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nexus_sages2016-04-01 11:31 am
varnished_truths) wrote in nexus_sages2016-04-01 11:31 am
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Nexus Spring Market Fair
Seemingly overnight, one of the grassy areas edging the Forum has been taken over by a spring market and fair. Part state fair, part craft fair, part Renaissance faire, there are attractions for all comers. Tents and booths of every size, shape, and color are lined up more or less tidily, sometimes with wide avenues between them and sometimes with paths skinny enough to crowd a single person. Goods and treats from the far-flung corners of infinity are on display. The general organization has magic and alchemical goods grouped together and slightly separated from the other tents; arts and crafts fill the area around it. Goods such as clothes and jewelry, plants, and vintage and antique items are in the back. Food is front and center, between the entrance and the rides. This is perhaps not an ideal placement.
To one side is a brightly-lit collection of rides and games familiar to anyone who's been to a state fair. A ferris wheel, flying swings, and all manner of reasons to regret that last funnel cake are blaring tinny music and sporting blinking lights. Remember: rides first, then eat. Classic games that test strength, agility, and luck offer plush prizes sure to delight anyone until the fur rubs off. There are also some animal rides near the exit.
In the back of the roughly-fenced-in area are the exhibits. There's a petting zoo with creatures mundane and more exotic, all promised to be tame; practical demonstrations of new magical and technological wonders; a juried art show; and a stage hosting a variety of performers changing on the hour.
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"Three Favors, for something exceptional?" The thin man gives a quiet "tsk," noting, "they shall need to be exceptional Favors. I will brook no quibbling, no whining, when I come to collect."
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"I've merely grown weary of mortals who renege on their bargains," he admits, by way of explanation. "Now, let me think; I know of a cloak woven of threads spun from a starless night, with which a thief stole their name from the tongues of their foes and the pages of the Book of the Dead. It grants scant enough protection from blows that land, but so terribly few ever can. Or there is the jeweled breastplate of Monika the Gregarious, who wore her beauty like armor and her armor like beauty, and grew more radiant the more beset she became. Or perhaps you would prefer the Nine Rings of Athlastan, a set of magic jewels which, taken together, protect from so many forms of harm--steel and flame, frost and storm, the clenching hand of death itself. Do any of those sound to your liking?"
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"There is also the possibility of some custom work, if you're willing to wait. I know of a mage who binds potent magic in ink. and bestows them on the willing by way of tattoo. You might name the protections and enhancements you desire, that way, although some patience would of course be needed."
"If you prefer the rings, I can make delivery tomorrow. Today, as you can see, I am bound to mind the store."
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"Of course. Take your time, think it over," the thin man assures him. "I'm often in the Nexus, and certainly not difficult to find."
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