Failed Sale [23 Thory 4260]
Dinah is a very conscientous woman, sometimes. (Not so much when it comes to tricking her fiancé, but that's the only lie I've ever seen her engaged in.) Today, she and Aenak snuck the codelieth to Troft's spouses, which is apparently something Aenak, Chopscotch, and Bloodthistle have been doing behind Troft's back since he lost his sense of smell. What with the whole smell being important to Cani, it seems to make sense as a sort of thank-you repayment for getting himself injured like that to save Aenak. I don't mind; it wasn't Troft's fault that Bloodthistle left with most of the take. It wasn't as though he had much of a choice about taking her side. Cani.
They also went to try to sell the curious, screechy bird.
From what I was told, they did find someone who was interested in it, and amber even changed hands, but after they left the cage with their buyer and rounded the next corner, the bird started screeching so loudly it attracted the attention of the City Guard. As soon as Dinah came back into sight the stupid bird stopped screaming and clung to the bars on that side of the cage. After some confusion, and some annoyance, and some arguing, Dinah ended up returning their buyer's amber, taking the bird-or-whatever-it-was back, and giving some further amber to the City Guard as a fine for the bird creating a disturbance.
She did discover that the bird didn't really need to be caged - it'll happily perch on her shoulder or curl up in her arms - but Aenak pointed out that there may be times when she does need to get it out of her fur, so after some consideration she didn't sell it after all.
This development puts the party's shares of the spoils as such:
Troft: A vial of codelieth perfume he doesn't know about
Aenak: A metal dagger
Chopscotch: A metal dagger and an enchanted cord
Dinah: An exotic bird that kicks up a racket that could wake Merklundum Harnipsum The Dog Who Killed A Fish if she goes out of sight, and a fancy ivory cage for it, minus the money for the fine, minus the fees for the Healer to fix Chopscotch's addled head
Me: Nothing
Bloodthistle: Everything else, including my Grace of Mircannis.
I knew that Herethroy would be Doom.
They also went to try to sell the curious, screechy bird.
From what I was told, they did find someone who was interested in it, and amber even changed hands, but after they left the cage with their buyer and rounded the next corner, the bird started screeching so loudly it attracted the attention of the City Guard. As soon as Dinah came back into sight the stupid bird stopped screaming and clung to the bars on that side of the cage. After some confusion, and some annoyance, and some arguing, Dinah ended up returning their buyer's amber, taking the bird-or-whatever-it-was back, and giving some further amber to the City Guard as a fine for the bird creating a disturbance.
She did discover that the bird didn't really need to be caged - it'll happily perch on her shoulder or curl up in her arms - but Aenak pointed out that there may be times when she does need to get it out of her fur, so after some consideration she didn't sell it after all.
This development puts the party's shares of the spoils as such:
Troft: A vial of codelieth perfume he doesn't know about
Aenak: A metal dagger
Chopscotch: A metal dagger and an enchanted cord
Dinah: An exotic bird that kicks up a racket that could wake Merklundum Harnipsum The Dog Who Killed A Fish if she goes out of sight, and a fancy ivory cage for it, minus the money for the fine, minus the fees for the Healer to fix Chopscotch's addled head
Me: Nothing
Bloodthistle: Everything else, including my Grace of Mircannis.
I knew that Herethroy would be Doom.