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[wildsorcery]

I'm so sorry to bother everyone again, but... um... I have a question?

[ Connie is himself for once when broadcasting, apparently feeling better and better about showing his true face to everyone. He's holding a bit of stick incense in his hand, absently twirling it. ]

Is there... is there any way to measure how much gold is in chroma? I have... the evil kidnapping foxes, they killed my ferret, and I need her back, but the spell is... it needs a component of incense, charcoal and herbs worth a specific amount of gold, and I'm not sure how to balance that in our... money.

[ He sighs, rubbing the back of his head and kind of getting the stick tangled in it. ]

I haven't actually done this without my master. Do summoning spells even work, here?

[ He really hopes so, he misses Grace a lot. ]

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[liberaltus]

Interesting question, is there an exchange rate for gold in this world?

Are you trying to bring your ferret back to life?

I'd offer you gold, but it sounds like the kind of spell you're using requires a bit of sacrifice and the gold wouldn't be returned, is that correct?

[wildsorcery]

That's what I'm wondering... I mean, I haven't looked at jewelry here more than beads, so do they even have gold?

[ He makes a thoughtful hum before he quickly shakes his head. ]

A-and no, it's not a real ferret? She's more like a spirit that takes the form of a ferret. She can't really die, just go back to her plane when she's killed. So I have to summon her again.

[ He has no idea. ]

...Oh, that's very kind of you, but I do have the gold, it's just that the places here don't take it. I just don't know how much of the components I need to buy with chroma to make it worth the same as the price it asks for back home.

Does... does that make sense?

[ Sigh. ]

Wizard spells are so complicated...

[liberaltus]

Ah, that clears things up a bit. Another question, if you don't mind my asking, where would you be summoning this ferret spirit from?

[wildsorcery]

Well, back home it would be from the Feywild, but here... I don't... I don't actually know.

[ That might be a problem???? ]

[badluckblues]

Huh. Sorry about your ferret, that really sucks. For what it's worth, summons do seem to work here.

[ we're just gonna... gloss over the part about casually raising the undead. that... that's fine ]

You can't estimate based on how much you'd pay for the stuff in gold? Say if you've got an apple, you'd pay 1 gold but it costs 2 demichroma here, that's a 1:2 ratio. Pretty simple math from there.

[wildsorcery]

Oh, that's... that's a relief. Thank you so much!

[ It's a little less drastic than raising undead when the ferret wasn't a real ferret in the first place, thankfully. ]

Hmm... that's a good idea, actually. I'm not the best at math, but an apple might cost a copper the most, so I would need a hundred apples for a gold... is that right? Oh, I'm still terrible at math.

[ Good thing that counting with apples is a universal math constant. ]

[badluckblues]

[ oH NO it's a word problem, send help. if Connie has 100 apples... fortunately, Connie looks young enough to have somehow activated this grumpy old man's long-dormant teacherly instincts. ]

If you're not great at math, it'd be easier to find something common in both worlds that costs maybe 1 or 2 gold, some easy number like that. Then you'll know 1 gold = x amount of demichroma.

Best to count in demi I'd say since that's a tangible thing, and easier to wrap your head around than chroma in a way.

[wildsorcery]

[ He might be 19, but he has babyface issues and could easily be younger.

This man makes a lot of sense, though, and he tries to think of something that costs as much as a gold.

Then again, things change from place to place, too. He bought a dirk once for seven silver and was confused that it cost two gold in a smaller place.

Money is weird, and he wasn't raised in a way that had him actually dealing with money until very recently. ]

That's true... I should look into that. Do you think this place buys gold? Maybe I can sell the gold, too.

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[stabbersinyerfambles]

Can you brute force it? Just get more'n you think you'll need, get your friend back, then just...keep the rest?

[wildsorcery]

You mean, buy a lot of it? Huh... that... that might work? I mean, I've only done this spell once and it was with assistance from my master. I'm not sure if it is finicky enough to not accept it if it's too much.

...or maybe I'll get a really big ferret?

[stabbersinyerfambles]

[ Cehd'ra's taking blind guesses, the magic he's used to doesn't need components...and even then he's not a mage. Still he'll put on a confident smile for the camera. ]

Worst case, you've got all the herbs for your cookin' you'll need for the rest of the twelvemoon, fair better case your friend's gained a few ponzes.

[wildsorcery]

Oh, that's... she doesn't need to eat, but that's a good idea. I guess?

