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Post by Dante (Mephis Ferideh) on Jun 27, 2023 20:31:34 GMT -5
The clouds above Mephis seemed like they could start pouring any minute now, yet he trudged his way through the muddy trail he had been following ever since he had arrived in the Marsh Flats. The only sounds he heard were the squelching of his boots underneath him and the occasional splash of water, which he paid no mind to. Then Mephis' ears perked up as he heard a sound that he hasn't heard since he left Moonglade, voices. He fixed his glasses as he looked up to see that he had made his way to Lilicors Village, he straightened up as his feet had contact with a wooden platform. Finally glad to get his feet out of the mud he kicked them in the area off of the platform, sending some of the chunks that were stuck to his boot flying over and splashing into the water.
With a straightened posture and his hands behind his back he makes his way further into the village the flowy part of his outfit trailing behind him. His quickly eyes glancing to anyone near him to see if they could be an easy target for pickpocketing. Although he noticed that a lot of the people he glanced to seemed to glance right back to him with stern expressions, for once he felt a little out of his element thus he decided it is probably best for him that he kept his hands to himself as to not feel the wrath of anyone that would find that their belongings had suddenly disappeared. However a sign had caught his attention 'Flooded Hearts Apothecary' was carved into a hanging Wooden sign, and hung just below that another sign reading 'Testers Wanted, Will Pay'.
The promise of money called to Mephis as he walked through the door, a small bell chime rung as Mephis crossed the threshold. The shelves were littered with different components for potions and a waves of smells overwhelmed him at first causing him to cough a little bit. After getting himself collected he noticed another shelf with completed potions, he drifts his way over and inspects the price, seeing that they are wayyyyy out of his budget "bloody hell, how can anyone afford these" He mutterd to himself. He sighed as he started to pocket the potion and make a run for it before he glanced over to see an intimidating looking dragonborn adjacent to him, inspecting the other shelves. He quickly put the potion back on the shelf before drifting over to the sales counter, side eyeing the dragonborn on his way. He seeing no one there he then leaned against the counter and cleared his throat, "Excuse me! I'd like to ask about the sign out front, the testers wanted one he asked towards the back area that was covered with a cloth.
The sound of shuffling was then followed by a hand popping out from the cloth, "Ah Perfect, one moment please" said the owner, As Mephis waited at the counter he couldn't help but want to keep an eye on the dragonborn that was also present.
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Post by klocik on Jun 27, 2023 21:03:13 GMT -5
"Da fook? How can anyone afford these?" The white scaled dragonborn spoke to himself in what would be an equivalent of a Scottish accent, probably speaking a little too out loud, but not giving a damn as he put the potion back. He then heard the light blue felblood ask about the sign out front and then nodded towards the Owner. "If you are able to hire one more, count me in as well. Besides, I haven't had anything to drink since early morning and I would assume a potion comes close to keeping one hydrated." He mentioned with a shrug as the owner nodded in compliance with him as the owner went to the back to fetch the potions for the two.
As the owner went to the back, the 6'3 Draconyth, handsome for his kind, stretched and tilted his neck until it cracked before lifting his head back up as he adjusted one of the buckles of his leather black/brown/and blue leather garb as he had a bow and quiver of arrows resting on his back. He then chimed in to try to break the awkward silence. "You know, you would think they would come down on the price of health potions. After all, can't earn money in the future if the party dies due to a potion shortage, am I right?" He asked with a slight shrug as he nodded his head towards Mephis. "Those are some colorful clothes for this area, from the lack of mud, I can assume you must not be from around here." He mentioned with a smirk as he rose a hand up in greeting. "Name's Klocik, how's it going?"
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Post by Dante (Mephis Ferideh) on Jun 27, 2023 21:54:27 GMT -5
"yes of course, more testers mean more results" Replied the owner excitedly as the sound of glass containers comes clinking from the back. Hearing Klocik's voice made Mephis' head instinctively turn towards him, getting a good look at the dragonborn standing much taller than him. He unintentionally glares coldly at him, as he seemed to be sizing him up. Although as he broke the awkward silence between the two his gaze softened by small bit, and he then let out a small laugh "well I could swipe some while the shop keeper isn't looking, it would be easy ... I'm kidding I would never do that. Though I'm not really in the market for health potions as I am no adventurer currently, Just a traveler with abhorrent luck" He joked back towards him. He then glanced down towards his outfit adjusting his collar , he quickly dusted it off before glancing back up to Klocik, as he leaned back against the counter.
