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Ian laughs as the group approaches, his eyes glinting in the sunlight. "Yes, I did indeed."
He stands from the log he was sitting on and approaches Ylrhea, taking her into his arms. He gives her a tender kiss before letting her go. "I suppose you shall be on your way then?"
Ylrhea blushes and nods. "Yep, Arista had some things for you first."
Once more, Drago felt mixed emotions. But this time, it was a mixture of relief over having finally knowing where his heart truly lied, with Elena, and joy over seeing Aliethia finding a new path.
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Sienna looks Ian over from head to toe. "Well done, Ylrhea, well done."
Arista smiles warmly at Ylrhea and then begins to pull things out of the bag and hand them to Ian. Out of the bag she gives him the Master Work Repeating Crossbow, Heavy Crossbow, and +1 Composite Long Bow (+4 strength).
Looking at him she says, "I thought maybe these could be used around here, or given to those that need them. I didn't see any point in carrying them around, and the people here need them more than we do."
Turning to Cyna she says, "Oh yeah, before I forget..." Out of the bag she pulls 20 regular arrows, 5 Frost Arrows, and 5 +1 Human Bane Arrows. "these are for you....I thought you might be able to use them."
Ian takes the weapons and sets them aside. "I'm sure they'll come in handy. These are good quality weapons. Thank you, Arista...and all of you."
Cyna stores the Arrow into her main quiver. "Thank you, I'm sure they'll come in handy."
Looking at them she smiles, "You're both welcome...well, we should probably get going. I still have a couple of things I need to pick up."
Looking at Ylrhea she says a little quieter, "Hey, if you want a chance to talk to him for a couple minutes, you can meet us back at the fountain alright? I still have to go to the shop to pick up a few things, so I think we can give you maybe 10 minutes or so to say goodbye properly." Standing up she smiles at Ylrhea.
Ylrhea winks. "Ten minutes isn't enough, besides I gotta go pick up a s-u-r-p-r-i-s-e."
She smiles, "Okay....then in that case I guess we're ready to go."
The shops are permanent stone stalls occupying most of the east end of Siphas. Several people are around buying and selling commodities.
As they get near the market place, Arista pulls out the Cloak of Resistance and hands it to Sienna. "I want you to have this, it might come in handy."
Going to the weapons stall, Arista takes out the masterwork spiked chain and asks the merchant if he could buy it from her.
Sienna smiles at Arista. "Hopefully, we won't have to test that out."
The merchant looks over the chain. "Hmm, I'll give you a hundred and fifty gold for it."
Sienna touches Cyna's arm lightly. "I've gotta look into something real quick. I'll take Ylrhea with me and I'll be right back."
"That sounds great, I'll take it." She hands him the chain and takes the money. "Thank you very much, and have a Blessed Day."
Walking over to a general merchant she says, "I need another water skin, and would you happen sell pillows?"
Drago perused the shops for nothing in particular. But then something caught his eye. An item of wonderful simplicity, he couldn't quite pass it up. Paying the merchant the thirty gold, the Dhampir stowed it in one of his pouches. He continued looking around with a slight grin on his face.
Cyna nods. "Alright. I'll mill around for a bit but won't go too far."
The general merchant nods at Arista. "I do. They are nothing fancy, I must say."
He pulls a waterskin from his inventory. He also brings out two off-white pillows of an average thickness. "That will be 5 gold."
Sienna rushes to the jewelry stall, Ylrhea in tow. She mulls over a couple pieces before selecting it. "That one!"
The gnome nods and looks at the merchant. "How much?"
The jewelry merchant looks at the selected item. "Eighty gold, young miss."
"Done," the gnome says, fishing out her coins and paying the merchant. She takes the item and gives it to Sienna. "That was quick."
Sienna quickly runs up to Cyna. "I got you something, cutie...well, Ylrhea paid for it..."
She smiles at him and rests a hand on her belly, "That's alright, their use is quite simple. Would it be possible for me to pick up about ten days supply of trail rations as well? Not sure what we're headed into and I want to make sure we're prepared."
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Ylrhea shrugs, happy to help her friend out. Her mind wandered back to Ian. Seeing everyone still occupied, she walks up to Arista. "I'm going to see Ian one more time. I'll meet you at the fountain."
She runs off before waiting for an answer. Her heart leaps with excitement with every step she took toward the paladin.
Arista just smiles, happy at finally seeing Ylrhea so full of joy. She turns back to the merchant, Actually I have this Disguise Kit and Master work Thieves tools to sell as well. If you would like, you could just take out the amount I would owe you for the various things and give me the difference. Sound good?"
The merchant smiles. "Of course."
He hands Arista seventy gold and ten day's worth of trail rations.
Cyna smiles at Sienna's excitement. "Oh?"
Sienna gives Cyna a silver ring with a large teardrop moonstone set in its center. "This'll do until I get you the real one."
She bows slightly to the merchant, "Thank you kind sir, and may you have a Blessed Day."
Stuffing the pillows and rations in her bag, Arista then goes over to where Cyna and Sienna are hoping that she didn't miss anything. She gets there in time to see Sienna hand her the ring.
Cyna slides the ring on her finger and looks it over. "It's beautiful, thank you so much." she says happily before thanking Sienna with a kiss.
"First Arista and now my Fiancee, is it my birthday already?" Cyna jokes.
Sienna laughs, then frowns. "When is your birthday?"
Smiling at Cyna she says, "I have no idea what you're talking about, but I'm so happy....for the both of you." She then takes them both into a huge hug.
"I'm pretty sure I got everything I need now, so I guess I'll go to the fountain and wait while everyone else finishes up. Just take your time."
"Mid Wandering." Cyna answers. "Yours?"
"End of Starsbright," Sienna answers with a smile.
"I look forward to it." Cyna says.
Sienna takes her fiancee's hand. "Well, if we're done here, we can go meet Ylrhea at the fountain."
Drago was sitting at the fountain, playing his flute as Tarja sang some forgotten tune of an age long passed. The Dhampir's mood overall seems much improved.
"Someone looks like they've found some inner peace." Cyna says.
Finishing his last note, Drago looked at Cyna, "Yes, yes I have. It's been some time since I had any. I figured I'd enjoy it while I could."
Jerryl walks up as the party gathers at the fountain. "I forgot to say good-bye."
She closes her eyes and smiles. "A goddess could not ask for better friends."
Ylrhea rejoins the group with a bounce in her step. "We look as ready as we can get."
"That goes both ways." Cyna says to Jerryl.
"I wish you safety. Aquines is a horrible place, so be on your guard," the halfling says.
Arista nods, "I was thinking we'd just burn the whole place to the ground, and kill all the bad guys. Does that sound okay?"
"There are still people worth saving," Jerryl replies with a wry smile.
Drago just stood and gave Jerryl a respectful bow, "Take care."
She smirks, "We'll see about that. If there are any decent ones left there, I'll be sure they get to safety before we set it ablaze."
She reaches out and embraces Sarenrae in a fierce hug, "Take care of yourself, okay? We'll be back soon, I promise."