Everyone else was talking to each other when I finally turned on my radio and tried to contact Kaley. She probably thought my radio was still off so she didn't bother to try to reach out and just tried to look for me by going around the enclosures.
I walked a few feet away from everybody before I spoke to the receiver.
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*bzzt*
"Hey."
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
[...]
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
"Kaley?"
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
[Hmph! Look who decided to call?]
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
"Sorry, you're with Cynthia, right? Where are you guys? I'll come to you."
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
[Where are we? We're looking for you, you doofus! Tatiana too!]
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
"Ah– Tatiana's with me. Quinn too."
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
[WHAT?! Quinn too?! W-Where are you guys?!]
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
"We're by Mr. Cuervo's parking area but we'd like to meet up with you since I still wanted to explore. Right, do you need some vouchers to spend on anything? I just won lots fairly recently, I guess I could give them all to you."
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
[O-Oh, you do? We'll meet at the Bazaar then! That's just perfect timing!]
*bzzt*
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*bzzt*
"Okay, then. See you there."
*bzzt*
I was about to speedrun this segment but Tatiana picked up two dildos with a mischievous smile.
Natasha instantly got embarrassed, "What are you doing, Tatiana?!"
Tatiana raised them up, "How big's Ibarra? This one on the right, or this one on the left?"
Quinn hurriedly joined in, "Tatiana."
"Hmm?"
"Where's Mikhail over here?"
Tatiana crossed her arms while still holding the dildos, "Hmm~ probably that one but a little leaner. Natasha, what do you think?"
Natasha never looked so embarrassed, "W-Wha– That's not–"
"Really? How about this one?" Tatiana pointed to another one that was almost as big as a loaf of salami.
"That's not what I was saying!"
The three were actually having a good time but the shopkeeper pulled me aside, "Are you the Mikhail guy?"
I never shook my head so fast, "N-No man... they're talking about a half-giant in my crew..."
"Ah..."
"Tell me, you ever made sales? You seemed to still have a full stock."
"Hah! I'm bussin', honestly. Although most of them were delivered discreetly. None of them just pick up a dildo and wave them around like your group here..."
"They're a little special... sorry..."
"No, no– It's my pleasure, and theirs. Heh."
The two of us were busy conversing when Tatiana ran up to me with another dildo.
"Look! It's you!"
Natasha piled on, "That's shockingly accurate."
Quinn nodded a few times, "True, how much is that?"
The shopkeeper was fucking shocked, "NO FUCKING WAY THAT'S YOU! LIES! LIES, I TELL YOU! AND HOW THE FUCK DID YOU THREE KNOW?!"
Quinn suddenly snapped, "ARE YOU CALLING US LIARS?!"
"EEK~! N-NO! I'M VERY SORRY! I'M VERY SORRY! PLEASE! TAKE ONE FOR FREE!"
I pulled out several vouchers from my pockets, "N-No... Sorry about them... here..."
The shopkeeper took the vouchers then placed his hand over my shoulder, "Tell me, does your dick fucking hit the water when you pee in the toilet?"
"And~ We're moving on!"
Tatiana was trying so hard to contain her laughter, "B-But–"
"WE'RE MOVING ON!"
With that said, we passed by a few stalls but another stall that caught my eye was selling bladed and blunt weapons, either in their original state or in their customized counterpart.
The popular ones were obviously machetes or metal baseball bats but small fixed-blade knives or butterfly knives were also popular. However, I couldn't help but notice a few knock-off katanas or ninjatos, barbed baseball bats, and even huge-ass machined blades that were too heavy to wield properly.
Granted we have a few that could only be wielded by half-giants, it had special functions aside from clobbering the dead and turning them into rotten meat paste.
'I wonder what Quinn's weapons of choice though? I'll ask her later...'
As I browsed around, I even found machetes that were shaped like a kukri though the whole blade was the same width. A typical kukri would be a little wider on the folded end but the way these items were tapered was a mix of a bolo and a kukri.
With that said, I was lightly chuckling at this 'katana' that was almost ten times the price of a regular machete on display, but the one looking after the shop called me out.
"What's so funny, foo? Are you poking fun at my shit?"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I was just surprised at how expensive that one is."
"Cheh. You're wearing the same thing, you should know."
"Hah! Trust me, I'm not wearing the same thing."
"Bah~ I could buy that shit for 100 vouchers, maybe 75."
As soon as this motherfucker said that, I just started laughing before everything else went freezingly cold.
I directed every bit of killing intent into his direction and I imagined cutting him in half, but the ones close to me still felt the brunt of it.
Tatiana, Quinn, and Natasha instinctively took a step back but the guy I was face to face was unable to move a muscle. However, it only lasted for a few moments before he fell on his ass, and he just started screaming incessantly while he was shakily touching his face.
I never actually did anything but he was acting like I peeled off the skin from his face.
"HE CUT ME! HE CUT ME! HELP! HELP! HE CUT ME!"
It took him a while before he realized that it was all in his head but he was still shaking uncontrollably while his body was covered in sweat, mostly. I was fucking sure that he started pissing himself when his body relaxed, but I just chuckled as I stared him down.
"Trust me, 'foo', this shit's priceless."