Even Angels Weep

Game Master DragonBlood472

Akasha chuckles. "Looks like you're having fun." she sasy shaking her head in amusement.

She returns the nod of greeting to Aurora as she begins looking around the eclectic store.

Entering the building he's at first put off upon seeing the proprietor again but decides to let the feeling relents as he bows and then resumes his smile towards her. "Hello again, Miss Aurora. How have you been?"

"Hello as well Mister Silian, Mister Jonah." he says while carefully eyeing the whip the elf was playing with.

Greetings, and well met

Jonah continues to peruse the items.

Will spend 3000 of his own money on materials to make a headband of wisdom, cloak of resistance +1, 1st level Pearl of Power

Silian flexes the whip, then holds his hand open. "A very nice weapon." He turns back to the other paramours, "Wasn't there a large bulky dark warforged with you when we parted?"

"He's taking some well deserved rest at a spa." Syksy cheerily replies.

"He got some repairs done and is spending the night researching.....a different focus is probably the best way to put it." Akasha elaborates.

What materials do you need for those items, Jonah? This isn't your average shop, you may not find what you need here. Although, we can assume that you get whatever else you need at another shop.

"When wielded in combat, it can either be used manually with a superior attack to other whips, or made to attack on it's own," Aurora says.

"Sentinel, Khybersson, are you in need of something today?"

Silian smiles. "Quite superior. I would like to add this to my purchases."

"Well that one is useless now, it lasts only an hour," Aurora says before walking away to move things around in the shop once more. Some time later you glance down and another one sits in the same place as the first.

Silian shakes his head and picks up the replacement, holding on to both the feather and the whip. "Is the word for this one the same, or should I discover that for myself?"

Syksy thinks for a moment before shaking his head. "Not that I can think of, did you need help with anything Miss Aurora?"

"Actually, would you happen to have a couple of vials of Silversheen?" the magus asks, recalling the encounter with the were-creatures.

Syksy had heard of that stuff, certain inhabitants of Droaam were... not fond of it.

Gm, there is nothing specific in regards to making items. If there were i would let you know

Well unless you're throwing money into the air, you're spending that 3000 on something... so, what is it? I was hoping to avoid having to look it up myself, because basic materials are not likely to be found here.

"Check your journal," Aurora calls out to Silian.

"I require no assistance at this time, Khybersson," Aurora says returning a moment later with a small wooden box and setting it down next to Akasha. She moves to a shelf on the other side of the room and takes a book down, flipping it open to what seems a random page and starts to read. The box contains a variety of vials and small jars.
They appear to hold the same amount. Assuming Akasha picks one up to examine it:

"No, not that one," Aurora says.

Silian's hand goes towards his backpack as his eyes go wide. "Damn it to Khyber." he mutters before rushing out of the shoppe quickly, searching the crossway and street for the mysterious book.

Perception: 1d20 + 11 ⇒ (4) + 11 = 15

When Silian becomes aware of his mistake and reaches for his backpack, he realizes why the book was no longer on the road. It moved itself to his bag.

Exasperated, Silian throws up his arms and screams, "Sharn!" before storming back towards the shoppe, pulling the journal from his pack to peruse... and hoping the shop's door is still right behind him.

Raising an eyebrow Akasha pick up a different vial. "Ooookkkaaaayyy, this one?"

Looking back and forth between Silian and Akasha multiple times Syksy's gaze finally lingers on Aurora while he happily smiles. "You enjoy this a lot don't you?"

The door remains present and open to Silian as he returns. He finds the written conversation with Aurora wiped away and in it's place writ a single word. Your choosing.

"Yes, dear, that one," Aurora responds

Looking down at the vial, Akasha nods reaching into a pocket on her belt. "Is this the only one you have available?"

Silian pushes aside a violet lock of hair as he reads, pursing his lips. Taking quill and ink he inscribes in the journal the same word that Aurora spoke to activate the previous feather token. He also writes, Will I find anything here that will grant me the power of a hi'gajutar-latagu... or anything to call a shadow-cat to me? He then closes the book but continues to hold onto it.

EDIT: I'm stupid. I thought Syksy was talking to Akasha. Just read it more closely.

"I would not do it otherwise," Aurora says in response to Syksy.

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"No, there is one more in there. You must move now, Sentinel, two steps to your left should do it," Aurora says.

A moment later and Silian feels a slight movement from the book in his hand. He opens the book to find new writing has appeared.

Second room on the right, third shelf from the door on the left. You will know them when you see them.

Silian closes the book and with a grin trounces off to find the room, still annoyed, but growing more amused because of it.

Giving Aurora an odd look Akasha takes two very deliberate steps to her left.

At guessing right Syksy just smiles brightly.

Silian has a little trouble finding the room, the shelves twist and turn and he thinks a door is just around the next bend but finds he is wrong. When finally he does his eyes scan the room until he finds the third shelf on the left. He moves over to the shelf and begins to glance over the items on display. His attention is immediately drawn to a wooden wand with a dragonshard mounted at it's apex. He picks up the wand and slowly turns it in his hands, in the wood is etched a scene in which small creatures swim around in water, woodland creatures scurry through a forest floor, a bird takes flight from a tree branch, a predator - a wolf or a large cat perhaps - stalks prey from within tall grasses, something larger, a bear maybe pushes against the tree the bird is taking flight from.

