devoutish | IC trade organization post

To facilitate the spread of supplies, requested goods and goods available for trade may be listed here. ALFIE SOLOMONS may be contracted as broker for an additional fee to be negotiated by the parties involved. Brokerage services may include:

Negotiation of the trade deal
Enforcement of the pre-arranged terms of the trade deal
Delivery of goods

Once an agreement has been reached, the broker will require a small nonrefundable deposit, to be paid as soon as possible. Full payment will be due once the trade has been completed.

Participants must be aware of the risk involved in trade in Norfinbury, including but not limited to significant delays caused by unforeseen town activities and the disappearance of trade goods to due the deaths of one or more participants. The broker will be responsible for making a good faith effort to see a deal done, but cannot give a 100% guarantee of success. The initial deposit is nonrefundable regardless of the outcome of the deal, except in cases of negligence on the part of the broker. If a trade fails or is cancelled for any reason, final payment will not be required. Purposeful failure to uphold any part of an agreed-upon brokerage deal will result in future blacklisting from brokerage services.

The broker will not act as an enforcer for deals made by parties who do not hire him as broker from the onset, and no protections or guarantees will be given in these cases.

[OOC: WELCOME TO TRADEAPALOOZA. As you can probably tell, this is an IC trade organization post and brokerage service run by Alfie Solomons. IC discussion of any kind is totally welcome - just make sure it's under the right header! On an OOC level, it's like the player-placed items page in that it's an independent player-run thing and not managed by the mods. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me OOCly at

ihdreniel or through PM!

2/9/17 ADDENDUM: Since Alfie has been outed as the guy who stole House's supplies and characters might no longer trust him to see their supply lists/broker trades, I'm just adding a reminder that comments to this post can be filtered from him!]

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i'm just all kinds of useful, boss
and i'll be sure to keep my trade deals private from now on
later

Forget about the fact that he helped kill me. Tell him no deal, wait for Steph to tell him no deal, then let him come back to you. Might be a bit if he tries to shop 'em around.

[He does want to make sure House is okay, but heading all the way to the tunnels might not be feasible right now.]

I guess I'll keep it for a while, see if I can head up.

That might be an issue, I'm heading south in the entrance area to investigate the gate a little more.

I don't mind holding onto the toothpaste and the sauce for however long is necessary.

[He waves off the concerns with a single dismissive flick of his fingers.]

I need you to keep notes for me, it's too tedious to do myself.

[That's only half a lie. It does help John to be writing.]

Yes. Three current working theories.

I expect that to go up to a potential eight over the following month, and then reduce drastically to the correct answer.

[That gets a thoroughly baffled look from John. Sherlock needs him to keep notes? Whether or not Sherlock's looking at him, he'll likely feel the weight of the silence as the cogs tick away for what the hell the other man actually means. Because Sherlock Holmes doesn't need him to take notes. John Watson needs to take notes because he doesn't have a great bloody mind palace.

It's another second or two before things click.]

Oh. [Sherlock's trying to be nice.] Oh, right. [John licks his lips as he considers what to say.] S'pose I could start up again. [And keep two separate files to avoid the last debacle.]

Could even restart the blog... [Sort of.] Share it about what you're getting up to for anyone who wants the information. 'The Anomaly's Foot' or maybe 'The Firehouse Problem'?

[Did you think he'd get away from the terrible names in another universe, Sherlock? No. Never.]

[Sometimes; often, actually, John is far too perceptive. He sees things about Sherlock that most people wouldn't, looking beneath the often rude exterior to the man underneath. It's why they make such good friends.

He wrinkles his nose in disgust.]

No, I don't think so.

[Let's not go overboard.]

There's no need to start inflicting that sort of writing on everyone again, especially not with those sensationalist names.

[He hopes John does start it up again, names and all, it will be good for his mental health and mean he's on top form to assist Sherlock without any messy conversations about feelings.]

Hm. Yeah, it doesn't sound like we'll be crossing paths anytime soon. I can hold onto the oil, too. I've already had it for a while. Or maybe I could arrange to have someone send it down to you. That is what this whole post is for, right?

What are they?

[And he's not sure Sherlock will give them up before he's narrowed them down further, so he adds: ]

I'd like to have something other than my current theory about this place to lean on. If I'm right, none of us are going anywhere at the conclusion of this 'session', whether we solve all these puzzles or not.

I don't tell unsubstantiated theories to anyone, Gabriel.

[Well, he might tell John sometimes.]

You might be able to assist me in narrowing the field further when we meet, hold onto that if you need something to lean on.

That's a good idea.

I'll ask Mr. Solomons if he'll act as a broker that way, it's what he's offering. I'll get back to you.

Excuse me, Mr. Solomons, it's Alphonse Elric here. Kunsel and I want to trade machine oil for toothpaste and sauce packets, but we're pretty far from each other. Could you help out?

Alright. Let me know what he might want for compensation, too. I've got a fair number of things on hand.

Okay, I will! Hopefully I can cover the cost, it's me that needs the oil more urgently, after all.

[That gets a raise of House's brows.]

i'll hold onto the olive oil, then

Thanks.

[He's not going to eke this out, there's no point.]

Maybe I'll see you soon, Dr. House.

Still, depending on where he or whoever might act as a runner is, it might be more convenient for me to pay.

[That just gets a small smile from John. He'll leave Sherlock to his efforts with the wires, then, and see what things other people might be offering or what they need.]

later

[And he hangs up... still getting that coveted last word.]

[Points for replying in audio like a civilized man, Al.]

I can, yeah. I'm a bit under the weather myself at the moment, but I've got a boy I might employ.

[ It helps. He's not sure why, but the consolation actually feels like one. ]

I will. Thanks.

[Gratitude? What is this?]

Be quick. I will see you at your earliest convenience.

[And then he's gone.]

Really?

[That's concerning for Alfie being ill.]

How much would you charge for delivering to us both?

You'll give me something small for arranging it, and him something a bit larger for his time and effort. The payment to me, which you'll give to him to pass on, will act as the deposit.

Your last sauce packet seems a fair deposit to me. Do you accept?

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