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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haiiro" data-source="post: 1705266" data-attributes="member: 1891">En Route to the Copper CupNot wanting to draw undue attention to himself, Vicktor hung back about fifty feet from the other Follies as they walked through Selgaunt's busy streets. Of the Follies, only Cupric had been to Selgaunt before -- the others all had experience with cities, but none so large or busy as Selgaunt.The winding streets were jammed with people, nearly all of whom seemed to be carrying ravens. It was difficult for anyone to take it all in, but the Follies also caught sight of myriad wine sellers, raven hawkers (carrying tall poles draped with cages full of rooks), messengers flitting from place to place, halflings selling sweetmeats, swarthy fruit merchants, and beggars showing off their ailments. All of these people combined make it difficult for Vicktor to keep the Follies in sight, so he moved a bit closer to the main party as they walked.Taking immediate notice of the beggars, Talishmere began handing out iron rations. He gave a day's rations to each beggar that he saw, and while they thanked him he tried to find out the location of the Copper Cup. As always, De'lea had her eye out for flowers -- but after several minutes she had not seen a single flower-seller. Settling instead on scarves, she had no problem spotting a number of outlandish cloth merchants.Each appeared to have donned an entire closet before leaving the house, and they were swaddled and draped about with all manner of brightly colored clothing. Flashing a gold coin, De'lea was able to buy several handfuls of scarves from one such merchant, and she began handing these out to attractive (and apparently unattached) men as she encountered them.Coupled with her radiant beauty and innocent comments -- "Love is free if you look hard enough" -- this practice quickly drew an entourage around her. Tal and Tuggle kept a watchful eye on her as the crowd of hangers-on continued to grow, and Tuggle had to suppress a smirk when someone commented loudly, "I've never seen a hooker in armor before!" De'lea seemed unaffected by this, and continued handing out scarves even as Tal was handing out rations.Vicktor, who had been watching all of this transpire as he moved through the crowd, was suddenly distracted when he made eye contact with a peculiar figure off to his right. He appeared to be an elf, but the ugliest elf Vicktor had ever seen. He was completely bald, and his face and head were covered in scars and pockmarks. The scarred elf didn't break eye contact as he shouldered his way through the crowd and stepped up to Vicktor, who had stopped to wait for him.Observing this from further down the street, Artemis remarked, "Ahh! Carnie elves!"</blockquote>

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