Leatherbound journal of Jace Blackwell (harutotokishima)

[15:50] The Auguriis Magic and Oddities Shop: As you walk into the Auguriis, you are hit with an estrangement of different scents that are spread across the store; multiple herbs and magical ingredients, the occasional love potion, old books and scrolls, leather. An overly energetic and perky blonde haired male, Damien, is currently attending the store. Organizing and cleaning to his hearts content! Those with a magical ability will be able to sense that this store has been warded against thieves.

[15:52] Lιттle ƬreeLιттle Ƭree (cedar.ashland) couldn't do anything but grin wider for the interest both women seemed to hold. "Aye, aye," she said with small nods of her head. And since things were desired, they began to appear. Out came an armful of wyvern hide, a lovely hue like burnt sienna and very good quality, no scuffs or tears. "Jus' tha hides ye be wantin' then?" she asked the blonde. She set these in a pile, and it was a large amount of leather there for the elven maid did she decide to purchase it all in the end. For the wyvern had been a healthy size and Cedar'd lost very little of the skin when she'd tanned the hide. "twenty-five siller do ye well?" she asked with a lofted brow - but a smile turned towards the brunette, to let the woman know she'd heard her interest in the other aspects of the wyvern that Cedar had named.

[15:54] Emm'esta ThiadilEmm'esta Thiadil (emmaline.mynx) nodded, knowing Meri knew a good thing when she saw it. Wyvern blood! "I'll take the smaller bones then--they are better for buttons." She'd set them out to dry in the sun then burn them for color. Oh, yes...they would be perfect. And the hide she would turn over to Ciel, see what he could do with it. That skin could bring a pretty price once fashioned into any number of things...a purse, perhaps, for one. She nodded a friendly greeting to the male who entered. "Be right with you, sir." At Cedar's suggestion of 25 silvers, Emms purely sputtered! "Twenty-five silvers! Why I could skin my own mother and make her into hoods and cloaks for Twenty-five silvers!" It was bargaining time!

[15:56] Merialeth WindstarMerialeth Windstar (caireannliadan)'s eyes darted away from the contents of the satchel as the door was opened and another figure passed through. Leaving Emms to handle what she needed to first, with a dash of a smile towards the other woman, Meri'd grin as the haggling began and stepped around the counter to greet the new arrival "Good afternoon and welcome, what can I help you with?" Her eyes widening at the opening offer, rarity it might be, but c'mon! Meri would however, carefully note the methods as well.

[16:00] Jace Blackwell: Entered the magic shop, metal clanking about as he moved. He would glance around curiously once again, his gaze resting momentarily at that odd spinning bookcase he never seemed to cease wondering about. He would nod his understanding to the pretty blond woman as he made himself busy looking at odds and ends on the nearby table when the Elven Brunette approached him. "Ah yes well....I've come to see about the possibility of learning about..magic. What does it mean to those who can use it, how it feels....how to begin learning. I assume this would be the place to begin?" Jace answered hesitantly, clearly out of his area of knowledge at this point.
knowledge at this point.
[16:04] Lιттle ƬreeLιттle Ƭree (cedar.ashland) tilted her head at the blonde's outburst and gave a faint grin. "Aye .. but wuid yer maither be sae fine a sight ta be worn as yon wyvern hide then lass?" She reached back into her satchel, pushing this and that aside until bits of small bone were brought out, fair and bleached white from the way they'd been cleaned. "Now there's a guid lot o' leather as can be worked from those hides. More'n a few pieces ta be made." Twisting, Cedar set a handful of small, fine bones atop the pile. "Twenty-five sillers an' ye can hae tha wee bones ta go wi'."

[16:07] Emm'esta ThiadilEmm'esta Thiadil (emmaline.mynx) began to go through the skins, picking up each one and blowing back the fur. "This one seems a little mis-colored, don't you think?" And then, "I don't know about this one...there's an arrow hole right through the center. I'll have to cut it up." Light, but they were beautiful skins! But she'd never admit that for one second. When Jace asked that he might be allowed to learn magic, Emms beamed. Every time she found a seeker, it was a little like birthday magic...when she lit the candles with a snap of her fingers and her atar would blow them out with a pretend breath of a nostril. How she missed him, missed his magical training. He'd been tough, but only because he wanted her to be as strong as she could be. She knew that Meri would do the same with this man, and she envied him the journey. She turned her attention back to the trade-in-progress. "Why, they're not worth more than ten silvers, even with the bones thrown in." She hid the excitement at seeing the bones already finished. "But you've got me
[16:07] Emm'esta Thiadil: over a barrel and I'll pay the ten silvers, though you have to swear not to tell anyone else or they'll be coming from miles around to take me to the cleaners on every deal I make from now on!" She did love a good haggle!

