---Should be back to the usual routine this week but no guarantees, you can bla late-night panic attacks this ti around for that.
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"Feel like we need a glass bottle to smash against them when they dock"
"Heh, I'm pretty sure that thing was for newly built ships leaving the harbour though Ikarus"
"Yeah but... huh, your mory is weirdly specific at tis"
And so, today's the day the first of our gold is about to be sold off, and Petra are currently watching the two dwarven ships co into port and the anticipation is actually not that exciting. It's probably down to the fact we've been juggling the other duties like constantly flying back to the mine, dealing with 'politics' and even needing to buy a storage facility really close by to these docks. There's also the issue of needing to rge it with the treasury and building a new town hall but there's always boring things to do in the background.
It's been... two weeks roughly since the first egg and unfortunately I haven't laid another since then, apparently it's a monthly thing according to Petra but still, I kinda want another soon. Is there any way to speed up fertilization or whatever it is us non fertile birds do? Hang on... it wasn't long before the first egg was laid and Petra turned this relationship not safe for work, does that speed it up? If so, that's extrely stupid but also nice to know, the breakfast a day or two after that happens will be egg related.
"Erm... Petra, do you se-... feel who I can see in the distance?"
"Yeah Ikarus, it's definitely them"
Just as the ships are docking into the only two docks of this place, I can just about see three specks off in the distance above the mountain range across the island channel. Whoever thinks jinxing sothing isn't a thing, we cannot be friends, ever.
"Really? Couldn't they have thought of any other way to arrive?"
"In their defence, it's not exactly like they can get a boat over here, unless they can swim that length in human form... or know how to even use a boat"
It should be pretty obvious why it's just and Petra doing this. As much as I like one of the other two phoenixes, both of them really aren't the sort for 'working' unless it's specifically healing related or spilling blood. I actually have no clue what they're off doing and frankly, this is our thing anyways so it doesn't matter that much really.
At the very least, the visiting three dragons have started to go much higher now instead of flying directly towards us at the shore, they are still quite the distance away and it's not exactly like anyone is going to look directly up and over there so I'm hoping they just pass by and land sowhere no one can see. I'm going to try and put that in the back of my mind for now... unless I hear screams and terror in the background.
"Drop the anchor gno!"
"Urgh, I hope it lands on your foot"
And just like that, both ships have now arrived and have stopped moving. Unlike most wooden style ships in this world, dwarven ones appear to be a little more advanced than most but still in the with the design you'd get with sothing between dieval and Victorian eras. The main differences are that tal can be seen wielded in certain parts, the cannons are highly superior to any other and this leading ship seems to have this weird looking tal device on deck. It doesn't take a genius to figure out it's used for weighing but with that odd locking crane and platform, it's like nothing I've ever laid eyes upon before. The only comparison I could make is maybe to sothing steampunk thed but it really is difficult to describe.
"Garry the gno, what brings your sorry arse over here?"
"Urgh... I've just had an entire journey of this Petra, give a five-minute break"
"Be kind to her Garry, you do basically owe her your life"
So we have Petra greeting the gno walking off the deck, him getting annoyed with the nickna and his wife telling him to be less grumpy. It's just occurred to a lot of relationships in this world follow that trend, the man always getting nagged by the woman, pretty surely nearly all of them deserve it though. Father's a cheat, Zeki's just obnoxious and Garry gets himself constantly in dumb situations despite only experiencing one of them in person. I'd say , Petra and the brown haired boring two are the most normal... I'm actually missing Nathan and Charlotte now.
"Seriously though, what brings you over here?"
"Well that's... erm...-"
Before the gno can answer Petra, the captain of the ship barges past him to speak with and Petra. It's of course a little rude but they are dwarfs after all.
"You'll never guess who's pissed off the Jarl and gotten himself banished for the next ten years?"
Petra can't help but facepalm and sigh from the dwarf's dumbness. That's actually the first ti I've seen her do that trademark facepalm in quite the while now, I guess Zeki is normally the cause of it even I have caused it once or twice.
"*Sigh*... what did you do this ti?"
"I erm... it was nothing really"
"My gno tried to convince the young Jarl Denver to buy a large stock of tonics. It went well at first until he realized most of the bottles were basically more water than tonic"
"Now you're even calling that wife? This is why I don't wear hats anymore"
"Don't try and change the subject husband, why did you try and cheat him like that? You know trying to trick the boy would be impossible"
"I didn't! There was a very small marking saying that so bottles may contain more water than others... it's not my fault he didn't have a microscope on hand to actually see it!"
Even I can't help but facepalm now, there's a reason why he keeps pissing people off. Despite those two dwarfs being at fault I had to kill protecting his store, it's obvious he must've have tried sothing with them to get to that point. His business sense does seem based around pissing people off.
"That still doesn't explain why you're here old friend, you looking for protection from the new jarl?"
"Nothing of the sorts Petra, it's just a small banishnt really. The thing is, I'll never forget I'm a blacksmith at heart and knowing you two are in the market for blacksmiths, I co offering my services in exchange for a vast pay of golden coins"
"He'll work for peanuts really"
"Damn it wife! Quiet, alright?"
