#and Smiler is becoming very good at this Apothecary stuff

[victorluvsalice]

-->Where they found a bunch of people gathered outside their shop for some reason. O.o I was initially a bit confused -- but then remembered "oh, right, the Flea Market! Forgot that happened in this neighborhood!" Sure enough, most of the folks lingering on the sidewalk headed for the plaza to take their places as vendors or to take a look around at what was available, leaving Victor and Alice free to head inside and start making product --

But, well, Smiler was feeling a bit peckish, and one of their friends, Sai Bau, was in the crowd, so I had them catch up with him (well, maybe "him" -- Sai admitted to still figuring out their exact identity, but he/him pronouns seem okay for now), trade some frogs (I forget what Smiler gave him, but Sai gave them a spotted eggplant frog in return, which was nice), and eventually get a drink (a very, uh, enthusiastic drink -- as you can see, Smiler's animation glitched out a little there, leading them to shove a little more of Sai's arm than normal into their mouth! XD). Not what I expected them to be doing when they arrived at the store, but still -- always good to keep that Thirst quenched!

-->While that was going on, though, Victor and Alice were keeping busy -- Victor Copypastoed a few of Smiler's herbalism concoctions before heading into the basement to make some Emotional Stability potions, while Alice started out making a box of dried sage bottles before moving on to jarring up some mayo and custard before using the bulk processor to get some more sugar. Fun never stops down there! :p Smiler joined them and hopped on their apothecary bench to make more synthetic food tablets as Victor finished up the Emotional Stability brew -- he bottled that up, then moved onto another batch of Nimble Mind while Alice went back to making boxes of product -- specifically, apple jam, green beans, and green PEAS once I remembered "oh, wait, THAT'S the one I need more boxes of." ^^; All that processing was hungry work, though, so I had her take a quick break to sample some of her spare mushroom conserve -- she actually quite liked it, getting a nice Inspired moodlet with a terrible pun about how eating canned food made her think "yes I can!" XD Look, whatever helps you get through this push to fill the shelves, Alice.