[@Lucius Cypher]
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Ethan had just barely been in the town for a couple minutes when a small group of children spotted him and was soon upon him. They were selling utility knives and are trying a bit too hard to sell the knives to him. [color=tan]"Let me take a gander at the quality of what you are selling."[/color] Ethan lets his walking stick lean on his shoulder as he reaches over into the box and takes one out to inspect the quality of the knives. Ethan's brow furrowed and his mouth frowned at the low quality of the knives the boy was trying to sell. [color=tan]'Ten silver pieces for a low end knife not even made of not simple iron? A robbery in broad daylight!'[/color] He looks again to the young leader, to see if there was any malicious intent behind those eyes. It was not an uncommon tactic for the leader to distract their mark while the underlings would pickpocket and steal from the mark. He places a free hand over his satchel containing most of his belongings, protectively, as he discerns the intent of the child. The burns on his hands, the rather forced smile, and over the top sales pitch of the folding knives told him that this was not an attempt to distract or deceive him. Rather the boy was genuinely trying to sell him his knives.

Ethan could have refused the overpriced knife but the children pulled at his heartstrings. Their faces reminded him of his brothers and sisters he had to leave behind when he had to run away. Ethan tried to hide his grimace and put on a fake look of satisfaction, cleared his throat to catch the attention of the children and their leader to what he was about to say. [color=tan]"Ten silver pieces? Thats an outrage!"[/color] The looks of fear and nervousness made Ethan chuckle internally. He was not a mean spirited individual, it was just he enjoyed teasing his siblings in the past from time to time and tried to recreate the feeling in this distant land. [color=tan]"A knife of this quality deserves at least twenty...no...at least a gold piece!"[/color] Ethan said with an over-exaggerated voice. It did not take long for their shocked expressions transformed into one that beamed with relief and joy. The sight warmed his heart as he pocketed the knife he took and grabbed a shiny gold coin and gave it to the leader. [color=tan]"Nice doing business with you, sire. Now be on your way and go buy yourselves a warm meal or something."[/color] Ethan tips his fancy hat at the children and grabs his walking stick before walking past the group and heading to what he assumes to be the general store of the town. It would be likely that Sips' ingredients would be bought from there. He would simply pick it up and move to the next nearby town.

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Perception check for quality = 17
Insight check for deception or being mislead = 16
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[Equipped Items]
Traveler's Clothes x 1
Fancy Hat x 1
Walking Stick (Quarterstaff) x 1
[Other Items]
Pouch containing 4 gp x 1
Jeweled Ring (worth 10 gp) x 1
Metal Flute x 1
Poorly wrought maps of homeland x 1
Corrected map x 1
Torches x 3 [NEW!]
Tinderstick Bundle x 1 [NEW!]
Low quality folding knife x 1 [NEW!]
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