[AU] Stone Bones

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Kelthet, Lykis looks at your items, and takes them in its thin hands. Examing them for a moment, it nods.*

"The piton... a magical aid for climbing. Keeping it on your person makes climbing much easier, Surehand it's called. The dagger is Darkwish... curious that you should find it first. You follow the path of iron, do you not, witch?" it says calmly.

*Vesune considers Wil's offer and looks back at Lykis and Kelthet. Some unspoken communication seems to pass between them, and she nods.*

"You would be gone a good long while... and our items would be out of our ken for months. It would be better to carry an item that would allow us to communicate with you, even see what you see. Such a thing would be a fair trade for the use of some of our items," she says briskly.

"Now, as for the translation of languages, Phaern if you will take that light silver chain on the top shelf there. Yes, that is what you're looking for. The two little cuffs on it, those go on your ears, and the chain around your throat. It lets you speak and understand many languages, though it takes a keen mind to understand it. It can be... difficult to control sometimes. It carries echos of all the spirits of those who have used it before and they are sometimes... talkactive. This is called Tonguesinger."

*Phaern, when you speak to Lykis, it gives a small snort before it answers.*

"It is the runechild who holds the memories of ages within her. My memories are mearly my own. I have sampled nearly every flavor of magic in my long life, and have collected many things in that time. I sell my knowledge, and these items, and buy a few every now and then. I enchant things from time to time, and even identify a few. This little shop has been here longer than Ra-Toqu... over three hundred years... They all know I'm not a threat or they would have run me out just on principle, for being a mojh," it says in its papery voice.

 

[Erekose13]

Phaern retrives the chain for Lykis, listening intently to his description of the items around the shop. He is in awe at the Mojh when told that he has run the shop for 300 years. Oh, the things he must have experienced! At the mention of a trade of information, Phaern adds, "I personally think that it would be okay if you provided us with the item you mention. Though I could perhaps trade some of the things that I have here if that would work better for you."

 

[dead_radish]

*Kelthet nods.* "I do follow Iron's path, yes. I have mastered a few skills, though there are more that are still beyond my reach. Why? I assume that this dagger is somehow connected? It was odd that I found it - this particular hilt style seems a bit different than the standard hilt I'm used to, and I usually prefer a greatsword - the leverage and power behind a large weapon seems to outweigh the flexibility and manueverability granted by a dagger, or even a longsword, at least for me. I remember this one time, at the Battle of du-Camp, there was this guy with two daggers...." *He trails off, realizing he's been rambling, and looks at the Mojh.* "I follow Iron, yes."

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Phaern, Lykis raises a single finger, and immediately Vesune is at its side.*

"Sekaris-lam" it says, and the runechild nods, and returns to her ladder. Climbing to the top, she rummages around on the top shelf and returns with what seems to be a clear teardrop suspended on a silver chain.

"This is Sekaris-lam, the water-voice. Immerse it in water, or touch it with tears, then speak into it. As long as it remains immersed, I and the one who holds it can communicate. I think that the servant of the Green that lurks in the doorway would understand this power the most," it says, its gaze locking briefly on Indacalis' eyes.

*Returning its attention to Kelthet, it ways until he is done rambling before speaking.*

"It is fortuitous that you have found Darkwish. You see, it cannot be seen except by certain people. Only those that follow the earth, in one form or another, or who have been touched by it can see it and touch it. Vesune, for example, cannot see it. It came to me by the agent of a stone spirit many, many years ago, when I was an adventuring youth. It brought me luck whenever I was underground or in the mountains, and it seems it has been found again... for the first time in many years. It seems you are the appropriate one to carry it. You may find the earth is more forgiving with Darkwish in your possession," Lykis says.

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

double post

 

[dead_radish]

*Kelthet's eyes get wider as the description goes on. He gazes at the dagger in amazement.* "This is an amazing item. Does it have to be wielded, or merely carried? And do you have any idea where it has come from, or who made it?"

 

[rangerjohn]

*Atlas on seeing so much history in the room, decides he also see what the shop has to offer.*

 

[Erekose13]

Phaern accepts the item, passing it to Indacalis as soon as he can. "We might be gone for quite a while, thus we are very greatful for your aid in these matters. We will contact you as often as we can to report all of our findings. So for all of these items, you ask only that we report our progress and findings?"

 

[Isida Kep'Tukari]

*Kelthet, Lykis nods at your question.*

"It may be weilded or carried, though some of its benefits are better if it can been seen by others. I found that when I encountered other stone spirits and elementals that they were more... forgiving if it was at least in plain sight on my belt. I am not sure who made it, thought I have always believed that it was made by the stone spirits of the Elder Mountains."

*Atlas, in searching through the shop you find one item that particularly catches your eye. It appears to be a six inch high statue of a giant woman, her hands on the shoulders of a young girl (her daughter perhaps?), and dressed in the robes of a priest. You've seen these statues before, they're statues of ancestors, often put in the home shrines of giant families.*

*You also find a brilliant golden dagger, decorated with elaborate scrollwork, pretty, but impractical for battle. It's probably a dress knife, or perhaps a ceremonial one.*

*Phaern, Lykis looks at Vesune, but it is the runechild who answers.*

"A small nominal fee would be in order. Forty gold per item, let's say?"

 

[dead_radish]

*Kelthet nods decisively, and places 100 gold on the counter.* "I will return these items to you."

*He blinks, and leans in towards the Mojh, and speaks quietly.* "We seek the Bones of the Earth. Have you heard of them?"