Coming to a stop in some brightly unknown Magnolia streets brings Vice to his next task. Fighting a little made him realize his equipment's not that great, so he's going to hold off on provoking anymore strong mobs. Daylight saving his life is preferred than fighting at nighttime, and not getting true meaning. Rather than finding upgrades to his items mysteriously, Vice just wants a reliable supplier. Building up adrenaline to get a worthless item that is on the legendary scale of worthlessness? Vice hates wasting too much time. Researching reliability gets Vice to this little shopping area he's in. Taking too many choices and not settling for something can bring happiness to a stop. A smith called Barras can fulfill the need Vice is looking to establish. Nice guys like Barras are the ones who get the most reliable contacts, but Vice doubts he'll be available to get anything from Barras. Learning about future items can be a helpful experience to the adventures of Vice at least. Looking serious in learning might get Vice closer to Magnolia. Ultimately, it's unlikely that Vice will be staying in this city for long. Nothing special has happened to keep him there, yet.
Defending Magnolia could go against Vice's interests in Blue Pegasus, so he's just looking to give surface help to Barras. Whatever trivial shipment is coming in to the smith's shop won't be worth much to Barras. Such an obvious prank poses little danger, so at least Vice expects this quest to give little difficulty. Even fake goods can give Vice some basic appraisal knowledge. With the goods being supposedly high quality for pocket change, Vice figures he'll get to meet some basic low-end socialites. Coming up to the entrance of Barras's shop, Vice takes a cursory look inside, but just knocks on the door to encourage Barras first.