With the water fixed for now, the water begins to still! It doesn't seem that it's able to drain on its own, but the level won't grow any higher or spread any father, so that's definitely a positive. The shopkeepers give the group a round of applause! If they give a harder look around the shop, disregarding the standing water, they'll find it stocked with fishing gear, camping gear, climbing gear, hunting gear (such as backpacks, vests, and thermoses, but lacking anything that could be conceived as a weapon), sports equipment, and other such goods!

The other group will be able to determine that, yes, unfortunately, the water has flooded straight through into the tech shop long before they arrived, so there's no reason to hesitate. It's quite clear once they enter that the existing equipment inside is completely unable to be salvaged. Before they can be too discouraged, however, a spirit swaggers out from where it was keeping dry to hop its way closer at the main desk. The masked creature is bird-like and particularly, um, top-heavy?

They chirp a somewhat sultry greeting to the explorers, apologizing for the mess but seeming grateful to have business! They tell the group that if they can find a way to drain out the water, they can get their shop back up and running, and will make it worth their while, whatever that means.