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lamiasluck · 5 years ago

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The Customer’s Always Right!

Summary: Bim noticed a new potion shop being set up in town. What perfect timing! Hopefully this new shopkeeper can handle Bim's requests.

Oh, the new shopkeeper's shy as hell and can barely utter a sentence? Uh oh.

AU: Magic au, every ego has magical powers and familiars

Characters: Eric Derekson and Bim Trimmer

Words: 2536

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Apparently there was a new potion maker in town. At least, that was what Bim heard and judging by the new shop being set up, he assumed the new shopkeeper knew what they were doing. Which was perfect because it just so happened that Bim needed a special potion for his job.

The shop was cozy as Bim walked in, a little chime sounding off as he opened the doors. He was accompanied by his weasel familiar, Junior, who was gracefully draped around his neck like a scarf. Soft beige walls complemented the shelves displaying colourful potions. A few stray flower pots were scattered around as well, clumsily placed but well taken care of. There was only one thing missing from this setting, the shopkeeper.

“Hello?” Bim called out. Junior sniffed the air for any signs of life. Before he could inform Bim of anything, a young man stumbled out of the backroom.

“Hi! I’m, I’m so sorry, sir!” The man looked disheveled to say the least. He was shaking from limp to limp while cradling a weaved basket holding a white lop bunny. “I… I-I was working on… on some orders. ‘M sorry.” Luckily, the shop was quiet, otherwise Bim wouldn’t have heard his meek voice.

“So you’re the new potion maker?” Bim shamelessly checked him out with a skeptical look. The man was wearing a patterned button-up shirt that matched the flowers in the room and wore a pair of round glasses he constantly had to adjust. “Interesting.”

“Yeah, um, I just moved here…” The shopkeeper fidgeted under Bim’s gaze. He could barely look Bim in the eyes, quickly shuffling over to a nearby counter and placing the basket with his familiar on it. “Did, did you need something?”

“Oh, right! I was looking for something that could help with my work. Some under the table stuff, if you catch my drift.”

The shopkeeper only gave Bim a look of confusion. “Um… I’m sorry, s-sir. I don’t understand.” Somehow his voice got more shaky in its tone. Bim couldn’t tell if he was joking or not.

“Seriously? Are you playing dumb with me?” Bim huffed when the shopkeeper shook his head. Junior let out a laugh-like chitter at the display. “Poison. I need poison,” he bluntly said.

“W-What?! Why… why do need stuff like that?! I don’t - I’m sorry, I don’t sell anything dangerous…” He visibly paled, now picking at the hem of his shirt.

Bim swore under his breath. He was requested to “deal with someone” with poison, and he was never one to question his clients. However, he didn’t realize how hard it was to make. There was another potion shop was a couple towns away, a four day trip. He needed poison in three days. Impatience coursed through his veins, he twitched his fingers, and the shopkeeper felt something else course through his.

“What… what are you doing?” His skin itched with a sensation he had never felt before. His heart pumped faster, the blood rapidly flowing through his veins even though he wasn’t exerting himself in anyway. Wide eyes stared back at Bim’s unreadable ones. There was a faint red mist wrapped around Bim’s fingers, with every slight twitch it got increasingly difficult to breath. “Sir… please-”

“Such a pretty face you’re making,” Bim interrupted, flashing a toothy smile. His jagged, lethal teeth only added to the shopkeeper’s terror. “If only my client let me do my own thing. I wouldn’t need to do this menial work,” Bim muttered to himself, but he could still be heard. He clasped his hands together and the shopkeeper felt instantly relieved from his magic. “Can I place an order, then? I can pay you double if that makes you feel better.”

“Um… I still wouldn’t be able to make it…”

“Oh come on!” Bim sighed and stepped closer to the shopkeeper, who backed away until his back hit a counter. “I have to take care of this guy one way or another. You don’t need to play the good guy here.”

“I-It’s not just that I swear-! I mean I… I don’t have the ingredients.”

“Can’t you just get them? There’s magic stuff laying around everywhere!”

“Um, well… what you need is in a cave and… and there’s monsters in there. I can’t fight, so it wouldn’t end well if I went in there. Th-Though this doesn’t, doesn’t seem like it’s gonna end well...” He looked up at Bim with a shaky smile. “Please don’t kill me,” he begged.

