliza gave him a bubbly giggle as she exchanged money for goods and smiled as she perked up. Good, let this one just think her a shallow flirt. She already had his displayed inventory memorized anyway and knew what he had behind the counter, for the most part. Maybe one day she would take a shot at cracking his heart, and his safe.

"Thanks, sweety", she said with a saccharine tone that concealed her thoughts. She turned and took her time leaving, putting on a little show. She knew that even dedicated men were men and biology was against them.

With another chime, she was out the door and gone, brisk pace resumed and cigarette heading for her mouth along with a smirk.

Somehow, upon entering the shop, Leslie got the feeling that there wasn't a whole lot of business since she and Rogan were last there. She had absolutely no idea why...just woman's intuition. She walked over to the counter, and whipped out her PET for calculating purposes. Let's see...if she got that, she could also get that...but not that. Fortunately, she knew enough to try and not get too many different things, or else her math skills would've been overtaxed in the blink of an eye.

"All right! I've gotten some more cash, so I'll take an HPMemory, and 7 Process Upgrades!" Luckily, Process Upgrades were so easy that even she could install them without problem, and she still recalled the lesson for earlier. Martia was going to be even more of a nightmare in battle after this...

...Speaking of which, she couldn't help but wonder just what Rogan was going to get. She stepped aside to let him get his order, and so she could ready the wireless zenny transfer, but her ears were definitely turned to her new friend. After all, what did you get a Navi you didn't interact with during a fight? She was sorta curious about that...

[Order of Purchase:
1-HP Memory #5 - 2000z
2-Process Upgrades 1-7 - 2800z

Total: 4800z
New Zenny Total: 370z]

((From => SciLab))
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Following Leslie in, Rogan let his eyes wander over the... actually rather barren walls and shelves, while she put forward her own purchase, then slipped his card out again. In his head he did a quick check of how much zenny Lyntael had received over the evening and totalled up what would best suit her.

"Evening again. Once you've seen to the young lady, could I please also get two buster power-ups and process upgrade versions two through five. Should be four thousand four if I'm not mistaken."

He smiled for the shop keep as he slipped his card down on the counter.

[Purchasing:
PowerUp 1 & 2 (1000 + 2000)
Process Up 2 - 5 (200 + 300 + 400 + 500)
Total: 4400
Remaining: 500]

Suitachi looked up from a magazine he'd been reading to more politely receive his customers. "Welcome!" he called out jovially as Leslie and Rogan approached the counter. While the former relayed her intended purchases, Suitachi listened intently and swiftly produced each item from below the counter. Once she finished, Suitachi processed the transaction and presented her with a bag containing her purchases. Meanwhile, he listened to Rogan's list and prepared to process the second order. "One moment, please!" he said with a smile.

Once Leslie had stepped aside, Suitachi placed Rogan's items on the counter and processed the second transaction, providing Rogan with his own purchases as well. "Thank you very much, and have a nice evening!" he said to the pair as he saw them off.

Leslie GET: HP Memory #5, Process Upgrade 1-7
Leslie LOSE: 4,800z

Rogan GET: PowerUP #1, 2, Process Upgrade 2-5
Rogan LOSE: 4,400z

"Thanks again," Rogan nodded once to Suitachi with a small quirk of a smile in the corner of his lips then stepped away from the counter, turning back to Leslie as he did.

"I'd offer you a hand with sorting those, but I think you'll be fine now, hmm?" His eyes danced, wry humour turning the edge of his smirk into a more notable grin. "At any rate, I still have some other work to see to here this evening, before I go. A few small matters to take care of. Do take care of yourself, and get home safely, Leslie. Perhaps we'll meet again sometime. Good evening for now." He inclined his head and tipped an invisible hat to her in a polite gesture, then turned for the door, disappearing back into the complex in silence.

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((To =>Not Far Away))

PowerUPs? Those were...buster boosting, right? Made sense. It'd definitely beef up Lyn's ability to hurt things, which was definitely a problem earlier. "Yeah, I remember your explanation earlier. Guess this is goodbye, then...well, take care, and thanks for everything!" She gave Rogan an energetic wave as he departed, then headed for the door herself. This time, she'd handle the installation stuff at home. And it wasn't like she was afraid of getting held up for having valuable Navi electronics in a small plastic bag. After all, anyone that tried to mug her would get their mugs rearranged.

But anyway, now that it was just her and Martia, she needed to get back home and present herself to her father. So, off to the Metro for her.

