In the middle of the street, there is a woman who could be mistaken for an elf by her eyes and ears, if it weren't for her feet, nose, and bigass wings. She is purchasing food from a street vendor, which the vendor would probably object to more if it weren't for the fact that Liushna is still deeply inexperienced with money and doesn't realize that a silver coin is overpaying.
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strix aren't monsters
so Blai might as well meet one
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
Blai Artigas
bughouse
That is some kind of bird monster. Or it's a strix. Blai has never actually seen a strix before, but he is now alive to the possibility that a given bird-monster-looking-thing is possibly a strix, which is not a monster, and is of a kind with those friendly at Pezzack.
"Perhaps you do not have any change," he says to the street vendor, counting out ten copper for the silver.
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
There is a smaller coin than the silver??? Money is so complicated!
"Thank," she says to the man with the copper coins. "New to coins."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
She spoke civilly and did not obviously attempt to enchant him or anything, points toward 'strix' and not 'monster'. Though possibly only points she was already awarded for making a licit purchase in the first place. "Paper money was a way to pass pieces of souls around, so it is meant to be replaced with coinage as quickly as possible."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"--Oh, no, new to money. Itarii not use it."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"- Itary, I see. I thought you were a strix." He takes a couple of steps back. "The legal code is in substantial flux right now."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Strix word for Itarii like slips word for halflings."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"Oh, it's for short? I see. I don't think the longer word is well known."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
For short? ...She's not going to have this conversation for the first time with a helpful stranger who doesn't seem to mean anything by it.
"Many people Cheliax not know, seeming." Shrug. "Not most important thing."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"I have heard that your people were helpful in Pezzack."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Get rid of bad men," she says firmly.
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"So I hear, yes. Are you - a delegate? Were the strix asked to send one?"
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Not ask, send anyway. Was elected. Itarii live in Cheliax. Is important."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"What are you planning to ask for at the convention?"
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Peace. Not at peace with bad men of Asmodeus. Asmodeus men come on mountains, men die. Sometimes Itarii also die. Now bad men gone. New men, good men? Not know for sure. Know people in Pezzack, some, but Pezzack not human queen."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"Do you know the person Pezzack elected - I assume they're large enough to send someone?"
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Not know who. But someone, yes."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"Do you know anyone here, do you have a place to stay? A lot of the temples are being turned over to new gods; if there's one you favor you could seek a room there."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"On roof of halfling building."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"There's a halfling building?"
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Halflling delegate rent house for other halfling delegates. Let me on roof because also not human."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"Oh, do nonhumans prefer to keep away from humans - I don't mean to trouble you."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Not troubling. Many humans rude to halflings and Itarii. Not you."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"I've neglected to introduce myself. Select Blai Artigas."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Liushna of Windwhip tribe! What is Select?"
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"It means I'm a cleric of Iomedae. Different gods' clerics have different titles. Chosen is the generic if you don't know the one for the particular god, or know that someone is a cleric but not of whom."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Oh! Understand. Itarii only say cleric."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"Which gods are you partial to?"
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Itarii not worship gods, but spend lots time outside in the world, so have clerics of Gozreh anyway."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"I'm not sure if Gozreh's people have claimed a building, or I'd direct you to it."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"I not cleric. I--not know word in Chelish. Shalyeen."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"What does a shallene do?"
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Shalyeen cast from cunning and have small animal friend and--not know word again--magic thing, not spell, can do many many times in day."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"Wizards cast from cunning and have animal friends and cast cantrips."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"'Cantrip' is smallest spell, yes? Very very good spell for cleaning?"
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"Yes. Wizards get that one and clerics don't." Blai can hang, and catch, Prestidigitation, but he can barely get mud off his boots or disguise the hideous oversaltiness of ration pork with it. What he can do with it is make chess pieces. He practices that a lot.
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Thing-don't-know-Chelish-word other thing not spell. And Shalyene not do clean spell," she sighs. "Sorcerer get sometimes, more word I don't know Imazi get sometimes, Shalyene not get."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"I don't know a kind of caster that casts from cunning, isn't some kind of sorcerer, and doesn't get Prestidigitation. But there are lots of things I don't know and someone might have the word for it. I wonder if there's a Nethysian temple now..."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
Shrug. "Itarii not have wizard, maybe Itarii have something humans not."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"Maybe. If you really wanted to find out I'd recommend looking for a temple of Nethys. He's the god of magic in general."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Not know gods much," she admits. "How find temple Nethys?"
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"I guess if there is one, it would be one of the old Asmodean temples that isn't on anyone's circuit to create water for, but without a map that doesn't help very much."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
"Not know Asmodean temples either. Heard someone set on fire Asmodean temple in Pezzack, but lots of buildings on fire then."
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"Westcrown is a large city, so there were a lot of small temples and a few big ones, and most of them were not set on fire."
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
Liushna isn't sure temples of Asmodeus not being on fire is a good thing, but it's probably a worthwhile tradeoff for other buildings not being on fire.
"Westcrown very very big!" she agrees.
Blai Artigas
bughouse
"It is. It's been good to meet you; if you need a cleric for anything my temple is that one with the sword on the spire." Point.
Liushna Windwhip
of-the-owls
“Will remember! Good meet you!”