who: @scornfulcalypso where: The ports of Lorien'dal/Silverlands and Trivia's Cove when: present in the timeline! Troupe 2 notes: let me know if you need any changes; in a hotel with crummy wifi so no gifs for right now, sorry!
It wasn’t often that Auden made house calls or anything akin to a house call. However, they’d received correspondence from a pillager who was taking port for a short period of time. The note Auden received was brief and gave away few details except to state that Calypso was certain the artifact they found would be worth Auden’s time. Auden had received similar false promises countless times before, but rarely from anyone who would have to go to similar lengths to track Auden down to make the promise in the first place as Calypso had. Because of this, and that pirates typically knew what they were talking about when it came to treasure, Auden had shown up.
The sea breeze sifted through Auden’s short brown hair as they waited on the docks, arms crossed and expression sour. This wasn’t necessarily the safest spot for someone who others might consider something of a merchant, but the forge master had the privilege of their intimidating height, warding objects, and overall unpleasant countenance to keep others at an arm’s length. They only straightened from their spot leaning against one of the sun bleached poles to stand at their full height when they saw Calypso approach. Never one for niceties and small talk, Auden opened the conversations with, “Well? What is this recovered artifact you have?”