Aqua Springs ~ ART GALLERY OPEN! ~ Geezerville

[Kits Rose]

No, it's not really work. *smiles* Liada is a friend of ours who's been thinking about opening up a shop for her potions. She's a chemist or something... I'm not sure how it works. We have plenty of space here, and it would help both her business and Aqua Springs' to have them together. 3nodding

I kind of thought you'd like to do the garden yourself, but if you'd like help, I will. ^_^ Like I said, we'll have to make sure Liada approves of everything on the poster. It would be nice if she sold them exclusively here, but I know she's been doing a little business elsewhere, and I'm not sure if she'll want to stop that. sweatdrop Especially if she has very good customers who don't want to travel to get their potions.

*sits down next to Amy, smiling at Rod and nodding toward the seat next to her*  

[rodenrock]

*smiles and sits down next to Kits, placing fingers lightly against the side of Kits hand, a silent question*  

[Cuwen]

Amy grinned when Kits said it wasn't really work to her, either. Then, she nodded as Kits explained to Rod about the potions shop.

"I also think it would help both our stores more if the potions were just sold here. But I agree with you about the customers she already has. I don't think she should stop that, and I'd never dream of asking her to stop that. But big sales and displays, I'm really hoping she just stays with AS for that part. I mean, we have to think about this from a business standpoint. This potions store will be all hers, but we are providing her with a large clientele that comes here to hang out. If they think they can only buy it here or set up a shipping arrangement, then they'll want to buy the potions even more, I think. Plus, I think this will be such a big hit that others will want to try and get Liada to sell potions at their places, too. It's no secret that AS has been accused in the past of stealing other places' ideas before. Even though we never have, I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried to copy ours and Liada's current business venture. The more exclusive the item is, the harder it can be to get, the more desirable it is. By having it at AS, we don't make the potions hard to get, but we limit the area where you can get them, besides being able to order directly from Liada like over the phone or setting up a sale directly with her, and increase customers coming into AS and to the potions shop. But like you said, it's up to Liada since these are her potions. She's a very smart business woman and I'm pretty sure she'd see it this way, too."

She chuckled and shook her head. "I'm sorry. Talking way too much here. And we won't be putting up the posters until we get Liada's approval. And maybe she'll say these are okay to put up now and we can put up others with the corrections on them later."

Amy's face brightened when she thought about what Kits said about the garden. "And of course I want you to do it with me if you want to! Sharing gardening with a good friend is something that would be a lot of fun, I think."  

[Kits Rose]

*blushes a little bit and moves her hand a little closer to Rod's*

*nods* If we explain things that way to Liada, I'm sure she'll understand, if she doesn't already. But we don't know if she has another plan for her business, so all we can really do is offer suggestions.

Well, if nothing else, I'd like to help with planning the garden, so that I can have an idea of what it will all look like when it's finished. *grins* I'm sure it will look great either way, but I'd still like to know. I think it would be fun too.  

[rodenrock]

*slides hand underneath Kits' and slips fingers inbetween hers* smile  

[Cuwen]

Amy sighed in relief and nodded. "You're probably right. Thanks Kits."

Amy's buzzed in her pocket, so she picked it up and read the text she got as she responded to what else Kits said.

"And of course you'd want to know what the plan for the garden will be and how it will be laid out. AS is as much yours as it is mine, Kits, and you deserve to know what I was hoping to do with the garden... And as soon as I know, I'll let you know."

She chuckled at her last statement. "I still think it'd be fun to have you out there gardening with me, but we'll see what you want to do when the time gets closer?"

After a few moments, she frowned at her phone.

"You know... Liada might not understand our reasoning for being exclusive at AS after all. I just got a text from her in response to that voice mail I left before. Here."

She handed her phone to Kits so she could read the text. "There are multiple texts, so you'll have to check all of them."