"Your assumption would be correct, I am no resident of the Marsh Flats. I am originally from Moonglade though I had to leave for personal reasons. But my name is Dante" he said followed by a quick but showy bow which flops his hair forward as well. As he raised back up he flipped his long white braid back over his shoulder and shrugged as he sighed "I would say better now that I am in an actual town, not dealing with as many mosquitoes, and not ankle deep in mud but it is still the Marsh Flats. anyways yourself?" gesturing towards the dragonborn.
Although before Klocik could respond the cloth separating the two rooms suddenly flew open as an older orish genlteman stepped through carrying a box of vials of various different colors, scents, and viscosity. He plopped the box down on the sales counter with a warm smile. "I'm gonna be entirely honest I have no idea what most of these even do, but I guess that was obvious by the sign, you don't have to test all of them, just a couple and you can tap out whenever" said the owner with his hands on his hips, he then glanced between the two present in the shop. "So who wants to go first and brave the unknown?"
Mephis without a second thought, quickly pointed towards klocik out of a sense of self preservation "he does actually" he replied still leaning against the counter.
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Post by klocik on Jul 2, 2023 7:16:44 GMT -5
Klocik noted the original cold glare at him, and briefly turned his head as if to look back behind him, wondering if someone behind him pissed the felblood off, but then turned back around as Mephis laughed and responded. He took a deep breath as if he was about to give a long winded story about himself to Mephis as the felblood asked about himself, but then he was interrupted by the shopkeep as he turned his attention to that and glanced down to the colorful assortment of potions. He then couldn't help but to chuckle at how quick Mephis volunteered him to go first as he looked over his way.
"Wow, it's like that aye?" He teased as he then looked back down at the box. "Very well then, I mean, what's the worst that can happen, it's not like one of these can instantly kill you, right?" He asked with a laugh but then noticed the shopkeeper remained silent and a little uneasy to answer as Klocik immediately looked back down at the potions and muttered. "Oh fook me..." with a slight sense of dread in a comedic sudden change of emotions before taking a deep breath "Alright then." He then spoke back up. "Don't want any of the ones that looks like it might be piss...here we go." He mentioned as he picked up a potion that was mainly white in color, but had blue flakes shimmering within it.
He then held the potion up towards Dante with a smirk. "To getting paid in the name of...what, alchemy I suppose?" He then shrugged and brought the drink to his mouth and downed it in one gulp and set the now clear vial down. "Hmmmm, not bad, like a berry taste with a hint of lemon." The shopkeep then asked if he felt any different before Klocik shrugged. "I can't say I do...I feel about the same as before if not a ACHOOO!" Klocik suddenly sneezed and when he did erupting from his mouth was pure cold as frost erupted from his mouth that lowered the temperature around them briefly in the process. Down towards the ground, where Klocik's frost breath touched, there suddenly was an immediate patch of ice that covered the ground as he looked on in surprise and rubbed his nose as he then pointed towards the ground. "I um...can't normally do that...so...a frost breath potion I guess?"
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Post by Dante (Mephis Ferideh) on Jul 3, 2023 13:05:06 GMT -5
"Yes it is like that" Teased back. Then a sense of dread washed over Mephis as the shopkeep neither confirmed nor denied the mortality of any of the potions. Yet the idea of getting paid dragged him onwards as he inspected the vials in the box "yeah let's avoid the piss-colored ones". He ultimately picked up a vial that has an almost gaseous blue liquid with white vapor swirling around the inside, but he dared not to drink his yet opting to watch Klocik down his first. He raised his vial in response "To getting paid in general" he held the potion close to his chest as he watched waiting for his potion to take affect.
"Hm, it would appear that one is dud ... Bloody Hell!" Exclaimed Mephis as the cold burst came rushing out, causing him to jump back in surprise. He then squatted down, drawing his dagger in the process, he tapped the flat part against the new patch of ice on the ground "It is real ice, so definitely a frost breath potion". he then stood back up and sighed, dreading the affects his potion would have. "Well, guess it's my turn" he took a deep breath, then uncorked the vial letting a little bit of the white vapor escape, he then put the potion to his lips and threw his head back. For him it took two gulps to down his potion and his face puckered as the taste hits him "Oh bloody hell that's bittah" his accent coming in very strong for a second.