[16:11] Merialeth WindstarMerialeth Windstar (caireannliadan) gave the man a reassuring smile, the timidity in his voice quite at odds with the armored appearance, her ears still perked for the conversation to the side, a lift of one brow and soft snort offered at the difference with 'adding the bones' - still quite the request to be sure, but as Emm resettled and bounced back her offer, Meri'd let the barest of grins pass her lips, though at the same time, knew full well, what would come next. "You are in quite the right place indeed sir.. If is theoretical knowledge you're wanting then, or practical, and something specific you're working towards, or soloely the expression of it in general." The woman's accent was catching and she felt the cadence of her own words start to slip into some of the same patterns, pulling herself back with a faint chuckle on her breath and warm murmur "There's lots of possibilities of places to start, and just as many of where to end up." The resolute dip of her head as the carousel continued to spin, and that one bottle still
[16:11] Merialeth Windstar: glowed faintly in the background, while Meri continued to peruse his face.

[16:15] Lιттle ƬreeLιттle Ƭree (cedar.ashland) snorted a sound derisively good natured and tossed her hair. "There'd no' be a speck upon that hide, lass. Nor any holes, aye? An' dint ye be insultin' my craftsmanship forbye." Though they sounded like fighting words, they were spoken with a good humored tone of voice and a crooked grin and Cedar simply shook her head. "Ten sillers an' I'd be destitute on tha streets! Fer shame tryin' ta rob me blind an' I'd all but brought ye tha best as cuid be had. D'ye ken a'tall how dangerous yon wyvern's be? Why ... ye canna get them a'tall unless ye go on inta the deep woods where tha mana's ripe an' makin' tha beasties absurd!" A pause, where Cedar seemed as if she were considering, and then, "Twenty sillers then. An' mum's tha word, I wint be tellin' a soul."
[16:17] Jace Blackwell: "All of that I think. Or it seems it's all rather important to understand when dealing with energies like this. I"m looking to join the Numinous Blades and as a Paladin, use those skills as a Warden to aid me in the Righteous Cause against the shadelings! Where best to start, I trust whomever shall be my mentor to know best." Jace exclaimed, standing perhaps a little taller, his face clearly betraying a bit of pride in his chosen path as he looked directly into the elven womans eyes with determination.

[16:21] Emm'esta ThiadilEmm'esta Thiadil (emmaline.mynx) slapped her hand on the counter hard enough to make them all jump. "Why, twenty silvers is enough to buy my whole business and mass produce wyvrn products wholesale!" She eyed Cedar, appraising the hunter, then said slyly, "You know, I am in the position to buy most all your hides. Just think at the future business you could have. And fifteen silvers is a veritable fortune in Valesk. You could rule as a king, I say!" She pulled the leather purse from her belt and counted out fifteen silvers, laying them in row on the counter. "Fifteen silvers and a ton of future business, aye?"

[16:25] Lιттle ƬreeLιттle Ƭree (cedar.ashland) eyed the blonde with a shrewd and calculating eye, then let her gaze lower to the coin being produced and her gaze narrowed with thought. "Aye an' think o' all the leather an' hide as I cuid bring ta ye in tha future lass. Fer when did ye last hae somat as tha hide o' a wyvern enter in tha shop ta be bought?" Cedar grinned broad then and lifted her chin, mischief glimmering in her eyes. "Eighteen sillers then - an' ta future business done, aye?"

