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> Return to Joe’s Cave (Workshop/Lab 1 item remaining, can be combined with other options at Joe’s Cave)
> Return to Joe’s Cave (Storage or Lava Treasure Chamber)
There was a nagging feeling that something else remained in Joe’s workshop, some useful tool or trinket that might turn the fight ahead. And she could also take some time to check out the storeroom while she was there, maybe Joe had a few useful potions of his own he had left behind? Or a wand even? Only one way to find out.
An uneventful trip later Mel found herself doing a last sweep of the workshop. Buried under what looked like a busted mechanical spider was a sturdy black leather case. She undid the two metal clasps holding it closed with a pair of audible clicks. The interior was filled with tiny brushes, metal stencils and small glass vials of a black liquid, ink probably. A tiny card was tucked into the center. She picked it up, holding it close in the dim light of the workshop.
<span class="mu-i">Dewit’s personal rune ink kit. Comes with free diagram of mana confluence locations of the human body, brushes and inks for your personal magical enhancement needs. Armor your skin, make your hands into a torch and thwart attackers! Ink refills at a reasonable price!</span>
She flipped over the card to find a diagram of the human body, covered in lines and tiny unreadable details, with locations marked at the hands and forehead, with tiny rune circles written in. Armor her skin? Was she supposed to draw symbols on her body with this ink? She packed up the case, there would be time to experiment later today.
Mel tracked back through the tunnels to the chamber she had declared a storeroom and started inventorying the items within. True to her initial assessment the room was mostly mundane supplies. Rough leather sacks, stacked empty crates, empty vials, jars and tiny paper bags. One wall was lined with jars that had once held herbs, but now held rotting compost, while a set of smaller crates in the back contained gnawed and broken bits of bone, had some wild animal gotten into here? Or possibly the imp? She made a few more passes of the room looking for anything of note, checking through empty boxes and cluttered shelves.
Still waiting on a couple more rolls
