“Good, good, balancing is also important - I hadn't thought of that” Gimble says. “You have a good understanding of elephants, now just one more question, why do elephants paint ...” At this point the Half-orc stands up and says “By Grumash’s missing eye, enough is enough” he turns to the party and says “I’ve been listening to the same jokes for over five years now and he”here he glares at Gimble “still thinks he’s funny.”He bows and says “Milosh Dimetriov, senior exotic animal merchant, at your service.” He gestures to the party “come let me show you the elephants we have, although I must confess our numbers are down a bit at the moment.” Gimble says “but Milosh I haven't finished testing their knowledge of elephants.” Milosh looks at Gimble somewhat pityingly and says “look at them, they are obviously all representatives of different gods, having one God cranky at you is bad enough but five different Gods, who what’s more seem to be working together, well that’s not a risk I’m prepared to take.”Gimble looks at the party and says “I hate it when you’re right!” He quickly joins Milosh as they leads the party through the door into the main warehouse. As the party enter, they see that the warehouse is about 150 feet long by 100 feet wide. Along both sides of the walls are a series of large cages each approximately 40 feet long by 40 feet wide. A gap of about 20 feet in the middle of the warehouse separates the cages on each side from each other and each cage is about 15 feet from the cage adjacent to it. The floor of the cages, as well as that of the warehouse, is lined with dressed stone. In the cages can be seen the following animals:
As the party walk past the different animals, which are unusually all very docile, Milosh says "we have the elephants out the back in an open air pen." As the party emerges into the sunshine, they see two elephants – one older female and a young male (about two thirds grown) quietly munching on the straw. Milosh says “the older one is a quiet steady female, we call her Ritibetse, she is the mother of the younger one which we call Golemogotê.”He turns to Gimble and says “do you think Golemogotê is ready to leave his mother.” Gimble thinks for a minute and says “yes.” Milosh says "so I have an elephant that is young and fit and I suspect will meet your needs - whatever they maybe? The question now is the price?"
D.O.R.K had been silent again, worrying the symbol in her forehead over the question. Even as the matter gets settled and folk are ushered along the to the pins, she continues to make the motions. And then, she catch sight of a passing (OwlBear). "What's this? What's this!?" She asks as she starts moving towards the cage. Then, she notices a shifting mass in the cage on the opposite side, and immediately covers her mouth. "What's this? There's green things squirming there!"She makes her way over to the green entanglement of greenery (Shambling Mound's) cage next, but stops short again hearing another creature scrap against the stone.
This. Happens. EVERY. Single. Time. Or it would, so long as either Torunn or one of the workers don't guide her way. It takes a combined effort to physically remove her from staring into some worm-like creature's cage (Carrion Crawler), utterly fascinated by it. If it can, she has no problems with it getting close to her touching her face and arms. Though in return, she tries to pet it.
"I believe I know this one. Good Corpse Eater. You keep the world safe from undead, but are so under appreciated." She would say, forgetting all about the elephant until reminded. Even then, she very reluctantly leaves it for the final stop. And she is utterly silently, and wholly focused on just staring at the elephants.
Torunn gives brief glances at all the different beasts, and pulls D.OR.K back every time she gets to close to a cage, lest she looses a hand and he will have to build another. Once the get to the back and see the elephant, Torunn turns to Milosh, "Firstly, do you have all the required gear for the elephant? Such as a harness? Secondly, what do you deem a fair price for Golemogotê?" As Torunn is saying this, he has a good look at the male elephant.
Milosh starts ticking things off on his fingers and then says “325 dragons all up. I will include a simple howdah that seats seven and a small cart that Golemogotê can drag after him. I will even throw in an elephant sized blanket and a week’s food.”
Torunn has a careful think, making many quick and careful glances at the elephant, inspecting it.
"I assume it is properly trained?" Torunn thinks for a few moments, does some mental calculations. "I think 260 Dragons seems more fair. Assuming it is properly trained for transport."
D.O.R.K. shudders as if shaking off some stupor and gives the whole area a quick once over before settling on the Milosh. She throws her hand up in the air and asks, "Query. May I touch Gilgamesh?"Whether the answer is a yes or a no, she still tries to get as close as she can without raising any alarms, and studies the pair closely. "Query: Will either scare easily if placed in a combat centric situation?"
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“Yes, yes! Of course it is properly trained!”He obviously does some quick calculations in his head and smacking his forehead with his palm he looks to the sky and says “Waukeen this is unfair.” He then turns to Toruun and says “I am sorry I cannot let him go for less than 310 dragons."
