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[renametoken]

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<MrMystery>

[renametoken]

[ Normally Stan might deflect for a bit first, but if he's asking about 'Grunkle' Stan there's only so many people that could have sent him. ]

thats me

whos asking?

<cellist>

[ikonsuit]

[ Slade also tends to be hesitant when giving out his information. Case in point: ]

A customer.

Your niece (sweaterqueen) is working on an order for me. A big one. Figured I’d negotiate with her guardian over a fair price before dropping hundreds of dollars into her lap.

[ Those hundreds (!!) could be raised if Stan knows how to talk a guy up. ]

You the one running this operation?

<MrMystery>

[renametoken]

[ Sorry, did he just say hundreds of dollars?

Okay. Okay. Time to play this cool. ]

shes the creative genius here

i just handle the business side of things so she can focus on her craft

so lets talk. how many sweaters did you put an order in for?

<cellist>

[ikonsuit]

[ Listen. Honest pay for honest work. ]

Thirteen sweaters. Varying sizes for varying monsters.

She already offered me some bulk half-off deal. She must be young, doesn't realize the value of a dollar and hours worth of effort.

<MrMystery>1/3

[renametoken]

she WHAT

[renametoken]

[ ...... ]

<MrMystery>

[renametoken]

hold on

youre one of those guys running the restaurant yeah?

<cellist>

[ikonsuit]

[ . . . ]

One of.

[ Not that he’s making much of an effort to keep a low-profile, but Slade still thinks he has the right to be put-off upon being recognized. ]

[renametoken]

great

look youre right about her being young. shes just a kid and the eating people thing is rough

i dont mind doing the messy part but im no master chef you know

so ill tell you what

we figure out a price and you can either pay it all in cash

OR

pay 50% but make the rest up in food

your call

[ It's causing him actual, physical pain to turn down cash like this, but he knows how badly it went last time he went behind Mabel's back. ]

[ikonsuit]

[ It's not quite how he expected this interaction to go, especially after being told that this Stan character won't turn down a dollar. He can see himself in that.

But Slade has people. He has one of his own here. There's something noble about what Stan is asking for, and it's something that a hardened killer with an irrefragable soft spot for young people can appreciate. ]

She's a manticore, right? Got one back home. From the sounds of it, they like to hunt.

















Does she like spaghetti?

[renametoken]

you should see what she can do to a pair of shoelaces







and of course she does

do you know a kid that DOESNT like spaghetti?

[ikonsuit]

Been tossing shiny bells and ornaments at mine to keep her busy.

All kids like spaghetti. It's a universal fact, like how the Rangers will never win a World Series.

But it's a deal. 50% and a meal pass. Grab n' Go or dine in house.
Doesn't make a difference to me.

[renametoken]

gotta try that next. might run outta bells though

its a deal. pleasure doing business with ya

how many sweaters did you order anyway?

[ikonsuit]

Too effin' many.

Commissioned them as party favors for a Summit I've got coming up.

What is it that you do, Stan?

[renametoken]

no wonder she needed a whole yarn store

[ At least she seems happy. ]

im in acquisitions right now

if you ever need help tracking down something you cant just find in the store, im your guy