"Alright, good friends are hard to come by, so dont go and vanish anywhere, alright?" Alexander grinned to Samuel and headed out. Business was business, but Samuel was an ally, now in more ways than just one. Business, and working together on something, it was better to keep in touch when he could.<br/><br/>Moving ahead to the streets and returning to his store, Alexander felt the growling in his stomach get worse, sighing and silently opening the pantry briefly. He usually didn't stock up too much food, most of his coin went to ingredients.<br/><br/>For three silver a day, he'd eat fairly well, not great, but enough to get along. The rent was due in time as well, and he couldn't help but wonder if he'd one day make enough to buy the place to himself, and make some improvements he had been hoping to do for a good while already. The place wasn't too small for him, but it was certainly not the fancy quality he would have wanted from the place. Enough money, and perhaps he could pull it off. Enough skill to make better products, and perhaps he wouldn't even get the guards attention if he began to improve the place in time.<br/><br/>All of that was a big 'if' still though.<br/><br/>So opening the pantry and taking out a bit of bread and cheese, he ate and got himself a bit of water to drink, before moving to open the front door, turning the sign to 'open'.<br/><br/>Moving to take a seat and wait for the clients, as well as taking inventory on the produce he had ready, and the list of things he could make on order. He'd move to making a bit of more stuff later at some point, the bell above the front door was there so he'd know to come out if someone came about, but he had inventory to pull off at first, though.<br/><br/>((OOC: Starting up that 'gathering credit' from whichever contacts might show up, as well as being present if the 'Nobility' need to contact folks, though they might well be heading to a safehouse directly, not the Alchemist's store. Anyhow, Alexander is staying at the "Red Stone Alchemy" in the meanwhile, at that corner of Tower Road and Harrow Road.))