steepwithdead | Folkmore

Have you tried getting any, with your spoon?

[Surely they've gotten enough lore by all their talking so far, to at least get a little bit… though in truth he's not sure how expensive it would be to acquire.]

....Honestly hadn't occurred to me. [He can be honest about that.] I'm not exactly some genius, so, it'd probably be wasted on me having some.

Probably for the best, if you might be inclined to drink it.

[If anyone else lobbed that at him, he would've taken offense. With Cad, he chuckles.] First of all, rude, I wasn't even thinking about drinking it. Until now anyway.

Second of all, what do you even do with that kinda thing? Hope you can use it for magic? Like your diamonds?

[Caduceus just smiles, utterly unapologetic. Sometimes a man's gotta sass.]

I had much the same thought while talking with Draxum, actually. There is a material in my world called residuum that acts as a catalyst for magic, and can be used as a replacement for any required spell component, including diamonds. It's a potent material, incredibly rare. He said Empyrean can be used similarly. I thought they might be comparable.

[It wasn't really about Empyrean or residuum, in truth, but they'd both come up in the discussion, so. Relevant. He's not sure what Leonardo knows about Hunter's nature, so he won't bring up the galdorstone.]

Huh. [New thing to unravel, at least. Leonardo had at best been guessing, so knowing he wasn't off the mark is nice.] Well, I don't mind just buying it then. I could give it to you, and you'd get more use than I could.

I love magic, but, my magic only comes from the family. Nothing else. Unless you wanna see me do a card trick.

Hmm. I wouldn't go out of your way, it isn't that important. But if some happens to appear, the way things do sometimes in this world, I wouldn't mind seeing it.

[At the very least, he could see how it compares to residuum. Or to the galdorstone, even...]

A card trick? [He's never seen a traditional magic show.]

Well, you're important to me, and more magic wouldn't hurt for you to have. [Now he's going to just... do it. He needs to figure out how much lore he actually needs for that kind of thing.] You could honestly do anything with magic if you set your mind to it.

Okay, I really need to find a deck of playing cards. I so gotta wow you with the tricks I know.

Hah, fair enough.

[If it happens, he won't say no.]

Oh, card tricks? Jester loved messing around with cards often. Though she was mostly practicing telling fortunes, I think.

[The set she got from that Mollymauk fella, far as he's aware.]

[How to treat a man right, buy him magical components-]

Oh, she must have had tarot cards. Those I can't use, but, basic playing cards I could do a few things with. [He thinks about it for a moment, but pulls out his spoon. You can make a purchase at any time, right?

He wiggles it experimentally, and a sealed deck of playing cards appear in his pocket.]

Okay, the whole spoon thing isn't terrible. [He swaps the spoon out for playing cards.]

[A way directly to a spellcaster's heart, so to speak.]

Ah, those cards, I see. I hadn't realized you could do magic with them.

[Tricks, silly, tricks. This man never got to see the circus.]

Technically, it's magic tricks. Not magic-y magic. Still fun though. [He offers back, not about to lie to someone who can actually do magic.

He opens the deck of cards, shuffling through them.] Yeah, this is what I need. I'll have to practice again before I can wow you.

Well, there's no rush.

[He knows this world can be random and absurd and nothing is guaranteed, but yeah. He figures they'll be here for a while yet.]

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