Talk:Trade Ya!/@comment-4066758-20140419184246

So, Rainbow's issue is like this:

She can't get the book because the guy will only trade it for a beast;

The beast owner will give it to her if she gets him a new lamp;

The lamp merchant will give it to her if she gets him an antique chicken;

The guy with the antique chicken will give it to her for a chalice;

The chalice guy will give it to her for her rusty horseshoe.

Huh... now where have I seen this sort of thing before? Oh yeah, in the video game [insert one of about a zillion games here]. Primarily in Epic Mickey. In that game there are fetch-quests by the truckload. And, of course, "fetch-quests" means "glorified postal service:"

Guy A wants something from Guy B;

Guy B will give it to you if you get something from Guy C;

Guy C will give it to you if you get something from Guy D; etc.