Ashura, yawning widely for his strenous day in life, walked into the pawn shop and looked around. The selection of items lined up in shelves and on the walls was surprisingly enormous. Walking to the counter, he rung the small silver bell and called out.

"I'm looking for a Kimono, preferrably a 'Night' version, of any color, or any other rare items out there, like the wings that I've heard about from the message boards. Do you know where I could find such an item?"

Even as he asked this, he knew that the wings were going to be a practical non-existant item, for everybody wanted them and if somebody had them, they would sell them for a crapload of money.

Pendant waddled over to a file cabinet while the latest customer explained his needs. The penguin had not come across a rare item in some time. A search indicated that the shop had but one item in its stock. He disappeared into the back for a moment, returning with a small pink shoe. Pendant drew his notepad and scribbled a response for Ashura.

"There are no kimonos in stock. There are no wings in stock. There are no trade leads for rare items pending. The search turned up zero (0) results.

One Ballet Change [Right Shoe] in stock. You must answer a puzzle or question to be eligible for the purchase. Continue?"

((Sorry if I'm not supposed to do this, but aren't there already a few people waiting to be given questions? The topic is here.))

"Thanks but no thanks, Mr. Pendant," Ashura answered, noticing the name tag hovering above the bird. Sighing dejectedly, he left the shop and went about his business. He was going to find a kimono to call his own sooner or later...