Satin Knights
First Post
Arianna stops in the alley beside the Pearl to change back to the form the shop keepers have always seen her in, the mermaid. After dabbing on a bit of perfume, she pulls out her old crutches and slowly makes her way into the establishment.
"Good day."
"Ah m'lady. We have been waiting for your return. Your order has been ready for some time."
"Good. I have been busy. But it has been a profitable busy. Let's see." After making her way to the counter, she inspects the darkwood crutches. "Looking fine. But I asked for" "Ah, you said to hide it well. You have to press here and here, then twist counter clockwise a quarter turn, pull a little, then twist clockwise the same bit. At that point, the caps will come off."
"Very good. Thank the craftsman for me." She pulls a red potion from her scarf to insert into one crutch and a blue one to put in the other.
"While healing is good to secret away," he leans in to whisper "a potion of gaseous form is the escape route of choice for most. It would be a mere 750 gold pieces."
"I don't think I can do that today, but I will keep it in mind. Thank you. I had plans for a cloak to bolster my defenses."
"Ah, they would be over this way."
Leaving her old crutches behind and using her new ones, she peruses the cloaks. "But, these are all dry lander cloaks. Drab and grey. And I don't think they would hold together for a week under the waves. The stitching would just fall out."
"All I could say is, special needs require special work. We have plenty of shark skin available, if that would be to your liking. I think the eel skin would be too scaly for you, and well, we are never able to get whale skin to hang quite right. It always seems too stiff." He snaps his fingers, and a couple seamstresses come out to take measurements.
After the girls get their measurements, "Shark will work. But I need to to fit both of me." "Both?" "Yes, if you give me a minute" she begins singing in aquan. Starting at her tail, her skin starts rippling and changing. When finished, a blue creature looking to be a cross of lizard folk and demon stands before the shop keeper and seamstresses.
"Ahh. So that is why you have been patient about the crutches." looking at the muscled legs now carrying the mermaid. "Back to work girls." The pair of seamstresses are more tentative now in their actions. "So, a standard enchantment to bolster resistances?" "Yes. Make sure the hood has enough material in it so I can draw it up to hide my face well. I have to do that often. Could you add a couple pockets to the interior of the cloak as well. Pockets would be nice." "Yes ma'am. Do you want the natural dull gray-blue, or dyed? Deep sea blue perhaps? Or lighter bay blue?" "Deep sea blue will work." "OK. We will line the inside in a midnight rogue's grey as well, just in case you find a need to reverse it for some reason."
"I also need a couple summoner potions. Two of summon eidolon and one of lesser eidolon surge." "Yes ma'am." "Oops, I can only afford two at the moment."
After paying, "Thank you. Now to search for a bit more profitable work. Good day." "Good day."
"Good day."
"Ah m'lady. We have been waiting for your return. Your order has been ready for some time."
"Good. I have been busy. But it has been a profitable busy. Let's see." After making her way to the counter, she inspects the darkwood crutches. "Looking fine. But I asked for" "Ah, you said to hide it well. You have to press here and here, then twist counter clockwise a quarter turn, pull a little, then twist clockwise the same bit. At that point, the caps will come off."
"Very good. Thank the craftsman for me." She pulls a red potion from her scarf to insert into one crutch and a blue one to put in the other.
"While healing is good to secret away," he leans in to whisper "a potion of gaseous form is the escape route of choice for most. It would be a mere 750 gold pieces."
"I don't think I can do that today, but I will keep it in mind. Thank you. I had plans for a cloak to bolster my defenses."
"Ah, they would be over this way."
Leaving her old crutches behind and using her new ones, she peruses the cloaks. "But, these are all dry lander cloaks. Drab and grey. And I don't think they would hold together for a week under the waves. The stitching would just fall out."
"All I could say is, special needs require special work. We have plenty of shark skin available, if that would be to your liking. I think the eel skin would be too scaly for you, and well, we are never able to get whale skin to hang quite right. It always seems too stiff." He snaps his fingers, and a couple seamstresses come out to take measurements.
After the girls get their measurements, "Shark will work. But I need to to fit both of me." "Both?" "Yes, if you give me a minute" she begins singing in aquan. Starting at her tail, her skin starts rippling and changing. When finished, a blue creature looking to be a cross of lizard folk and demon stands before the shop keeper and seamstresses.
"Ahh. So that is why you have been patient about the crutches." looking at the muscled legs now carrying the mermaid. "Back to work girls." The pair of seamstresses are more tentative now in their actions. "So, a standard enchantment to bolster resistances?" "Yes. Make sure the hood has enough material in it so I can draw it up to hide my face well. I have to do that often. Could you add a couple pockets to the interior of the cloak as well. Pockets would be nice." "Yes ma'am. Do you want the natural dull gray-blue, or dyed? Deep sea blue perhaps? Or lighter bay blue?" "Deep sea blue will work." "OK. We will line the inside in a midnight rogue's grey as well, just in case you find a need to reverse it for some reason."
"I also need a couple summoner potions. Two of summon eidolon and one of lesser eidolon surge." "Yes ma'am." "Oops, I can only afford two at the moment."
After paying, "Thank you. Now to search for a bit more profitable work. Good day." "Good day."
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