The shopkeep then asked the same question to Mephis "Other than the taste nothing yet-" his sentence gets cut short as he starts to slowly rise towards the ceiling. Not noticing it at first he was unable to grab anything to keep him on the ground, as he continues to rise he only says "floating potion." The flowy parts of his outfit and his braid seemed to be affected by the potion as well, making the fellblood look angelic as he ascended. He stopped rising as he made contact with the ceiling and he crossed his arms "any help? my tall acquaintance." Although before he could get assisted the affects wear off and he came crash to the ground with a hard thud. "ow" he laid there for a second before helping himself up, then dusted off his outfit and let out a sigh to reset himself "definitely a floating potion" he felt his horns to make sure that they didn't get chipped.
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Post by klocik on Jul 4, 2023 6:47:26 GMT -5
Klocik chuckled at his tease and held his empty vial up. "Aye, to getting paid." He replied back to his toast as he then set his vial down and crossed his arms, watching and chuckling slightly as Dante took a sip and was hit with bitterness while also noticing Dante now having a strong accent momentarily "It's good to know not all of these will taste pleasant, it reminds me of this one time where I had these flavored beans to try out and when they were good they were good, but, oof, if you had the wrong mystery flavor, you would have that nasty taste in your mouth for an entire evening." He then observed Dante start to float and raised one side of his forehead up a little as if raising an eyebrow if he had one, not wanting to draw conclusions, but then Dante confirmed it was indeed a floating potion.
He then noticed Dante continued to float all the way up to the ceiling and ask for help. "Oh, right, let me just get around the patch of ice. In the meantime, try belching or passing gas? That was a gaseous looking vial you had, maybe releasing some of that would help?" He mentioned as he started to travel around the aisle to head towards him, but then heard a thud as he rounded the corner on the other side to see Dante start to get up and recover by the time he offered his hand out to help him up. "Ooof, you alright lad? I missed the fall, but I'll give you some style points for the landing with that neat robe you're wearing."
He then looked to the shopkeep, "So was that it then?" to which the shopkeep insisted they needed to test out one more. As Klocik rubbed his chin and walked over to look at the vials again. He then held up a glowing purple vial and smirked. "To misadventures!" He then downed it in one gulp and coughed a little. "Pantheon's ass, that was a nasty one. The smell is pleasant though." He mentioned as cupped a hand in front of his mouth and let out a huff of air and then sniffed. He then looked towards the shopkeep and Dante and shrugged.
But then all of a sudden he started to sway side from side, uncharacteristically dancing as he sang out with a soothing voice, one that didn't have his accent and sounded completely different. o/Start spreading the news!o/ He then hooked an arm around Dante's shoulder and held a hand up in front of him as if to suggest he looks at the bigger picture. o/We're questing tooddddaaaaayyyy!o/ He then moved away from Dante as he pulled his longbow off of his back and held it like a dancing cane. o/I want to be a part of it! Drink up! Drink up!o/ to which he then hopped up onto the sales counter and began to tap dance as he continued to sing. once the potion wore off he immediately hopped down, putting his bow behind his back once more as he cleared his throat as he had a blue tint to his cheeks from a blush and crossed his arms. "Um...performance potion?"
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Post by Dante (Mephis Ferideh) on Jul 6, 2023 18:56:58 GMT -5
"I am fine, I have taken harder falls before" he took Klocik's hand and once Mephis was up he leaned against the counter again, crossing his arms. He watched the interaction between the shopkeep and Klocik, occasionally he glanced back down to the box to see if any other ones that grabbed his attention. As the two spoke he snatched a vial with a transparent pink liquid in it, he swirled it only to see it wasn't liquid it was more like a gelatin-like substance. His head shot up when he heard Klocik and raised his vial in response to his toast. He chuckled as he swiped the dragonborn's empty vial from his hand, he then brought it up to his nose and curiously took a sniff "hm, it smells like wine with a hint of rosemary". Before he could set the down the vial his attention quickly shot to Klocik as he started to belt out his tune.
Before he could process what was happening, he felt an arm wrapped around his shoulder and in response he tensed up and tried to escape. However he couldn't wiggle his way out of the strong grasp and just decided to go along with it and Mephis' gaze followed his other hand as if to pretend to envision the bigger picture. He then did a quick twirl as Klocik danced away from him, and he with crossed arms he watched the rest of his performance as he tapped his foot to the tempo of his song. Once he saw the blush he gently clapped his hands "Bravo, what an outstanding performance, my scaly acquaintance" he then raised his potion "To ... both of us being blue?" he said with a shrug as he seemed to struggle to come with another toast. He then uncorked the vial and put it up lips, this time having to chew the substance a little bit before actually swallowing it "hm, tastes like strawberries" he nodded his head at the pleasant taste.
