Geez, never thought I'd write something about a beauty shop. <shudder>

I understand the beauty shop has been closed ever since the Empaths learned how to shift one's features. That would be acceptable if they weren't charging highway robbery to shift. I think the prices for changes available only through shift, i.e. eyes, skin, features, are "reasonable," for want of a be

A group calling themselves the Empathic Cartel (excuse me, Coalition) is charging 100000 Kronars to change one's hair colorand 3000 Kronar to change beard length (they don't have a price for changing hair length on their website, www.coalition,fairmount.nu, so I can only assume it's the same as a beard length shift). The beauty shop, meanwhile, charged 160-8500 Kronars depending on the desired color of the hair and 10-500 Kronars depending on hair length.

By taking away their only competition and our only way to have a choice, you've allowed the Empaths to run amuck with prices. I ask that the Leth Deriel GM reopen the beauty shop so as not be implicated in creating an Empathic monopoly.

<puts away the soap box>

-Thilan, who just wants a haircut.

Meriel,

Thanks for the reply; that's good to know.

-Thilan

::chuckles:: I hear you, Karrieanne. In all honestly, this isn't one of the things at the top of my list right now because I'm waiting for shift to settle down as far as being sure that the various tweaks that inevitably occur to any new system get tweaked and any bugs identified get squashed. Once that's done, the beauty shop will get some attention. I anticipate that it'll function exactly as before; although we may revisit some of the prices. That will be up to the economy guru, and the reason I mention it upfront now is that I don't want the empaths to get any heat if the prices do go up. Anytime a shop gets a major overhaul, the prices get reviewed as well, so an increase would not be a reflection of any pricing the empaths are doing. It would merely be business as usual in renovating a shop.

Meriel

Hair length IS Shiftable. If you want to do it OOC or IC you can email me at syrath@stone-clan.com. I'm sure I can make you a reasonable price offer.

~player of Syrath

I've been away from the realms for a bit and returned a few months ago. Recently, I traveled down to Leth to get a hair cut. Alas, the beauty shop is still closed. I've just looked through this folder, and found posts dating back to 2002 asking, "When will the shop reopen?" The next group of posts is in 2006, "When will the shop open?" Now it is 2010. The shop has been closed for 8 years, isn't what amounts to decades in-game? I'm frustrated to put it lightly. Everything I could say has been said years ago - just look up the old posts (especially, there isn't a single place in all the realms where someone can just take a knife to your hair) - I'll keep it simple here and just say, "for goodness sake open up the blasted beauty shop or have it boarded up and occupied by baddies, anything, just stop ignoring this issue! Talk about the fabled DR 'SOON'... man!"

Thank you GMs!!!

=z=

It's not really about shift at this point. There's a whole new features system in the game that the shop is incompatible with.

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Rev. Reene

(Ventuul demonstrates a sneak attack to the face.)

Why would anyone want a haircut when you can submit to an expensive black-market cellular alteration to grow shorter hair?

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"Magic has rules and so does posting on these forums." -Annwyl

>>In the meantime, (and in order to fit in with the whole shift/feature system) why not have the beautician of Leth Deriel return as an Empath? She went on a long journey, and now she can shift people.

Shifting is taboo; you can be kicked out of the Empath guild and barred from circling for practicing too publicly.

-- Player of Szrael --

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(12:09:15 AM) catman: every time i find someone that has calm as their default speech emote, my first reaction is to try and make them angry

You might make a discreet inquiry of the PHA (Professional Healers Association). There are a number of other empaths who can do what you want too.

Good luck!


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A journey of a thousand SMILES begins with a single step- Ziggy

on a semi-related note, someone mentioned hairstyles with the use of hair combs. Are there more hairstyle options than the default ARRANGE if you had a comb? Or was he referring to the custom haircombs at the riverhaven shop?

If it is the former, what is the syntax to the additional menu?