Our avatars are in a room together

Well... pay me, and I'll be happy to teach you what I know.

...Huh. That went easier than expected.

(turns to Ash)

You can keep Old And Busted over there. Sell her for scrap, market her as a curiosity, you name it. Your new employee, meanwhile...

(holds up Audrey's memory chip with a smile)

...is gonna come back as New Hotness.

...

-He holds out the nickel, the gum, and the twisty-

The chip that is Audrey does not respond, for it is simply a piece of silicone.

-grins- What a return on investment this'll be. Perhaps she could be a guard?

-takes the nickel, gum, and twisty- I can teach you... prestidigitation, and that's it.

Hey, your employee, your choice. I prolly ain't gonna be including any built-in weapons, though, and I ain't gonna cover attempts to change that in my warranty.

(pockets the chip)

'Course, I am gonna need to get paid and stuff.

-He claps his hands-

I'll take it! What's it do?

Obviously. I'm a woman of my word. Name your price.

You can create a harmless effect instantly. Like changing something's color, flavoring food differently, or making a small illusion appear.

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...Hmm...

(finger to chin in thought)

...What's your general forms of currency?

-edited duff-

Jink. That's gold coins.

Didn't you say, like, there's a buncha currencies in Sigil? 'Cause of how it's just a melting pot? What about those?

Yes, and a gold coin is a gold coin, no matter if it's from Toril, from Oerth, from Eberron... it is that sort of thing.

That's fair, that's fair... hmm.

(closes her eyes for a moment, recalling all the prices she remembers seeing in Ash's store)

500,000?

(Haggle Mode On)

The highest I can go, sight unseen, with no added features, is 100,000.

100,000 as a downpayment, and we'll haggle the rest when her new body's done. How's that for now?

Seventy-five up front, and the rest is negotiable on delivery. Do we have a deal?

Deal. Oh, just so we're clear - "seventy-five" is really us talking 75,000 standard gold coins. I doubt you're much of a lawmage, but I don't wanna get lawyered into receiving pocket lint for my time and sweat. Y'know?

(smiles)

Yes, of course. I have dealt with baatezu, I understand the need for careful business dealings. Seventy-five thousand gold coins in advance.

-she removes a strange ring of rings, like an abacus almost, from her belt-

-and starts counting something out-

Would you like these to appear in your workshop?

Mm, nah, they'll just get in the way. Not to mention being right in the basement's gonna lead to 'em getting stolen. Or at least attract a lot of attention from would-be thieves...

(finger to chin)

I do have a room upstairs, though, but I think I'd just piss off the missus if you shunted all the gold there. So how 'bout the room next to it? I'm 99% sure that's empty.

Very well.

-a shifting of the abacus, a muttering of an incantation-

...It is done. A pleasure doing business with you.

The Kitchen

-Kiko is in the kitchen, mixing something together in a mixing bowl-

-a big book of recipes open on the table-

The Cliffsides

-the Trades are gathered outside their outpost in a straight line, seemingly waiting on something, and watching the skies-

#909: Think it's late?

#703: It'll get here when it gets here. We won't go hungry- and if we do, we just send you to go to that room on a food run.

-The Trades may hear something approaching them from the bushes nearby-

#851: You guys hear something in the bushes?

#852: I thought I did, but it might be an animal.

#703: Don't get too anxious- besides, we know it won't be what we're waiting for. It's an air-drop, not a convoy.

#909: Want me to check it out, Seven-Zero-Three?

#703: Don't bother- it's probably an animal. Just keep an eye on it.

-one of the Trades, likely 909, looks over towards the noise to keep an eye on that direction-

-It’s...a blue stuffed hedgehog with an antenna coming out of its head-

#909: ... Guys, isn't that one of the points of interest related to Priority Two?

-immediately the other three look at it as well-

#703: ... Is it? It could be unrelated.

#851: Lets just let it make the first move.