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Post by Vythmiirik on Dec 15, 2021 12:42:06 GMT
{Vythmiirik's shop}
In a reasonably nice part of the town, there is a shop on a street. Actually there are many shops on the street, a cobbler, a jeweller, a carpenter, and a weaver's shop. There are many sounds and smells, people talking, going around their businesses and some haggling over sales, the smell of fresh cut wood is strong in the air; a new delivery it appears.
The shopfront of weaver's shop is well cared for and kept clean. Blue paint adorns the walls and a welcoming sign hangs over the front "Weaver's den" it says, a small joke amongst the crafters here; one which is taken with good humour. It's a reasonable sized shop floor you see as you enter through the door, the soft tinkling of a bell as it is rung sounds in your ears as you pass the threshold. In the back room the soft clacking noise of a loom is heard, along with a gentle voice "One moment please, and I'll be with you!"
A moment passes and a silver reptilian head pokes out from the back curtain, soon followed by the rest of the silver dragonborn; smiling, she speaks, cheerful and pleased, "Hello, how may I help you today?"
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Post by sasco on Dec 15, 2021 22:28:08 GMT
A familiar looking Dragonborn makes his way pass the door frame, taking a moment to silence the bells with his hand before continuing forward. He gives a soft smile as he sees the silver Dragonborn.
"I'm here for a commission pick up. Apologies that I came a bit late. I was on a roll for a bit and didn't want to stop, lest I lose track."
He looks around the room, unbuttoning his coat to as he felt the warmth quickly rise and he realized he needed to let himself air out.
"You have a nice store. Not sure why you would bother with a stand."
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Post by Vythmiirik on Dec 17, 2021 11:52:06 GMT
Vythmiirik's face broke out into a large smile. "Sasco! It is good to see you again, one moment I put it to the side for you" she replied happily. She moved over to the side where a small rack can be found containing fabrics and commission that had been made recently ready for pickup. Checking the tags for his name, once she found the correct one, she picked it up and brought it back to the counter.
"I'm glad that you found a trail to follow, I was hoping the elder could help you out. She is very knowledgable about such things" Vythmiirik responded, thinking of the stories of the dragon graveyard her ancestors had once found, as she placed the package on the counter-top and opened it so Sasco could see it; to make sure he was happy with the work she'd done. "What do you think?"
"Ah that, well my shop is a little out of the way it's a good place for pick-ups, but I don't get as much business as I'd like. So the market stall brings in a bit more business and lets me sell to those who are passing through" she replied with a slight shrug and a small smile. "Besides, I get to meet new people that way" Vythmiirik grins, "It's like how I met you"
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Post by sasco on Dec 17, 2021 12:42:51 GMT
"A fair point indeed about the stand."
Sasco lifted a portion of the scarf out of the box and gently ran his fingers over the various designs. A slight grin at the corners of his mouth would reveal his satisfaction.
"This will do nicely."
Fighting the temptation to put it on right then, he carefully places it back in the box and closes it.
"In a manner of speaking your elder graciously shared her knowledge. As you suggested, the dragon graveyard will be a key to the answer of my problem though she won't tell me an exact location. I will have to figure it out on my own. However, she did suggest a list of books from various clergymen of other faiths that could give me some insight about our place in the 'Verse. The problem with the graveyard is that even if I did find it the magic contained within is so potent that it could turn a person mad, if not kill them outright, if they are not prepared. I'll need to craft some enchantments to protect myself."
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Post by Vythmiirik on Dec 17, 2021 19:06:50 GMT
Vythmiirik nods with a grin, "indeed, wish rent wasn't quite so high, but it's worth it" she shrugs as if to say 'what can you do?'
With a nod the scarf is carefully re-wrapped up and tied off neatly. "I'm glad to hear it, well here you go; your scarf and your invoice" she is clearly pleased that Sasco likes her work, as her tail perks up from its lazy swaying, and she smiles brightly.
With a slight frown Vythmiirik nods at the appropriate intervals during her listening to Sasco's update; she was aware of much of his problems, unfortunately didn't know of any wards he could use. "Sadly I don't know any enchantments strong enough, however; from the very little experience I do have with wards, you'll either need them tattoo'd onto you or sewn into your clothing. Anything else, and you'd risk loosing them when you needed them most." She pauses for a moment, "I have a few months ago taken a commission from a magic user...well or so he said; anyhow I still have a sketch of the symbols he asked me to sew into his robes." Vythmiirik doesn't sound believing, then again; stranger things have happened, from the way the strange man (or whatever he was) had spoken they sounded protective of a kind.