Listening to those married dwarfs brings a small smile to my face but I really should be focusing on sothing else. If this guy is actually willing to stay here and work for us, then there's no chance we can turn this down. Even by dwarven standards, Garry the gno is legendary despite having his quirks. As long as he doesn't handle the business and money side of things, then we'll be set.
There is soone getting a little impatient with our reunion though, can't say I bla the captain for wanting things to be done quick even if the reason is a little crude.
"I'm all for this old relic getting a new job but can we speed things up? Start packing on the gold, we'll give it a final check and then paynt can be made... no offense but I'd rather leave these parts as quick as possible knowing that those devil eared elves also live on this island... the sea already provides enough sickness as it is"
Ah, turns out the captain despises elves, it's a good thing Garry and his wife are alright with them otherwise we could be getting racist moaning everyday. There's only a handful of them on this island though but one elf is too many for most dwarfs... despite being completely hypocritical about trading with them.
(Ikarus) "Sure sure, it shouldn't take that long..."
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Now that the business deal has concluded, we have chests and boxes full of silver coins needing to be dragged into the warehouse we bought on the sea front. Both the new residents of the town are helping us drag them over, I could just do the trip a few tis filling my storage up every ti but they offered to help do this after all.
We're going to have to hire guards as well soon for this building but that's another problem for later, there is so logic in leaving sothing not noticeably protected though. What I an by that is if we hire a load of guards, then obviously it will look like we have sothing to steal but I'm not that careless. I might just hire a bunch of people to sit inside and the second a thief breaks in, they're screwed. I'm not forgetting about Petra's magical barrier but that actually uses up continuous magicka while in use so it's not sothing that can remain for days unfortunately.
While we're doing this, it seems Petra has sothing to say about the contents of the chests though.
"You know Ikarus, it might be best to set up a different deal with the empire to exchange a lot of this currency"
"Why's that Petra?"
"Just the imbalance really. If we're only bringing mostly silver coins in from exchanging the gold, there could be problems down the line when smaller currencies aren't being brought in as well. Unsure what it's actually called but slightly rember a problem like that in the dwarven kingdom"
(Garry) "Petra does have a slight point really; it wouldn't surprise if that child Jarl 'forgot' to tell you both about that. Silver has always been sothing we have too much on"
Ah shit, that's a completely new issue, why did I not think of that? If the only currency we're bringing in is just damn silver, then the entire currency could fuck up simply because we don't have enough smaller coins. This place doesn't exactly have any banks and sure, silver is worth a lot but it still is basically a hundred normal coins.
"*Sigh*... at least we can make a trip of it I guess; it'll be nice to do so travelling again"
At least that give a good ti to recap what's apparently gone on in the capital told by Ariza and Zeki. Long story short, there was a lot more bloodshed than anticipated aning both of them had a surprising amount of work. Ariza in particular was actually helping priestess out going around the city looking for injured people from both sides and Zeki by the sounds of it beca a walking flathrower for the empire itself targeting anyone that goes against the new rulership. I'm guessing they both got paid well enough for the role but with Zeki, blood is always paynt enough.
The thing is, the riots didn't even last a week but what did last longer was the constant subtle attacks like assassination attempts on the new emperor. By the sounds of it, both phoenixes have spoken more with Desmond and Esrelda even if they didn't have much to say about it. Maybe it's shyness on Ariza's part or stubbornness on Zeki's, it sounds like they've been assisting the new leaders in quite the few ways.
It's kinda funny really, these two stay-at-hos have finally co back out to enjoy the world so to speak, it obviously turns out it wasn't that much anxiety after all. Maybe they just got so used to staying indoors that they just needed a bit of a reset or a goal. For Ariza, it's helping people. For Zeki, it's very clearly finding blood to spill or corpses to burn...
Anyways, now that the money is stored and we've given the gno the location of the grumpy blacksmith's shop, there's a more imdiate issue at hand.
"Petra, you have any idea where those three have gone?"
I'm honestly surprised they haven't just walked into town yet but since Minos is with them, I'm guessing even they know bringing him in might be a little much, it's not exactly like he can do a form change yet.
"Can feel their auras on the outskirts of the northern side of town... pretty sure they're walking in now"
Well shit, we need to move now.
"Okay, we need to get over there fast then..."
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"What in the goddamn..."
Entering the town right now are three 'humans'. The first two I've seen before, one of which is an emo looking dude who might be as old as the dinosaurs, the other has two gravitational orbits around her chest and the third is a brown-haired child holding their hands between them. When in the fuck did Minos gain a human form!?
'Hold up one sec... status'
[Na: Dermakvar | Species: Dragon | Level: 522]
[Health 30,500/30,500]
[Stamina 48,491/50,000]
[Magicka 50,000/50,000]
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[Na: Minos | Species: Dragon | Level: 65]
[Health 4,500/4,500]
[Stamina 6,235/7,250]
[Magicka 4,500/4,500]
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[Na: Kellearzar | Species: Dragon | Level: 1,000]
[Health 100,000/100,000]
[Stamina 72,727/75,000]
[Magicka 75,000/75,000]
'Huh... Minos has gone up six since last ti, his developnt is starting to slow down it seems'
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'How has he managed to do that?'
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'Don't just say that so casual like! Is father actually dying?'
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