All nerds are inherently opinionated. Yes, even the cute one behind the counter at your local gaming store.

Crystal opened Cerulean Sea - Cards and Games shortly after graduating college. So far it's been moderately successful, managing to turn enough profit every year to keep the lights on and the shelves stocked and her apartment paid for. It's a lot of work, but it beats a 9-5, and when you own the business no one can get mad at you for, say, painting miniatures in the middle of your shift instead of doing inventory.

There are some boring days, but Crystal enjoys her store - and she likes talking with her customers about whatever games they're currently into. Even when they're wrong and stupid and trying to do something dumb like hack 3.5 into a space-based mech game instead of just playing one of the perfectly good games that were created around that very concept.

Just... let go of D&D guys. There are better systems out there for what you're trying to accomplish. And she just so happens to have them in stock, if you're interested.

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