She turns around to a filing cabinet, "They mean nothing to me of course, but maybe mean something to you? I just thought it might help narrow your search?" Vythmiirik pulls out a copy of the sketch, the symbols are clearly arcane, but rather bizarre, the rest of the information she covers with her hand.
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Post by sasco on Dec 18, 2021 0:34:43 GMT
He shrugged as she mentioned the enchantments.
"Wouldn't hurt to take a look. In my line of work, the strangest sources often led to the biggest breakthroughs. Perhaps I'll even get ink done if the design is intriguing enough regardless of utility."
He observes the symbols, sometimes tracing various lines with his hand.
"Did this client go into details about what the pattern was for? A bit complex for clothing as far as I can tell. This project would take weeks for most seamstresses."
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Post by Vythmiirik on Dec 19, 2021 18:58:20 GMT
Vythmiirik nods at Sasco's comments, "Generally that's the best way to make sure you don't lose it, but better make sure you don't accidentally curse yourself or something" she added, Vythmiirik wasn't sure if it was actually possible; but wasn't the sort of person to risk it herself.
"Not really, he only mentioned something about warding and needing it to be strong enough to survive travel. Sorry, it's not a lot to go on" she sounds a little regretful as she tries to remember any more details. "Hmm, it would, but; I managed it in three" she sounds proud of herself for this achievement, indeed a pattern this complex should have taken over a month to do. It is a testament to her skills that she managed it not only in less time, but accurately in less time.
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Post by sasco on Dec 20, 2021 9:14:23 GMT
"Would you mind if I traced this? I might be able to alter it to suit my needs a bit better. Dragon magic has its own "language" of magical runes and I could try to incorporate it into this pattern."
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Post by Vythmiirik on Dec 20, 2021 11:36:59 GMT
Vythmiirik nods, "Sure I don't mind you tracing it; I don't know much about magic at all. So it could have been complete higgledy for all I knew" she looked down and then carefully folded the paper so the contact information she'd been given was out of sight. "There you go, do you want to use some paper and writing implements?" she had a selection from tailors chalk to pencils to good old pens (even a few biros).
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Post by sasco on Dec 21, 2021 0:39:04 GMT
"A pencil would be lovely."
He pulls out a notepad, then takes out a specially made folded paper that allows him to trace designs onto the paper through rubbing, much like a charcoal rubbing.
"This shouldn't take long. This paper is charged to take in designs even if it doesn't necessarily have texture."
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Post by Vythmiirik on Dec 21, 2021 11:44:33 GMT
"Not a problem!" Vythmiirik responded with a grin. She moved over to one of her shelving units lining the walls near her workshop area, before picking up a small basket of pencils. Having a quick search through, she eventually pulls out a suitable pencil; once satisfied, she places the basket back on the shelf and returns to the counter.
"Here, this should work, I think?" she asks as she hands the pencil over to Sasco. "This is all quite fascinating stuff" the idle comment comes as she pulls up a small stool; settling herself to watch him trace the design, curious as to how his paper works.
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Post by sasco on Dec 21, 2021 22:26:54 GMT
"Much appreciated."
He unfolds the paper and places it over the design. As he rubs the pencil over the paper she can see bits of sparks fly off as if striking flint, hinting that the paper itself is enchanted with some sort of magic. As he continued rubbing the design could clearly be seen transferring to the paper, keeping all of it's detail.
"I use this paper while digging around ruins and want to trace enchantments. A charcoal rubbing wouldn't work, of course, so this paper is essentially the same idea but the paper is charged to trace the residual magic from the rune, effectively "burning" the design into itself."
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Post by Vythmiirik on Dec 21, 2021 22:34:35 GMT
"You're welcome"
She watches aptly as the design transfers over to the paper, wondering how the sparks do not catch the paper on fire. Vythmiirik's head turns slightly, as she considers the counter-top and checking to see that no damage occurs to her shop from the magic paper.
"No a charcoal rubbing probably wouldn't work, though it does depend on the ruin I suppose, some are far dryer than others." Vythmiirik ponders out loud, "this is quite fascinating stuff. Hope it produces the image you need" she kept herself back to make sure she didn't get in the way; but clearly was quite fascinated by the whole process.
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Post by sasco on Dec 22, 2021 11:35:00 GMT
After a few minutes of rubbing Sasco lifted the paper up to the light and nodded in satisfaction.
"This will do."
When held to the light correctly, the fine detail of the lines almost pop out of the paper allowing one to study it closer.
"It does need a light behind it to show correctly. The lit tables that traditional animators use work perfectly."
He rubs the back of his head as he realizes the concerned look on her face.
"I...should have warned you about the sparks. They are just magic sparks, no heat or fire within them."
