"Maybe just the big boss," conceded the young man after a pause -- he was STILL on the prisoners thing, obviously.
"Gutwad, right? We could have a parade right through the center of town...!"
But he'd obviously heard the rest too because:
"Maybe one of those short gardening things? Easier to carry around." (And, not entirely by chance, he knew where to get one of those easy: he'd done some spontaneous farm work inside the Turand Loop recently). And as for needing it:
"The Jariah symbol-girl," he vaguely gestured to his own forehead to show who he meant,
"said something about making traps for them, I think?"
Then she stopped at the scarf seller's:
"Ah, now we're talking," he smiled. Fastus crossed his arms and waited... While he waited though, he made the mistake of glancing Sachiko's way:
Oddly, she seemed content to let Fastus and Elsbeth talk without interrupting them directly, saving her chatter for the townsfolk and merchants.
Part of a devious master plan of some sort, no doubt.
Though Sachiko visited every shop and stall, she was surprisingly frugal in her actual purchases. The sunrod she bought took up fully half of what she'd been given. A single tindertwig another quarter. Then she put down a little silver and copper for a hammock, which she rolled up and stuffed into her pack, and a bar of soap which joined the sunrod in her belt pouch.
Soap?! That... That was the last straw!
"You guys are soooo reasonable," he grumped, shaking his head, seeing Elli admire but not touch on the other side too.
It's getting so a fellow can't blow his life savings on a whim anymore or anything... And after he'd asked so nicely too! (And he was
REALLY trying not to take all these "lighting" purchases personal - really he was - but sunrods, torches and
tindertwigs, when you had a
Master of Flames by your side?).
"Well I can be reasonable too, you know!"
He started by (peevishly) TRIPLING the snow-haired girl's sunrod supply (because that's all the man had in stock) and then turned her one hammock into FOUR of the same -- one for each of them plus Suldrel.
"Because, burnt it, that's a burningly brilliant idea!" he admitted, before specifying with a warning point:
"But I am NOT buying you any more tindertwigs."
A man had his pride...
OOC: Fastus has both the Light and the Spark orisons.
"Elsbeth, please tell me you're getting at least twenty burning scarves, right?" To balance out this horrible bout of reasonableness-ness.
[sblock=Bug goop]
Bug repellant is an alchemical item that costs 5gp.
<Binder looks it up>. You're talking about
Vermin Repellent, right Shayuri? That's a bit above and beyond what Fastus has in mind here, which is your garden-variety bug oil. (Say Environmental Protection: you suffer no long-term effects from exposure to the regional insect population; has no effect on actual bug encounters, including and especially swarms, unless the DM feels really generous that day (and then maybe a +1 or +2 on
something)).
It's mostly for local swampy colour, really...
Let me know what you think TS.[/sblock][sblock=Bought so far]Sealing Wax (1 gp, 1#, satchel)
Fishhooks and 'Trollgut' Line (1 gp, 0#, pouch)
Watertight Tin Scrollcase (1 gp, 0.5#, belt)
Bug repellant (? sp, ?#, satchel)
Hammock (1 sp, 3#, satchel)
For Elsbeth:
6 torches (6 cp, 6#, backpack)
50' of Hemp rope (1 gp, 10#, backpack)
Short-handled shovel/spade (2 gp, 6#, )
Hammock (1 sp, 3#, )
For Sachiko:
2 extra sunrods (4 gp, 2#, )
For Suldrel:
Hammock (1 sp, 3#, )
9 gp, 6 sp, 4 cp left.[/sblock]
