Treating the coded lists of NPCs

[Northlander]

How do you feel one should treat an NPC's listing of wares, tattoos, and their prices?

Are there etchings by every ware, marking the price in some number-based literacy? Perhaps there are tokens or pebbles for every coin a ware costs? Do tattooists have paintings with their designs, or is it a conversation with the tattooist that lets you choose from a selection?

I understand that a lot of this is made to be open for interpretation, but it seems to me that it's an area that's instead altogether avoided. I feel some consistency here would really help us all along with haggle emotes, our shopping with a friend scenarios, and the occasional interaction with immortal animations.

[Impska]

Tattoos: I sort of assume the artist has a stack of sketches to look through. They're probably old and worn, but they're enough to show you what you're getting and that the tattoo artist is actually capable.

Other Wares: I treat it like they have a display of some sort. And you just ask the merchant, or their vnpc kid, the price. There's no reason for price tags.

[sarahjc]

I basicly asume the same thing as Impska, on Wares and Tattoo's. Maybe the guy has a few Tattoo's etched out on mats that he has displayed. Also many of the room Descriptions tell you how wares are laid out. With pricing I would just asume that we are discussing the price. If I haggle a price, I may Rp that out to.

[Delirium]

Ditto what Impska said.

[Northlander]

Thank you for your replies. It was an unnecessary knee-jerk reaction of mine to write the thread, as it was really a situation a wide awake me would've solved rather than freak out over, heh. Thanks again.