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It was a slow day for Labubu_ today. Many days were slow, since there wasn't as much demand for lava in the great sea as she would've liked. The market was about the same as usual, with a few new faces. At least the weather was nice, the sun warming her skin and illuminating the docks.
Two people walked up to her shop. Finally, some business! Labubu was about to try and convince them her lava was worth buying, but there was no need.
"Hello, we would like at least ten buckets of lava." The one with the large eye for a head said. Labubu wasn't sure how he was capable of speaking without a mouth, but it wasn't her problem.
"Sure thing, I can go get that." Labubu replied. "And how will you be paying?"
"Golden apples, bro." He handed her several golden apples. She counted them. It wasn't the best payment, but it was pretty good for ten lava buckets.
"Egg, we can't just spend our golden apples on this." The other one argued. "We're broke, we need to save it for something that's actually important, like restocks."
"Bro, Wemmbu, I really wanna cage that guy over a pit of lava." Egg said. Labubu raised an eyebrow. Whatever. A random hostage situation wasn't her problem.
"We can still have a hostage." Wemmbu said. "But we don't need the lava. We can just lock him in a box and threaten to put a mace through his skull."
"If you're having a hostage, I do reccomend the lava." Labubu said. "Maces get the job done, but there's just nothing quite as terrifying as the pit of lava." She didn't actually care, she just wanted someone to buy her products.
"Exactly bro, Labubu_ knows what she's talking about." Egg said. "Let's buy the lava buckets."
Wemmbu sighed. "Fine. If it'll help us find the rare item collecter, I guess we can spend some money on it."
"Okay, give us the lava buckets bro." Egg said.
"Just one second." Labubu reached into a chest and pulled out ten lava buckets. "There you go." Egg began to put the buckets into his inventory. "Use it responsibly." She said, knowing that they would not use it responsibly.
"Whatever, let's just threaten this guy." Wemmbu walked away, and Egg followed.
Later, the sun was setting, and Labubu had just closed up shop. She took a stroll around the docks, eventually spotting Wemmbu and Egg again. Predictably, there was a person hanging over a lava pool.
"You're lucky Wemmbu decided to be merciful." Egg said. Labubu shrugged and walked away. She wasn't responsible for what her customers did with her products.