Liada's text to Amy

Amy~

First-I would love to come by to see the posters, can you leave them somewhere where I could see them easily like at the lobby in case I don't run into you? The name Anira and I came up with for the name of the shop will be Ilsilme Rusco which is elvish for "Moonlight Fox" I think it has a lovely ring to it and it gives it an supernatural feel to it ya know? 4laugh

Secondly- Starting on construction together would be wonderful this week. The sooner the better, plus with my minions as construction workers they can work at night for you since 1. They can make sound barriers to prevent any noise complaints in the town 2. The construction can get done in half the time we have planned for this since my minions don't really need sleep like your staff would. So lemme know when you want me to send my crew over there and I will have Anira take care of it.

Thirdly- Where I would be fine with the posters saying that my potions will be exclusive at AS, Anira has informed me that Kat would like to have some certain potions for her own spa Pandora's Box to sell. I would like to send her a special line for her spa because she made an excellent point that they tend to have a lot of couples clientele which is where I make quite a bit of money from as is and not to mention I can send my "less family friendly" products through her. Kat is even wanting to have a stack of my business cards for my shop to go with her display of my potions which would bring more crowds to AS. As a business woman I need to keep in mind where the demands are and where I can spread my products so to speak so if you are willing to allow me to send that special line to Pandora's Box then we can have the rest of my products exclusive at AS.

Fourthly- I trust yours and Kits judgment for what you would like to put into the newsletter. As a little nudge for those who might be tempted I will offer a 10% discount on the grand opening day of my shop. You may want to think about a special bonus to promote for AS for buying one of my potions like a coupon for a free pet wash in your pets dept or something like that. This would be a bonus for your patrons with loving animals in the family. I think that's all I would have to say on my part for that.

Amy was quite angry at what she heard about what Kat wanted to do. "You know, I can't believe she just now came to Liada about wanting to sell potions at MW when Liada had just agreed to sell potions here. Excellent timing... And she's accused us of stealing her ideas before. Dammit..."

She sighed and ran both of her hands through her hair, which messed up her pigtails a little bit.

"I really like the name of the store, though, and the coupon idea..."  

[rodenrock]

*raises an eyebrow at how upset Cuwen looks but tries to stay out of her and Kits business unless asked. Does best to ignore what is being said and focus on Kits hand instead* confused neutral

*directs eyes somewhere else when Kits starts reading the phone*  

[Kits Rose]

*smiles softly at Rod as she listens to Amy* Well, don't put it off too long, or you'll end up being stressed out and rushing to get the plans finished.

*reads the texts* I love that name. It fits Liada very well. I like the idea of starting construction this week. She's right, the sooner the better.

*reading the third text, frowns slightly* I thought there might be something like that happening. We should see if she'll agree to having separate lines for each place she sells them. That way, we could still say that we have exclusive products. If Pandora's Box is going to advertise for the shop here, we should return the favor and state that there is a small selection there too. Actually, we'd have to, in order to keep away from false advertising.

Working in a bonus for shopping at Ilsilme Rusco shouldn't be too hard. We could have a special offer each month or something. *hands Amy's phone back to her*  

[rodenrock]

*kisses the back of her hand lightly* Oooh I like that name as well. *leans in and whispers in Kits ear* I especially like the way it rolls off your tongue. wink

sweatdrop I couldn't help but overread some of that text... sweatdrop Sorry. What did it mean by 'couples clientele and "less family friendly" product? I mean...she selling some KY or something? confused  

[Cuwen]

Amy took her phone back and pocketed it. "It's a very good name. It sounds mysterious and also, like Liada said, has a nice ring to it. I think customers will love it. Maybe we should keep the translation of the name a secret for awhile and then reveal it later, if Liada agrees to it? It could intrigue people."

"And with construction, do you think she means her minions would also work on our construction for the art exhibit? I had mentioned in the voice mail that we had hoped to start the indoor art exhibit soon. Or do you think she just means work on her shop? Maybe the sound barrier is just what would be for both constructions?"