(TO YOKA)

Naomi nervously walked into the other shop, only to immediately stop in front of the door and glanced down at her PET. Whatever she saw seemed to calm her down a bit, and with the press of a button, activated a hologram of her Navi. "Remember, nothing like at Soryu's! Do that again, and so help me...!"

"Relax, I got the message. I'll just state my business, and nothing else. No help whatsoever."

"I don't think very many people would call what you said 'help'." On the plus side, the paralegal was much more loose as she walked over to the shop counter. "Okay, here's the list of stuff the shop offers. Pick out what you want, but I don't need to tell you that we don't have a whole lot of spending cash now..."

"I'm keenly aware." A few minutes passed as the hologram scanned and pondered just what she wanted AND could afford. But eventually, she reached her decision. "We'll take...a Process Upgrade, and a Slashing Shot."

The selection caused Naomi to look over her Navi, slightly confused. "I get the Process Upgrade, but...that Slashing Shot looks like a buster upgrade, and I've never even seen you use your buster attacks!"

"...Consider it peace of mind for me. Flinging shuriken that can't cut through a wet paper bag is just embarrassing."

"Oh...I guess I didn't think about it like that. Yeah, I can see that looking really bad for a ninja..." With that, the operator started prepping her PET for some wireless fund transferral.

[Order of Purchase:
1-Process Upgrade #5 - 500z
2-Slashing Shot Buster Upgrade - 1000z

TOTAL: 1500z

Zenny Total: 1660z
Total Spent: 1500z
New Total: 160z ]

Suitachi was sitting behind the counter, legs crossed and a PET in his hands. "Yes yes," he muttered at it while nodding, "It's alright... Yes yes..." A voice came from the PET, but apparently Suitachi had lowered the volume out of sheer lack of interest. As he was having a rather one-sided conversation with his companion, he noticed Naomi and raised from his seat. "Excuse me one moment..." he whispered to her and turned the volume of his PET back to normal.

"You should have seen it, Sui! A customer! An actual customer came and purchased a chip!" Soryu's voice sounded, mixed with the sound of sobbing and tears of joy, "Tonight's all on me! I'm celebrating!"

"Yeah, that's nice..." Suitachi remarked, "But I have a customer here. Who wants to buy merchandise that's more expensive than at your place, yet more people come here. My bed's been feeling a bit weak, so some money to fill it up should do me good." It was unknown which of the two abruptly cut the connection, but now Suitachi could focus on his customer. "Process Upgrade and Slashing Shot, alright," he replied to the girl and took the products from behind his counter. "There you go," he continued as he typed the total price on his 'shopkeeper PET' for the transferral of money. "Have a nice day and good luck with those paper bags," he said with a smile.

Naomi GET: Slashing Shot; 1x Process Upgrade
Naomi LOSE: 1500z

While she undoubtedly noticed the conversation, Shuri showed absolutely no signs that she had, and simply bowed at Suitachi. "Thank you. Well, Naomi? Shall we get going?"

"Yeesh, if I didn't know any better, I'd think you were the operator...thank you, and you have a great day yourself!" The actual operator did a quick bow herself, before grabbing the goods and seeing herself out. She wasn't completely sure where she was going, but she'd figure some place out.

(TO...SOMEWHERE TBA)

It was late!

However, an emergency was an emergency. Careless, Xenneth had allowed Megami to get into the predicament she was in, and now she needed some repairs. However, Xenneth figured it would just not be a simple fix up and let it all end with that; the violet haired boy decided that it was time to get back in the game and make sure Megami was in a better fighting condition she had been. Truth be told, he was driven by some hints of jealousy that the other NetNavi had brought out, showing some bravado and teamwork with his operator that put Xenneth to shame.

However, that was about to change.

Walking up to the counter, Xenneth had taken out his Zenny Card and slipped it into the keypad upon the peddler's desk. He did not carry cash as much, so it would have to do even though cash was quicker. He dialed upon the pad requesting for the Speed Upgrade item as well as some Process Upgrades to compliment it and waited for himself to be checked out.

"This won't happen again," the violet haired boy said lowly to himself, "I won't be careless when operating next time."

Waiting, he could only reflect on his latest failure.

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OOC Notes:
Now Listening To: "This is Future!" from Owl City
Current Attire: DenTech Private Uniform: Black slacks, white button shirt, Navy Blue Uniform jacket suit, black tie, black dress shoes, golden pin. (DTA Initials)
Chatty Ditz: ----
Purchase Notes: 7,120z - Speed Upgrade(5,000z), Process Upgrades 3|4|5 (300z,400z,500z = 1,200z) = 920z Remains

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