: "Really? Thank you."
Lian grabbed and held the stone in one hand and ruffled around in her satchel with the other. Within a moment she procured a 10 gold piece and placed it on the counter with a sharp clack.
: "For your trouble." Lian bowed as best she could given her injury and showed herself out, onto the roads and towards the inn.
"Miss you really don't need-" Aaaaaaaand she was gone. The youth sighed as he put the gold away and waited for Ekul to pick out something.
How much are those things anyway... Wait, 50 gold? No wonder no one buys 'em. ----------------
"Hey there Lian," Geoffrey purposely greeted before George could even open his mouth as Lian entered the inn. After Aneira had left the two had started a (somewhat) friendly game of trying to annoy the other the most. Geoffrey was clearly winning.
"Oh another of your mercs showed up Geo. You gonna take her up to a room and make her blush like the two from earlier?""Shut up George." Geoffrey's eyebrow twitched as he said that. Most of George's comments hadn't affected the stoic captain so he was glad to have found at least one weakness in the man.
"Oooh, are you mercenaries? Vagabonds? Adventurers? Thrill-seekers?"
Mia grumbled to herself at not being able to walk away like she wanted.
"We're mercenaries but we're taking time off for awhile after that battle." Maxwell looks to the girl, his eyes looking a bit... starry. "B-Battle you say? H-How interesting... Tell me... Are you in need of a magic user?"
"Nope! But I know some people who might want one. You can hang out with until we go meet with them.""Dragonshield, huh?"
She hesitated, considering selling it, then shook her head.
"Sorry. If it's as rare as you say... Well, I'm part of a group of mercenaries. Never know who might need it, you know? But hey, if I find anything else interesting along the way, I'd consider selling 'em to you. You lookin for anything special?"
The woman frowned a little bit when Aneira said she wouldn't sell the Dragonshield. They were some of the hardest to find because just about everyone could use and wanted one. She perked up when Aneira asked if she was looking for something.
Hmm, maybe she could do it..."Well there is this one thing I really want, a Glass Punkin, but the only one I know of belongs to that boorish snob of a man in that mansion to the north. Jokes on him though, I replaced it with something else when I visited his place the other day. Problem is I dropped as I 'left' and I can't exactly go back after that..."The woman clearly didn't care that she was telling a potential customer that she'd tried to steal what she wanted from someone.
Being somewhat preoccupied with weighing the choice between picking the somewhat cheaper Iron sword or the rather fascinating Long sword, Ekul failed to notice a fellow mercenary enter the armoury. Picking up the long sword, he tested it's weight and muttered to the shop keeper, clearly not an expert in weapons since they don't teach that in institutions.
"This feels a little weighty, and broad, seems a bit ill-suited for stabbing things. Why does it cost so much and who buys it for what purpose?"
"Oh that, it's made to combat horsemen. That's why it's designed like that, ordinary swords aren't going to pack enough "oomph" to do what that thing does. Course that makes it harder to forge and heavier. Most of 'em who buy it are headed to Toubriar, they always say something about wanting 'protection' from the tribes or something like that at least."