Amy sat back further on the couch and sighed. "I just... I think it sucks, frankly, that we have someone starting a good business here and MW wants a piece of it. We had it first and they just want to copy it even though they've said we've done the same thing before. It's a double standard... But one of our smaller problems right now. Look, Kits, we can't advertise anything over at MW, and that actually has nothing to do with my feelings toward it. If we advertised anything over at MW, we'd be encouraging people to go over there, and you know that families might try that. Once they walked in and saw what it was like... they'd get furious and then come and get angry at us. We'd actually lose customers that way. We can't advertise a place like that."

Thinking about bonuses for shopping at the potions store and how much business that would bring in for both places caused a small smile to appear on Amy's face again.

"The coupon thing... I really like Liada's ideas on that. And a special offer each month is a really good idea, too, Kits. What would I do without you?"

She looked at her friend and smiled softly at her, thankfully.

At Rod's comment, Amy quickly looked over at Rod and then burst out laughing. She laughed so hard that tears started to come to her eyes. She wiped at them and then grinned at Rod.

"Oh man Rod... thank you for that. I really needed it. I don't know what 'less family friendly' means, except that maybe she'll be selling potions like viagra or something? Frankly, I don't see why she couldn't sell them here. She could put them on a top shelf where kids can't reach them or read them, and married couples would love them."  

[rodenrock]

*looks confused* Uh...why wouldn't families like MW? I mean...they have a restarant... confused

*grins* Well, glad I made you laugh lol I don't really understand what kinda business she's in anyway... sweatdrop  

[Cuwen]

Amy's eyes widened at Rod's question. "Uh.. Rod, you have seen how they dress, how they behave, and the weapons they carry, right? All of that would be horrible for families. Plus, there's so much drinking there, cursing, both magical and verbal, nudity... Many families actually think it's a... a..."

She blushed slightly. "Well, some individuals have thought it was a brothel. Kids can't go there at all, so it's not a family friendly place. MW has the right to be that way, of course. But we don't want to send our clientele over there."

She grinned at Rod's grin and tried to explain Liada's potions as best she could. "I think she just has a variety of potions that she sells. Mostly, they promote well-being I think, which promotes one of AS's goal. I still think, though, that we could and should sell some of those more risque potions here, though. What do you think, Kits?"  

[rodenrock]

confused *looks even more confused* Yeah, all that's in the bar side, which makes perfect sense. Can't say I've seen many weapons, 'cept on the coppers and I have -definitely- seen every thing else *grins widely thinking about it* biggrin Erh *ahem* sweatdrop But while their eating place is connected, it also has it's own entrance and such. I mean confused Why can't kids go there?...wait...

They think it's a brothel? rofl rofl rofl Aren't those illegal in Gaia? rofl

Ooh like...lotions and creams and such? I was thinking hocus pocus bubble bubble boil and trouble type potions. Makes a lot more sense now. neutral  

[Kits Rose]

*giggles, blushing slightly* I don't really know what she means either. But she obviously thinks that they would sell better at Pandora's Box than here.

I didn't really mean advertising, so much as we would have to say somewhere, probably in the fine print, that some of Liada's products are available there as well. We would have to specify Pandora's Box, not Most Wanted.

The Jade Dragon is okay for families, though it's not so much family oriented as fine dining. Most Wanted is definitely geared toward different people than Aqua Springs is.

I think it's up to Liada, and we can't tell her what to do. What we think doesn't matter because it's her business. I don't know what she's planning on selling yet. She hasn't told me much at all.  

[Liada Trovaras]

* A portal opens just a few feet away from the trio and Liada hops out all angry. In her arms she has a handful of grenades that she tosses back into the portal and closes it just shortly as the grenades go off so only a bit of smoke escapes the portal before closing completely* scream GAAAHHHH! YOU BETTER GET TO RUNNING WHEN I GET BACK ELSE THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY!!! stressed kjdsjfkfhjkahe fraking mmmdakgkgdkje...... *She looks up to see Amy and Kits and a new figure she had yet to meet but she recognized him from Kits art show and how she fluttered around him. Quickly erasing her frown to a smile she waved at them* Oh hi guys! How is everything??? sweatdrop