"We're in a hurry here Zero, can't it wait?" insisted the merchant, moving to the side of his front guardsman to look Zero eye-to-eye. "The job is done, you owe us payment." replied Zero flatly. His remark puzzled the merchant visible, his expression going blank with disbelief. "Look around - this isn't the time! We all need to bunker down and escape first-" insisted the merchant. "The job is done, you owe us payment." repeated Zero, a little more measured in tempo than the first time. "Agrabah is under attack! I'm not refusing to pay you, I'd just rather do it while my life is not in danger from alien-ghost-monsters, just meet me at the-" the merchant attempted to negotiate. Zero drew his keyblade, adamant he would not listen to the merchant's reason. The guardsmen drew their swords in response. As the staredown reached the peak of tension, the atmosphere was broken by the emergence of heartless on either side of the alley. The guardsmen along with Zero drew their attention away from each other to orientate against the heartless and begin an attack on them, but Zero looked back towards the merchant, realising his opportunity. Zero used his keyblade-granted void powers to warp next to the merchant and prop him up against the wall, pointing the business end of his keyblade at the man's neck. "The job. is. DONE. Give us our money." Zero insisted. "By the gods! You're insane! F-fine ya lunatic," snapped the merchant, fishing in the satchel he was carrying and throwing the money he owed Daichi and Zero to the ground. "That's your money! I hope you bite it trying to run away with it weighing you down!" lashed out the merchant. Zero released him and procured the money from the floor. The merchant adjusted his clothing and looked around at his men struggling with the heartless, not having the means to kill them for good and then back at Zero on the ground. "Hey, how about an advance payment for a new job?" he called, pointing to the heartless. Zero looked between the merchant and the heartless, picking up the last pieces of gold coins. He held out his hand to the merchant, who paid him additional pieces. Pocketing it all, Zero walked out into the fray, swinging his keyblade by the hilt. [hr]"Save my Brother" - Gold Necklace - 1000 Munny "Sea Salt Shakedown" - Gold Pieces - 10000 Munny "Escape from Agrabah" - More Gold Pieces - 2000 Munny [color=fff200][b]Total: 13000 MUNNY EARNED[/b][/color]