"Well, they're just bokoblin parts. I'd give you a premium on some rarer monster bits, or if you'd killed a blue or black one and gotten the dark heart, but I'm not having a terrible shortage of bokoblin claws. Fifty."

"Fifty's fine, I guess. Which ones are blue and black?"

"Blue bokoblins are blue. Black ones are black. You obviously killed some red ones, since you only got these parts. Here, fifty." He hands over some more gems. "Put them on that shelf over there, would you?" He goes back to staring at the pot, muttering. He gives it a single stir. He's not paying Mahan any attention anymore.

He puts them on the shelf and takes the money and leaves.

Do any of the buildings look like hotels or apartments?

There is exactly one inn. Twenty rupees a night, a sign says. Though, the proprietor seems to be missing.

Missing, huh? Missing like they've stepped out for a shopping trip or missing like the place is abandoned?

Probably the first thing. The beds are all neatly made. And this village seems like a really, really laid-back sort of place, from what he's seen so far.

Then he'll find someplace nice to sit and wait for a while and see if the proprietor comes back quickly.

He comes back eventually. "You want a bed, sha? Twenty a night. The private room is thirty."

There's something weird about these aliens.

"I'd like the private room. - What are the public beds for?"

"They're cheaper?"

"People here sleep in public?"

"Sure, sometimes, why not?"

"Where I'm from that's unthinkable. Anyway, I'd like the private room. What time do I need to have another thirty rupees by to rent it again tomorrow?"

"Uh, by the time you want to sleep in it tomorrow? I guess someone could reserve both rooms before you get back. Probably not though."

"I'll just hope someone doesn't do that, that would be horrible."

"Huh. If you're that bothered about it, you can probably rent someone's house. Or walk into the wilderness some and sleep alone there."

"Are you alone if there are monsters around?"

He shrugs. "Monsters are trouble any which way, yeah."

"Well, anyway, for tonight." He offers the proprietor the rupees.

And the guy gives him a room key and points out which one is his. "Feel free to come and go as you like 'till about noon tomorrow."

He checks that the room is actually safe to sleep in.

And if it is then it's time to see if he can get anything to eat before the day's done.

Food is totally acquirable! The locals have started a big fire where Kass was singing earlier and are dancing and singing around it. Food is all over the place. Some kind of party?

Does anyone look open to being asked about it? Because he'd like to know what's happening. And if he's invited.

One woman is a bit apart from it all and will tell him, "It's the festival of the moonless sky! New moon, no clouds. The stars are going to be so bright. It's beautiful. We celebrate like this whenever it happens. The stars are how the ancestors navigated the seas, you know."