First of all, a reminder that the ONLY stores open in any given week are the ones listed in the week write-up and the Antique Dealer's store. All others are closed.

This includes previously opened stores! They close again at the end of the week so please do not assume those to be accessible at all times.

Second, someone asked if characters can order sodas and ice cream at the parlor because they might not know how to work those machines.

NO, they cannot order. Characters can never interact with NPCs in shops, and this holds true for restaurants.

So how does your character get ready made meals in restaurants instead of stealing raw ingredients? Wait until an NPC customer orders it and then snag it right off the serving tray/counter/what have you.

gasp

sneaky!

The NPCs will rationalize this away as the food getting lost somehow (though you might get some poor waiter in trouble), though if you start taking lots of things it gets noticed and that's when punishments

start. Ffft and yes it is stealing. XP

No, it's not....

It's "shopping".

So anyway yeah I hope that clears some things up.

It's being charged...

Everyone has a tab and COMPASS foots the bill.

how kind of them

Awww, who knew?

oooh

I'd wondered about the older shops still being accessible--thanks for clearing that up, Dandy! <3

I have a question when they take stuff does it disappear from the NPC dimension? as in its not like things are magically floating around as they are stolen I assume so since they can't be seen themselves?

Yes, it disappears. That's why the NPCs just explain it away, like "Oh I forgot to grab a plate" or something

I wanna have Sheena use the ice cream machine and mess it up...

"What the hell?" "Poltergeist."