Trencher watches all the conversations going on, but at this point he still stays quiet.  He will wander about to the edges of the sales area, looking to see if any the strange fruit is lying about anywhere.

"You want just sample a pepper or two like your friend, or you looking for something that uses the peppers? Have some hot chips, some spicy nuts, salsas...?"

((Trencher, give me either a Stealth or Performance check, followed by Investigation.))

Tandor considers for a moment.  "Both, I think.  Let's try a couple of different peppers and then a salsa that uses those peppers."

He tries to walk around looking for stuff while trying to not make any noise or draw any attention to himself....

Stealth: 22

Investigation: 10

Mialee slips the box out from under the bed and opens it to briefly investigate the contents. Would she be able to surreptitiously store the box/contents on her person safely?

After that, she attempts to pick the lock once more.

10 <- lockpicking

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Vi Aroon, mollified after the aggressing interrogation by Tandor's apparent interest in his wares, complies, selecting a pair of peppers and placing them on a small plate before dipping out some salsa into a small tasting dish.

"This is a combination I'm quite proud of, this one," he holds up the larger pepper, which is green with a faint mottling of red, about the size and shape of a hand with the finger and thumb tips pressed together, "has pretty good flavor, but nearly no heat. Meanwhile, this one," he holds up a tiny, almost blackish purple pepper, the size of the last the last segment of his pinky finger, "is ALL heat and very little flavor to speak of. But combined, along with other ingredients, achieve something greater than the sum."

Trencher ducks out unnoticed, but doesn't find anything suspicious in the lap he takes around the tent.

Mialee slips the box out from where it is wedged under the cot, and opening it, finds a bed of wood shavings, into which are nestled a dozen persimmons, the case looking to have originally held at least a dozen more.

She springs the lock on her second go, and taking a peek inside, finds three wooden birdcages, the bottoms lined in straw. There some bits of persimmon rind littering the bottom of the cages.

Tandor nods his thanks and samples the peppers first, sipping a bit of milk and then water between each to clear his palate.  Then he tastes the salsa.  "Hmmm. Yes, very tasty indeed.  May I have 4 each of the peppers and a small container of the salsa. I have some dishes I'd like to try these in."

Looking around, he says, "Where has your brother gotten to? I wanted to thank him for the tour."

Mialee suspects there may be invisible creatures in the cages, so she presses one persimmon against the bars of each cage for a moment to see if anything goes for it. She stashes the remaining persimmons on her person, along with the test persimmon, unless it gets eaten. 

She then quietly restores the area the way it was and sneaks out of the tent to rejoin the group.

"Sure! That's two silver for the peppers, and two and a half for the salsa, but if you bring the jar back to exchange, you get a two copper discount next time."

(4 silver, 5 copper)

"Oh, I can let him know! Not sure when he'll get back from whatever he needed to take care of."

Mialee pokes the persimmon to the cage with no response, they seem to be empty, full, or very well trained. She is leaning towards the first option.

((What is Mialee wearing/carrying? A dozen persimmons in pockets would be cumbersome.))

"may i ask, again, where you source your ingredients? travel for such fine goods must be pricey." liber's calmer, less hostile now. still quiet, but less crackling.

"We work with various growers and suppliers, many of whom our family's have worked with for decades!-

Mialee is wearing multiple layers of silk as well as light leather armor. She will stash as many as she can unobtrusively in her pockets and folds of silk, then put away the rest. is there a check I can make to hide extra?

((Make a sleight of hand check to tuck them away?))

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"We work with various growers and suppliers, many of whom our family's have worked with for decades!-

 "Well, this is all quite good. I really must speak with your brother about a continuing supply. With you departing, I wouldn't feel right setting anything up with you.  Nothing against you," Tandor says quickly. "just an idiosyncrasy of mine." He smiles.

He appears to consider your words, "Yes, I see how you would want to make any future arrangements with Kaseem instead of me, no hard feelings on my end!" He grins. "I can let him know you stopped by when he gets back, once he takes over, I'll be heading over to see if we have enough brave souls to run the Pepper Challenge."

Sleight of hand23

Mialee is able to tuck five persimmons away in what she feels is an unobtrusive manner, if she gets into any scraps or has to do any tumbling, she's probably squishing a bunch of them, but she feels confident being able to move normally with the five she has without damaging them or revealing their presence. If she wanted to push for more, she thinks she'd run a risk of it being obvious she has something stuffed in a pocket, or that they might get bruised.

Mialee puts the remaining persimmons back in the box and returns everything the way it was, then unobtrusively rejoins the others, waiting for the spice merchant to be looking away so she is not noticed.

She's able to slip out and join the flow of customers as if she just arrived at the stall.

liber is just standing there.

(still hjere, just having issues with my life.)