Rainbows, inspiration and the marid (Afina and Moore)

[Ebiris]

"Not interrupting, am I?" Afina asks, fluttering over towards the two.

[Anastasia]

27 and Baleruk both turn to face the two pixies at precisely the same moment, "You are," Baleruk rumbles.

[Ebiris]

"Apologies," Afina says, unruffled by the synchronicity and deciding to just be brisk so they can get back to it all the quicker. "Just a quick question then. Supposing someone wished to purchase one of your shed scales, what sort of price would you demand?"

[Anastasia]

Baleruk whirls on Afina, coins going in all direction, "WHO?" Baleruk bellows, "WHO DARES TO DEMAND ONE OF MY PRISMATIC SCALES?"

[Ebiris]

"No one!" Afina flutters back a few paces, hands raised up placatingly. "But the Padisha of the marid is interested in my pixie dust. My prismatic pixie dust."

[Anastasia]

27 suddenly falls to the ground, landing with a solid THUMP. He shakes his head back and forth, clearing it.

Make a diplo check here, Afina. Feel free to contribute as well Moore, but make some wording at him first if you do.

[Ebiris]

[20:14] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+14 Afina is not diplomatic
[20:14] <Penuche> Ebiris invokes Penuche's magic: < 30 > [d20=16]

[Nephrite]

"Baleruk, no one is demanding anything of you. Although, unrelated to this current conversation, I wouldn't mind experimenting somewhat with my anarch powers with you." Moore says, hopefully distracting Baleruk's ire from the topic at hand.

Taking 10 on the Diplomacy for 50.

[Anastasia]

Afina gets the full glare, but something Moore says gets through to him. Baleruk sniffs the air many times, "Yes, an anarch," he says with calmness. "VERY WELL! WE WILL TAKE A FIELD TRIP TO LIMBO AFTER THIS!" Then to Afina he turns, "At least 20,000 gold. One of Tiamat's is only 10,000, and I am far superior to her."

[Nephrite]

Isn't that actually pretty cheap? Moore just shrugs and smiles.

[Ebiris]

That's all? Well to be fair there are two prismatic dragons out there, but there was only one before Baleruk showed up! Confident she's getting a good deal now Afina nods. "Thank you for your input, I'm sorry to have disturbed your meeting," she gives 27 a respectful nod before beating a swift retreat.

[Nephrite]

"I'll see you later, Baleruk." Moore says before he darts after Afina.

[Anastasia]

Add a Limbo field trip to pending stuff, Moore. Anything else here or ready to go back, you two?

[Ebiris]

"Honestly I expected far vaster sums to be considered," Afina says to Moore once they're out of the lair and flying back down to Aurora proper. "The support the marid are offering even provisionally easily outweighs that."

lets go back

[Anastasia]

You return to the others swiftly. You find them waiting, "Well?" Queen Ilsenine asks.