[Sodium_noir] The Wayward Apprentices

[Bill]

> Giger, Greenville, Tommy, Mike
> Tremere, Mortal, Mastiff
> Mike's Place
 
> > "Is there anything else I can help you with while
> we
> > wait?"
> 
> Giger sets his hand upon the bag of sawdust.  There
> was, certainly, but he rather doubted the man would
> be
> a very willing blood donor.   
> 
> "Not right now, but I would like to look around a
> bit
> if that's all right.  I assume your rare works are
> upstairs?" 

"Of course."  He says politely and ushers the Tremere
to the stairs, parting the velvet rope for him.

It quickly becomes apparent why the loft is
restricted.  The texts present contain lore and
knowledge that would prove extremely dangerous should
the wrong person get their hand on them.

The books are all old, and most are in good to
excellent condition.  Many of them are fairly basic
texts:

- The Book of Bzyan by H.P. Blavatsky. (1900/English)
-Corpus Hermeticum by Hermes Trismegitus
(unknown/Greek & Latin)
- Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy by Agrippa (16th
c./Latin)

There are also several rarer texts.  Any sorcerer is
capable of acquiring some of these, but that the store
has so many of them is impressive.  A few of the
titles include:

- The Book of the Composition of Alchemy by Robert of
Chester (1144 AD/Latin version of Arabic text)
- The Secret of Secrets, or the True Grimoire
attributed to Reboan, son of Solomon (17th c./French)
- Liber Sacratus attributed to Pope Honorius (14th
c./Latin)

And mixed in with these is the occasional diamond in
the rough, a text that only a lucky few might get to
read, never mind own:

- On Sellar Rays, or the Theory of the Magic Art by
Alkindi (9th c,/Arabic)
- De Nigromancia attributed to Robert Bacon (16th
c./Latin)

These are just a handful of the texts that Giger is
able to find.  There's no doubt that other gems are
hidden away, just waiting to be found, but his
shopping is interuppted with the sound of a bell
filling the store.

Down below, he can see a young man, incredibly thin,
walk in carrying a cooler.  He places it on the
counter as Tommy walks over to greet him.  They chat
quietly for a few minutes and then the clerk goes to
the back cabinets and begins collecting a few
supplies.

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"I swear, as God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
-- Les Nessman

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