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[the_bloody_road]

[Dias has heard the news about the box tops, admittedly rather late. He's staring fixedly at the prize book.]

Supplies - 5 box tops
Sword - 10 box tops
Family - 5,000 box tops

[He...doesn't even have words for this. But eventually he picks up the phone.] Is this all some sort of bad joke? Some of these prizes...they're so expensive that you can

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[redorblueshot]

Bingo! You hit the nail with the hammer.

[the_bloody_road]

Then that's another reason for me to kill these bastards. Maybe I should keep a running tally.

[redorblueshot]

Good luck with that. But, I think you'll need to get in line with everyone else.

[the_bloody_road]

So long as there's still something left capable of feeling pain by the time my turn comes up.

[riverofprawns]

The truly zealous could probably earn them back. But, since most of the people here aren't that trusting...you're more likely to be right.

[the_bloody_road]

I...don't want to believe that. I don't think there's enough of these boxes in town to get five thousand, or that I could manage to collect that many if there were.

If it really were possible, and I didn't bring them back...

[riverofprawns]

You'd be surprised how much the back of a store holds, or how fast desperate people work.

[he's got a similar dilemma] We lose either way in this, I think.

[the_bloody_road]

Probably.

I wonder if this is a scenario where we might be able to get things back, but not how we expected them. Or wanted them.

[hourai_branch]

Clearly.