"If it pleases," said the Medicine Seller, his tone one big shrug. He had no name to give and if his title were inconvenient then he wasn't about to object. If Thranduil was using it to insult him, then he was sure he'd been called worse in the past.
He tucked the moss away in the bottom drawer of his pack for later inspection, and opened next the middle drawer. What came out wasn't some toolset for unholy blood rites and human sacrifices or snipping off proffered fingers.
It was a set of scales. They were small, delicate looking things, and shaped like white birds taking wing. Their frames were lined with gold, and inlaid with precious gems. They lifted up from the drawer to perch on the Medicine Seller's extended finger as if it were an actual bird. Beleth may recognize the set of one of many that had been all over the floor when she saved him from the flying vase.
"There are already demons here," he explained as a pair of gold bells dropped from the scales' trays. He twitched his finger upward, and the scales lifted into the air, hovered a moment, and then drifted serenely down to rest in Thranduil's hand. They even dipped a little bow before righting themselves. Another pair emerged from the drawer, and he sent them to Beleth.
"These weigh the position and distance of such beings."
He paused, recalling the scales were not always perfectly reliable.
"...Usually."
A third pair emerged, which he set on on his shoulder, and then he rummaged through the top compartment of the medicine box. The rattling grew louder, more insistent, and then there was a click of a box opening and the noise quieted. He tucked a short sword into his sash. Its sheath and handle were red, and like the scales was inlaid with jewels and gold, with the same eye motif he had on his box and robe. It was certainly a pretty thing, save for the carved head of some grotesquely grinning goblin creature that served as a pommel decoration.
With this and a few other bits of paraphernalia which he tucked into the folds of his robe or some pouches he looped onto the rope that tied his sash, the Medicine Seller closed the drawers, and hefted the pack onto his shoulders.
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He tucked the moss away in the bottom drawer of his pack for later inspection, and opened next the middle drawer. What came out wasn't some toolset for unholy blood rites and human sacrifices or snipping off proffered fingers.
It was a set of scales. They were small, delicate looking things, and shaped like white birds taking wing. Their frames were lined with gold, and inlaid with precious gems. They lifted up from the drawer to perch on the Medicine Seller's extended finger as if it were an actual bird. Beleth may recognize the set of one of many that had been all over the floor when she saved him from the flying vase.
"There are already demons here," he explained as a pair of gold bells dropped from the scales' trays. He twitched his finger upward, and the scales lifted into the air, hovered a moment, and then drifted serenely down to rest in Thranduil's hand. They even dipped a little bow before righting themselves. Another pair emerged from the drawer, and he sent them to Beleth.
"These weigh the position and distance of such beings."
He paused, recalling the scales were not always perfectly reliable.
"...Usually."
A third pair emerged, which he set on on his shoulder, and then he rummaged through the top compartment of the medicine box. The rattling grew louder, more insistent, and then there was a click of a box opening and the noise quieted. He tucked a short sword into his sash. Its sheath and handle were red, and like the scales was inlaid with jewels and gold, with the same eye motif he had on his box and robe. It was certainly a pretty thing, save for the carved head of some grotesquely grinning goblin creature that served as a pommel decoration.
With this and a few other bits of paraphernalia which he tucked into the folds of his robe or some pouches he looped onto the rope that tied his sash, the Medicine Seller closed the drawers, and hefted the pack onto his shoulders.