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Post by Vythmiirik on Dec 22, 2021 12:56:24 GMT
"That's quite impressive, it really appears to my eyes to be an exact duplicate" Vythmiirik's eyes study the paper intensely as Sasco holds it up, she still has no idea what it means, but it does almost look pretty in a way. "I don't have an animator's table unfortunately, but I have a torch if that would help?" it's an idle question she makes as she looks back towards the other dragonborn.
She smiles and huffs slightly, "It would have been helpful to know beforehand about the sparks, but that's that. No harm done" Vythmiirik punctuates it with a shrug, but otherwise doesn't appear too bothered; the counter-top is safe and undamaged after all.
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Post by sasco on Dec 23, 2021 10:17:44 GMT
"Torches? People still use...oh! Flashlight. Right, that will do in a pinch."
*He curses to himself under his breath. He was clearly over stumbling the most basic thing and he hated having to correct himself multiple times in front of others. Good thing he wasn't this way in front of her clan or that would be a whole different level of embarrassment.*
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Post by Vythmiirik on Dec 23, 2021 13:27:54 GMT
Vythmiirik manages to stop herself from laughing at Sasco's outburst, but does allow a small fond smile; he really was quite adorable when he got flustered. "Yes a flashlight, my mother tends to refer to it as a torch, and so I've grown up with that as the name" she explains as she turns around and looks through one of her cabinet drawers behind the counter, rifling around for a moment before grasping a slender stemmed dynamo torch. "I keep this in here in case of power cuts, it doesn't need batteries, so I don't need to worry about it wearing out on me" Vythmiirik tells Sasco as she pulls out a thin arm from the stem and winds it up; ensuring the internal capacitors store a decent enough charge. Before handing it over, she tests it quickly, "here you go, should last a good few minutes"
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Post by sasco on Dec 24, 2021 10:42:39 GMT
*He takes the light and positions it behind the paper. As the light is turned on the image appears to "pop" out of the paper like a 3D image. He contemplates to himself about the past few meetings with this Dragonborn. She has been quite helpful, far beyond the expectations of any other shopkeep. He begins to wonder whether he should let her in more on his mission. He doesn't like being a bother to other people but if she had stuck with him this far why not go further? Could be worth considering.*
"I know a few countries refer to these as torches but I didn't spend enough time in them to catch on. Anyway, let's see here: Looks the image is a combination of three primary geometries. Abjuration is the highest, of course. Followed by Illusion and...hmm, Necromancy? Interesting."
*He pauses as he looks at the various shapes before turning back to the shopkeeper.*
"Have you met others seeking this dragon graveyard besides myself?"
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Post by Vythmiirik on Dec 24, 2021 12:44:40 GMT
Vythmiirik watched quite fascinated as the picture appeared to pop off the page; this was truly beyond much of what she was used to and quite strange to boot. But, it was something that she was quite enjoying all the same.
"Hmm, my mother grew up far from here; back in the wandering days. My father is from closer afield, so he often gets quite amused when mother and I get going about our discussions" she replies amiably, letting Sasco have his moment. Composure is important, after all, even to mere weavers like herself.
"My mother had a little understanding of basic illusions, but that was from her mother. Who I sadly never met, she passed a long time ago. But mother's father may know something about it, I could write to him and ask? He travels a lot these days, but he comes through here sometimes." She pauses for a moment, the later part of what Sasco said finally registering, "Necromancy...ah...well. Yes, the only stuff from that the clan knows is with regard to the graveyard and err...the possibility of liches. Many believe that to be just a fairy tale, though" she doesn't sound quite so sure, then again it could be that such a story is used to frighten the young ones to keep them from wandering too far, and such she's not sure if it's true or more of a tall tale that's been embellished over the years.
Vythmiirik blinks, "Personally no, I'm still considered quite young so not many people ask me about it, those that do are generally treasure seekers and the like who think there's little in my skull" she carefully checks the shop window and frowns, eyeing the passers-by. "Would you like to join me and my family later for tea?" it's a pointed question and says more in the tone than she does in her words. Speaking about the graveyard out here would not be wise; her clan keeps that kind of knowledge carefully, and since she herself doesn't know...perhaps her immediate family might know more of it.
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Post by sasco on Dec 24, 2021 23:14:10 GMT
*He continues looking at the image while running his fingers down his "beard"*
"It could be coincidence but I wonder if someone else is at this graveyard already. This sounds like niche knowledge so another person pursuing it does concern me a bit."
*He cocks an eyebrow at her last question but gives a bow*
"I would be honored to join you. Your clan was quite lovely. I apologize if this is quite sappy to say, and I'm sure you know this yourself, but you certainly have quite more to offer than what those mercs saw in you."
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