"Iskander, if I might tag along, I also would like to seek an alchemist and purchase more paut.

Iskander gestured the affirmative.
"Veniu."

In reply to Iskander (msg # 44):

Iskander spots some chalk graffiti that looks occult, leading into an alleyway...

Not far from there is a glassblower, and in the basement adjacent is an Aralaise apothecary...


Chye  makes his way to an armorer.

Who first?

Chye enters the shop and begins to examine the armor and weaponry.
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In reply to Chye Isuel (msg # 49):

Regular armor/weapons purchases can be done ooc

Chye aquires plated mail gauntlets, standard, and fauld, replacing the lamellar, a bit lighter and a bit stronger.

Iskander followed the graffiti and went down the allyway, he turned and entered into the apothecary. "Well, here we are..."

Chou-Zhen looks around the shop, trying to visually separate medicinal concoctions and ingredients from alchemical.

"You know, I should just get the equipment and make my own.  I wonder if the Omo would allow me the work space -- I did study some alchemy and it shouldn't be impossible to get the formula.  I've heard about shortages of ingredients, though."

"Just like there are variant spells, I'm sure there's variant formulae, it just takes research, and a budget on materials...and not blowing yourself up, or spreading vapors through the town."
Iskander removed his backpack and reached inside, producing the wrapped skull of the dodomeki.
"Bon dia."

"Looks like some nice armor you picked up, Chye. What's the plan now? Maybe Sakemoko has a plan for us already."

Chye's neck, shoulders, upper arms, and upper chest and back are now covered by a drape of mail with polished, laquered iron plates, gusseted and joined by links, into the mesh. Under this, he wears an arming garment, and leather suspenders attached to a belt, that supports an apron of chain mail, that reaches to his knees, protecting his abdomen, and groin as well as his upper legs.
His heavy reinforced leather pants with horn plates were gone, and he wore stitched, leather pants, tucked into his reinforced boots, with their laquered leather shin-plates, and upturned toes, in Sadudese fashion. His handguards were replaced by plated mail gauntlets that extended onto his forearms. Gone was the lamellar, he wore as well, making him less bulky, and more fluid in his movements, (-16 lbs) though the mail still, swished and clinked a bit as he did so.
"Osu!"
Chye grinned widely, pleased with his purchase and upgrade. The dragon belt plaque he'd recently acquired, was displayed proudly, pairing well with the dragon motif, and plume on his jingasa. With his silvered nunchaku tucked into his orange silk sash, he was beginning to look more impressive and larger than life.
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In reply to Iskander (msg # 54):

The place Looks like an apothocary... but there are other things that seem more familiar to Chou-Zen... like supplies for the black arts. A hooded figure clears his throat.
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16:28, Today: Iskander rolled 10 using 3d6 ((6,3,1)). Merchant - 15
"I have here, Senyor...the skull of a dodomeki, just slain yesterday. Let's deal, el meu amic."
Iskander unwraps the skull, and sets it on the counter, and gestured grandiloquently, as he made his pitch, seeking to peak interest.
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As Iskander makes his pitch, Chou-Zhen steps closer to one of the more occult items, seeking to identify (without touching).

Ales, likewise, also looks at the items, attempting to identify any from memory without touching them.

(OOC: 23:21, Today: Ales Konstantin rolled 10 using 3d6.  Perception 13.

23:21, Today: Ales Konstantin rolled 12 using 3d6.  Thaumatology 14.

23:20, Today: Ales Konstantin rolled 10 using 3d6.  Occultism 13.

23:19, Today: Ales Konstantin rolled 11 using 3d6.  Hazardous materials (magical) 13.  All rolls pass to identify items in shop.)

In reply to Ales Konstantin (msg # 60):

You are able to recognize a number of occult items; not merely the questionable incense and bags of graveyard dust, but a number of texts bound in peculiar leather with ominous titles, vials of blood, strings of vertebrae, wands made of bone, staves set with human teeth, and ritual implements that are specific to summoning. You are not in a typical wizard's shop, but in something other.

In reply to Iskander (msg # 58):

The shopkeeper's assistant, a beady eyed yellowish bakemono looks the skull over, and pulls a book from a shelf and starts flipping through it.
"Dodomeki, huh, don't get those too often... ah, bird's eye woman! So, did she have bird eyes? these look like normal eye holes."

"She did indeed, but they were all up and down her arms and body. Only when we wrapped her in red silk, were we able to deliver the killing blow. Feel free to further examine it, to detect any residual essence that would prove it is authentic."
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"So, Chye, shall we go find the others now or return and see if Sakemoko-sama has any work for us. I would love a bit of adventure and maybe a nice hunt to inspire my poetry. "
He wipes imaginary dust from his long coat and then rests his left hand over the hilts of his bokken and katana. He takes one last look around at the armor and then heads to the door and eventually to the streets, considering Chye follows.

Drawing close to Ales, Chou-Zhen whispers: "I do not believe this is the sort of shop where one would buy paut."

He looks more closely at the books, still not touching, but examining the spines for Elder symbols or writing.  He pays special attention to those bound in unusual looking leathers.  As he sidles along the shelf, he mutters quietly.

"Sometimes helpful things are inadvertently mixed with useless items, by those who do not understand them."

Ales leaned into Chou and whispered back, "I concur.  This stuff is more suited to the dark arts."

With that, Ales went to go pick up some armor he had ordered.

"Yoi, we go now. When we get back, we see what Omo-sama need."
Chye leaves with Tanaka.

Chou-Zhen remains, continuing to examine the shelved volumes as Iskander negotiates with the shopkeeper.

Iskander looks over his shoulder at his companions.
"Pretty interesting stuff in here, I have a feeling we may be doing some business here in the future..."

In reply to Iskander (msg # 63):

After conferring with his assistant, the shopkeeper makes an offer," How about an even $200 for it? Make it $175, and I will throw in this handy guide to summoning." he plucks one of the more slender books that looks to be bound in some kind of hide.