The Lovers

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With Enyaba in tow, and a new carriage to boot, Jojo, Y/N, and crew arrive in the coastal town of Karachi, Pakistan's industrial and financial center located in the Indus River delta.

Y/N: About time...

You ride in a carriage some horses pull along with you all inside as you ride into town

Joseph: Hey, a doner kebab joint! Let's stop and get something to eat.

Hol Horse: As long as you're paying

Polnareff: Who says we're buying you anything?

Hol Horse: If you want help taking DIO down... You're gonna need me, pal... And I'm feeling hungry

Polnareff: Tsk! Whatever

The doner kebab, it's been called the hamburger of the Middle East! A slab of meat is placed on a spit, its outer layer roasting as it turns. Before long, the meat is cooked, sliced, and served on bread. Try it, your taste buds will thank you!

Joseph: 'Scuse me, seven doner kebabs, please.

!?: That'll be a thousand yen.

Joseph: A thousand yen?

He says confused

In the Middle East, Japanese and Western business practices are by no means universal. Namely, prices change and are subject to negotiation. First-time visitors naive of the value of goods for sale can become easy targets for exploitation. But here, such exploitation is not frowned upon. The swindled are deserving of the label "fool," not "victim." Haggling takes guts and ingenuity!

Joseph: A thousand yen?

He says with more confidence

The first step is the art of the bluff. Make it clear you see through the trick.

He laughs at the man

Joseph: Don't mock me, now! That's far too much.

A hearty laugh always helps. Then...

!?: How much would you buy them for?

...the merchant will test the waters.

Joseph: Make it 250 yen for five!

In return, you throw out a price so low, you can't help but blush. And then...

!?: Are you serious? You've got to be kidding!

He'll act as if you have no sense at all...

!?: If I sold them for that cheap, my entire family would starve!

Then he'll gesture the old throat slash. But you can't give up the fight just yet.

Joseph: I guess I'll just buy them somewhere else.

Pretend that you're leaving...

!?: Okay, friend! I very much like foreigners. I'll sell you five for 700 yen.

...he'll try to stop you.

Joseph: Then make it 300!!

Let the haggling begin!

!?: Six hundred!

Joseph: Three hundred and fifty!

!?: Five hundred and fifty!

Joseph: Four hundred!

!?: Four hundred and fifty!

Both of them: Four hundred and twenty-five!

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