Supply hunting... (OPEN)

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Tag: OPEN

Word: 356

Notes: Open to anyone!! XD

Keeping a coffee shop running wasn't that difficult, but it for sure had some hidden secrets to make it be a success in the city for over 4 years. Terry knew that and that was why he usually woke up really early and went to the market to get the best supplies for his coffee shop. the best coffee beans from the city's green house, he didn't trust in the ones coming from the outside, not even those that were so weird and expensive, those coming from the poop of a monkey. Delicious in fact, but not quite what he wanted in his coffee shop. His costumers could find them also in his shop, but it wasn't his speciality.

He also asked his new baker to make a list of all the supplies he needed, no matter the prize or the rarety of them. He would find them and have them for him to make all what he could imagine. also creations, innovation and development were part of the hidden secrets for it to still be like a new thing in town! That day he went to the market to look for some ingredients that Benjamin the baker asked him for. Some of them were pretty common, but others were kind of special, so he would have to ask for special shipments or maybe brews to the Ceres woman and her husband the Bacchus guy who owned the green house where he got his coffee and his tea leaves. They were an elderly couple, quite nice in fact. But he trusted them with his life for his supplies.

He looked around and smiled when he saw a group of kids, they were playing to be a roman legion, well soon they would be. Terry was proud of being a roman and part of the legion at some point of his life. but he also would liked it to be only training... never real war, never real deaths.
"Good day!... is any of your grandparents in the stand?" he asked a beautiful girl with pigtails. she nodded and ran inside to get them. He waited out there...

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Mercury loved to help people. He was the god of finance and business after all, not just theives and trickery and such. There was a thrill that was only ever wonderful when you found such a rare commodity or item that was just enough to make something even more wonderful. He loved helping people start up a new lively hood, find a way to make ends meet as they worked through college, or when he helped someone find a dream job when they haven't seen anything but the legion. IT was a high that he never got tired of. But the greenhouses, that was where you could find some of the better things. He had met few Ceres kids and they were more than happy to help him get the best and fresh ingredients for his restaurants and herbs for the apothecary shops and restaurants too. The smell of the greenhouses was nice and earthy, the soil was moist and wonderful.

Mercury winked at the Ceres girl that ran the greenhouse. She fluttered her eyelashes at him, if he was to be honest, he thought she was quite smitten with him. And how could she not be? He was pretty awesome if he did say so himself. “Help yourself, Lord Mercury.” She said as he walked through the door. He picked up a few vegetables and some fruits, putting them in a basket. He came to the coffee beans that were in the further back. It would seem that he wasn't alone, there was a brown headed son of Bacchus that had that coffee shop in New Rome. Terry, if Mercury remembered correctly. Mercury had ab it of respect for the lad, he had managed to win over a former hunters heart. He had his finger on the pulse of new rome gossip and this was quite near the top.

“My my,” Mercury said as he examined the beans in his hand. “So Terry, what brings you to this particular greenhouse? My greenhouse?” Okay so it wasn't his greenhouse per say. He might have bribed the owner to let him have first picks. The only way to gaurentee that you had the best stuff was to either grow it yourself or bribe a grower. Since the former was out of the question, and the latter was more likely, he got to pick the best of the best. And the Ceres kids had the best stuff.

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Tag: @mercury

Word: 512

Notes: lol Mercury surprised him!

While Terry waited for the woman who ran the stand, she looked around. It was nice to see that even when they were at the middle of the Winter, it hadn't really hit camp or the city. there was only one spot in the city covered with snow and ice and it was a small part of the lake with some yards of the Forest. Maybe Khione was being kind to her children. As if all the gods were being kind to all of them and after that horrendous year that had just past, they were giving them a bit of peace and time to relax, time to be again with those that had survived, those who are friend, lovers and family. He missed his brother, he missed the time he spent with his, already lost, friends. But even with him, the gods were kind.

His shop was a success, maybe not as much as those Mercury restaurants, but his shop was a success, he had a good ammount of costumers and the business was slowly growing. he was glad when Mercury opened his restaurants in the city. That also meant more people around and people would maybe like a coffee, a tea, a cupcake, or any of the wide variety of products that his shop offered. And he was right, after the first restaurants opened, his sells increased 15%, so it wasn't that bad at all! He also thanked the god of business and finance. He had for obvious reasons a small alter in his shop with Bacchus in it, Ceres had also a place, but he also had Mercury there. He knew that mercury would bless any shop that he considered worthy, and for Terry's fortune, Mercury considered his like that. At least he hoped and wished that. He prayed to both gods every day before opening his shop.

