Nexus Spring Market Fair

[varnished_truths]

Seemingly overnight, one of the grassy areas edging the Forum has been taken over by a spring market and fair. Part state fair, part craft fair, part Renaissance faire, there are attractions for all comers. Tents and booths of every size, shape, and color are lined up more or less tidily, sometimes with wide avenues between them and sometimes with paths skinny enough to crowd a single person. Goods and treats from the far-flung corners of infinity are on display. The general organization has magic and alchemical goods grouped together and slightly separated from the other tents; arts and crafts fill the area around it. Goods such as clothes and jewelry, plants, and vintage and antique items are in the back. Food is front and center, between the entrance and the rides. This is perhaps not an ideal placement.

To one side is a brightly-lit collection of rides and games familiar to anyone who's been to a state fair. A ferris wheel, flying swings, and all manner of reasons to regret that last funnel cake are blaring tinny music and sporting blinking lights. Remember: rides first, then eat. Classic games that test strength, agility, and luck offer plush prizes sure to delight anyone until the fur rubs off. There are also some animal rides near the exit.

In the back of the roughly-fenced-in area are the exhibits. There's a petting zoo with creatures mundane and more exotic, all promised to be tame; practical demonstrations of new magical and technological wonders; a juried art show; and a stage hosting a variety of performers changing on the hour.

((This is an open event. If your character wants to have a booth selling wares or food, set one up. If your character wants to perform or provide other services, go for it! Please note what sort of service you're providing, if any, in the subject line of your top-level comment. Basically, just run with it and have fun!

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Comments

[apeddlerofvarnishedtruths]

She makes a sound while she thinks, one that in humans would be a thoughtful hum, but in a cat is more of a rumbling purr.

"Let us say one pound of spices for one hundred gold pieces?" It's a good deal for him, double the value or more off quality spices, but she can still turn a good profit back home.

[fractured_agent]

"That's gonna be four hundred and fifty pounds," he says with a grin. "I hope your pack mules are up to the task."

[apeddlerofvarnishedtruths]

"I expect we will manage," she assures him. He has no idea the kind of sheer stuff-moving power she has access to. Those Tamrielic packs are amazing.

[fractured_agent]

"Sounds like a deal then. It'll take me a little time to get it all together." He doesn't even mind if it turns out he's overpaying. What she wants for it is super easy to get his hands on, after all.

[apeddlerofvarnishedtruths]

"I shall be doing business here for the next week or so. It will not be hard to find me at my warehouse if you would care to visit me there when you are ready?"

She can be a patient kitty, with a good reason.

[fractured_agent]

"That works for me. I'll be back in a few days."

[apeddlerofvarnishedtruths]

"And I shall look forward to it."