Merchant & the thief
By: Kuyo Blackstone
Thief slot won by: luigidragon54
Merchant slot won by: N/A

Once in a large sea side town a man named Malcome set up shop on the far end, where travellers would have to pass by his shop in order to leave the town. This was good for him as it was away from the hustle and bustle of the market let them have time to view his wares. You see, he sold the things that people often lost needed to stock up on like new blades for protection and rations for for the trips, but he was not a smithy so he bought the weapons and little extra armors for cheap. But he never really met the seller only that they asked for a cut. And he was fine by this but as time went on people were starting to whisper as they walked by his shop words like “stolen” “fencing” and “Thief” slowly became common around his shop. And one day a woman by the name of Hiroko, a dragoness with a smile she looked over his wares and said “You have a nice selection of stuff here why is it not selling?” the man looked at at her and replied “ Fuck off I don’t sell to your kind here.” The man's face twisted with disgust as he literally spat the words, the saliva splattering on a dagger he had displaying. The dragoness picked up the knife, wiping it off on Malcome's cheeks she gave him a toothy smile as she spoke. “ I don’t want your merch stupid little man” Malcome's face turns beet red as he shouts at her “ Get the fuck outta me shop scale cunt!” Hiroko then looked at Malcome a moment before replying slyly “I came here for my cut Malcome the the butcher.” Malcome hardly let her finish before grabbing a dagger in a rage saying “Oh i’ll give you a cut ya, wait what?” he stopped the blade grazing her skin enough for a mark and nothing more. “You just called me butcher you know who I am?” Hiroko's smile turns into a scowl as she answers “ Of course I do, you came to my town and robbed it of everything we owned! You killed half the people there, some dear friends, and even an infant, you sick fuck! And so when I saw you setting up shop I knew I needed to get justice for the people you hurt, so I decided i’m going to ruin your life for good.” Malcome drives the dagger into the counters wood surface hand visibly shaking. In anger? fear? A mixture of both? Your guess is as good as anyone's’ But he responded to the dragon’s threat through gritted teeth “ How the hell do you plan to do that? A stupid inferior scale hide like you, how do you plan to ruin my life? I can see it in your eyes you’re no killer you’re, just a an animal, just a stupid small brained lizard bitch.” Hiroko just smiles at his words, provoking him to lunge at her “What the fuck are you smiling at cunt?!” she steps to the side, causing him to fall over his stand. She puts her bare clawed foot on his head and she starts to explain, “ Well this “stupid lizard” has been selling you your wares, in fact they are the same ones you stole from my family 10 years ago! With my family crest engraved and everything, and in the kingdom it’s illegal to sell wares from the war unless you are the original owner, as I am. So, when people left the town I set up shop letting people know who you are and that I am the rightful owner of the wares and it was stolen I even had the wanted picture and laws on hand, so I traded them new weapons and armor unmarked and un owned. It was a good deal for them, the new stuff was better anyway. Those people told others about the armor and the deals for new armor and weapons if they have the marked gear. Leading to the best part, that when they left to the sea they spoke there too, till you had a reputation as a fence or a war hoard merchant!” she laughs hard as guards walk behind the man and he struggles, shouting any number of slurs. She pulls out a bag of money and she says “ Oh yeah, did I mention I get everything you own and earned? And the reward leading to your arrest in 7 kingdoms.” she said this with delightful glee. Malcome the butcher merchant shouted as he was dragged away “Thief!! slut ass cunt Thief!!!”