Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Says here you have to be caught, not stopped."

"Well, after we convince scary lady she forgot her charms, we can put on a show in the village. You heroically stop me in the act of stealing something. Keine won't be able to object because if she does, then that would mean she knew something about the crimes and withheld information. Pretty sinister thoughts for a fairy, huh?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm pretty sure being caught involves being thrown in jail or being beaten or something."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"I'm pretty sure being caught involves being thrown in jail or being beaten or something."

"You can capture me and tie me up or something, then they'll hand you the money, you leave, and I escape. Think of all the possibilities we could do with that money."

[Hello Purvis]

>"What if you can't escape?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"What if you can't escape?"

"You tie me up in a way that I can just slip out. It's foolproof."

[Hello Purvis]

>"And when people see us together later on?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"And when people see us together later on?"

"I just wear a disguise when I go get captured. I'll even dress up like the flyer so it seems more convincing."

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"What an unsure plan.... Let's go with it then, fine"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"What an unsure plan.... Let's go with it then, fine"

"Yeah! That's the spirit! I'm going to start getting ready for the big day tomorrow."
And with that, she flies into her room and shuts the door.

[Hello Purvis]

>Clean up a bit, take care of nightly tasks. Max and relax. Then go to bed.

[Hanged Hourai]

>Clean up a bit, take care of nightly tasks. Max and relax. Then go to bed.

You go to sleep.

The next day...
-5 gold for cost of food

You wake up and walk out of your room to find Tear wearing a large black cloak.
"So wutcha think?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Is she otherwise recognizable?

[Hanged Hourai]

>Is she otherwise recognizable?

It has a hood to cover her face and a slit in the back for her wings. Totally unrecognizeable.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Hmmm. Not bad. But if they make you take it off, then you'll be in trouble. And they'll want to get a good look at your face before they take you in. We need to do a few things, I think. Definitely need to do up your hair a bit, make your face look a bit different. Change up your figure a bit, too. Hmm..."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Hmmm. Not bad. But if they make you take it off, then you'll be in trouble. And they'll want to get a good look at your face before they take you in. We need to do a few things, I think. Definitely need to do up your hair a bit, make your face look a bit different. Change up your figure a bit, too. Hmm..."

"How would you go about doing this? I'm not willing to disfigure myself for this."

[Hello Purvis]

>"What, no. Give me some credit. We'll need some cloth, and you'll need your loosest clothes. Just a little work and we'll make you look dumpier. Preferable some you want to get rid of, because you're never gonna be able to wear them again. As for your face, some good use of make-up can accent it differently. And your hair, that's easy enough to mess with."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"What, no. Give me some credit. We'll need some cloth, and you'll need your loosest clothes. Just a little work and we'll make you look dumpier. Preferable some you want to get rid of, because you're never gonna be able to wear them again. As for your face, some good use of make-up can accent it differently. And your hair, that's easy enough to mess with."

"Let me see what I have."
She flies back in her room and reappears a few seconds later with a handful of clothes.
 
"I have this tattered jacket, ugly scarf, shawl, and ripped skirt. Will that do? As for makeup, I can roll in the dirt to make me all grimy. That'll help with the whole thief image."

[Hello Purvis]

>Grin.
>"That'll be perfect. I'm also thinking we can pin some old cloth inside your clothes, make you look like you got a paunch and big hips. Maybe do up your hair a bit different, how do you feel about braids?"

[Hanged Hourai]

>Grin.
>"That'll be perfect. I'm also thinking we can pin some old cloth inside your clothes, make you look like you got a paunch and big hips. Maybe do up your hair a bit different, how do you feel about braids?"

"That'll work. Let me get some more cloth."
She flies back in her room and reappears with an old blanket.

"Braids? O-ok"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Not too many, though. We want you to look sorta recognizable. Hmm..."
>Glance at Teer's wings. Are they distinctively marked or patterned?
>Also get to arranging and cutting up that old blanket whilst pondering.

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Not too many, though. We want you to look sorta recognizable. Hmm..."
>Glance at Teer's wings. Are they distinctively marked or patterned?
>Also get to arranging and cutting up that old blanket whilst pondering.

I'm gonna start using the > thingies  :V

>"Ok then, you're the boss."
>They look butterfly shaped, but with patterns like a dragonfly's.
>Using your rusty knife, you do some deep thinking and cutting.

[Hello Purvis]

>"I don't know anything about faerie cosmetics, so don't kick me if I'm wrong or saying something stupid, but do you have a way to mess with the patterns on your wings a bit?"
>Work on pinning the cloth inside the disguise clothes, so that it would make tier look a little fat. Not hugely so, just enough that one wouldn't see her figure and think of the thief. Also make sure the pins won't show on the outside, or stab Teer while she is wearing it.

[Hanged Hourai]

>"I don't know anything about faerie cosmetics, so don't kick me if I'm wrong or saying something stupid, but do you have a way to mess with the patterns on your wings a bit?"
>Work on pinning the cloth inside the disguise clothes, so that it would make tier look a little fat. Not hugely so, just enough that one wouldn't see her figure and think of the thief. Also make sure the pins won't show on the outside, or stab Teer while she is wearing it.

>"Yeah....No. That's not happening."
>Tear now looks like thieving scum.

>"Hey, that's some good work you did there."

[Hello Purvis]

>"No worries. Most people wouldn't pay attention anyways. And thanks! I think this is about ready."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"No worries. Most people wouldn't pay attention anyways. And thanks! I think this is about ready."

>"Shall we go, my partner in crime?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"By all means. Oh, as a word of warning, we might have to cut that shrine maiden in on the take if she catches us."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"By all means. Oh, as a word of warning, we might have to cut that shrine maiden in on the take if she catches us."

>"We could always stop by the shrine and make a "donation" with a request not to come by the village today, but that's your choice."

[Hello Purvis]

>"That'd just be more suspicious. Not even sure if she spends a lot of time around the village, anyways. Anyways, let's get going."
>Do so once the final bits of the disguise are done.

[Hanged Hourai]

>"That'd just be more suspicious. Not even sure if she spends a lot of time around the village, anyways. Anyways, let's get going."
>Do so once the final bits of the disguise are done.

>"Kay, lemee just put on the finishing touches."
>You two head out of the tree and Tear starts rolling on the ground, getting dirt on herself. When she gets up, her face is grimy and pretty unrecognizeable.

>"Let's go!" she says as you two walk to the village.

[Hello Purvis]

>Do we have anything to bind her up with?