"Yes, but they still look real," Jigano pointed out to his friend wryly. Still, it was an effective means of obtaining the poison, however macabre. Two more squirrels were captured and squeezed to good effect, and soon the summoner had a half-full bowl of the poison for his efforts.
Quanil's efforts might not have born (poisonous?) fruit, but it sounded like they had learned something from the ordeal. "More preparation," Jigano agreed firmly with a smile for his young colleague. "Magic is useful and convenient, but often just a shortcut to what you could do with the right tools and materials on hand." He hummed thoughtfully at their suggestion, but the jar was filling up and Loren was going to have extra to take back to Halo. "I don't think it's even holding on to it anymore, not purposely," he mused, eyeing Quanil's Tangleweed. "The cloth has gotten, well, tangled up in its thorns, it looks like." He smiled at them as he put the cork in the magic bottle to keep the poison fresh for study later. "But we've learned a few things, and if we come out to harvest again we'll know better next time what works and what doesn't." Playing tug of war with the 'Weeds didn't work, but convincing them to let go of something too big to drag so they'd roll away on their own seemed to - or using summoning magic, if one had it.
He stood and grinned at his friends, holding up his jar and nodding to Loren's bowl of extra poison in satisfaction. "Thank you both for your help. Hopefully we'll be able to put this to good use, and find a way to infuse it in poultices or salves to numb injured areas. I'll see what I can do on this end, and hopefully we can compare notes in a few weeks to see what we've come up with," he suggested to Loren. "Let's head back now, and let these Tangleweeds recover in case we need to come out for more later."
And with that, so ends another PQ! Thanks for making it a success!
{Finished}
Quanil's efforts might not have born (poisonous?) fruit, but it sounded like they had learned something from the ordeal. "More preparation," Jigano agreed firmly with a smile for his young colleague. "Magic is useful and convenient, but often just a shortcut to what you could do with the right tools and materials on hand." He hummed thoughtfully at their suggestion, but the jar was filling up and Loren was going to have extra to take back to Halo. "I don't think it's even holding on to it anymore, not purposely," he mused, eyeing Quanil's Tangleweed. "The cloth has gotten, well, tangled up in its thorns, it looks like." He smiled at them as he put the cork in the magic bottle to keep the poison fresh for study later. "But we've learned a few things, and if we come out to harvest again we'll know better next time what works and what doesn't." Playing tug of war with the 'Weeds didn't work, but convincing them to let go of something too big to drag so they'd roll away on their own seemed to - or using summoning magic, if one had it.
He stood and grinned at his friends, holding up his jar and nodding to Loren's bowl of extra poison in satisfaction. "Thank you both for your help. Hopefully we'll be able to put this to good use, and find a way to infuse it in poultices or salves to numb injured areas. I'll see what I can do on this end, and hopefully we can compare notes in a few weeks to see what we've come up with," he suggested to Loren. "Let's head back now, and let these Tangleweeds recover in case we need to come out for more later."
And with that, so ends another PQ! Thanks for making it a success!
{Finished}
