If your character is looking to purchase something, you've come to the right place. Most of the businesses in Doyleton are willing to offer goods and services to Landel's Institute patients so long as they have the proper amount of funds in their cards. Though the overall concept is fairly simple, there are a few things players will need to keep in mind before making an IC purchase:

1. Not everything is up for sale. All shopkeepers will bar patients from purchasing anything potentially dangerous or cumbersome (e.g., knives at Kitchin' Fixins or larger electronics like computers).

2. While regular things like toys, books, or accessories will be left alone, some purchases will be confiscated by the nurses when the patients board the buses at the end of the day. Confiscated items include things like cigarettes and alcohol (and in the latter's case, it will get confiscated as soon as your character goes outside), and will be returned at dinner along with their usual NS-only items. If you're not sure whether your character's purchased items will be confiscated during the bus ride, please ask.

3. Patients can trying haggling for a better bargain, but harassment of any townspeople will not be tolerated. Anyone abusing Doyleton folk will be warned and punished accordingly.

4. A patient can make a purchase with someone else's card so long as the card's owner is beside them during the time of purchase. A good rule of thumb to use is RL approach to credit cards. If a patient can't prove they are authorized to use the card, they cannot buy. There will be no exceptions.

5. Patient purchases do not require a NPC mod every time. You may request for one if the circumstances call for it, but in general, if the patient just wants to buy something simple, go ahead and have them do so in your own posts (after you receive the proper approval for the purchase, of course).

If your character plans to buy something, please fill out the following form first:

SUBJECT LINE: Purchase
Character: [Character name] _username_here
Requested Item(s):
Current Funds: $
Do you need a NPC mod for this transaction?: Y/N
Day #: [location here]

<b>SUBJECT LINE:</b> Purchase <b>Character:</b> [Character name] <lj user="_username_here"> <b>Requested Item(s):</b> <b>Current Funds:</b> $ <b>Do you need a NPC mod for this transaction?:</b> Y/N <a href="relevant thread if NPC mod is required">Day #: [location here]</a>

Post this form to the appropriate location, and a NPC mod will approve/reject the request as well as let you know of the costs involved. Please do not go forward with the purchase until a NPC mod approves your request.

As usual, if you have any questions, feel free to ask here (make sure to mark the subject line as Question) or throw us a contact.

As some of you may have already noticed, I've been busy the past several weeks. Tax season will be over soon, which means my job shouldn't be so demanding once the 15th passes. Kat's also getting married this weekend, though, which means I won't be on the computer much at all until after the 15th.

So, going on hiatus until April 15th. In the meantime, anyone who has a NS thread with me (whether NPC or otherwise) is free to contact me here or over plurk, and I'll be happy to go over anything that needs to be discussed. I'll try to ping everyone I can over plurk later if no one messages me, but I'm not completely certain when I'll be able to get to it.

This affects Claude, Barnaby, and whoever I've been NPCing for (I think that's Rita, Taura, Team Farwell, and Team Abyss).

Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the inconvenience.

- Jansen