Check how much gold we have.
You are carrying a tidy sum of 1000 GOLD, which is also all of the GOLD in your possession.
Give him a lock of your hair, and the smallest finger on your left hand for the related items.
Free Items are free.
Why not also the ones worth the eyes of a close friend (Squishee can remake them) and maybe the soul of your firstborn child (if we don't intend to have kids anyways).
You cannot give him a LOCK OF HAIR or FINGER, because you are BALD and DO NOT POSSESS DIGITS.
You also think that selling this man any part of your body is a bad idea; the fact that he takes those items in payment at all makes you uneasy.
The EYES OF A CLOSE FRIEND deal is unappealing because most of your old friends are not in close proximity, and most of your new friends are more powerful WIZARDS who would probably kill you for stealing their eyes.
It is also unappealing because stealing eyes could be construed as rather UNFRIENDLY behavior, and you don't think losing a friend is worth a weird beating heart.
Selling the SOUL OF YOUR FIRSTBORN seems like a very WIZARDLIKE thing to do, and you would consider it if you were not completely sterile. But as you
are completely sterile, this method of payment is not an option.
Give him the lock of hair. Lets be sane in the little finger department for now. At least keep it long enough to do his quest
Watch Charlie while he re-wards the Archmages House, collect and divide payment, and then depart towards the creep's storage zone.
You ask CRAZY DAVE where the STORAGE AREA is, and how long it takes to get there.
it is in a very secret location! when you think you are ready to try and retrieve my spinny stone, i will transport you there instantly.You have at least until nightfall before CHARLIE is ready to start WARDING the TOWER. If you are going to do a QUEST or purchase any MAGIC ITEMS, you should decide which right now. The items that the ARTIFICER is selling are each 500 Gold,