Phantom Liquor Store

The **Phantom Liquor Store** is a side-business that Mukoda occasionally sets up, whenever he has a few days of free time in a city or town between quests. This is because Mukoda is part of the Merchants Guild as well as the Adventurers Guild. Due to the fact that he sells alcoholic beverages from his old world using his Net Supermarket ability, the products he sells are of greater quality and taste, than those found in the world he was summoned to, especially among the Dwarves. In fact, the Dwarves are basically his only customers to his store.

### Description

After selling numerous hair-care products using Lambert's shop as a distributer, Mukoda had decided to open up his own business as a hobby. He had originally thought about opening up a food stand, but decided against it as his familiars would more than likely devour his entire stock. After seeing how Whiskey and other alcoholic beverages were well-received among the dwarven population, he chose to open up a liquor store.

However, knowing that his otherworldly drinks would cause a commotion if he flooded the market with them, Mukoda set up several rules and regulations to avoid investigation by the curious. First of all, the store itself did not have a permanent address. It would be set up whenever Mukoda felt like it. Secondly, only a small number of customers were allowed in the store at any given time. Third, in order to find and enter the store, a customer would have to follow the following rules.

#### Rules

1. For those who heard of the store from someone else from another town or place, they can only bring themselves and up to 10 others they trust to obey the rules.
2. Those same 10 trusted people must never speak about the store to others.
3. For those who had heard of the store from another town or place, they can only tell about the store to 1 person in another town or place.
4. Do not make a fuss or raise your voice when you are sampling the products.
5. A customer can buy a max limit of 5 bottles of any given brand. For example, a dwarf can buy up to 5 bottles of a Japanese whiskey, then buy up to 5 bottles of an American brand.
6. Never ask where the alcohol comes from.
7. Never ask about the identity of the store's owner.
8. If you do find out about the identity of the store's owner, you can never spread that information.
9. The store does not have a set schedule and can even close immediately if the rules are broken or if the owner decides that he cannot continue operating the store.

Overall, the customer gets to enjoy sampling the beverages and can purchase a certain amount, so long as he/she follows the rules and the owner. Furthermore, since the store only opens if Mukoda feels like it, the customers must watch their town's Merchant Guild bulletin board for a certain phrase to pop up. This is basically the password needed to find and enter the store. Mukoda uses tongue twisters from his native Japanese. If the customer knows the meaning behind the phrase, (not the actual words), he/she can ask the guild desk to give him/her the location and hours of the store. If not, then he/she will simply be turned away.

So far, Mukoda has only opened the Phantom Liquor store a few times, and normally rents a warehouse in a secluded location. Much to his amazement, just about all of his customers are dwarves. Many who have heard about the Phantom Liquor Store, begin saving up their money and pray that Mukoda sets up shop in their town or city. Since opening the store, the business has taken on mythical status among the dwarven population, as selling alcohol that is fit for the gods. This is somewhat ironic, since Agni, Hephaestus, and Vahagn also enjoy Mukoda's otherworldly alcoholic beverages.