Literature
[Contest Entry] Vex'Ahlia Clasped Tight
“It's an orb of silence!” Vex'ahlia had barely stepped out of Gilmore's Glorious Goods to get some air, before the seller accosted her. A short man with a weaselly face, holding a glowing blue ball the size of a goose egg, resting on some bits of leather. It's the glow, the pale blue shine that stopped the half-elf woman from immediately pushing the rude item-seller away. Her party, her friends, were still packing away the items they'd just got done haggling for, but... “It'll make you make you quieter than a mouse! Guaranteed! Come I'll show you how it works!” The little man beckons her, stepping into an alley as he goes. Warning bells ring in the ranger's head. This was surely a bad idea, to follow a stranger like this. Vex takes a brief look over her shoulder. Her party was still in the store, her brother had gone to talk to Gilmore. Her brother. This orb, if real, could make her stealthier than her sneak brother. With a smirk at that thought, the ranger follows into the