INBOX

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TERRENCE NOWELL

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» Yo, it's Terry! Leave a message. «

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© EFRYNDIEL

(Note: Terry gave Kido his phone. Bought his own flipphone on 8/26!)

He has a stall set up in the market street for locating things. Feel free to thread it out with an inbox action thread or handwave it!

Comments

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i... guess... but they forgot everything about it, so... idk if that counts

ahhhhh i cant wait until we get to sleep in a house together im so tired.......

[reveilation]

[ Souji and Minato are dead to her for forgetting Rei ]

Worded differently... but same here. We can move in at the beginning of the month?

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[ ??? He is not sure what needed to be worded differently but. ]

yeah that sounds fantastic

the house doesnt come furnished does it...

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Probably not. We'll have to get all sorts of stuff to make it liveable. Can you figure out the best prices if I write you a list of things we need?

[ first thing on the list is going to be like four queen sized beds or something, I hope Terry is working hard to afford all this ]

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i can but can we at least start with futons? unless thats what you wanted...

[reveilation]

We would have to replace them with beds in the future anyways. It would be a waste of money to buy both.

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[ ...

He has a bad feeling... ]

okay gimme the list and ill see

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A bed, sheets and linen, pillows, dresser, nightstand, and table lamp for each bedroom; and for the rest of the house we'll need floor lamp, two couches, coffee table, dining table, six chairs, throw rug, shower curtain, towels, shampoo, all those other small bathroom items, maybe a bookcase, pots, pans, eating utensils, cutlery, bowls, plates, cups, water boiler, rice cooker, microwave, toaster, blender, dish rack, dish soap, towels, detergent, laundry hamper, trash bags, and a vacuum cleaner at the minimum. If I think of anything else, I'll let you know too.

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im going to cut off more than half of these for the first month

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No! Which ones? They're all essential items!

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[ Terry was initially going to copypaste the entire message and strike through the things that he deems unnecessary for the first month of living in the new house, but then he decides to ask a better question in order to get Kido to understand. ]

whats your budget, kido?

how much money do you have?

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After the down payment, around ћ20,000.

[ We can pretend she can make that currency symbol on Terry's American phone. But anyways it's like $200. ]

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thats enough for a single queen sized bedframe thats CHEAP and doesnt look like a medical bedframe

:|

[reveilation]

This place isn't even a huge city! How are things so expensive?

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beds are always expensive, kido... and thats not even counting the mattress that you need to buy separately. that's around the cheapest queen sized bedframe i can find that looks decent and the queen sized mattress is even more expensive, even the most basic spring kind. ћ20,000 is actually really really cheap for a bedframe, much less a mattress...

do you understand now after looking back at your list :( lets just get the necessities first

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How many monsters would I have to kill to afford three bed frames and mattresses?

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[ I'm looking at wal-mart quality beds and mattresses and I'm just like (holds head) why are beds such a luxury ]

a lot

if we assume each cheap decent bedframe is around ћ20k and each basic mattress for the same size is ћ25k

60k
75k
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135k

ћ135,000 worth of loot drops. monsters dont always drop stuff either. chimeras need a lot of work but i havent seen them drop anything yet. these arent even fancy beds... theyre the bare minimum queen sized ones

[ yes he typed into the text to add those numbers ]

[reveilation]

[ I will never take my bed for granted ever again ]

We should have mugged that Tengu leader and stripped him of everything we could to sell.
Rei and I could share a bed to start and cut down some of the cost, but that's still a lot... Or if you don't mind sleeping on one of the two couches.

[ There has to be two couches... Also I'm realizing now that Terry probably means a Western futon and not the flat Japanese futon Kido refuses to sleep on because it's like lying on the ground and it hurts. ]

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yeah i was thinking that we could start off with a single bed and mattress for you two. theyre having a sale on sleeper sofas tomorrow so we are so much in luck... thank god

i think the cheapest with decent quality is around ћ15,000. its definitely affordable and you can even use it as a makeshift bed

all this math is making my head spin

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[ This is so complicated and maybe she doesn't want to move in with them anymore. She'll be giving up a real bed, sad ]

We'll make ends meet somehow. I'll work harder in the dungeons and think about picking up a new job. There's always used furniture instead of buying things brand new.
It was easier back home when I didn't have to worry about the expenses.

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[ Welcome to the adult life of getting a new house, Kido... ]

haha yeah... i didnt have to worry about expenses either and all i earned from my jobs were just spending money without worrying anything

anyway thats only the bed. ive been clearing entire floors lately in the dungeon so ive been saving a lot... we should at least have the bare kitchen essentials and bathroom amenities too. stuff like blenders and bookcases can come later

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[ She doesn't want to be an adult anymore. ]

And two couches? And the dining room table. Five chairs instead of six is also okay, but six makes it balanced.

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[ kido...................... it's Terry's turn to be tired lmao ]

how about you and rei cover the bed cost and ill try to get everything else thats necessary to live in a house

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[ It's all important stuff ): ]

If you're sure. Thanks.

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yeah... i dont think there will be a sale on bedframes and mattresses anytime soon so you can take your time in picking one out though there probably wont be too much to choose from

anyway im tired so im gonna take another nap and then probably go back to the dungeon when i wake up

good night kido :)

[ That sure was tiring... it's not even night yet. Time to start napping on the forest floor like a hobo with the music box on. ]