Kiska followed Ero out of the store and into the streets of Mura. "I heard of this place, I hear they sell just about everything. It's called the Silver Dragon Emporium. apparently, they built it in the middle of a bridge," she said, sounding apalled. "You'd think that kind of thing would make people mad, building it in the middle of their bridges and all."
Kiska was having fun, for once in her life. She had never really been able to do things like this, trying on clothes, and buying them, or shopping with a potential friend. She felt very girlish, or rather, like one of the Konti women around her, always dressing themselves up and being beautiful
She led Ero through the streets of Mura, noticing as all the Konti stared at the two very different women in exquisite dresses for no apparent reason. They came to a stone bridge with a building placed in its center. The bridge itself was stunning, crafted to look like a lizard with twin heads on either end. "Wow, they sure overdid themselves with the architecture in this city."
She stepped through the light blue wooden doors of the Silver Dragon Emporium and into the white stone building. The inside was much different than she would have imagined it to be from looking at the outside. It was packed full of various things. Kiska immediately began to search through the store, picking up this and that, little things that interested her. She collected things to use in her herbalism and studies, including an iron pot, some wooden spoons, several pounds of dried herbs in small pouches, some licorice root, which she thought smelled good, a few jars of honey, a gallon of what appeared to be some sort of vinegar (which she was told by the clerk was 'apple cider vinegar, good for cooking and health'), and a sack full of fifteen 8 oz bottles. She also picked up a wire drain and a sizable bowl, two cups, and five self-lighting candles, as the clerk had called them, to make herself at home on the White Isle.
She approached the clerk with her bundle of stuff and set it down on the counter. After taking one look at her and her collection the clerk said, "An herbalist, hmm? Maybe a healer? A doctor? I have just the stuff for you, she pulled a small case from beneath the counter. It held a small knife with an ivory handle. "This is an isurian steel knife. It's good for all purposes, cutting bark from trees, bandages from wounds, anything from everything. It's durable, and it's pretty. What do you think?"
Kiska nodded, she did indeed need some sort of tool for collecting herbs, barks, and other stuff and a knife for any purpose couldn't hurt. "How much is it?"
"Two gold mizas and five silver ones, but I have more to show you," she pulled out a few more items from the counter. "A journal, decorated even, for writing down all your notes, research, or your life. A healer's kit, complete with herbs, salves, bandages, and other things you'll need for helping people. And last but not least," she pulled out a small device with a bowl on the bottom, a copper plate placed above it, held by three small rods. "This is a portable firepit, good for cooking, philtering, making herbal concoctions, just about anything you'd need a regular firepit for, only you can take it with you. You just put your wood or fire bricks here," she said, pointing at the bowl on the bottom, "light it, and place a pot or other container to be heated on top of the copper plate here."
Kiska stared in awe as the items were introduced to her, each one bringing her more delight than the last. This woman must have been some sort of seer, to know Kiska and her wants and needs so well. "I'll take them all, how much will everything be?"
The clerk counted up all of the items and added figures together in her head, "Ah, in all it comes up to...seventy gold mizas, four silver mizas, and seven copper mizas."
Kiska grimaced and pulled out her money pouch. That definitely hurt. She would need to find some source of income sooner or later. "Here you go," she said, handing it over to the clerk.
The clerk took the money and deposited it into a small pouch which went into a drawer in the counter. She put everything Kiska had just bought into a bag and handed it to her. "Thank you ma'am," come again soon. She smiled and went back to organizing things on the counter.
Kiska walked back over to Ero, bag in hand. "Are you looking for something in particular? I bet I could find it for you," she looked around at the cluttered store, surprised that she had found as much useful stuff as she had. |
