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You and your team of Crubs sidestep in unison toward the Bubbling Cauldron Curios stall, where a wiry old human with a tangled beard and glowing vials dangling from his belt grins at your approach.
“Ah, crab folk! Rare customers indeed. I see you’ve got your compound eyes on my Luminous Barnacle Paste, eh? Fresh batch—harvested from deep-tide glow-barnacles. Slap it on your shell, and you’ll light up the darkest cave like a living lantern. Three solid uses per jar. Normally 25 gold, firm price.”
Klikkit, your boldest teammate, raises a claw and chitters indignantly (which you translate smoothly for the merchant):
“We’re a whole team of five Crubs heading into caves for Glowcap Mushrooms. One little jar to share? That’s barely a dab each! Surely a savvy trader like yourself could spare a discount for bulk… legs?”
The merchant—his sign reads “Curious Callum”—strokes his beard, eyeing your glossy shells appreciatively.
“Hmm. You lot do have fine natural armor… and barnacle paste does look fetching on chitin. Tell you what: I like repeat customers with interesting stories.
Standard price is 25 gold.
But I’ll drop it to 20 gold if you promise to come back and tell me how it worked in the caves—bonus points if you bring me a sample of whatever glows down there."