“It’s awfully brave of you to admit you’re completely defenseless in front of me.” Bim found himself pitying the other’s submissive expression. “I don’t want to kill you. Whether or not I need to is still on the table, but let’s ignore that for now, okay?” Bim smiled when he was only met with a frantic nod. “You’re great with customers, you know that? How about this: I come back here tomorrow and go with you to that cave. I’ll make sure no monster hurts you or that cute little rabbit of yours.”

Another nod. Bim gave him a reassuring pat on the shoulder, ignoring the other’s scared whimper.

“Alright, then! I’ll come here around this time tomorrow. Don’t try anything funny now…um,” Bim trailed off as he remembered something. “Where are my manners? I haven’t even asked what your name is! I’m Bim, by the way.”

“Eric,” the shopkeeper squeaked. Bim eagerly shook his clammy hands.

“Okay, Eric,” Bim practically purred out his name. “It’s a pleasure doing business with you.”

True to his word, Bim returned the next day. The same smile, the same devilish attitude in tact. Eric had no clue what to expect. He just moved into this, supposedly quiet, town and he has already been threatened for his life.

“Heya Eric! How’re you?” Bim was still wearing his suit, which confused Eric. He said that they needed to go to a cave, right?

“I’m okay.” Eric still couldn’t look Bim in the eyes, fidgeting under the other’s chipper tone. He put on a shoulder bag for ingredients and allowed his familiar, Tulip, to hop in there as well. The rabbit cowered and hid within the fabric as Bim stepped closer.

“Shall we get going, then? I don’t want this to take too long.”

Once they solidified their plan and destination, Eric obediently followed Bim’s trail. For most of the trip he kept his head down, not daring to utter a word that might get him in trouble. He made his frame as small as possible, shoulders hunched and hands gripping the strap on his bag like a lifeline. Bim found himself pitying the other much more that he thought we would.

“I’m not going to hurt you, Eric. I think we’re passed that now,” Bim abruptly said. Eric snapped out of his thoughts to look at the other with wide eyes.

“O-Okay…”

“I’ll admit, I’m not sure how to deal with innocent types.” Bim let out an airy laugh. “And maybe I went a tad too far with the whole,” he waved his hands to help communicate his point, “Almost giving you heart palpitations and whatnot. To be fair, that’s usually how I deal with things so I’m sure you understand.”

Eric didn’t understand in the slightest but nodded his head nonetheless. There was some relief in the fact that he wasn’t going to die at least. Though he didn’t want to find out what would happen if he tried to abandon this mission. They travelled the rest of their trip in silence, eventually standing before a dark cave.

A small lantern held by Bim was the duo’s only source of light. Eric found himself flinching at the slightest sounds while Bim kept his perfect composure. Once they were deep enough in the cave Eric got Tulip out of his bag and placed her on the ground.

“Can you find some Lightfade, please?” It was the single ingredient that could turn a potion from pleasant to deadly, deceptively pretty with its light blue iridescent fungi form. Tulip scrunched her nose in disgust, upset that this wasn’t an ingredient she could snack on. Still, after a couple pats from Eric, she hopped in front of the duo to lead them.

“Your familiar’s so cute,” Bim cooed.

“Yeah Tulip, um, s-she helps a lot with the… the ingredients.” Eric smiled while looking at his familiar. He noticed her constantly shying away from Bim, making sure she stayed close to Eric. Her behaviour didn’t surprise him, but he couldn’t tell if she acted like this because of her general timidness or if she was threatened by Bim.

“Oh, Junior helps me look for stuff too! He only has a nose for other people, which saves me so much time. He’s such a bastard though.” Bim lifted his arm and Junior poked his head out of his sleeve. The weasel looked at Bim and squealed. “Hey! Don’t you scream at me,” he scolded, poking Junior’s head back in his sleeve while laughing.

There was a quiet giggle before Eric covered his mouth with his hand, muttering a muffled apology. Bim felt guiltier and guiltier by the minute.

“Hey, it’s alright,” he reassured. “Let’s get this ‘Lightfade’ and get out of here.”

A few minutes passed and Tulip hopped towards one of the cave’s corners before stomping her foot repeatedly. Eric went to investigate and saw Tulip sniffing at a cluster of blue glowing mushrooms.

“Good job,” Eric praised while petting the rabbit. He carefully plucked the mushrooms while kneeling next to Tulip. The deadly mushrooms were placed in another pouch in Eric’s bag while Tulip hopped back inside. He turned back to Bim. “Um… this sh-should be enough for one potion. I-I have the, uh, t-the other ingredients and-and my magic…”

“That’s pretty impressive, y’know? This town’s gonna love you!” A part of him was surprised that such an innocent face managed to stumble upon the town. This area wasn’t necessarily the most… welcoming, afterall.

