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[wythersake]

FORM: Sending Crystal
SENDER: Isaac
RECIPIENT: You
WHAT: It’s important!!
WHEN: Nowish
WHERE: Kirkwall
NOTES: Bugs.

I need as many spider gonads as you can get your hands upon, and I will pay.

Comments

[sangsues]

Maker's breath, you can't possibly need all of them. Procuring directly from the source is unacceptable for items that others have use for. Think of other's needs whose trades you are jeopardising.

[wythersake]

That's richer than your swindled masses. Is it better that you only jeopardize the Inquisition's needs, by driving up the price seventy percent in a month's time?

[sangsues]

Where are you getting these number's from? I do have a tonic for delusions, monsieur.

private.

[champions]

Any spider gonads, or do you require a particular type?

private;

[wythersake]

The Planasene is known for its large, venomous breeds — [ and antiva for the small colourful ones. ugggggggh. ] — Ideally female, you tend to get some free that way.

permaprivate bc you know i'm both lazy and forgetful

[champions]

Of course. Do you need the rest of the animal, or just that portion?

[pocketchange]

Might have more luck if you divide the labor. Pay half to some brave people to bring you spiders, and half to some disgusting people to pull out their balls.

[wythersake]

Monsieur. There is also the uterus.

[pocketchange]

Sure, fine, that too.

[strangel]

What for?

[wythersake]

Potions don't appear from nowhere. Well — often. I don't recommend sampling those that do.

[strangel]

Potions. Medicine or witchcraft?

[somethingwild]

Do they need to be fresh spider gonads or will you accept ones slightly older and perhaps a tad withered?

[Asking the important questions, of course. Newt has collected his fair share of questionable materials before.]

And I assume this is for...some sort of potion?

[wythersake]

Quite. Trucs d'araignée, rather more difficult to come by in the city. The viscous nature is the primary value — I recommend pickling or packing them in oil, rather than drying them.

[somethingwild]

Good to know. These spiders, they are rather common in caves and dark places, yes? I've been meaning to see them for myself. Whatever I bring back with me, you can consider them yours.

What is trucs d'araignee?

[mousquetaire]

[ Why is this happening. ]

Is this a serious request?

[wythersake]

I try to avoid paying for jokes. Can't always run fast enough, of course —

[mousquetaire]

[ Dear god - ]

Why would you possibly want spider gonads? Actually - why would anyone? Not even whole spiders, just the gonads.

[arcaneadvisor]

[some anxious sweating out by Sundermount]

[wythersake]

[ hey gurl ]

[foundmyselfagain]

Done.

[ It’s said with the certainty of someone who has collected a hundred spider genitals, just waiting to give them to a desiring soul.

Which he hasn’t, but that’s how certain he is. ]

[wythersake]

[ well this definitely won't get weird ]

[earthbones]

I go out hunting regularly, I've dealt with large spiders before.

Most people only want the venom. You'd pay anyone that gets them?

[People are shitty to elves anywhere, thanks Stormcloaks you're bros like that.]

[wythersake]

Ideally they’d be collected by a dozen pure-hearted virgins in moonlight, but we make do. [ in case that sounded too little of a joke, he reaffirms: ] I'll pay.

You may be able to sell the meat, if you've no need of it. Silk glands, too — any actual silk — I'd be pleased to connect you to the right people.

[earthbones]

There's not a soul either side of one of these things that'd find a dozen of those that'd be able to deal with spiders that size. [Grown ass men and women in Skyrim send her to go clear out one big spider in tombs or mines she has a skewed view of these things.]

Or I can eat it, a woman gets bored of venison and rabbit. [Especially when she's called the latter by some. There's a pause, weighing up what she might say then:] I'm a smith, the orders get dull here. If I find those I'll take you up on it.