Suddenly a voice brought him back from his thoughts. He looked around and then he found the owner of the voice. A man, but he couldn't tell if he was old or young, he seemed mature, but also young and jubilee. What wasn't quite normal was that he knew his name. Well people who went regularly to his shop knew his name, but he recognized almost all of them. This man... he didn't really know him, did he? "Good Day, I came to pick up some supplies..." but then he said something that made Terry frown at the man. "but, you're shop? I didn't know Mrs.Briseño had sold the place." He said but still looked at the man cautiously, he knew the man, for some reason he knew him. "but if you're the new owner, well... Nice to meet you sir! I see you know my name, but I don..." he didn't finished his sentence, suddenly it hit him like a wracking ball. "But I do... right? I do know you..." he chuckled and shook his head feeling the stupidiest man on Earth. "My apologies Sir, I did not recognized you at first, Lord Mercury." He kept his smile.

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To say that it looked like Mercury had startled the guy was an understatement. But Mercury had certainly loved the coffee from Terry's shop. The atmosphere was great and the coffee was good too. He'd happily hang out there and just relax, taking in the sites and watching the people that hung out in the coffee shop as well. Winter was quite the underserved season, and a coffee shop was something that was a much needed commodity that served the people well. Hot teas, coffees and hot chocolate, it was enough to warm people from their toes to their nose. There was even a frozen hot chocolate in one of the shops that he absolutely loved. Mercury flipped a strand of hair out of his face as he then looked the young man up and down in front of him. He couldn't even help but laugh as the boy swore up and down that he knew him and at the same time couldn't place his face. HE got that a lot. It was a trick that had served him well throughout the years. It allowed him to be just in the back of someone's mind, but at the same time, easily forgettable.

Then he grinned even bigger as the dawn of realization crossed terry's face. "YEah Mercury, the one and only." He said as he gave a low and sweeping bow, then straitening up and then proceeding to examine closely some of the produce. "Her garden is quite the Eden isn't it? All of the best produce someone could ask for." He said as he plucked a few tomatoes and placed them in a conjured basket. A few cucumbers, some other vegetables into his basket before conjuring up a basket for Terry to take his items home with. A nice wicker basket with hues of browns woven though. He loved food, of all kinds. Hmm, he thought as he then tried to think of something that could be done to remedy that situation. "So Terry, how's business going? Doing well?" HE cocked a half grin with a wink of his eye at the Bacchus son as he then ran a finger over the red ripe roma tomatoes that were still looking juicy on the vine. "Course you should be doing well this time of the year, Have you looked into the frozen hot chocolate recipies for summer? I know one you'd love." He said with a wink. It would be great if he took the recipie. If not, he understood.

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Tag: @mercury

Word: 411

Notes: Yay for muse!!

Terry looked at the produce and how the basket was there for him, He knew it was Mercury's doing and he was enjoying it, not as a circus act, NO! he respected the god too much! And then looking at the god, he tried to imagine how many times he would have seen him before without knowing who he was. Nothing that would permanently torture his mind, but he was curious and the idea played with his head. Terry smiled at the idea of him meeting the god in his life, how many times, in which places? Maybe he had helpped him before like he was in that very moment! Well, he'd put a nice hot chocolate for the god in his temple or maybe he should invite him to have one?

"thank you for your help sir, not only today, but before too. I don't know why, but I have the feeling I've met you some other times." smiles and then nodded, he was right that place was an Eden for anyone who had some like and affinity with plants and in his case with the quality of the produce. "yes, definetely it is. I've known her since I was a child and I got to her orchid and stole some delicious grapefruits from it." And he did it several times, but after some time she caught him, he made him know that what he had done had been wrong. so he first worked with her, then he grew up and had to quit, but he never forgot her and her kindness.

"Oh, business is great! good quality products and cozy, comfortable environment." he smiled and then looked at the God, Why he had been so rude? not the god but himself! He should ask how were his businesses too! that was the right thing to do, right? "and yours?, Sir." although it was kind of a retoric question, he had seen the places, he was a success!! But still it was good he had asked, he really wanted to know. "Oh!... do you? That would be so great!! because hot season is comming and chocolate is always good among children!" Smiled at him and nodded at him, with the bright of a kid's eyes in his own. Being helped by Mercury was an amazing blessing and priviledge! "it would be my honor and my pleasure sir." He said and smiled in a friendly and honest way to the god.