Silas follows solemnly watching Bethany intently.
"Let's make for Pearl Eye Atoll. Silas, head back to your ship and set sail with me."
”As you wish, Captain.”
When the order is given, Ke' will reef and haul sail along with the rest of the crew.
It takes about a week to sail for the Pearl Eye and you debark your ships and find the witch.
Everyone ready for the Pearl Eyes?
Yeah
A middle-aged Tulita woman lives upon this small
island. Local legend claims she is a witch and resides by
herself in a mud-daub hermitage atop a hill located a few
miles inland. Tulita who live nearby often row to her island
to offer votives and other gifts in exchange for her magic.
She performs healings on the sick, blessings on babies, casts
curses on enemies, reads omens, performs extispicies, and
brews potions for ailments ranging from constipation to
impotency. The locals name her Old Makana.
Knowing that a gift is expected, Ke' will craft a Potion of Invisibility using 150gp of matieriels...
...and don his feathered and beaded headdress (indicating his status as junior assistant witch doctor).
He paused and pointed at the rest of you. "On your life, don't laugh."
Silas, you don't know much. But you are able to locate old Manaka and her hut.
She does ask for gifts and is pretty specific about them: she prattles about goats in return for reading the future, gold coins for love potions, or mango fruit for blessings. If they specifically ask about Jacob Razor’s ghost, she wants dragonsmoke. She hisses through her teeth and demands they return at midnight with a cake of the smoke,
a tin cup of grog, and 500 gp.
"Dragonsmoke, dragonsmoke..." Ke' muttered to himself as he considered how best to make (or procure) the illicit substance.
”Oh good, we’re pushing drugs now... but hey, good causes, right?
Hopefully said out of earshot:
”Can any dealers we encounter be allowed to mysteriously explode after we have acquired what we need?”
"Yeah. And beyond that, there's the matter of the cash. I know I don't have that on me." Ke' said feeling his anemic money pouch.
”I’ve a sizeable amount on me... but I’m extremely loathe to give money to those death merchants. The Dancer says that’s the one thing more than any other that keeps her people subjugated, and I’m more liable to smack the smack peddler because of it.”
“I have the cash, but I’m not happy about the deathsmoke.”
Silas, you should be able to find the items locally.
What are you doing?
You can find materials locally including the dragonsmoke.
We procure all materials we need for gifting the witch.
Counting aloud, Ke' said; "...goats, gold coins, mango fruit, a cake of dragonsmoke, a tin cup of rum.... By Pele, this girl's gonna have a hell of a party. OK, who's got the 500 gold?" He asked, looking around at his companions.
Aurora has coin and can pay for the rest.
You know, I can somewhat accept the goats and the mangoes-albeit grudgingly-but I just can’t suss out why she’d only want a single cup of ye-olde rust remover.”
"I don't know; maybe its for her snake." Pondered Ke' aloud. "The drunker it is the better I like it."
”Wait... there was a snake? I didn’t see it at all! It must be a sneaky snake.”
"She's a Tulita Witch-Woman. There's ALWAYS a snake."