Cauldron Festival

[Ebiris]

"It's a very important one, I hope you're rooting for me," Marie says, nodding her head up and down as she parts from Antenora.

[Corwin]

Nibbling on her purchase, Seira rejoins Oraga, Marie and Antenora and offers them a taste!

[Ebiris]

"Thanks Seira," Marie helps herself to some sweet fruit since it's offered, popping an orange segment into her mouth. "Mmm, quite nice."

[Anastasia]

Antenora takes one as well and smiles, then points, "Oh, look over there!"

A looming copper dragon has set up a stall of sorts, sized to him. He's selling copper scales, some bigger than Hanna herself. "Come one!" he roars, "Come call! Fine dragon scales, all without killing a dragon!"

[Corwin]

"Just the sort of enterprise I like to support," Seira cheerfully agrees.

[Ebiris]

"That's making good use of what you're born with," Marie agrees, going over to the stall. "How's business?" she calls up at the looming wyrm.

[Anastasia]

"Oh! It's going great, thanks for asking," The copper dragon leans in, closer and closer, eye on the three of you. "So many adventurers want dragon scales for status but don't want the stigma of buying dragon scales taken from slain dragons. So there's a natural market here to take over."

[Ebiris]

"So all of these are your scales?" Marie asks, peering over the merchandise. "Do you store them up until you've got enough to be worth selling?"

[Anastasia]

"I do, and I use magic to help them keep growing after I shed them," The copper dragon says, "It's like I'm shedding money like a cat sheds hairs."

[Ebiris]

"Oh, that's really interesting!" Marie says, curiosity piqued by the spell-work used. "Do they just get bigger or do they gain strength and magical potency like they would from your own growth?"

[Anastasia]

"All of it, but I have to use my blood as the reagent. It's a tricky bit of necromancy - are you familiar with the clone spell? I can't manage it myself, but one of the primary functions of it is to regrow your body from a scrap of yourself. Essentially full body regeneration, yes? I used that principle to maintain a connection and a mystical link to them until I'm done with them growing. "

Antenora perks up a little now, "That would be difficult. There's a lot of symbolism in having the scales as fully part of you, and that could surely be abused if you've simulated it."

[Ebiris]

"Oh, that's a good point," Marie looks at Antenora before back at the dragon. "I mean already you can use scales for scrying focii, but with an active link like that it could be used to channel offensive magic too. I hope you dispelled them all before bringing them out for sale!"

[Anastasia]

"I've taken the precautions, yes," The dragon agrees, "I'm copper, not some gold too strong for common sense!"

[Ebiris]

"Well, I think we should pick up one of these for Latha, what do you think Antenora?" she asks before tapping one of the jumbo-sized scales. "How much for this one?"

[Anastasia]

"We should," Antenora says.

The dragon eyes both of you, eye taking you both in, bigger than Hanna for sure. "Three angel feathers from you and you? Do you make pixie dust or something similar?"