"Uzi?" A voice said from the door, N entering the shop in his uniform with his Pilot hat on, yellow eyes quickly shooting around the shop before landing on her. "You, uh, okay?"
"Get over here N!" She calls out, not looking away from Alex. "I found a human!"
"Wait, really?" He looks at him confused, stepping next to Uzi in a far less hostile manner. "Uh, nice to meet you?" He holds out a hand, Uzi slapping it down.
"Don't greet him!" She hisses. "He's a human!"
"Oh?" A more robotic voice sounds out, Uzi slumping a bit with a sigh as a tail swung around her, a little mouth with eyes at the end of it. "Curious Expression. I thought I Killed all of you." Cyn comments, tail tilting slightly at him.
"Nope." Uzi slaps her down. "Not the problem right now. How are you alive?" She demands, finger directly in his face.
"First, not from here." He slowly pushes her finger to the side. "This is a 'Multiversal' shop, I never lived here in this universe, got it?"
N's face had a loading screen on it for a second, before turning into a question mark. Uzi, thankfully, did seem to get it.
"Wait, I had a few Manga like that I think..." A small icon appears in the corner of her visor as her eyes narrow, before she looks up in triumph. "Wait, like an Isekai in a way?"
"Perfect." He agrees with a nod. "Except I don't stay in one universe, I go to multiple."
"You're so lucky!" She crosses her arms, envious. "I'd love to go to Killer note, or Kyoto Ghoul!"
...what?
"Do you mean Death Note and Tokyo Ghoul?" He asks, confused.
"What?" She pauses for a second to look at him incredulously. "What are those?"
'Ok, different universe, different name. Fair enough.'
"Never mind. Did you all want anything?" He changes the topic, moving along quickly.
"Want anything? What do you mean?"
"This is a shop; do you want to buy anything or not?" He deadpans, leaning against the counter a bit.
"Wait, you actually like, sell things?" Uzi asks, getting a bit excited. "Oh, this is so cool! What currency do you take?"
...
"What, uh, currency do you use?"
"Hmm, well we don't have one, survival and all that." She rolls her eyes like it's a stupid thing altogether. "Uh, do you take oil?"
'System, do I take oil?'
Nothing.
"Uh, maybe?" He guesses with a 'so-so' hand gesture. "Isn't oil what you all need to live?"
"Well yeah, but that makes it important right? So, I could trade some for something else." Uzi points out.
"I guess? We can test it out at least." He relents, not sure if it'll actually work or not. "Browse around a bit, see if you like anything."
N was already at one of the shelves, looking through different books on how to draw.
'Probably can't choose between them, different styles and all.'
"Hey, this isn't oil!" Uzi shouts out, Alex barely having a chance to look over before she's at the counter. "What is this?" She demands, a can of golden amber liquid sitting there.
"Hmm, let me see." He picks it up, turning it to see it says 'oil' on the front. "Dang, looks like it's oil."
"No." Uzi drawled out. "Oil is black, it's like a-a slush! This is more like water, it isn't oil!"
"Wait." He snaps his fingers in realization. "I see now, you've never had any type of oil change before, have you?"
"What? I've refilled my oil before!"
"But not with anything new, just the old crap you have in your world. N!" He calls over the Golden Retriever, who's over in an instant. "Wanna free sample? You too Uzi."
"Uh, are you sure?" He asks, Uzi hitting him in the arm immediately. "I-I mean yeah! I'd love some."
With a flicker of magic to bring another one over, Uzi eyeing him suspiciously as the Solver flashed in her eye, he set out the two cans.
"Free of charge, try it out."
Without a second thought, N opened his and took a sip, Uzi watching his reaction first.
"..." His visor turns full on loading screen emblem, sitting like that for almost a full minute.
"N?" Uzi asks cautiously, shaking his arm a bit. "You alright?" She looks at Alex, promising murder with her eyes.
Thankfully though, N came back online pretty quick.
"Huh, wasat?" His eyes pop back on, though a little bit out of it. "Oh, heeeeey Uzi~ When'd you get here?" He wobbles a bit, leaning against the counter to steady himself.
"Are-Are you drunk?" She asks, more curious than angry. "Wait, this can actually get us drunk?" She looks at the can in her hand like it's pure gold.
"How much?" She demands right after, putting the can on the counter. "Come on, how much per can?"
'I... don't think I want to charge her.'
Despite the fact that they don't have currency, she still would try to use oil as it, which may or may not work altogether, but that means she'll still try something. He doesn't know the mechanics of Murder Drones, whether or not they have backup oil or not, but if they don't, murder isn't exactly something they care about in that world over half the time.
But he can't just say no deal, right? It's something they want, and by the different colors on the shelf for the oil, each one potentially does something different or has a different level of strength to it. So, what should he-
"Bored. This is. Boring." Cyn comments, getting slapped by Uzi again.
'Wait, could I...'
"Grab whatever you want off the shelves, I have a trade request for you." He tells her, Uzi looking at him for a second before shrugging, lifting a hand as the Solver pops to life, most of the cans off the wall floating over to the counter.
"Ok, what's the offer?" She challenges with a glint in her eye, clearly ready to fight on whatever the price is.
"I want Cyn."
The room went still for a minute.
N freezes mid-tilt, Uzi pauses to comprehend the request as her tail pops up onto the counter, with a big grin.
"How- Adorable." She stops a few inches from his face, several yellow eyes peering into his. "Interested Query. What makes you think they'll get rid of me?"
"Oh, shut up!" Uzi hisses, slapping her down again. "Look, I don't need her coming back with a vengeance to kill us all, alright? She's not up for trade." She crosses her arms.
'Hey System, could you answer me just this once please? What happens if I get someone to stay here? Like, permanently.'
For whatever reason, it decided to actually answer.
*Any Companions gained during Opening hours have to be inhuman, will not be allowed to leave the shop and can't hurt the Owner*
Perfect.
"What if I said she couldn't come after you?" He casually leans against the counter, elbow on it as he holds his head in his hand. "What if she would be stuck here, forever? Never to bother you all again."
Uzi... considers it. It'd be nice to get rid of the menace, since cutting her off doesn't actually do anything. She just grows back. But could she trust this? How does she know she'd be contained?
Does she want to risk it?
"Hmm... no." She decides, taking a step back from the counter. "Can't risk it. She isn't too bad, just constantly telling me to let her loose, give her control, blah blah blah. I can handle her, no sweat."
"Ok, suit yourself." He shrugs, gently pushing N towards her as she walks away. "If you change your mind, you know where I am!"
"Amused Query." Cyn pops up as they walk, stretching a bit to get close to me. "You believe you can. Contain me?"
"I'll see you soon, I'm gonna get some currency~" Uzi calls back, cackling as she leaves.
'Love her so much, hope she brings V and/or J next time.'
Ah well, back to waiting for the next custome-
*Ding*