[ He just so happens to have a wine bottle on him right now... Of course he does. Why not? He regularly drinks it in the middle of court proceedings, why not in a fairytale dreamland?
Susato tries not to act too surprised as she hangs back, but things clearly aren't going well. She doesn't want it.
She could play to fact that Barok is handcapped, but she can already tell that he would ruin it in approximately 5 seconds. No, clearly the solution is to make her want the damn bottle. ]
Excuse me. I just wanted to make sure you know that... for Lord van Zieks to offer wine from his peronal collection to trade with you truly is the highest honor he could bestow. Each grape used is hand-picked. Each bottle and hallowed chalice is lovingly hand-crafted from scratch by tradesmen with the highest skill. Why, each bottle alone is worth at least... [ HELLO and then she makes up some random absurd number because who cares. ...Well, normally she'd care about being Accurate^tm, but not now.
Right now she just wants to get out of there!! With some cute coats!! And after some back-and-forth, they get what they want, and it only cost (1) beautiful bottle of wine, a matching chalice, and Susato's slightly-sore throat.
You want to bargain? Yeah, she'll give you a bargain. Ha! ]
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Susato tries not to act too surprised as she hangs back, but things clearly aren't going well. She doesn't want it.
She could play to fact that Barok is handcapped, but she can already tell that he would ruin it in approximately 5 seconds. No, clearly the solution is to make her want the damn bottle. ]
Excuse me. I just wanted to make sure you know that... for Lord van Zieks to offer wine from his peronal collection to trade with you truly is the highest honor he could bestow. Each grape used is hand-picked. Each bottle and hallowed chalice is lovingly hand-crafted from scratch by tradesmen with the highest skill. Why, each bottle alone is worth at least... [ HELLO and then she makes up some random absurd number because who cares. ...Well, normally she'd care about being Accurate^tm, but not now.
Right now she just wants to get out of there!! With some cute coats!! And after some back-and-forth, they get what they want, and it only cost (1) beautiful bottle of wine, a matching chalice, and Susato's slightly-sore throat.
You want to bargain? Yeah, she'll give you a bargain. Ha! ]