Kevin
OOC: sorry, it was like... 2am where I'm at. Time zones must be really far apart.

*Hitoshi pumps his arm, grinning like an idiot, and saying something that sounds pretty pleased in his own language. He readjusts his hat, his ears twitching as he does so. Finally, someone who he could actually become proper acquaintances with. It's been so long.*

"Thanks, you won't re... Re-regret it!"
Laura
*Arthur reaches into his bag and grabs a couple of silver pieces. He needed to buy a couple loaves of bread to regain the amount he had lost from eating. He put the silver pieces in his pocket, and motioned Hitoshi to come into the store.*

"Hey, while you go talk with the store manager about work, I'll go look for some bread I can buy. Is that OK with you?" Arthur asked, in a more relaxed tone than before.
Kevin
*Hitoshi nods, and follows Arthur into the store, in his legendary quest to stop being penniless. He pulls his Naginata further down his shoulders as he enters, looking at everything in the store and seeming pretty miffed that he couldn't actually buy any of it right now.

As he enters, Hitoshi stays somewhat silent, opting to wait for Arthur to do the talking and see if the man would actually be the kind of person nice enough to tolerate someone as foreign as what he assumed is a native Salvanian. If he was discriminated against, no doubt the treatment of a kitsune from Oriental lands would be even worse.*
Laura
*Arthur walks into the store, and looks at the aisles. The bread aisles were all the way in the back, looking relatively untouched as far as the naked eye could tell. He was about to walk to get the bread, but noticed Hitoshi looking as meek as him. It was odd, to Arthur, that the tall man who exuded a confident demeanor, looking shy as he. Arthur noticed he hadn't said a word since coming into the store, and took the hint that the he needed to do the talking.*

*Arthur walked slowly to the shopkeeper.*

"E-Excuse me, do you think you have any spots for work available for my-" *Arthur paused. How would he refer to Hitoshi? A friend? An acquaintance? They had only just met, after all. What do you call someone like that? Stranger would be incredibly rude, and perhaps even insulting; perhaps they were accomplices; but that also sounded a bit demeaning. Arthur started to stutter a bit. "M-my-er-my uh-" In a sort of panic, he suddenly yelled out in a flustered manner. "MY ACCOMPLICE!"
Kevin
*Hitoshi flinches a bit at the random outburst. He then smiles, just a tad. Hey, "Accomplice" Isn't that bad! And it'd sure be nice to have an accomplice. He continues to stand at the back, opting to listen rather than talk, for obvious reasons, adjusting his bladed gauntlet/hand wraps.*
Peggy
*The old man was looking at them, but it didn't seemed that he was blinking at all. Actually his breath was low and both of his hands wrapped around his big walking staff. He was just wearing an older looking tank top, revealing the tattoos on his body. It shouldn't take too long for them to realize that this man was asleep and didn't heard Arthur. Suddenly he was smacking a little and the long white beard was swinging like thanks to it. The store itself was packed with various stuff, like drinks, food and herbs. A mixed scent of everything was in the air. A lovely and calming place for sure, only disturbed by the sudden loudly snorring of the old man.*
Laura
*Arthur hadn't realized that the old man was asleep. He felt slightly embarrassed that he had an outburst at a SLEEPING old man, but forgot about his embarrassment soon after looking at Hitoshi. He was adjusting and fiddling with his gauntlet and hand wraps, looking like he wasn't paying attention to the conversation. Arthur looked back at the old man, wondering how he could wake him up.*

*Arthur leaned into the old man.* "Hello? Would you.. Mind waking up please?" *Simultaneously, Arthur tapped the old man's shoulder with a tiny bit of force- not so much that he would get hurt, but just enough so that it might be enough to wake him up.*
Kevin
*Hitoshi walks just a tad closer to the shopkeeper, now a bit more confident about the situation. Now, he really doesn't want to be super rude, mostly because he needs a way of getting money, but he also... Needs the man to actually be awake. He begins to talk to the shopkeeper.*

"Hi? Can you wake up?"
Peggy
*The man was not really showing any signs for now. Though the tapping and second time asking him to wake up did the job. But was it in a good way? The tattoos on the mans body started to glow, and the air was filling with magical energy extremely fast. Dangerously fast so to say as Pierre bolted out of his sleeping state and actually blinked now.* "Go forth you filthy scu..." *The rush of magical energy disappeared as soon as he realized that he was in his shop and actually had customers.* "Oh welcome Sirs, what can I, Pierre the mighty do for you? Maybe you want some bread? It is freshly made this day." *He awkwardly rubbed the back of his head and started to laugh, while the tattoos started to go back to their original coloration.* "I'm sorry, but I thought you were some people trying to rob my store." *His voice was as imagined, sounded rough and his laugh was scratchy.*
Laura
*Arthur paused for a second. He had felt the massive increase of magical energy surge forth in the air just seconds ago; yet all that was gone. He was taken aback by the sudden glowing of the man's tattoos. They were blazing with light, and it blinded Arthur for a good second. However, the light had all faded, and was replaced with an ordinary shop atmosphere. He heard the man ask what he could do for them, and he also head the mentioning of bread, which was one of the things Arthur had arrived to the shop for.* 

"Yes, you mentioned bread? How much is the cost for 5 pounds of good, high quality bread?" Arthur asked, tentatively."
Kevin
*As the room lit up, Hitoshi was almost about to grab his katana in a rush to defend himself, but as the man calms down and introduces himself as Pierre, he decides to take his hand off the katana's handle. He blinks for a couple seconds, also quite blinded.