A second went by and then without warning Mephis' scrawny frame begins to enlarge as he starts to become extremely muscular. Luckily with his outfit being so flowy it doesn't rip as he seemed to have grown around 20 pounds of muscle in an instant. The sudden change took him by surprise but he gains a look of slight amazement as he started to pose like a body builder "would you look at that, I look like some of my brothers" his softer voice in contrast to his now masculine frame made for a interesting sight. To test to see if his strength was real he went to pick up one of the nearby shelfs and with relative ease he was able to get it above his head. He set down the shelf with a loud thud and a wry grin paints his expression as he puts his arm on the sales counter in an arm wrestling motion. "would you like to have a go big man?" he said inviting him to a challenge, not really know the duration of the potion hoping it won't run out during the arm wrestle if he accepts.
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Post by klocik on Jul 8, 2023 9:53:58 GMT -5
He looked at Mephis a little awkwardly on the toast at first, but then realized he did have blue war paint on his face and then nodded and thumped his own chest in a salute since he was no longer holding a vial. He then chuckled a little seeing Memphis have to chew the contents of that vial. "Ooof, hope the texture isn't bad." He mentioned as he then observed him tasting what, to Memphis, was like strawberries. "Interesting."
He then noticed the slight physical change as his jaws opened up a little in disbelief in seeing what he was seeing with his own eyes. "Bloody hell? Is that bull's strength? Not going to lie, I can't picture a strength enhancing potion tasting like strawberries." He then observed him pick up the shelf and set it down." He was then challenged by Memphis to an arm wrestling contest as he grinned and rotated one of his shoulders. "Who would I be to turn down a challenge?" He asked as he paced back and forth slightly, psyching himself up. He was more of a ranger, but that's not to say he didn't have some strength behind him. In fact he shocked quite a few people by winning an arm wrestling challenge against a bigger barbarian opponent at one time, though weather the barbarian was distracted by his female knight companion was in question.
He pointed towards the sale counter as he looked to the shopkeeper. "Mind if I go on this side?" To which the shopkeeper shrugged and allowed it as Klocik walked over and smiled at Memphis as he lowered himself and clasped his hand to the buff Memphis in a manner similar of the meme in which Arnold Schwarzenegger and Carl Weathers clasped hands in Predator and suddenly the planet exploded, though thankfully the last part doesn't happen here. As the shopkeeper held there hands together and released to signal that it was time to begin.
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Post by Dante (Mephis Ferideh) on Jul 10, 2023 18:25:05 GMT -5
Right when the shopkeep released their hands Mephis strained as hard as he could to try and get Klocik's hand to make contact with the counter. Both of their hands stay in the middle as both of them are pushing with all their strength against each other, but with the advantage of the potion Mephis is able to push a little bit harder. A couple of minutes go by as the two seemed to be in a stalemate, theirs arms shaking from the strain. But with great effort Mephis slowly started to get Klocik's hand closer to the counter, feeling confident in his ability to secure a victory he ignores the tension building in his arm and continues to push. He grinned as he continued to push his arm further down and as he gets so close to getting it fully down, his body started to let out steam. Then a squeal like a deflating balloon came from him as his muscle mass starts to reduce. The potion affects fully wear off and then in the blink of an eye all the momentum Mephis had switches and Klocik is easily able to pull his arm to the other side. Making Klocik the winner of this competition as Mephis is almost knocked off balance from the sudden lose of strength. He chuckled to himself as he rubbed his wrist "Ah, I was so close" he then held out his hand for a hand shake "you possess an abundance of strength, imagine what would have happened if you took that potion instead of scrawny me." His attention then shifted to the shopkeep, and like clockwork leaned up against the counter again. "so both of us tested your potions, I think it is time for a little bit of pay." he said checking his nails then looking back up to him with a smirk. The shopkeep nodded then retreated back behind the cloth to go into the back room, leaving just Klocik and Mephis. The fellblood then got an itch that he had been suppressing since he's been in the village, as he sided eyed the box with potions while having his tail sift through it hoping to steal something while the shopkeep isn't around. He also tried to be quick as to not get caught by Klocik either.
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Post by klocik on Jul 11, 2023 6:45:19 GMT -5
"Phew, that was close, good thing time ran out or you would have had me for sure." He mentioned as he rotated his shoulder and shook his arm from the soreness of putting his strength to the test. As he then shook Mephis hand and swung his other hand up to pat his upper arm, he then chuckled about the idea of him having taking the potion. "If I used that out in the field, I would probably be breaking a lot of bowstrings." He then perked up a little at Memphis reminding the shopkeeper about their payment as they have successfully completed their task for the day.
