Eye of Fire 3

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:: Euthalia looked up at the troll, giggling silently at her attempt to flirt with Rama. She picked up a spoon of her stew and took a bite of it. She braced her self for a horrible taste and was surprised to see it was actually ok. ::

"Why don't we hit Dragon's Orb next?"

:: She said to the group. Taking another spoon of her soup. ::

It has a very cool name.
 
Finishing their meal, everyone decides that they will check out the Dragons Orb. None is more anxious than Rama, who is becoming increasingly nervous at Hannah's attention. They leave a hopefully generous tip for her and move quickly through the crowd towards the entrance. The gleam in Hannah's eyes seems to almost promise that Rama at least will be seeing much more of Hannah in the near future. (Hopefully, it won't be too much of her ;) ). Finding the shoppe, doesn't prove to be all that difficult after asking directions from a long blonde haired elf and his scruffy looking human mate.

Entering the shoppe, they find themselves greeted by a true Goblin, short and thin, with scrawny arms and legs. His shifty eyes dart back and forth overthe members ofthe party.

"Greetings strangers! Welcome to the Dragon's Orb! I am Picknose, the owner of this shoppe of wonders. Is there anything that I can help you find today?"
 
:: Euthalia finishes her stew and gets up when the others are done, she begins to walk out the door as the rest of the group does and walks down to Dragon's Orb. ::

"Hmm.. well can you tell us what you commonly sell?"

:: She asked looking at the goblin and then around his shop. She wondered why the place was called "Dragon's Orb".::
 
:: Makes his way with the others into the shop and when Euth spoke he stepped in front of her. ::

"Er...not to beat round the bush, but we are looking for the Eye of Fire, have you heard of it?"
 
"Interesting shop you have here..."

:: Highly interested by the contents of the shop, she let her gaze wander as she took in the unsual occupants of the many shelves ::

"When you've done that-

ETA: :: Her voice clashing with Toby's, she stopped, waiting to hear the answer as he spoke ::
 
:: Rama followed the group out and to the Dragon's Orb and he was kind enough to wink to Hannah before leaving. As they arrived he looked around and as Toby asked about the item they were seeking he threw him a look of alarm and sent a message to all ::

Be careful where you talk about that, if Belasco has spies around it may cause us trouble and we do not even know if the Eye of Fire is here and here is a representation of Belasco's castle where Ikaris told us it would be. Be on guard we may not be welcome after asking, we may not have use of weapons but our powers can sure give people hell. If we need a distraction Euthalia and Maia will ya'll scream or sing respectivly? Cause confusion also by taking on separate forms if needed guys and if you have that ability like me and Sati

:: He was getting ready for anything and to jumb into action ::
 
:: Euthalia nodded, to anyone who wasn't part of the group it seemed like she was nodding at nothing. But really at Rama's question. She continued to wait for Picknose to answer their questions, hoping nothing dangerous who happen to any of the group after Toby asked about the EoF, she stood still remembering that they couldn't really use their weapons. ::

Maybe Bash and Hannah would help us, since they have 'things' for Rama and Sati. . .

:: She shook the thought away hoping it wouldn't come to that. The less violence the better, or atleast thats what she thought. ::

"Um. . . yeah."

:: She said trying to go along with Toby's request, hoping Picknose wouldn't be one of Belasco's spies. . . if he had any. ::
 
Picknose clears his throat with a hacking sound then proceeds to tap the end of his long pointed nose with a finger.

"Eye of Fire, you say? Well I have heard of something called that, but I certainly don't have it in my shoppe. The last I heard of it, the Amulet was in the hands of the sorcerer Belasco. Is there anything else I can help you with? I have some wonderful things here in the shoppe and at very reasonable prices."

Picknose seems to pay closer attention to the group now.
<<The Eye of Fire! The Master warned me to keep my eyes and ears open for any who would seek the Eye! He may reward me if I can only play this right.>>

Picknose begins to rummage through the contents of a box and produces a lovely crystal pendant that he shows with a great flourish to Euthalia.

"This would look wonderful on you, its a virgin crystal and could be enchanted to hold a specific spell! No magicks have ever been cast upon it. You have my guarantee. And forthe low price of asingle silver! Where else would you be able to find such a deal?"
 
Illustra.

:: She thought smirking at his question. Euthalia looked the pendant over, considering for a moment and then she shook her head. ::

"No thank, I'm not really in the need for any accesories at this time, but it was nice of you to offer it. "

:: She said politely to the man. He looked a bit suspicious to her now. Not really one to trust so easily. She looked over at the rest of the group, wondering if they thought the same thing about the man. She turned back to him. ::

"The sorcerer Belasco? "

:: She said acting as though she'd never heard the name before. ::
 
Agreed, Rama...

:: Her violet eyes narrowed slightly as she picked up on a thought from the goblin, and she telepathically relayed the message to the rest of the group ::

All: Guys, he knows something about it... or at least where we can find someone who does. I suggest we TACTFULLY get as much out of him as we can while we're here... but remember, discretion is the best policy.

