Julia
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*He would head out with her.*
"Alright, lets get it done then. We can talk about its importance over a drink later."
*He smiles over to her, but remembers something and correct himself.*
"You're paying, of course, as my employer."
*He would follow her. It definitely was more interesting than just a girl liking a pretty necklace, and with that, he was interested. He was happy he stumbled onto this today and thinks this was a great reason to start traveling, so he could meet new contact.*
James
"Of course."
 
*She answered pleasantly. After that both of them would head out to the area marked on the map. The travel there was quite uneventful, for the most part. Streets that were earlier filled with mass of people to the brim had now slightly calmed down. When Akasha looks beyond the buildings, she can see that the sun has already gone almost halfway through the afternoon.*
 
*Although not many things happened, the priestess did make a detour on the road. Telling Yughotta to wait outside, she visited a building as they walked there. An apothecary. She returned shortly after with a small pouch in hand, which she put inside her pocket. It seems that she bought some kind of herbs. Then, they resumed their journey. **(-2.5 silver)***
 
"It should be here.. Right?"
 
*She whispered to Yughotta while looking around the district they are in. One thing that is quite noticeable when she arrived here is the number of mogash that can be seen, compared to any other part of this city. There are some groups of their hulking figures, having conversations regarding the current matter in the world on the street. Others are sitting or doing their business around a certain part of the district, near buildings and workshops. On the pavements near those buildings, there are a number of raw marbles and bronze, waiting to be sculpted into statues. They can also see stalls that sell various small to medium sized sculptures and statues. Presumably, the bigger one can only be custom-ordered through those workshops. The mogash, indeed, are renowned for the art of statues crafting in their culture. But the one they are seeking for is supposed to be a jewel artisan.*
 
"Hmm, I wonder where our lapidarist could be." *Her eyes scanned along the row of buildings and stalls.*
Ann
*Looking around, they see a workshop. The door to the building is open and Akasha and Uku can see inside, if they would look, they would see 2 Mogash and a Lora, seeming as if they're writing on a sheet of paper... Must be working on the particular design of a specific gem. Elsewhere there'd be sounds of cutting, but Akasha and Uku wouldn't see who would be working on those stuff.*
Julia
*He would follow behind and wait patiently. As he got to the district with all the mogash he would let out an impressed whistle.*
"Yeah, this sure seems to be the place. Wow! Really impressive, first time getting this close to seeing their work."
*He would look at the Mogash's materials and back to Akasha, looking at the two mogash talking to the Lora.*
"That seems like a good starting spot. Let's head over there."
*He would wait for her to go and then follow.*
"Just for curiosities sake, what's in that little pouch you got?"
*He says pointing at the one she came out of the building with.*
James
"..First time getting this close to seeing their work."


"Mhm. There is a similar district in my hometown."


*As Yughotta pointed out about a good starting spot, her eyes followed suit. She noticed that different from the rest of the workshop there, one stood out in the sense that the interior doesn't seem to be intended as a sculptor working space. There are also a few people present inside, seemingly working on an intricate design on top of a paper.*


"Sounds good, let's ask." *She nodded, before following her partner.*


"..What's in that little pouch you got?"


"Oh, right. This? Well, you see.."


*Akasha said, putting the pouch on top of her hand. She stopped walking and rummaged through her pockets to search for something, while holding her staff between her elbow and torso. A few seconds later, she procured a certain small object. It is a small, white ceramic pipe with ornate blue petal patterns decorating it. From inside the pouch, she lifted a pinch of what appears to be flaky, dark brownish substances.*

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*She filled the bowl of her pipe until it was full with that substance. Then, she proceeds to press it down to compress it and then fills it once again, repeating the process. It's continued until the bowl is almost filled to the brim. Then, after putting the pouch back inside her pocket, she carefully aimed the tip of her staff against the bowl of the pipe. Conjuring small sparks, it creates tiny embers on the surface of the filling substances.*

"It's tobacco."

*Unexpectedly, contrary to her being a young maiden, the priestess seemed to be an avid smoker. She remembered to restock on her tobacco leaves when Tiltinwilkin mentioned one of the contacts being a mogash. As she recalls it, they love tobacco leaves as a sort of social recreation. Who knows? Maybe they would slightly have a more favourable view of them if they see her appreciating an aspect of their culture. She also likes it personally, anyway. Akasha took a few little puffs afterwards to savour its flavour. Then, with a nod of her head, she signalled for them to continue walking towards the building.*
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"Excuse me." *She said, knocking on the side of the opened door as they entered.*

"Hello there, is this the correct place where you can find a good jewel artisan?"
Ann
*The Mogash don't react and would keep deliberating the plans to cut the gem. The lora immediately gets distracted by Akasha asking the question, and asks her* **Indeed we are! Do you wish for a custom cut gem or is there anything else you'd wish?** *The lora seems weirdly enthused to sell gems, despite the fact their workshop sends their gems to the merchant...*

*Around the two, there would be a bunch of workers, predominantly mogash, but there are Lora's and Silnari, as well. Some are looking at gems, clearly just transported from a mine, probably seeing what they can do with them. Some are cutting some gems according to designs.*

*Maybe the 2 Mogash and Lora are the owners, or at least the most skilled around here, since they are making the cut designs, but Uku and Akasha probably doesn't know enough about gemcutters to know.*