Walkabout investigators

[leftbehindagain]

...So I think I found out how one loses a dragon. One of the kids here said she read in a book that a large enough dragon can change its shape.

So who knows what, or possibly who, the damn thing even looks like now. We're going to have to be careful.

Comments

[willyousee]

Mm... They grow faster and produce more quickly when there is copious amounts of ambient magic. It seems likely that when Dolorosa became too hostile for it, it left. Likely searching for a new home where there is less competition and less likelihood of it being killed on sight. Being able to blend in would give it the ability to move around quickly and unsuspected and go about collecting whatever it is that it desires with little to no impact on its daily life other than being restricted in form.

...ah, forgive me. My apologies. I was simply thinking aloud.

If we had anyone with access to Indigo magic, there might be something of a divinatory nature which might be able to give us clues as to the dragon's nature and identity, or there may be items which might help narrow things down. Alas, that was not ever my speciality.

[leftbehindagain]

No, it's fine. We could use all the theories we can get right now.

Any chance there'd be something in a non-magical library? It might be easier to get to one of those than to the magic information.

[willyousee]

It is certainly a possibility. My last visit here did not include much in the realm outside of magic, I fear, but I do believe there are non-magical scholars of the creatures and other cultures, and Dolorosa was clearly rather a small and under-developed kingdom. This place has much more in terms of resources and access to the outer world. It would not surprise me to find more information in their libraries.

[leftbehindagain]

So, worth a shot if I can just get to the library. The way things have been going, that's going to be the real trick.

[willyousee]

If you can achieve a way into the marketplace, and find robes suitable for a scholar or student, you may be able to attach yourself to one of their retinues as they make their way back into the scholar's district. That, I believe, is where you are most likely to find the libraries.

[leftbehindagain]

Something to work on over the coming weeks, I guess. If we're really lucky, I'll find out something useful before the dragon flattens the city or something.

[When in doubt, Naoki takes refuge in sarcasm. It better not get that bad.]