The morning dawns bright and clear, though there's just a slight autumnal edge to the breeze.
Eskel spends breakfast-- heavy potato scones with jam-- with a scrap of paper that may or may not have a bloodstain on it and a stub of pencil making a list of things he needs to pick up, paired with the names of merchants he remembers as being less likely to fuck him over on supply costs. There's also coffee, which Eskel is surprised to see in so small a town so far north, but it gives him hope that maybe he'll find a little to take with him.
The market isn't as large or impressive as those in a truly urban city, but Steph will still be treated to a taste of that lively chaos. Merchants are less easily intimidated by their strangeness, mellowed by the possibility of coin as they call out to try and offer Steph jewelry or simple perfumes. A few of them still call her "madame sorceress", which Eskel will let himself find funny as long as everyone stays friendly as they go along.
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Date: 2021-08-21 02:11 am (UTC)Eskel spends breakfast-- heavy potato scones with jam-- with a scrap of paper that may or may not have a bloodstain on it and a stub of pencil making a list of things he needs to pick up, paired with the names of merchants he remembers as being less likely to fuck him over on supply costs. There's also coffee, which Eskel is surprised to see in so small a town so far north, but it gives him hope that maybe he'll find a little to take with him.
The market isn't as large or impressive as those in a truly urban city, but Steph will still be treated to a taste of that lively chaos. Merchants are less easily intimidated by their strangeness, mellowed by the possibility of coin as they call out to try and offer Steph jewelry or simple perfumes. A few of them still call her "madame sorceress", which Eskel will let himself find funny as long as everyone stays friendly as they go along.