A little place to call her own:

Small but luxurious, the bungalow was a comfortable but quaint home.  Tanique settled into a chair, thinking about her errands.
She needed to find a hunting quarry for her father that might give him a challenge, find something to enhance her evening gown, and, perhaps, find something to entertain the visiting Chaosians.

It was time to go shopping.

Gathering up some supplies, Tanique headed for the stables, and readied her mount, Thunderstrike.  Saddling up, she headed for the plains, going up into the clouds.  Once there, she started summoning a storm cloud that would let her move into the vast kaleidoscope of Shadow

Where to ?

Tanique is looking for a large shopping complex,  hopefully one having a good sale.
Hopefully ome that has an intelligent creature good at hiding amd looking for a nice vacation,  as well as fun magical accessories, maybe something cloud like

Breaking through the clouds a city comes into sight that she feels will answer those wishes.



The place seems to be a stop over location for mages and magical beings looking for a place to rest, trade and by things. The air is charged with magic. There are entertainers some whom are performing magic acts and those involved in nonmagical endeavors. Jugglers, fire and sword swallowers, conjurers and precognitionists and palm readers.

Inns with stunning views. Hanging gardens literally hanging over the side of clouds, a zoo of semi mystical creatures as well as more mundane animals takes up the southern side of the expanse.

There are shops many seem personally owned not like the mass market shops she has seen on some worlds. The style of clothing here seems to cater to those with fanciful or magical tastes. She can easily find something to wear within the many shops that line the streets.

Armored large humanoid owl like beings seem to compose the military or police forces and she can see them on many a street corner keeping the peace.

At a small clothing shop within the city of Afiera.



"Hello, how may I help you ?"

Tanique smiled at the shopkeeper.
"I'm looking for accessories,  or some kind of covering, that will dazzle the most discerning people "

Maeve, "Can they see in color, or black and white?  I have all sorts of things even some bioluminescent garments."

She leads you to some manequins and some shelves with silk like materials and some of these dresses, scarves and hats as well as other items like gloves are incredibly beautiful.
Some are made for non humans but she steers you of course to the ones that would work for you once she knows you are the one who will be wearing the apparel.

The tall blonde nodded
"Definitely in color, so something that hits the entire visible spectrum, and perhaps more,  would be preferable "

Within a couple of hours several dresses have been modified to be a perfect fit for Lady Tanique. She finds thankfully gold is accepted here as are a few different forms of payment.
Maeve seems to do the weaving of the silks herself and is very skilled and fast at it.

Tanique tried to get silk thst would change colors, or perhaps even make a moving picture.

Maeve will collaborate then with one of the other shops to get Lady Tanique the clothes she wishes looking saddened that she cannot fully answer the demands of the customer on her own.
When it is done though She has the scintillating clothing she wished.

(Find me the clothing in pictures and send me the links)

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After a few hours with purchase in hand you head back out on to the streets of Afiera. What shall you be doing now ?

Remember you can describe to me what kind of creature you're looking for, in general sentient beings are not usually happy to be hunted.

Tanique looked for somewhere that hired mercenaries

It takes a while of asking around as this seems to be a mostly peaceful outpost. Finally she asks a rather imposing looking human mage who directs her to part of the city where there are various body guards and other men at arms that can be hired.

There are a small variety of beings here for hire including some of those owl men, human guards and a smattering of other humanoid beings. Most can be hired out in small groups.

Tanique was looking for an individual or small group that had good outdoor skills, who might be willing to play a "Most Dangerous Game" scenario with a master hunter.
She could negotiate for how potentially lethal the game was, and have healing on hand

She weeds through a few groups right away that say they are bodyguard or location guard only. Others seem hesitant at your proposal. It seems like finding someone here will not be something until she is directed to someone who doesn't work among the guard for hire though who might fit what she is looking for.

She finds herself before a large cabin near the zoo. A light smoke rises from the chimney.

She knocks on the door

The door opens and a large ape of a man? is standing there.

"Hello young lady." His eyes move to your bags, "Are you selling something?"

Tanique looked up, and up, and smiled

"Hopefully buying something, perhaps.  I'm looking for an adventurous soul who wants a challenge "

"Mmmmm ? Come in we can talk inside.  What kind of challenge? Chess I am quite good at chess."

He makes way for her to enter a rather nice looking but rustic home something almost reminding her of places her father might have save it doesn't have any mounted heads on the walls or taxidermized animals.

He walks over to a table which is sized for him so sitting at it is almost like being a little girl in comparison to an adult sized table.

There is indeed a chessboard at the table.

Tanique looked at the chess board in admiration.   The game had been popular in her father's country
 Taking a seat, she smiled.
"I was thinking more about a full contact game of 'Hide and Seek', and I'm looking for someone,  or something, that would be a challenge for my father, who fancies himself a master hunter"