The Secret Garden
Owned by Diana Bouchard, the Secret Garden bookstore sells books and trinkets. The store looks a lot like an old Victorian-era building back on earth, complete with dark wood floors and furniture. An overabundance of burning incense creates a foggy effect inside the store, and the walls are covered in oil paintings and Celtic wall hangings.
Interestingly, Diana Bouchard seems to be one of the few people left in Ikaanos that despises slavery. Despite this, she is willing to hire one of your slaves to work in her store.
Services
Books
The Secret Garden sells all kinds of books, from the academic to the instructive. These skill-books can be used to train up various skills. Each book will give you a random number of points from a predetermined spread upon finishing it.
Practical Subjects Academics and Science
- History of YRB-43: raises Academics by 9-12(+3) and Intelligence by 1; $280
- Basic Medicine: raises Medicine by 8(+1) and Intelligence by 1; $250
- Doctor's Manual: raises Medicine by 8-10(+2) and Intelligence by 1; $250
- Natural Remedies: raises Medicine by 13-14(+3) and Intelligence by 2; $550
- High Medicine: raises Medicine by 14-16(+3) and Intelligence by 2; $750
- Basic Science: raises Science by 9(+2) and Intelligence by 2; $280
- CPU Architecture: raises Science by 11-13(+2) and Gambling by 3; $250
- On the Fringe: raises Science by 10-14(+3) and Intelligence by 2; $180
- Quantum Gates: raises Academics by 5-9, Science by 9-12(+3) and Intelligence by 2; $450
- Ingot Secrets: raises Blacksmithing by 12(+3) and Artisan by 5; $350
- Artisan's Guide: raises Blacksmithing by 5 and Artisan by 12-13(+1); $650
Shelves of Domination
- Rule your Enemy: raises Manipulate by 9(+1) and Charm by 3; $200
- Obey: raises Manipulate by 8-10(+1) and Charm by 2; $220
- Invite Yourself: raises Manipulate by 10-13(+3) and Willpower by 4; $250
- Dama's Handbook: raises Manipulate by 9-14(+1) and Charm by 2; $500
- The Art of Paine II: raises Bondage by 8-10(+1) and Flagellation by 6; $500
Trinkets
- Expensive Necklace: $500
Work
You can assign a slave girl to work here. There is no physical risk involved in working here, just the risk the bookstore may put knowledge into your slave's head that you might not want them to have.
| income | $25/day |
| Risk | Special |
| Age | Any |
| Max Willpower | None |