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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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"The iron conducts heat well and evenly, and the enamel prevents it from influencing the reactants inside," he explains. "I have contemplated designs of a steel-clad copper calcinator, and I may soon commission such a piece. It would heat more evenly still, and also be lighter, I am thinking."
With a glint in his eye, he continues, now framing a proposal: "these, though, I can replace at a shop here in the Nexus--perhaps you would be interested in this set?"
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And then, ah, such an offer. She could try to play it cool but he'd never believe it. "Yes, I would be most interested. Perhaps in exchange for some of the plants you wish to study further?"
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Shade-Seeker grins. "Agreed, and happily so. Handsome gains for us both, are they not?"
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"I like to think," he replies, "that friends always are."
That said, he is going to be making serious inroads on Ravari's selection of alchemical plants. Serious inroads. There are so many new plants, and even the familiar ones seem different. This demands experimentation!
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In truth, she'd never expected to make much coin-profit on the plants. The profit of knowledge and being better able to practice her own alchemical arts is worth more to her anyway.
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When he has made a thorough investigation of Ravari's alchemical wares, and picked out the samples he's going to want, Shade-Seeker admits, "I think I have at least one of every plant I have not seen before, or that presents a different aspect than I have known. If you come across any others, I shall be very interested to obtain samples of those, as well."
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He nods thoughtfully. "The guildhall in Bruma needs rebuilding, after the attack. It is often cold, that high in the mountains." Nodding decisively, he adds, "that shall be a good project for some of the students. It may be some time, but I shall surely take your offer. Thank you."
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So she'll add a book to rebalance the scales, just a bit. "This will help you learn about the new specimens, I believe." Herbalist's Guide to Skyrim is exactly what it claims to be.
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Ravari is a good friend. Shade-Seeker would have looked at the wealth of knowledge to be gained from these samples and called the bargain fair. The addition of a book, though, is an extra treat, and he grins as she presents it. "Ah, thank you! So much the better, to prepare the ground. You think of everything."
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The Argonian's grin persists as he begins tucking his purchases carefully into one of those wonderful Tamrielic backpacks. "I believe so," he answers. Patting the pendant that hangs at his throat, he adds, "Umaril shall bear the brunt of the burden." The idea prompts him to chuckle a little at his own statement.
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Ravari reaches out from time to time to help guide a plant into the pack without the stems getting bent.
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"I thought so," Shade-Seeker agrees. "He who was a burden upon the world could hope for no better than to make amends most literally."
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Shade-Seeker grins again, taking care to collect his book as advised. "I find poetry quite relevant--to life, to magic, to history. The rhythms, the rhymes, the patterns--to learn them in the one is to better understand them in all."
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After a moment's thought, mentally checking things over, he answers, "I think I am well set by today's bargains, thank you. I shall wish you warm sands and interesting bargains, and that we may meet again soon."
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