Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: wolvie@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (christopher motherway) Subject: Bazzar hopping Message-ID: Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1993 17:17:52 GMT A particularly good day of bounty-hunting the day before made it possible for Sir Lance and Blaze to take the day off. So, leaving a message with Littlefair (in case Andrea showed up while gone; they were STILL waiting to "debug" her house upon her return), they headed toward the Bazaar for Blaze to do some shopping. They had no sooner entered the Bazaar area when they met up with Brycur. "HEY, SIR LANCE! BLAZE! OVER HERE!", screamed the merchant as soon as he saw them. The couple recognized the screamer and headed toward him. When they reached him, Lance said, "Brycur! How are you, my friend?" "Good as ever. Scars from that Raoh character all healed up. Yourselves?" "Fine. We decided to look around for a few things today. In particular, clothing for myself and jewelry for Blaze." "Beloved," said Blaze, "I see a nice jeweler over there. Mind if I go look through it?" "Blaze," answered her mate, "you need not ask. Go right ahead. I want to talk a little more with Brycur, and learn how he has managed after the storm." Blaze walked away from the two men towards the jeweler. Every time the storm is mentioned, even when she is not the one it is mentioned to, she always shuttered a little. The thought that the storm was the counter-spell to reviving Lance after the fight with Raoh still haunted her. But the fear has slowly diminshed day after day; she could not be _certain_ it was the counter-spell, and that comforted her somewhat. The jeweler spotted the beautiful archmage and said, "Ahhh, yes. Come here, my child. A lovely lady such as yourself deserves something very special indeed." Blaze smiled from the compliment and said, "Thank you, sir, but I am not looking for anything 'special'. Just some simple jewelry; a ring, earrings, perhaps another amulet will do fine." The jeweler said, "Ahhh, but what is 'simple' can also be 'special', m'lady. For instance, _this_ amulet was said to be taken straight from the Glacier itself." He held up a stunning amulet, a shimmering golden crystal that seemed to almost outshine the sun. Blaze looked at the amulet in awe. There was something to that crystal, something about it that attracted her. But she was not certain whether it was magical or simply its brilliance. "From the Glaicer, you say?" she asked after a long pause. "The person who brought it to me says so. He found this crystal and asked me to examine it. It is unlike anything I had seen. I paid him handsomely for it. It has been here for quite some time now. I thought it had been washed out in the storm. (Blaze shuttered again) But the man stated he had been to the Glaicer many times, and have not seen this kind of crystal before nor again." Blaze held the amulet and said, "It _does_ seem both 'simple' and 'special', sir. Perhaps more special than either of us knows. How much do you wish for it?" The jeweler said, "It has been priced and one thousand gold pieces ever since I received it. But for you, my dear, seven hundred will do." Blaze lifted up a small leather bag she had been carrying with her. Opening it, she counted out 700 gold pieces and paid the jeweler. The jeweler wished her well as she exited. Sir Lance met her as she was leaving the jeweler's sight. The amulet Blaze was now wearing caught his eye immediately. "Such a beautiful gem...for a beautiful woman! Looking at your bag, I would say that amulet cost a fortune." Blaze nodded and then added, "But there is something to it, Lance. Something about the jewel drew me to it. I may never know what, but it _is_ a special jewel." Lance then said, "And yet...simple." Blaze could not help but laugh a little at that remark.