[16:26] Merialeth WindstarMerialeth Windstar (caireannliadan) tipped her head, the boastful attitude and the comment of Wardens themselves making Meri lift her brows skyward, the flash of bright green gaze as she kept listening to the two haggling, the fifteen offered by Emms met with the barest dip of her head, and a wry glance cast over at the fellow shop mate before the man's words reached her ears again. "Well two out of three will serve you best, I can help you in the magic department, the rest - I've either ne'er heard of.." that accent was pulling at her ears for sure, so smoothly even! "Never heard off... or have no interest in. However, the theory and practice of magic in general, that is something I can do to help... What have you in trade for the lessons...?" Her own faint glimmer in her gaze as she continued to peruse him, the faintly-bemused grin lighting her features as he stiffened and brought his gaze to her.

[16:30] Emm'esta ThiadilEmm'esta Thiadil (emmaline.mynx) counted out TWO more silvers and laid them along side the others. "Seventeen silvers and years of future business!" She held out her arm for a wrist to wrist elven handshake. "Bargain struck?" Those skins were going to bring her in much business, she was sure. They were beautiful and Emms knew what she could do with them. "I am Emm'esta Thiadil, by the way. I think you are a robber and a thief when it comes to the art of haggling and I think I love you." She flashed her that smile that melted hearts and made fast friends.
[16:32] Jace Blackwell: "Trade? I carry very little by way of possession. Some clothes, the armor and weapons I have on my person and some coin. Depending on how much lessons would set me back, i can offer coin now or in the near future once I've acquired more. Unless you're looking for service of some sort in trade?" Jace would once more glance around the store before continueing on "Though I think it not likely a place such as this would need any sort of guard to keep watch at night."

[16:34] Lιттle ƬreeLιттle Ƭree (cedar.ashland) watched the extra silver get counted -- one shy of the amount she'd named - and then the small fae laughed. "Aye, tha'll do then," she said. Future business - sounds grand." But she cast a wary eye to the hand offered, seeming to hesitate a moment before grasping the other to shake on a deal done.

[16:36] Merialeth WindstarMerialeth Windstar (caireannliadan) couldn't help it, her expression trying to hold firm, but the glimmer in her gaze grew as she continued to listen to the pair at her side. The reply met with a tilt of her head the other way, the soft rustling as she considered him rather openly then bit back the faint grin and nodded more politely "Coin could also be a trade, I prefer to leave it open-ended and see what the other party offers." A shrug of one shoulder, that soft rustle again as she continues "What do you think the lessons are worth to you?" Her eyes catching the movement from the side, dipping her head to herself and still keeping mental track, the bones and pile of hides perused once more quickly then returned her gaze to the man and waited for his reply.

[16:38] Emm'esta ThiadilEmm'esta Thiadil (emmaline.mynx) continued to hold out her hand for the shake. She was all business and that handshake to her was as good as a contract signed in blood. She'd listened to Jace's words...here he was a human, wanting to learn magic. This would be very interesting, and she hoped she would be included in his lessons sometimes. Her arm was growing heavy and she wondered if the deal was good or not....
[16:43] DaisukeDaisuke (fangmassacre) wandered through the village, staring at the signs hanging over the establishments, seeing as he could not read the common tongue well, he tended to look for symbols or markings that he understood. He first went by the seamstress as he promised to stop in and visit, but a quick peek inside revealed it was a little empty, so the stag took to the streets and headed over to the next building, his cloven hoofs clicking over the stone until he paused when reaching the door. He failed to see a sign though, so raising his fist he gently knocked on the door to see if someone would answer, he was to polite to just walk in, encase it happened to be a home.
[16:44] Jace Blackwell: "Worth to me? Well I wouldn't know in terms of money or trade. It's just a necessary part in what I aspire to be. I suppose looking at it as a service, like if I were to teach someone the ways around a forge, I might charge a sum in coppers fair in proportion to what one would earn from their given profession." Jace answered after some thought, clearly unsure of the economy and pricing of services in Valesk.
[16:45] Lιттle ƬreeLιттle Ƭree (cedar.ashland) shook the arm! She just was hesitant about grabbing hold the other when it'd been offered becau-- well there it was. Cedar's skin brushed the blonde's and her fingers zipped with a tingling like lightning run through. Her breath drew in quick and eyes unfocused with a flutter of lash as sensation, emotion, and sights danced along her mind. "Nnngh ... /aye then/," she stumbled out, tongue tripping over itself before she snatched her hand away from the blonde's arm. A few shallow breaths and a smile forced itself to surface on her face, her hand scooping the silver coins towards her that'd been piled beside the wares.

