Merchant

the Glacier Blob l Owner: dalice
The air is chilly and it's finally that time of year: it's time to buy snowballs. Of course, the Avalanche Emporium is open.... but *checks achievement* you're at 5,800 out of 50,000. Um. You doubt your ability to purchase 44,200 snowballs, ever. As you ponder that conundrum outside of the Emporium, someone gets your attention and tells you to go to see the self-proclaimed "Eccentric Hustler of the Arctic Frost," some blob named Merchant. He's supposedly located out past the Cybill Sledding Barn, and you'll "know him when you see him." Hmm, you're up for a walk, and head out that way...
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You finally spot some tables in the snow with snowballs stacked so high they form a wall. Must be Merchant's area. You call out and something whizzes past your head and splats against the table to your right. The splat quickly transforms back into a snowball and greets you: "Welcome! All snowballs are sorted by my personal preference. Stuff this Box-o-Snowballs with the ones you want and I'll give you 250 of each for 500,000 sP. Heads up, once you hit the Snowthanks: I don't keep those in stock - they're just examples of snow clumped together - snow clumps - I can't even call them snowballs. One day we'll get our own museum out here in the Frost though, and I'm the obvious choice so I keep 'em around."
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You throw everything you can into the box and decide to check out what didn't meet Merchant's standards. You see some perfectly good snow clumps that you'd snag if you could, the assortment seems quite random. You chuckle quietly and head back to where you started. Merchant eyes you _:sus: as if he heard your chuckle... "58 unique snowballs, 14,500 total! That'll be 29,000,000. No sP Vouchers accepted." You grimace slightly and hand over the sP. "Come back tomorrow for more!" You think to yourself, "I could practically set up a tent out here, I want to finish this achivement!". Instead, you tell him "I'll be back!" and head on over to the Snowtapult to get throwing!

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Profile, overlay edit, and story by dalice. Bg @ colourlovers.
Adopted from Gold.