:: Sati stretched out her mental abilities, trying to discern if she could pick anything else up from the loud, prominent thoughts of the goblin, smirking slightly as he showed the silver pendant to Euthalia - it may have been a pretty trinket, but they knew someone else who had much better taste... ::
 
:: After taking a look at the shelves, her eyes shot over at Picknose as he told them he knew something about the Eye of Fire. This really got her attention... They have traveled so far and finally they met someone with knowledge about it. Soon after recieving Sati's telepathic message, she looked over at her and nodded ::

All: Right... I'll go first.

"Picknose. What do you mean if you play this right?"
 
:: Tobias thought what he had asked was a bit risky, but helpful in the long run, however he was quite surprised that Maia had made it so clear we had the ability to read minds. Especially when Sati had said that discretion was our best policy. Deciding that the cat was out of the bag he joined in with Maia ::

"Yeah and who is this master you are on about?"

:: He leans on the counter and looks Picknose in the eyes, squinting his own eyes slightly ::
 
Picknose begins looking around nervously, trying to figure out how he can turn this back around. He grabs at some of the jewelry that lies in the case, trying to rearrange them and look busy.

"I don't know what you mean! What Master? There is only Oberon, the king. He is the only Master here. I told you already that all I heard was rumours. Belasco had the thing. I don't know anything else. If you aren't going to buy anything, then leave, Get Out! You are rude and I don't want your business. You heard me, Get Out!!!!!"

<<Oh the Master is going to be mad about this! He is going to punish me for sure! He'll turn me into a human like he always is telling me he will! I don't want to be a human, they're so vile and ugly. Why didn't the Master tell me they could read minds? How was I supposed to know? Did they hear that? Oh no, it just keeps getting worse! Where is my tinfoil hat? I know its here somewhere!>>

Picknose scans the shoppe for his tinfoil hat and seeing it behind a counter, vanishes in a puff of smoke to reappear with it in his hands. He jams the tinfoil beanie on his head and keeps smoothing it against his scalp. With the tinfoil beanie on his head, the goblin relaxes as the group finds it impossible to read his thoughts.
 
that has to be some sort of a blocker. . .

"We're sorry Picknose. We didn't mean too, we were just wondering if you knew anything about the Eye of Fire."

:: Euthalia puts on an innocent face, ready to scream at any moment or become invisible. ::

"What else do you have? My friend Rama here is always looking for some magical trinkets."

:: She pushes him forward, with hopes of finding anything out about the Eye. ::
 
*She finished up her stew, walking out with the rest of the group as they came to the shoppe. She waited and watched the others as they immediately jumped in about the Eye, keeping her gaze on Picknose as he wiggled around, trying to get away from them. She looked over at Rama and smiled.*

"Think we oughta steal that beanie, or would a simple teleorb do?"

*She grinned, her nasty little tricks coming into her mind. She stood away from the rim of the shoppe and walked up towards the counter, looking at all the trinkets, resting her side against part of up before looking up at Picknose.*

"You know...if you were to say, help us in some sort of way to find this Belasco or this Eye of Fire you seem to know nothing about...I think Oberon wouldn't have to know about your little "master" misgivings around here. Now what do you think?"
 
:: Still leaning on the counter- ::

"Yeah...and your master wouldn't have to turn you into an ugly human, because we'll make sure he doesn't find out that you have helped us."

:: He smirks a little. ::
 
Picknose looks appalled as it becomes evident that they had continued to read his thoughts. With his special tinfoil hat on, he was confident that the telepathy was stopped. Looking around him, he sees a wand lying in the showcase before him and snaps it up, brandishing it like a conductor's baton then pointing it at them. With a sound like a soap bubble popping, the entire group finds themselves standing outside the shoppe. A talon like hand reaches out from behind the shop door, still holding the wand, pointing it at the group. The wand tip glows blue for a moment before fading to normal. And Picknose' thin voice can be heard:

"And Stay Out!"
 
:: Rama is getting pissed at Toby as he continually is being a bastar* and ruining all hope. As the group is thrown out he grabs ahold of Maia and drags her with him to the stall again. Kurama flicks his hand and TKs the tinfoil cap away he clears his throat while looking at Maia getting her to sing to enchant him while he worked his own bit of mind control, he sent a message to Maia ::

I'll help keep him in your thrall and not getting us out of here but enchant him to reveal all he knows to you
 
Picknose looks up in shock as Maia and Rama reenter the shoppe. He yelps as his tinfoil hat is pulled from his head and looks around in terror. He cowers back for a moment then straightens himself up.

"Okay, I will give you what you want. Just don't hurt me!"

Picknose clears his throat and opens his mouth to speak.

"THIEVES!!! HELP!!! GUARDS!!! I AM BEING ROBBED!"

Rama and Maia look around themselves as the Goblin continues to scream. Suddenly both are surrounded by several Peacekeepers and in the doorway of the shoppe stands a rail thin figure.

"Thieves in the Market? Foolish little people, Stealing is forbidden here."
 
:: Rama in enraged as Picknose calls on the guards. As they appear Rama crouches and leaps into the air and using cat-like agility lands on one of the guards head, stilletto heel down driving the diamond sharp heel into its head and then pushes off and flips over to Picknose where he grabs him in a vice like grip by the neck which is steadily getting tighter and tighter ::

"Now you little pest tell all you know or you wont know your face from your a$$!"
 
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