He scans across the shop wares, looking at everything in it. He waits for Arthur to buy his bread before asking about work, as that's pretty damn rude, wiping his eyes all the while and groaning.*
Peggy
"Bread? You ask me if I would have bread?!" *His eyes got bigger and bigger with each breath taken by him. A wide smile formed on his face, before he went over to a shelf.* "High quality bread? Hum... Is anyone of you allergic to nuts? Or something else? We have all kinds of bread. From normal white bread, to walnut bread, carrot bread and so on." *He took out all 10 loafs from the shelf and placed them on the counter.* "Every bread is made with the best flour you can get and the best ingredients. This bread would cost around 5 copper for a pound of it. The whole loaf 10 coppers. I can give you a little discount for mass buying them. Like 10 from one and you would only pay 80 coppers." *He still smirked after turning around to face them again and took a step to the side.*

"Did I mentioned you would support the local farmers with that money? Because I buy from the them and actually donate half of the money I get here. So that they are able to survive hard times! The life of a farmer isn't always easy."
Laura
"Ah, that'd be wonderful! Let's see.. I think I'll take some normal white bread and walnut bread. 10 of each, if you may. Let me get my silver out so I can pay you." *Arthur reaches into his backpack, and counts 16 silver coins. He puts them on the counter for the old man to receive.* "Here, this should be enough." *Arthur smiled; the man radiated such a positive energy that it was like he was being infected with some euphoria inducing disease. This man seemed like a genuinely good person to hang around, and Arthur was glad knowing that he wasn't one of the shopkeepers who wanted to die every single time they had to go to work.*
Kevin
*Hitoshi just watches the transaction, soaking in the atmosphere of the place.

The place really is homely, and comfortable. Hitoshi feels more relaxed just being here, looking at all the nice things that the strange old man has to sell, and despite the two natives talking too quickly for him to catch everything he still likes the warmth emanating from it. The man seemed a little odd, but Hitoshi is pretty aware that calling him odd is a little hypocritical considering his status here.

After the transaction is complete, Hitoshi decides to ask his question. Unlike Arthur, his Archanidese is basic, stilted and slow. Besides his appearance, his voice makes it clear that he is a foreigner.*

"Hello! Do you have any work?"
Peggy
"Work? Like working here in this shop?" *The man didn't cared about the accent and actually remembered the time when he came her long ago. Probably some hundred years by now. So it is totally fine for him, to actually have a foreigner here. But first things first and Pierre walked up to Hitoshi. His eyes were almost piercing through his and to his soul, before he went around him, muttering things like 'Hmm and good.'* "So I would give you a job yes, but I need to see what you are capable off. A shop is not only a shop. It will be your second home, your second life and serving customers your most loved thing." 

*Pierre chuckled and went behind the counter to get more bread for the silvers on it, before sitting down on a small chair.* "A second person here could actually make this place a little more lively. Anyway, go to the mountains. Some rare plants are growing there and I need them for a special stew. I don't know what you will encounter but I'm sure you can do it right? I mean after all, I'm just an old man and it would be too dangerous for me." *Oh this man is actually capable of a lot of things, but let it be a test.* "So get the plants, bring them to me and I will give you a job. Though it would be just 5 silver a day in the beginning." *He tapped the bottom of his staff on the ground and a map slowly build up on the table out of nothing.* "Here is the spot. So go take some bread with you for the journey and return with all limbs attached please."
Kevin
*Hitoshi tilts his head, a little confused by the strange man and his... Oddly unnerving stare. He shakes himself out of it, though, and coughs again, smiling. As a pretty extroverted individual most of the time, he'd be happy to help out in the shop... At least, assuming he wouldn't need to give any detailed descriptions of stuff. That would be embarrassing.

5 silver sounded pretty decent. Nothing amazing, but hey, money's money, and it's better than the squatting Hitoshi's been doing for the past three months. He cracks his shoulders, takes the bread, looks at the map for a while and nods.*

"I can do that. Sounds easy."
Laura
*Arthur sensed a little bit of untold suspicion in the man, now known as Pierre's, voice. An old man as powerful as him not being strong enough to retrieve some plants? Seemed very suspicious. Arthur was thinking about the words, 'a test.' What kind of test? Were there any dangerous creatures living in the mountains that Pierre was not telling the two? Arthur felt like he needed to accompany Hitoshi, for there was no telling what kind of dangers awaited in the mountains. He decided to go along with Hitoshi, although he wasn't planning on getting a job at the store, and he didn't necessarily need the extra silver.*

"Hey, I'll come along too. The more the merrier, as they say... Right?"