Freelance Treasure Hunting, Monday, Period 5, Class #5

[spacepiratevala.livejournal.com]

As the students gathered, they'd probably notice Vala studying a large piece of floor plan very intently. That it looked like the Natural Museum of History in Washington, DC was probably just a fluke. As was the glass cutter she kept playing with. She glanced up as the students approached and rolled up the blueprints quickly.

"Good afternoon, class. Now, assuming you've gotten your treasure, and either not gotten caught or talked your way out of your incarceration, you're going to want to sell this merchandise, and you're going to want to do it quickly. So, the first thing you're going to need is a resale artisan. They are the people with the connections to the market you're looking for--you may get a generalist, or you may get someone who specializes. What's important is that they have access to a large number of buyers without a lot of publicity. Trustworthiness is nice, but not essential."

"When establishing a relationship, you're going to need to provide authentication for whatever it is that you're trying to sell--to prove that you are who you say you are and that you acquired your item in a lawful manner, with the papers and receipts to prove it." She cleared her throat, "Unfortunately, however, sometimes these papers get misplaced and have to be produced on very short notice, without time to get a replacement from the proper authorities or selling agents. In which case, it becomes necessary, to, uh, recreate the documentation from memory. Yes. Which is what we'll be doing today."

"Over there," she pointed to some tables with various computers, printers, and art supplies, "are some very crude implements for creating documentation from scratch or for altering already existing documentation. I expect you to produce something to prove to me either that you are who you say you are or that you have rightful ownership of whatever it is you're selling me. Go to it!"

[OCD is up in a sec! Thanks to vkandis_son for the inspiration!]

Comments

Re: Talk to the TA

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Yeah we'll make up somewhere in the States for you to be from. You got any preference?"

Re: Talk to the TA

[the_merriest]

Rikku laughed. "I don't think I know any places. Uh, Jude's from Toronto, but that's Canada, right? And New York, but people said they were mean there. Is there some place with a lot of sand? I grew up in the desert."

Re: Talk to the TA

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Arizona," Dean said promptly. "Tucson maybe?"

Re: Talk to the TA

[the_merriest]

Rikku nodded. "It sounds pretty. I like it. Do I, uh, how do I make up a second name? You guys don't use tribes."

Re: Talk to the TA

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

Dean shrugged. "You can just pick one you like," he said. "Or... a lot of surnames were originally either place names, or job names or son of names..."

Re: Talk to the TA

[the_merriest]

"Like son-of-Cid? Or daughter-of? That's kinda long." She considered, then grinned. "How about 'Dreav'? I think 'Thief' would raise too many eyebrows, but nobody here speaks Al Bhed."

Re: Talk to the TA

[saltandammo.livejournal.com]

"Like MacDonald -- Mac is old Scottish for son of," Dean explained. "Rikku Dreav... Yeah, that could work."

Re: Talk to the TA

[the_merriest]

Rikku laughed. "Just in from Arizona, and not Spira." She squinted at the (very sparkly) fake ID she'd made already. "Uh, and my birthday's today, and I don't think you need anything else?"