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Akasha takes the mad woman's words to heart and steps aside just as a scratching noise can be heard coming from the shelf behind her. The movement draws her attention and suddenly several things fall from the top of the shelf, one after another to come crashing down where she was standing moments before. A glance at the now empty area on the shelf shows the curious face of a white weasel before it stretches out its body to form a bridge to the next shelf below.

As items begin to fall on Akasha's previous position Syksy' eyes dilate, both full white before narrowing to little pricks surrounded by darkness as his hand instinctively goes for his cleaver.

Once his awareness of his employer being unharmed and no seemingly immediate threat present clicks in his mind he relaxes. "Oh, please be careful Mister Weasel. You could have hurt someone." he calmly says as he begins to pick up the fallen curiosities to return to their original resting places.

Marveling at the wooden baton he asks softly aloud, "And what would you like for this trinket?"

Charges: 1d50 ⇒ 7

The weasel sniffs around Syksy as he reaches to place things back on the shelf. Some of the items appear damaged; a large jar filled with some herb is now cracked but remains unshattered, the skull of some small woodland creature lost two teeth with the impact, and the pages now flutter free from the binding of a book.

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"What have you to offer, Blinkbane?" Aurora asks, her voice coming from right behind you.

Silian ponders for a moment, "Some coin, offer of future errands or services, and this-" digging in his backpack he pulls out a set of artist's attire and masterwork tools. "Though perhaps not very valuable in of themselves, these belonged to a wretch of an artist, one whose lover we avenged... he will paint no more." The elf sets Jacob's tools and belongings upon a surface in front of him.

As the weasel starts to investigate him Syksy offers the creature better access to his hand. "Ah, see now Mister Weasel? You've gone and made trouble for your mistress."

Jonah wanders back with the small bag.

What of this as well? he inquires

Sorry I haven't posted on this thread. but work was keeping me tied up. :(

Akasha smiles watching Syksy interact with what she assumes is Aurora's familiar. "Thanks for the warning." she says to the eccentric shopkeeper.

"Future services are often acceptable, however," Aurora moves to the items laid out by Silian and runs a hand over them, tracing them with her fingertips. She seems lost and disconnected for a moment before saying, "Yes, these will do."

In case any of you are missing this interaction, Silian has just successfully made a transaction with the mad lady using materials taken from the man you all helped to kill in to avenge Pax. Evidently, she is interested in trading items for other items.

Jonah I think you are talking about one of the bags she sat down in front of you, correct? If so, she had various sizes. I'll give you the price for the smallest.

"2,500 Galifars, for the smallest," Aurora says to Jonah.

"It was meant to happen," the weasel replies in common before stretching out it's little paws to Syksy's hand and pulling himself over sit in his palm.

"You're welcome, dear," Aurora calls to Akasha.

Silian looks over the wand with great intent and scrutiny, fascinated. "Thank you, Aurora. This will certainly come in handy... what is the total for the other items I had picked out?"

"Are you sure? I think it happened because you weren't paying attention." Syksy responds to the talking weasel without breaking stride. Raising his other hand up he'll begin scritching the little mischief maker behind the ear.

2500 Galifars, I can do do that.

2500 for a small bag of holding, and 500 for parts for the parts for a small pearl of power.

"Aren't they the same thing?" The weasel asks Syksy pushing his little head against Syksy's fingers.

"Very well, Lost Finder, please sign here," Aurora says handing her log to Jonah. She indicates a line where she has written in the purchase and payment.

She gathers the things Silian said he wanted to purchase and says, "2,250 Galifars for everything else."

Moving to the main room, Silian unstrings Tava's belt pouch from his belt, and adds a few more galifars from another pouch before handing the entire pouch over to Aurora. He waits for Jonah to sign the ledger before adding his own signature next to his acquired wares. "So many things I did not realize I was looking for." Looking around the shop for the others, "Syksy, who are you speaking with?"

"Not if one outcome can be avoided, no." he says down to the weasel while meeting its head with pettings.

Once Silian calls on him he turns around smiling. "Oh, Mister Weasel here, he must keep Miss Aurora so busy."

Akasha retrieves payment for the silversheen vials from her pouch as well, walking over to where Aurora sits.

"Aurora let it happen, so it must have been meant to be," the weasel reasons.

Your transactions complete, Aurora busies herself once more with moving things about in the shop and opening random books to skim a random page. Occasionally she writes something down and mutters to herself about the 'wrong order'.

"Alright boys are we done here?" Akasha asks, putting away her purchase.

Silian smiles, "Yes I believe so. I am ready to head back to the Mirror and unwind. Aurora, thank you for letting us find your shop this evening... the insanity was well worth it tonight."

"Or maybe you could be a good Mister Weasel and not break Miss Aurora's things?" Sysky says down to the furry creature in his hands while continuing to pet it.

Silian thinks aloud, certain that she would hear either way, "I am not entirely sure that they are all hers... technically speaking. Aurora, among other things, may be a fence, and not the kind around graveyard perimeters..."

"Even more reason to not be so careless."