Surraruthru and spellhoarding (Surraruthru)

[Iron Dragoon]

"Hmm.. It's a powerful ability, and I truly want it... But I'm also aware that greed may be playing a part here... What do you think, Kascha? Should I include it? I do really want to learn Spellcatching..."

[Anastasia]

Kascha's quiet, looking up, "I think it's your choice. Is the risk of failure acceptable to you?" Kascha asks.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru gets a sour look on his face. "If I knew the actual odds, then maybe. Without that, no. I'll wait and research more into it after the ritual. Maybe I'll uncover a trick or secret that will let me mimic the ability at some point. For now, though, I'll leave it out. Which means I'm off to Gold to collect his blood, then to begin the ritual. Should I do it here, or in the Cauldron?"

[Anastasia]

"I would suggest...mmm...." Kascha says, "There's merits to both."

[Iron Dragoon]

"Hmm.. The Cauldron. Perhaps being in the seat of a Dragon's divine power might provide the last little push. Let's go visit Gold. I'm fairly certain you want to be there for the ritual so you can record it, yes?"

[Anastasia]

"Of course!" Kascha smiles, "Also in case something goes wrong."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru nods and heads out to find Gold with Kascha!

[Anastasia]

Gold is found outside of Aurora, on the far side from Liber. He is in dragon form, soaking up the sun's rays. He looks to be asleep - or perhaps meditating. Hard to tell.

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru stops a respectful distance away.

"Gold. I apologize for the interruption, but I'm ready to perform the ritual. I need your blood, please."

[Anastasia]

Gold opens his eyes and nods. He offers his left claw out, "Do so."

[Iron Dragoon]

Surraruthru takes a leap and glides to land on the much, much larger dragon's hand, taking his amulet off while digging a small vial out of his haversack and trying to open a small wound on Gold's hand with his claws.

I dunno what the gold cost for a vial is? Like 1 sp or something?

[Anastasia]

It's trivial enough not to bother taking money from you for it. Aurora has plenty.

Blood flows into the vial, filling it up before a simple spell from Gold closes the wound.

The blood within is a light, fiery red that shimmers constantly. An almost metallic cast to it, rather than a dark red like you'd expect.

[Iron Dragoon]

"It seems your magic is powerful. Hm. The difference between a lesser dragon and a true dragon, I suppose. Thank you again, Gold. The next time we meet, I hope to impress you with the results of my ritual."

[Anastasia]

"May Bahamut bless your efforts," Gold says.

Next move?

[Iron Dragoon]

Gather the rest of the supplies for the ritual and head to the Cauldron. I dunno what all I need, but if you want to just assign me a value to deduct to cover it, that's fine.