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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jon Potter" data-source="post: 1250202" data-attributes="member: 2323">[PLAIN][Drealond #7] Caveat Emptor[/PLAIN]Draelond looked at the man for no more than a second, shrugged, and said, "Let's off then. I've things to attend to in, as you put it, 'the mortal coil'."The bounty hunter reached behind his back and unhooked a small brass cage from his belt. It looked like a birdcage of the sort Draelond had seen in the homes of certain burghers and wealthy yeomen in Barnacus. No more that a foot tall and half that in diameter, the purpose of the cage was not immediately apparent. The bounty hunter placed the cage on his open palm and opened the tiny door set into the tarnished bars."What's that for?" Draelond asked and the man grinned."Well, you didn't think I was going to house you did you?" he replied. "This'll let me bring you out of Purgatorium without turning you into a ghost. Now hold still and don't try to resist." Then he muttered a word that Drealond couldn't hear and a tremendous force began to tug at every fiber of the warrior's being.Whether he'd wanted to resist or not, he had no opportunity. In an instant he felt himself being drawn into the cage and the charcoal stench of burning filled his nostrils. Then there was only silent darkness.Rhedon SkyFox stared at the glowing pea of light within the soul cage and smiled. The cool green light bathed the bounty hunter's features, casting the planes of his face into harsh relief. He nodded."This ought to do," he said to no one in particular and then produced a small hood from a pouch and proceeded to cover the little cage. The glow of the warrior's soul - one of the few colors that remained true in the weird light of Purgatorium - would attract the attention of every harvester and collector nearby and the sooner it was shielded from covetous eyes, the better.He consulted a small brass device rather like a compass and hustled off in the direction of the nearest frost tide.</blockquote>

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