"So, now that you have arrived to this village and got paid, what's next on your journey?" He asked out of curiosity as his eyes shifted over towards Memphis direction and glanced down at the box and noticed that it no longer had a even amount of potions in the box. He grinned as he didn't care, but looked over towards Memphis once more. He then teased Memphis about something he said earlier as he spoke with a whisper. "Never swipe while the shopkeeper isn't looking aye? Do you really want to risk experimenting with a random potion outside of here?"
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Post by Dante (Mephis Ferideh) on Jul 11, 2023 20:13:03 GMT -5
"well since I have been walking through ankle deep mud for the past couple days, I think I will stay here for tonight and hopefully catch up on some sleep. Other than tonight I am not entirely sure, I am just trying to get as far away from Moonglade as possible" he kept his attention on Klocik while his tail wrapped around a vial and then swiftly slipped it into his hand. Having heard that he got caught by him but seeing that he doesn't really care Mephis held his hands up in joking defeat. With his palms faced towards Klocik, he could see the vial being held there in the middle without much effort. "It seems I have been caught red ... well blue handed, seems that I will need to be a little quicker next time. And come up with a better lie as well" as he whispered that he flipped his hands to have the back of them face outwards, a split second later he flipped his palms to face forward again to reveal his hands are now empty. "I am a resourceful person, I will eventually find a use for it. If not I could just sell it somewhere. Gods know that I need the coin." Then as if fate had heard his plea for money the shopkeep emerged from behind the curtain with two small bags of coins.
"I appreciate the cooperation from you two, you provided me with ample results. So here's your pay for a job well done" said the shop keep with a smile as he placed the two leather bags onto the counter. Mephis had quickly swiped the bag the very second it made contact with the wood, and a relief washed over him as he finally had some monetary value to his name again. He then quickly tossed it into the air and with a swipe of his arm it disappears somewhere down his sleeve, giving some insight to possibly how the vial might have disappeared earlier. His gaze shifted up to Klocik "so since we are done here what is next on the docket for you? surely you would want to leave here." he asked with a smirk.
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Post by klocik on Jul 15, 2023 10:31:24 GMT -5
"To be fair, I didn't see you take it, I just seen there was one less in the box." Klocik mentioned with a grin, he then nodded in understanding about finding a use for what he took. He then turned his head towards the shopkeep and picked up his payment. "Thanks Phil, it's been fun." He mentioned, having been a resident of this location long enough to know the shopkeep on a first name basis.
He then turned to hear Memphis ask what was next for him and it even felt like Memphis was insinuating that he didn't belong at the Marsh. "I don't know, I mean, I usually hunt for the community..." His eyes had a hint of sadness as he looked down lost in thought. He had flashbacks of when he last went adventuring and the losses he endured and the failures he experienced. Though he also thought about the friendships he had and also had some fun times in the process. He then blinked away hint of sadness and looked up at Memphis with a nod of his head. "You know what, I honestly don't know what's next for me, but I honestly could use going on another adventure."
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Post by Dante (Mephis Ferideh) on Jul 15, 2023 17:39:42 GMT -5
"yes many thanks Phil" Mephis said with a small bow, Phil only gave him a side eye with a nod a little offended that he used his first name. He then turned his attention back to Klocik "any time my friend, just make sure to stop by when you can" he said as his expression softened. He then patted the dragonborn's arm before retreating back behind the curtain to tend to the inventory.
After Mephis heard his initial response his eyebrows knitted together in mix of curiosity and concern "Hm, to have a community that must be nice..." his statement trails off as he takes notice of the shift in demeanor of Klocik, he pushed up his glasses and tried to find something to say but he kept drawing blanks on how to help him. Then a thought in the back of his head developed, a warning from his own subconscious he's a stranger, his problems are not yours. focus on yourself or you might end up in their hands again. The thought echoed in his head until he heard Klocik speak up again, "looks like we are both unsure of where to go next. look if you have established yourself a spot here then there's no need to leave, it is not like you have people after you or anything. I was just saying that I personally would not live here, but the mud and mosquitoes would be tolerable for a night." as he spoke his expression shifted to a more colder and distant one until he stopped to think for a second and it lightened again "wait do you want to leave here? also since you are a resident where should I stay for tonight" he asked with a smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes.
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