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[noblegarnet]

[On the afternoon of the 1st, a disgruntled post goes up on the network.]

Did you know some moths produce silk from their salivary glands? Because I didn't until after I spat out a bunch of string this morning.

[He didn't make that connection immediately, mind you; after the initial utter bafflement, he took the time to go do more research on Fae and the insects they resemble. Nerd.]

Someone let me know if there's a market for organic fae silk. And if you could invent some kind of google or wikipedia while you're at it, that would be appreciated.

[Do you know how LONG it takes to look through PHYSICAL BOOKS]

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[noblegarnet]

That sounds nice right about now. Maybe if I figure out how this silk thing works we can collaborate somehow.

[It's very cold here, Mikasa. He's used to being much closer to the equator. :(]

[stopfen]

You

want me to make a blanket out of something you've puked up?

[She had such a way with words.]

I guess it might work. I don't think that silk stuff is supposed to be warm but if it's enchanted.

[Unsure. She'd only really worked with the stuff when she was underground or making...underwear. It was a fancy fabric, something cool to touch.]

[noblegarnet]

[LOOK, IT WASN'T A GREAT PROCESS, BUT]

It's not vomit, come on! And I'd make sure it was clean. Silk is good for warm or cold weather.

[He knew that much already, just from being a rich boy with a penchant for fashion.]

Anyway, it would be a while even if I was determined to do it. There's enough I have to figure out right now...

[stopfen]

[She saw an opportunity. At least it wasn't a poop or fart joke... Are you happy about your fae senpai Ferran?]

If you say so.
I've only been able to afford the stuff by trading in the underground, and that was because they wanted me to do needlework on it.

[And then a moment. He gets a small moment of peace.]





Giant worms pooped their silk out though.

[HAH]

[noblegarnet]

[No, he's not happy about it.]

That's great. Thanks. [Is the sarcasm coming through? Does he need to bludgeon her with some italics??] I'm not one of those.

[stopfen]

[Would seeing that little smirk on her face have made it worth it? She knows exactly how blunt she was being.]

No. I don't think there are any worm fae.
Though I hadn't heard of any making thread, I thought that was a spider thing.

[noblegarnet]

Right, I did read about that. [And with them being spiders... Arachne weren't going to not make silk. That wouldn't make much sense.] Theirs is supposed to be really strong, right? This was just regular thread.

[Which, honestly, is fine with him.]

So maybe it's rare for us. Lucky me.

[stopfen]

I'm not sure. You don't really see them, but the thread I've seen needed a blade to cut through.

At least you might be able to get something out of it.
The only thing the dust is useful for is spells and potions. If you can collect enough of it.

[noblegarnet]

[It might be worth it to seek some Arachne out, if just because they have... some vague traits in common. Especially if the Fae themselves are going to be inclined towards being flighty rather than helpful. He puts it on his mental list of things to do.]

"Only"? I'd think that would make it more valuable than most things in a place like this.

[Yeah just keep talking like you don't actually know how much it's worth, Ferran.]

[stopfen]

You'd think that.
But it's a pain in the ass to collect and only specializes need it so it's hard to sell.

[Not that she'd actually gone through with selling any. She'd rather scatter it in the wind. Nearly being sold had soured her too much on the idea of it.]

Just look how much dragon scales sell for.

[noblegarnet]

[Any hesitation Ferran had felt about selling any fairy dust was ultimately quashed under the desperation to have resources for the kind of comfortable lifestyle he was used to. He'd ended up brushing off the scales that had grown in those initial two weeks and finding buyers, as questionable as it might have been. Maybe it wasn't worth as much as dragon scales, but it was a decent start.]

Dragons are rare too, right? It makes sense they'd be expensive.

[stopfen]

Yeah. But it's got a lot more uses.
Demand and all that.

They can grind it into powder like our dust. But the scales can be connected together to make armour and stuff.

[noblegarnet]

Armor sounds like it would take a lot, but I guess if the dragon is big enough, that wouldn't be as much of a deal.

Well, it's not like I'd be able to afford anything like that any time soon, even if I did plan on using it.

[stopfen]

Have you seen a dragon?
Most are big enough to eat a person whole.

[noblegarnet]

I haven't, but I'm not surprised. I don't think "small" when I hear dragon.

[... hopefully dragons here do not actually tend to eat people whole. They're all sapient... let them all just get along...]

[stopfen]

They shed pretty often too.

[noblegarnet]

Lucky for the people who want them.

[... and potentially the dragons, should said people be willing to employ less pleasant methods to acquire them.]