>>5345987"WHOA!" Isidro squeals, were it not for Serpico's hood gracefully landing over the fire, things could have gotten a lot worse.
"I take it back, Vlad. Capes aren't as impractical as I thought they were." He laughs the accident off as he wore it once more.
"Salamanders are hooligans! Don't brandish them so recklessly!" Schierke shakes her head in disapproval.
"...Cool." Is all Isidro has to say as he watches the flames flow in and out of his dagger. "So what's in this bag?"
"Consecrated berries. Throw those at the trolls and they will scatter away. At best, they should be used for self defense, if it were up to me, I wouldn't let them with someone as unbridled as you, but it was my master's command, so oh well."
"Say what?!" Isidro tries to smach the girl for her insolence, but Serpico holds him in place.
"Suppose I couldn't have a few of those, then? I do have a slingshot to throw 'em around."
"Good idea, I only have this pouch, so try to share them between you two."
"Oh, sure... Everyone's stealing my gimmick now! ACK!" Isidro is tackled to the ground as Serpico prevents him from attacking Hyde, taking a few berries and placing it on his ammo pouch.
"For our ladies, I have three silver chain shirts, a silver knife for Farnese, and a silver needle for Cindy. Make sure to bring Casca here later, as I will explain it's attributes to her while I seal her brand."
"I'm not sure I should keep this, dear Schierke... I'm not a fighter, I don't even plan on going to Enoch anyways. I appreciate that it's a sewing needle, but what properties does it have?" The artisan attempts to refuse the gift, but the witch reassures her of it's eficacy.
"Silver has strong talismanic properties, but this needle does not come from an ordinary sewing kit. Legend says it that a talented mage was working on a neverending carpet on his retiring days, before being found and accused of witchcraft by his early years of public appearance. As he ascended into a Daimon, he left one of his hands in the physical world to keep working on it's masterpiece, before deciding that his energy would best be used to protect the innocent who couldn't fight on their stead."
"The Tailor Of The Unseen Hand..." You recognize it from the story that Kalki told about his mother defeating an assailant with only a needle.
"The heck's a Daimon?" Isidro asks.
"A chief spirit. They can reside in a deeper stratum of the astral world than of the elementals. Some mortals can achieve those depths by a ritual, or through sheer force of will."