While Milosh and Toruun are haggling over the price, Gimble who is obviously fascinated by D.O.R.K. says “D, I may call you that – yes? Of course you may pat him but his name is Golemogotê not Gilgamesh. But you must always approach him from the side close to his eyes as” he demonstrates the right way to approach “they have very good hearing and smell but their eyesight is not strong. You also need to let him smell you like this!”as Golemogotê lifts his trunk and runs it over Gimble’s head and shoulders. Stroking the elephant’s trunk, Gimble says “we do not train our elephants as war-elephants but I don’t believe he will scare easily No!”
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Devin watches the negotiations with interest. He has no desire to take part in the actual negotiations so he spends his time watching the shopkeepers. Eventually though he gets a feeling that maybe they aren't getting the whole story.
He walks up to Gimble as he shows D the elephant.
"So what has Golemogotê actually been trained for? I'm not sure you are telling us the whole story here."
"Correct." She said without breaking eye contact on the elephant pair. She only allows her attention to break as he began his demonstration. After watch the display, she immediately pulls out a book and began penning down the Gimble's instruction along with a few added annotations. Having checked over her notes thrice, she looks back up to the elephants, and only hesitantly approaches after looking back to Maiva as if asking briefly for her approval.
She takes great care to follow Glimble's instructions to the letter. Though until Golemogote at least acknowledged her upon getting close to him, she is mindful not to move even a single finger. "Heln... o... Gole...mogen"She trails off and looks at her hands. "... That was highly irregular. I shall try again. I am Golemogote... That is incorrect. I am... Hello D.O.R.K. I am Gol..."She looks to Torunn and in a pleading voice asks and eyes glowing pink(as they have been since she got close), "Torunn. I think I am malfunctioning."
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Devin walks up to Gimble as he shows D the elephant. "So what has Golemogotê actually been trained for? I'm not sure you are telling us the whole story here."
Gimble looks across at Milosh and then says “as you know Golemogotê is young and probably not as completely trained as would normally like. Consequently he may be more unpredictable than we would like, but he is all that we have.” He then looks again at Milosh and says “laf syhi.”As he does this he quickly flicks up two fingers. Milosh replies “sab coud hama.” He then turns to Toruun and says “if you are were concerned about Golemogotê’s youth, we could sell you Ritibetse as well! As his mother she would acting as a calming influence.”He thinks for a bit and says “for 500 dragons I will sell you both elephants, as well as two saddles, two elephant blankets and two small carts." He then looks at the sky and says "Waukeen, I hope you and your friends are watching" before going onto say"as you are obviously in the service of the Gods and it would not be wise for me to haggle too much, else they may haggle when it comes my time to face them! – I will also throw in a week’s worth of food for each elephant.”
"A calming influence eh? I am not sure we are in need of an elephant that requires a calming influence. A young untrained elephant with gear and food for 325 dragons and you are willing to sell the mother, with gear, for only 175 more? Perhaps we should buy the mother with the gear and food for 175."
Jaylen, who the others could very well have even forgotten is around because of her silence, steps forward. "Gimble, right?" she asks the proprietor. She gives him a small, polite smile. "Could I speak with you over here, please?" She indicates with an incline of her head that she would like the gnome to accompany her away from the others.
"A young untrained elephant with gear and food for 325 dragons and you are willing to sell the mother, with gear, for only 175 more? Perhaps we should buy the mother with the gear and food for 175."
Milosh looks to the sky and pleads "Waukeen help me here! I thought I was doing you and your colleagues a favour but now I'm faced with neophytes who don't understand the basics of trading." He turns back to Devin and Toruun and says "I can't sell my breeding stock for that price. In fact I can't just sell Ritibetse by herself fullstop. It's either Golemogotê by himself or Golemogotê and Ritibetse as a job lot! He looks at them with a smile and says "it's really very easy you know, one elephant or two and at what price."
"Yes, what price indeed. That is the question isn't it?" Devin responds. "That's always the question that needs to be answered. So the young elephant will need some training to handle? And has received no battle training? Am I right?"
So the young elephant will need some training to handle? And has received no battle training? Am I right?"
Milosh looks at Devin and ticking them of on his fingers says "first - as Gimble already told your metallic friend we don't train our elephants for battle. Second - Golemogotê has completed his training but you may need to gently - I emphasise gently - reinforce it, until it becomes second nature!"
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Jaylen walks back to the group, a rather flustered-looking Gimble behind her. "I say we take the young one," she says with a confident air. She gives Milosh a slightly devilish grin. "I'm not too bad with animals. I think I might have the strong hand he requires." She places her hands on his wide hips and apprises the elephant. "But I think 300 is more than fair. Don't you think, Gimble?" She looks over her shoulder at the gnome and licks her teeth.
As Gimble wanders back from his conversation with Jaylan he looks at Milosh and says "let ii tyn laf ii uon lyn ti na rub." Milosh looks up in surprise and says "sarum?" Gimble replies "sarhon rylo moky hibne banasko hibne rylo!""Kolta" Milosh replies as he turns back to Devin, Toruun and D.O.R.K. and says "lets close the deal shall we?"