[16:48] Emm'esta ThiadilEmm'esta Thiadil (emmaline.mynx) looked at her own hand for a quick moment, wondering if she'd been lax with controlling her element. It had happened before. But surely not....her skin couldn't have been that hot. "Agreed then! Done and done," and she swept the skins and bones off the counter, putting them back behind it. They were hers and she felt like doing a victory dance. "Diola lle, Cedar. I look forward to a long and prosperous relationship."

[16:48] Merialeth WindstarMerialeth Windstar (caireannliadan) watched them shake out of the corner of her eye, the glance from him towards Emm and back as she considered a moment then nodded in thought at his answer, only to hear the sound of... the door being knocked on? "Come in... " She'd call over then looked back to the blond, considering him and his reply both.... "Well, I'll let you think on that a little bit. In the meanwhile, you and Emm'esta here, she will be your instructor. When you think you've determined what the power of Magic means to you, and what you're willing to exchange for it, then you both can start the lessons." It might have seemed a strange response, but for someone who Magic was as inherent as breathing? Well then... She'd miss the other woman's reaction, too directly focused on the man.

[16:54] DaisukeDaisuke (fangmassacre) heard the welcome so he opened the door, stepping forward only to be halted awkwardly as his antlers ran into the top of the door frame scraping in a dent. He gave a deep snort and looked up, seeing the slight damage and winced "Oh! no... I am so sorry about that!" he started to apologize as he ducked down and stepped inside and closed the door behind him, turning inward toward the people red in the face embarrassed. A hand reached up to rub along the spot of his antler that had connected with the wooden frame. "I will find a way to fix that damage, if you want coin or the labor to fix it, I could sand and buff it out..." he said and then realized there were two familiar faces "Oh, well... hello, Miss Emm'esta and Miss Merialeth" he said, still looking quite sheepish. To the others he gave a nod, but he was having trouble looking anyone in the face for the blunder he just made coming in.

[16:59] Lιттle ƬreeLιттle Ƭree (cedar.ashland) still felt a bit numbed and ran a tongue over the ridges of her teeth as she pulled the pile of silver her way. "Aye an' tha same," she said absently, far more attentive to the setting of coins in her purse than the conversation that'd just come to an end. Once the silver were all squared away, her coin purse far heavier for the business done, Cedar glanced over to the brunette and quirked a brow. "Ye still busy wi' yon knight?" she asked the woman, hand reaching out to pull her satchel closer to her since there seemed more traffic in the shop

[17:01] Emm'esta ThiadilEmm'esta Thiadil (emmaline.mynx) almost swallowed her tongue when she Meri said that Emms would be the human's teacher. Light! What was she thinking? But then...what would her atar think? He'd be proud, that's what! She eyed her would-be student. It was a special relationship between student and teacher. Did he realize just how special? He might hate her and love her at the same time. Frustration, victory, joy, depression...all these things in abundance would be his path. Emm'esta took a deep breath, inhaling all the possibilities of what might be. It tasted good. It was then that Daisuke entered--a deer in a china shop. She couldn't help but smile. He was one of the most kind-hearted individuals she'd met on the island. "It is alright, friend Daisuke. I will repair it." Most elves could Sing wood, and Emms was no exception. "It is good to see you!"

[17:02] Jace Blackwell: nodded his head in agreement. "I shall ponder this tonight. Maybe research a bit on what is a fair or customary trade for such services and meet up with you or Emm'esta to reach an arrangement. Thank you for your time." Jace responded evenly, looking first to Merialeth and then to Emm'esta. "Oh pardon me, introductions are likely in order! I'm Jace. Jace Blackwell." He said to the both of them before his attention was given over to the antlered man as he seemed to cause a bit of a scene upon entering. He would offer a polite nod, unsure of what exactly he was seeing as this was the first time he had encountered such a creature.