“I hope- I hope so…” Would he be able to find another place to live if not? Probably not, unfortunately, he had to put all his eggs in one basket for this. “I- Wait, w-what was that?!”

Through the corner of his eyes, Eric saw a shadow creep within the darkness. He instinctively cowered closer to Bim’s side, who tried to shine the lantern towards their unwanted onlooker. A deep, guttural growl sounded off in the distance, but not far away enough to make them feel safe. Bim hummed, amused, before raising his free arm. That same red mist Eric saw earlier appeared and wrapped around Bim’s arm. The growl turned into a low whine and there was a sudden thud. Bim turned back to Eric, the lantern adding an ominous shine to his jagged smile.

“Just a little pest, nothing some bursted arteries can’t fix,” he said with a wink. “Come on, we got what we needed. Let’s get out of here before you have a heart attack.”

“Can I watch you make it?” Bim asked as he watched Eric gather various other ingredients around his shop.

Eric paused from inspecting his materials. “Um… it-it’s not that, not that exciting.”

“Well, I still wanna watch.” He winced slightly as Eric flinched. Damn, he really needs to tone down the whole “I might kill you if you look at me wrong” attitude. “I always thought potion making was interesting! This town hasn’t had someone like you in so long.”

Eric nodded and began shuffling through cupboards again. He handed Bim a surgical mask. “You can’t, um, can’t breathe in this potion too much,” he said while putting on his own mask. “A-And you should leave your fa-familiar out here. He might, might get hurt.”

Bim compiled by shaking Junior out of his sleeve and onto the floor. The weasel ungracefully flopped on his back, but Bim knew he wasn’t harmed. If anything, Junior squeaked in a playful matter. “Go make friends or something. Just don’t break anything or no snacks for a week, got it?” Junior squeaked again and went to play with Tulip, who seemed terrified of the weasel.

“S-She’s real-really shy, sorry…”

“Like owner, like familiar, huh? How cute,” Bim giggled. Eric lead him to the backroom. It was similar to the rest of the shop, the calm atmosphere juxtaposed what was about to happen. All the windows had to be opened before Eric turned on the stove he had. It was almost like he was making a stew, with how he stirred a small pot of water and added random ingredients. Then he added the Lightfade and in an instant the liquid became an unnatural blue colour.

“What does this taste like, anyways?” Bim stared skeptically at the potion. There wasn’t a horrid smell lingering in the air, if anything there wasn’t any smell.

“Um, from what I heard… It-It’s like tea, really mellow. If you drink m-more than a… a tablespoon, you’ll d-die.” He raised his shaking hands over the pot, a soft glow emanated from his hands as he closed his eyes. The potion bubbled with life and glowed. Eventually he put the liquid in a bottle after turning off the stove. “A-Are you sure you can’t like… talk this out? Do you, um, really need to, um… k-kill?”

“I don’t get paid to talk, friend.”

“Right…” There was a brief hesitation, but Eric finally gave Bim his potion. Signing away some poor soul’s life. “You can’t use the bottle again. It… the-the residue is still dangerous.”

“Oh, don’t worry! I always get rid of evidence,” Bim laughed and reached within his jacket. He then proceeded to hand Eric a huge stack of money without batting an eye. “You’re a good sport, you know that? Keep the change.”

“Wha… B-Bim this is too much…”

“Don’t worry about it, it’s what you deserve.” Eric couldn’t, nor wanted to argue as Bim promptly began to make his way out of the shop. “I’ll be sure to tell the others about you. Maybe a couple of them will visit you too. I know I’ll be back at some point.”

“Oh.” The others? There’s more? That are going to visit?

“You could really come in handy for stuff, though we’ll try to go easy on you. You’ve got quite the addictive personality too… oh wait, here.” Bim reached in his jacket again and gave Eric a business card. “If you want someone ‘taken care of’ you should give me a call, I’d love to hang out with you again!”

And with that, Bim and his familiar left. Leaving Eric and Tulip, who somehow jumped up onto a table mostly likely in a fit of panic. Now he had the number of an assassin and enough money to pay off any debts he had.

“Did… is he a friend now? Is that how you make friends?” If Tulip had the ability to shrug, she surely would have. “I-I think I killed someone… I helped kill someone.” He just wanted to run a nice potion shop. Fate must think it’s funny to make him commit second-hand murder. He couldn’t find the heart to laugh along, though.

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