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Having gotten over her earlier embarrassment, D.O.R.K had by this point abandoned seeking any aid from her distracted brother in favor of waving her hands in the air in front of Golemogote's, and going going"Up. Up." Occasionally she gestures up to the elephants head, only to go back to waving her hand in the air and hop from time to time in place. "Up. Up, Golemogote the Young." If that proves not enough to get the picture, she even goes as far as to try and guide his trunk around her waist -- GENTLY. Though as soon as it becomes clear the young male did not care for the guidance, she goes back to her previous efforts.
If she caught any of the exchange between the emporium employees and the rest of her compatriots, she certainly doesn't show it.
"No, no D you don't say up or give the command kwa godimo" Gimble laughs "otherwise Golemogote may pick you up and not put you down. The correct command is khubama which means kneel, then when you are on board you say emelela which means stand-up."
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"And elephants have flat feet to balance themselves," Meiva says.
"Because otherwise they'd be too big to do so."
And that's all I have to say about that.
The Elephant is found
“Good, good, balancing is also important - I hadn't thought of that” Gimble says. “You have a good understanding of elephants, now just one more question, why do elephants paint ...” At this point the Half-orc stands up and says “By Grumash’s missing eye, enough is enough” he turns to the party and says “I’ve been listening to the same jokes for over five years now and he” here he glares at Gimble “still thinks he’s funny.” He bows and says “Milosh Dimetriov, senior exotic animal merchant, at your service.” He gestures to the party “come let me show you the elephants we have, although I must confess our numbers are down a bit at the moment.” Gimble says “but Milosh I haven't finished testing their knowledge of elephants.” Milosh looks at Gimble somewhat pityingly and says “look at them, they are obviously all representatives of different gods, having one God cranky at you is bad enough but five different Gods, who what’s more seem to be working together, well that’s not a risk I’m prepared to take.” Gimble looks at the party and says “I hate it when you’re right!” He quickly joins Milosh as they leads the party through the door into the main warehouse. As the party enter, they see that the warehouse is about 150 feet long by 100 feet wide. Along both sides of the walls are a series of large cages each approximately 40 feet long by 40 feet wide. A gap of about 20 feet in the middle of the warehouse separates the cages on each side from each other and each cage is about 15 feet from the cage adjacent to it. The floor of the cages, as well as that of the warehouse, is lined with dressed stone. In the cages can be seen the following animals:
As the party walk past the different animals, which are unusually all very docile, Milosh says "we have the elephants out the back in an open air pen." As the party emerges into the sunshine, they see two elephants – one older female and a young male (about two thirds grown) quietly munching on the straw. Milosh says “the older one is a quiet steady female, we call her Ritibetse, she is the mother of the younger one which we call Golemogotê.” He turns to Gimble and says “do you think Golemogotê is ready to leave his mother.” Gimble thinks for a minute and says “yes.” Milosh says "so I have an elephant that is young and fit and I suspect will meet your needs - whatever they maybe? The question now is the price?"
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Torunn gives brief glances at all the different beasts, and pulls D.OR.K back every time she gets to close to a cage, lest she looses a hand and he will have to build another. Once the get to the back and see the elephant, Torunn turns to Milosh, "Firstly, do you have all the required gear for the elephant? Such as a harness? Secondly, what do you deem a fair price for Golemogotê?" As Torunn is saying this, he has a good look at the male elephant.
Buying the Elephant
Milosh starts ticking things off on his fingers and then says “325 dragons all up. I will include a simple howdah that seats seven and a small cart that Golemogotê can drag after him. I will even throw in an elephant sized blanket and a week’s food.”
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Torunn has a careful think, making many quick and careful glances at the elephant, inspecting it.
"I assume it is properly trained?" Torunn thinks for a few moments, does some mental calculations. "I think 260 Dragons seems more fair. Assuming it is properly trained for transport."
D.O.R.K. shudders as if shaking off some stupor and gives the whole area a quick once over before settling on the Milosh. She throws her hand up in the air and asks, "Query. May I touch Gilgamesh?" Whether the answer is a yes or a no, she still tries to get as close as she can without raising any alarms, and studies the pair closely. "Query: Will either scare easily if placed in a combat centric situation?"
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Buying the Elephant (cont’)
“Yes, yes! Of course it is properly trained!” He obviously does some quick calculations in his head and smacking his forehead with his palm he looks to the sky and says “Waukeen this is unfair.” He then turns to Toruun and says “I am sorry I cannot let him go for less than 310 dragons."
