book quest part 2: the bookening

[kartereo]

WHO: Waver; Kirk; The Medicine Seller; anyon else who'd like to join
WHAT: Part two of this
WHEN: A few days after the Crystal post
WHERE: Various points in the Gallows
NOTES: Mention of blood magic

Waver had been pleasantly surprised by the response he got to his initial question regarding where one might consider hiding missing books, and equally surprise that the contents were not as big a turn off as he had anticipated. Far more important than either one of those things though was that there were several people willing and ready to help explore the highs and lows of the Gallows itself.

A. The Old Templar Tower
Towers had come up time and again, and the idea of going and mucking around in all of them seemed to be an exhausting task. It had to be done though, and there were a number of old chests found in the tower itself.

It was a total crapshoot if any of the old, rotting chests would have anything. Moreover, how easy they were to break would define the whole experience. Looking at the chests, doubting their contents, Waver sighed.

"Did anyone think to bring a hammer or something?"

B. Exploring
There were books. Lots of them. But not all, and to that end Waver had been unhappy with what were otherwise stellar results. The only clue as to where the others might be had been in a little note found on a far older inventory list in handwriting that he didn't recognize.

On the note had been speculation that some of the mages had hidden a number of books, but the question of where was yet to be determined. Waver was quick to pass the note around, and hope that someone might have an idea of where to go.


C. Wildcard
Mix and match, and tag around. Part D/finding the books will be posted later on after some of A and B have been done.

Comments

[kartereo]

"Mmm, although I think he wants to stay dockside. That man and the ocean." Waver shook his head, fond and endeared. Nothing about Iskandar's desire for real estate there surprised him. "And that man doesn't fit anywhere. He tried to find trousers in Japan, and that was an adventure."

Waver's confident that Kirk can fill in the usual everything's more compact in Japan thing. There's more stones to touch and--

--one moved!

"Over here!"

[universal_charm]

"Oh, that story I have to hear," Kirk laughed, trying to imagine it. Iskandar was huge by any measure of normal men, so he could only imagine the difficulties considering the average stature of a Japanese man...

He jerked up when Waver called out, turning and hurrying over, shifting to crouch down beside him.

"Careful now," he cautioned. "I don't think there would be any traps here since the trunk was clear, but let's not risk it if we can help it."

[kartereo]

"Hang on. Has he ever elaborated on how he and I met?"

Waver had actually never asked that of anyone. Not that he was keen to re-hash all matter of Grail War related nonsense, but he didn't know what Iskandar had and had not shared. Everyone just went with the two knowing each other from home.

"I'm going to move to one side then, if you wouldn't mind doing the same on the other."

Which Waver did promptly, bracing his side against the wall.

[universal_charm]

"No, not particularly," he admitted. Which he supposed was something he should have asked by now, but it had just never come up. Usually, he had to admit, because he started fooling around with Iskandar. "I know he's not entirely human, though."

He shifted his weight just as Waver did, looking to the magician and nodding to show he was ready.

[kartereo]

"Spirit, technically. If he hasn't told you and you're curious, I will share, but I'd prefer it be over a drink." Not because meeting Iskandar wasn't the best moment of Waver's life - it was. But the Grail War had too much other fucked up nonsense in it that drinks were needed. Caster's murder spree sprang to mind.

With that nod, Waver tugged the rock out from it's spot with slow, careful movements. Nothing too fast. Nothing too slow. And--

Volia. Two more, and a crumbled up list.

"It isn't a jackpot, but it isn't anything to scoff at either."