With the strokes of a plan largely agreed to (and the sudden snake safely sequestered out of sight), Sir Moss takes his seat once more. "Very well. It's not too much of an exaggeration to say that most of the village's prayers are with you..." he sighs, "...whatever that may be worth these days, either to you, to the cultists, or the gods themselves." With such a cheery thought voiced, Kajaani's mayor nods his dismissal to the motley crew he's gathered. Lyla, attentive as ever, begins shepherding everyone out of the man's office and into a suddenly cramped hallway; once the door is shut, she adds, "If you're going to try to throw off the merchants, don't do an amateurish job. Out here in the sticks, we get a lot of people from the big cities who think it'll be easy to con the 'rurals' into and out of stuff. They rarely succeed, and often it's me rescuing them from people who have a lot worse fate in mind than a gaol. The not so subtle point is that they're not easy to fool." She's not particularly bashful about her own personal space in the hallway, resting against several others' bodies- this close, a faint whiff of berries competes with Xarithe's own plant-y scent as the half-elf talks. "General store's next door, you can't miss it hardly. We don't have much in the way of weapons or armor for sale, if that's the sort of thing you're looking for. Mostly axes, for reasons I'd hope are obvious...?" Waiting for a question and finding none, she continues, "We do have a few mages, mostly druids, who sell some not very high powered scrolls and wands. Again, stuff that loggers can use is going to be easier to find. I'll guide anyone who needs it around to find the shops. If there's anything else?"<br/><br/>Once out on the street, as the early morning starts to turn towards midmorning, the traffic on the streets has begun to pick up; largely still sullen, and not as many people as there should be, but at least the commercial life of the town still lives. "A lot of shops in the market, it's two streets back the way we came and turn left." Lyla notes quietly, ears straining erect and looking around twice.<br/><br/><br/>[[Okay! It is time to pick up any last items you want before heading off into the woods. Anyone who's going to try to act will just need to make a bluff check. I'll pretty much leave it to you to describe any last minute things you want to do before heading into town, and then moving us along to the meeting at the bridge unless some monsters decide<span style="font-style: italic">entirely</span>on their own to intervene.<img alt=":)" src="./images/smilies/smile.gif" title="Smile"/>As for what goods are available, basically any mundane thing up to 500 or so gold can be found within a few hours. Weapons and armor are going to be scarce unless you're looking for some kind of axe or a hunters' bow and arrow/crossbow, and even then enchanted anything will be tricky to find. Scrolls, potions, wands- nothing greater than 2nd level available immediately, and 2nd level stuff will be iffy again based on what loggers or those supporting them would be likely to need often. Level 1 spells are A-OK to buy though. I'll give any judgments on fringe cases, but if you can make a decent argument you'll probably be able to buy it since I don't want the thread to spend days on shopping this early!]]