While Milosh and Toruun are haggling over the price, Gimble who is obviously fascinated by D.O.R.K. says “D, I may call you that – yes? Of course you may pat him but his name is Golemogotê not Gilgamesh. But you must always approach him from the side close to his eyes as” he demonstrates the right way to approach “they have very good hearing and smell but their eyesight is not strong. You also need to let him smell you like this!” as Golemogotê lifts his trunk and runs it over Gimble’s head and shoulders. Stroking the elephant’s trunk, Gimble says “we do not train our elephants as war-elephants but I don’t believe he will scare easily No!”
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Devin watches the negotiations with interest. He has no desire to take part in the actual negotiations so he spends his time watching the shopkeepers. Eventually though he gets a feeling that maybe they aren't getting the whole story.
He walks up to Gimble as he shows D the elephant.
"So what has Golemogotê actually been trained for? I'm not sure you are telling us the whole story here."
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
Buying the Elephant (cont’)
Gimble looks across at Milosh and then says “as you know Golemogotê is young and probably not as completely trained as would normally like. Consequently he may be more unpredictable than we would like, but he is all that we have.” He then looks again at Milosh and says “laf syhi.” As he does this he quickly flicks up two fingers. Milosh replies “sab coud hama.” He then turns to Toruun and says “if you are were concerned about Golemogotê’s youth, we could sell you Ritibetse as well! As his mother she would acting as a calming influence.” He thinks for a bit and says “for 500 dragons I will sell you both elephants, as well as two saddles, two elephant blankets and two small carts." He then looks at the sky and says "Waukeen, I hope you and your friends are watching" before going onto say "as you are obviously in the service of the Gods and it would not be wise for me to haggle too much, else they may haggle when it comes my time to face them! – I will also throw in a week’s worth of food for each elephant.”
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DM - Four bards walk into a bar...
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"A calming influence eh? I am not sure we are in need of an elephant that requires a calming influence. A young untrained elephant with gear and food for 325 dragons and you are willing to sell the mother, with gear, for only 175 more? Perhaps we should buy the mother with the gear and food for 175."
Devin watches the reaction of the two.
Jaylen, who the others could very well have even forgotten is around because of her silence, steps forward. "Gimble, right?" she asks the proprietor. She gives him a small, polite smile. "Could I speak with you over here, please?" She indicates with an incline of her head that she would like the gnome to accompany her away from the others.
Milosh looks to the sky and pleads "Waukeen help me here! I thought I was doing you and your colleagues a favour but now I'm faced with neophytes who don't understand the basics of trading." He turns back to Devin and Toruun and says "I can't sell my breeding stock for that price. In fact I can't just sell Ritibetse by herself fullstop. It's either Golemogotê by himself or Golemogotê and Ritibetse as a job lot! He looks at them with a smile and says "it's really very easy you know, one elephant or two and at what price."
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"Yes, what price indeed. That is the question isn't it?" Devin responds. "That's always the question that needs to be answered. So the young elephant will need some training to handle? And has received no battle training? Am I right?"
Milosh looks at Devin and ticking them of on his fingers says "first - as Gimble already told your metallic friend we don't train our elephants for battle. Second - Golemogotê has completed his training but you may need to gently - I emphasise gently - reinforce it, until it becomes second nature!"
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Jaylen walks back to the group, a rather flustered-looking Gimble behind her. "I say we take the young one," she says with a confident air. She gives Milosh a slightly devilish grin. "I'm not too bad with animals. I think I might have the strong hand he requires." She places her hands on his wide hips and apprises the elephant. "But I think 300 is more than fair. Don't you think, Gimble?" She looks over her shoulder at the gnome and licks her teeth.
As Gimble wanders back from his conversation with Jaylan he looks at Milosh and says "let ii tyn laf ii uon lyn ti na rub." Milosh looks up in surprise and says "sarum?" Gimble replies "sarhon rylo moky hibne banasko hibne rylo!" "Kolta" Milosh replies as he turns back to Devin, Toruun and D.O.R.K. and says "lets close the deal shall we?"
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Having gotten over her earlier embarrassment, D.O.R.K had by this point abandoned seeking any aid from her distracted brother in favor of waving her hands in the air in front of Golemogote's, and going going "Up. Up." Occasionally she gestures up to the elephants head, only to go back to waving her hand in the air and hop from time to time in place. "Up. Up, Golemogote the Young." If that proves not enough to get the picture, she even goes as far as to try and guide his trunk around her waist -- GENTLY. Though as soon as it becomes clear the young male did not care for the guidance, she goes back to her previous efforts.
If she caught any of the exchange between the emporium employees and the rest of her compatriots, she certainly doesn't show it.
When you realize you're doing too much: Signature.
"No, no D you don't say up or give the command kwa godimo" Gimble laughs "otherwise Golemogote may pick you up and not put you down. The correct command is khubama which means kneel, then when you are on board you say emelela which means stand-up."
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DM - Four bards walk into a bar...
Cracitus Tibicen (Tibi) - Aarokocra - Rogue [Swashbuckler] / Fighter [Battlemaster]