[ What do you even do with incense when not using it for magic? ]

[nightmarewoken]

Oh, that's a tricky one. I haven't had to think about components much, spell focus and all... [ Mayhem taps a finger on their lips under the veil, thinking. ] I wish my wizard friend was here, I'm sure he's got some kind of universal value system worked out for this stuff when he summons his familiar, he's that kind of person.

Can't say about summoning specifically, but all the magic I've tried has worked fine, so I'd be optimistic about that part. Has she been able to pop in and out normally while she was around?

[wildsorcery]

Yeah, I have a spell focus as well, so I haven't thought about it. It's... it doesn't work when it comes to things that are supposed to be worth money. It's the only spell I know that is that tricky, but I guess it's because it's a wizard spell...

[ Wizards are tricky. ]

My magic has been working fine otherwise, and I could summon and unsummon her as always. She's never died before, so I... don't quite know how to do this.

[nightmarewoken]

It sounds like whatever dimensional stuff they use to travel is working right, at least - hopefully that means we'll be able to reach the Feywild, too.

I guess the only real thing to do is try, right? I don't know where you're at with resources or what incense and such actually costs around here, would trial and error be a big waste? Because if it were me, I'd just start with an amount that looks right for at home, and if that doesn't work get more next time until it does.

[wildsorcery]

I-I really hope so. I haven't... I'm not used to being without her, and those foxes threw her in an anti-magic cage and she just... disintegrated.

[ Like she was Spiderman in Infinity War. ]

That's true... but I'm not sure if it goes away when I try the spell, even if it doesn't work? Then I'll have to buy more, and more...

[ He's... kind of poor. Most he's done is snuggling. ]

[pidgeypidge]

I'm afraid I can't really help with the gold conversion, but there's a traveling salesman that comes around near the end of every month that sells an item that will let you summon an item from home. I'm not sure if it would work for you, but it might be worth keeping in mind as a back up, in case your Plan A doesn't work out for whatever reason.

[She knows next to nothing about magic, or herbs, or gold, if she's being honest. But she is good at considering alternate solutions to the same problem.]

[wildsorcery]

So I was told! That... that might be the best way to get her back. I'll try my way first, though... I don't have a lot of chroma to spare and the place seemed expensive.

[pidgeypidge]

I'm sorry I can't be anymore help than that. And yea, the chalk is pretty expensive.

But for what it's worth, it seemed to work the way it's advertised. The mech I summoned is really the one I was trying for, rather than being a copy or something.

[What kind of assholes would kill a ferret, though?]

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[codecmoment]

That's horrible! I'm so sorry this happened to you. I can't really say what the exchange is, or if they do it, but I am willing to donate some Chroma so you'll have extra funds for this.

If all else fails, there's a guy who sells magic goods to Moonblessed. He may have some kind of summoning materials.

I swear I tagged this, sorry!

[wildsorcery]

That's very kind of you, but I don't know how much this is going to take and I don't want to waste anyone's money if it doesn't work...

[ He sighs and then nods. ]

...I was told a little about that. It might work.

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[codecmoment]

Maybe try that first? To play by the "rules" here before trying things from outside.

My offer still stands, though, if it ends up being needed.

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[wearingguess]

Th-they killed her?? That's horrible.... I am so sorry!

[ after being kidnapped and drugged etc. himself, titus did get that the cultists were planning to kill all their victims, but... somehow hearing that someone was actually killed (and a poor ferret, at that!) comes as an awful shock. ]

...But I don't understand. Is there really a spell that... revives the dead?

[wildsorcery]

It's... it's okay.

[ He didn't quite expect such a reaction about a ferret, but it feels really nice to hear that someone cared that much. ]

They threw her in a cage, but she's made of magic and they were blocking that... so she disintegrated.

[ Pause. ]

Well, there are spells like that, but... she's not exactly a real ferret. She's a spirit.

[wearingguess]

How awful... the poor thing...

...So she had no physical form to begin with...?
Hmm. So to bring her back, you would need to...
[ his voice grows quieter as he runs through mental calculations and combinations of ceremonial orders... it sounds more like he's talking to himself. ]
...gather up the scattered rukh... and if the spark of consciousness...
I wonder. Perhaps a Magi could...

[ and now he's addressing connie directly again!! ]
Exactly how does it work?
The spell you intend to use.
If I may ask.