[17:05] Merialeth WindstarMerialeth Windstar (caireannliadan) winced more for how that had to have felt against his antlers, the slight shake of her head, shiver running through her and the soft rustling sounding at the movement. A reassuring glance offered upwards as the Satyr made his way in "Good afternoon, as Emm said, it's good to see you again. All well, I would hope?" then shifted her attention back to the brunette, her lips parting to speak then catching Jace's words, just nodded "See, all done." to the brunette and offered a smile to Jace "Very well, just speak to Emm when you return, and we'll work it out from there." Only then finally noting that the brunette seemed a little out of sorts still "So about that wyvern blood... How big of a vial, and how many teeth left?" Meri'd slip around the far side of the chair and tip her head so that Emm could move to speak with the man, while she gave Daisuke another reassuring grin, "No worries, truly - there are far worse things... to be sure."

[17:09] Lιттle ƬreeLιттle Ƭree (cedar.ashland) scooted a bit down the counter that she sat upon, though there wasn't very far that she could go before she ran into the candles. And because she sat so near now, she looked over her shoulder and puffed a breath to blow one out. Hooved feet upon wooden floor caught her attention and she turned a glance towards the large, swarthy individual who'd entered the shop - in time, it seemed, for him to be chagrined about some damage his antlers'd done. Cedar grinned at him, listening to the two elves reassure and greet, then twisted about where she sat to look towards the brunette. "This ..." she said, pulling out a vial the length of her small hand to show the lass. "An' I've mebbe ten teeth left. More really, but there'd be some as I'd keep fer myself, aye? Wuid ye be wantin' an eye then mebbe? Or I've tha tongue still as weel."

[17:15] Emm'esta ThiadilEmm'esta Thiadil (emmaline.mynx) made her way to stand before the human....Jace. Jace Blackwell. A very human name. He would not have two or three hundred years to perfect his magic, to strengthen and refine it. She would have to be a hammer rather than a gentle hand. She eyed him up and down once more. Could he take it? She bowed deeply and said in Elvish, "Elen sila lumenn omentilmo," then repeated it in Common, "May a star shine upon the hour of our meeting." And she meant it.

[17:16] DaisukeDaisuke (fangmassacre) gave a grateful bow, similar to how an easterner might act. "Thank you for your kindness on the matter, Im still sorry though" he said, but he would fuss over something as superficial as a dent in a door frame nobody would probably ever notice. Still the stag glanced toward the door with a fretful gaze before he tried to push it aside and focus on the two ladies he had recently met, though now that he was taking in the scene, they all seemed pretty busy "I came to visit as I promised I would. But it seems your a bustling business tonight" he mused, not taking any offense of course, it was not in his nature to do so very easily. He caught the glance from Little Tree and the nod from Jace and simply gave both a warm smile before she got back to her business. "Perhaps Ill visit another time" he then added as he did not want to crowd in on their important transactions.

[17:20] Merialeth WindstarMerialeth Windstar (caireannliadan) nodded to the brunette, her own veiled interest finally showing, a soft snort on her breath as she perused the vial and considered it a moment before nodding "Hm... ten teeth, the eye... Only one? You're keeping the other or, was it damaged in the fight perhaps?" A moment's pause in consideration as she perused the woman's face then nodding once more as she continued "... the tongue for sure, and did you salvage any of the claws perhaps?" Her fingertips tapping lightly at the counter as she leaned forward to peer into the satchel if she could. Meri in business mode was quite a bit different than her usual more retiring sort, her gaze more direct and the characteristic blushes strangely missing.

[17:21] Emm'esta Thiadil: ((Sorry, guys! I've GOT to go! Hubby is being petulant! BIG hugs and thanks for the rp)) Emms moved toward the door, carefully stepping around Daisuke. "I need to check on the shop. And you," she pointed to Jace, "I will see very soon." Be afraid. Very afraid.

[17:21] Jace Blackwell: Gazes at his would be teacher as she speaks first in her eloquent graceful tongue, and then once again in his own. "Poetic words, beautiful even. I've no talent for such speech I'm afraid. I will say I am glad to have the fortune of having met you and look forward to your teaching...hopefully starting tomorrow. Until then..." Jace replied, offering her a salute, fist raised to his chest as he bowed slightly, turning to head for the exit.

[17:23] DaisukeDaisuke (fangmassacre) would also head for the exit, seeing as Merialeth was deep in bargaining. But he gave a small wave and dip of his head as he moved back to the door, opening it up as he prepared to leave.