egypt ♔ is this called living or something else

[lissatrinall]

♬ amsterdam - daughter

WHO || Lis'sa, Riddick, Phineas, Ella, Dimitri, Raegos, the Mithril Scarab, and more [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights head to Egypt to try and ascertain the location of a lost pyramid
WHERE || Cairo, Egypt
WHEN || Jan 21st, mid-day[forwarddated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

The party arrives in the bustling city of Cairo around mid-day, where it's a beautiful 70 degrees outside compared to the cold London January they came from. Along with whatever gear they brought individually for tomb raiding*, Wynn has also sent them with a chest of 2,000 gold pieces - because the woman who has promised to take them to meet Raegos (the only living man who can claim to have seen the lost tomb) plans to meet them at an antiquities auction.

Wynn has pre-arranged with the woman, who goes by the name of the Mithral Scarab, to recognize the party by the fact that they will cast several bids at the auction - and all of their opening bids will always be exactly ten gold more than the starting price. Once she has recognized them, she will find a way to show them a symbol of the Knights of the Silver Dragon discreetly to identify herself, and they are to follow her away from the crowd. Raegos' rumored paranoia concerning anyone else learning his location seems well demonstrated by the levels of security embedded in Scarab's directions.

The auction itself is a direct result of the recent elemental-driven storm that has unearthed a number of structures long buried in the desert. Some industrious tomb raiders have already taken to looting the lesser pyramids, and this underground sale promises to deliver some of the discovered goods into the hands of eager collectors. Wynn's generous supply of furnished gold was delivered to them with explicit instructions to purchase anything that they thought might be an item of actual valuable historical or magical significance, to become the property of the Knighthood.

* Don't forget to make a list of all items your character is carrying in an entry in their journal before tagging into this post! Please try to stick close to your character's maximum carrying capacity.

Comments

[sorceresslite]

[ OH IT'S JEWELRY, EVEN BETTER!!!!! ]

What'd'ya mean? What is it? I'm not really the marrying type, honestly. [ at least she still has some humor. ]

[wynn]

It's a ring that will let you control a few aspects of your appearance, as you choose, while you wear it.

[sorceresslite]

Oh, what's it called?

[wynn]

It's a Ring of Disguise Self.

[sorceresslite]

Ooh. [ she doesn't have that spell so this is fucking fascinating. practically, she likes the violent spells, intellectually, she quite likes the enchantment and illusion spells. just not enough to use them.

until now. ]

So I just concentrate on what I'd like changed? [ if you don't think she's going to try to make herself taller to no avail, ur wrong. ]

[wynn]

Yes, but once applied, you should not have to concentrate to maintain the illusion.

[sorceresslite]

[ that in mind, she concentrates very much on being regular pale and green eyed again, and taller, eyes squeezing shut as she slips the ring on. and then she cracks one eye open to peer at wynn. ]

Am I taller?

[ ella, no. ]

[wynn]

Perhaps a few inches.

[sorceresslite]

Yeah? [ both eyes flutter open and a smile touches her lips, genuine albeit small. she needs like 10000 naps. ]

Lis'sa said we could look in to what I am... now, but I don't want a lot of folks to, well, know. How's that going to work?

[wynn]

We'll keep the information limited to a select few. Lis'sa herself will likely head the research.

[sorceresslite]

[ her head dips in a slow nod. ] Okay. That sounds good.

[wynn]

Be certain that we'll make this a priority, Sir Cailte.

[sorceresslite]

I know. [ otherwise she might eat people or something! ] If you don't mind, I think I'll go try to get some sleep.

[wynn]

Of course. Good evening.

[sorceresslite]

Night, Sir. [ annnnnnnnnnnnnnnd she's off to dive into bed tbh. ]