The Tomni'Tai Scroll by Sam Ferguson

Author:Sam Ferguson [Ferguson, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dragon Scale Publishing
Published: 2013-10-04T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

“LAND!” someone shouted from the deck. Talon rose to his feet and set the mysterious cube down on the table. He still hadn’t figured out what it was for. Dorder had found it rifling through the other goods and gave it to Talon. Both of them understood it was likely a magical object, but nothing in the ship gave any clue to where it came from, or what it was for. It didn’t open, had no markings along its smooth, black surface, and seemed little more valuable than a paperweight.

The door at the top of the stairs flung open and Dorder sauntered down. “We will be arriving shortly.” Dorder smiled wide as he surveyed the goods in the hold one more time. “Sure is nice doing business with you Mr. Silver.”

“Likewise,” Talon commented noncommittally.

Dorder walked over and reached out for the cube, glancing to Talon to make sure it was alright to do so before picking it up. “Figured out what it’s for yet?”

Talon sniggered. Why did Dorder expect him to know the answer? “No idea,” Talon replied.

Dorder turned it over in his hand. “Ever notice how it doesn’t get smudged by finger prints?” He set it down and pulled a mirror out of a nearby box. “See, if I touch the mirror, it leaves a smudge, but not on the cube.”

Talon shook his head. “Well, either way, it’s of no use to me. You can keep it.”

Dorder grinned ear to ear. “I could probably sell this for quite a bit of gold,” Dorder commented.

“You still have to figure out what it is,” Talon reminded him.

Dorder nodded and stroked his chin. “True, but I bet I can find someone who knows about it. Maybe I’ll poke around after we dock and see if I can’t drum up someone who can tell me about it.”

“I wouldn’t do that around here,” Talon said. “If it is magical, the elves will likely take it from you. Remember they are the only ones in this part of the world who still have any magical ability.”

“There was the mage we took this ship from,” Dorder put in.

Talon nodded. “A rarity, to be sure.” Talon crossed the hold and started up the stairs. “Either way, I would keep that cube and take it back to Kobhir with you. Look up a scholar there who specializes in artifacts.”

“I suppose,” Dorder said as he placed the cube back on the table.

Talon walked up the stairs and out into the soft, sea air. The sun was high overhead, but the heat was nothing like what it had been in Kobhir or Rasselin for that matter. Gulls flew quietly through the sky as clouds blew gently by, floating lazily above them.

A few of the men had been tying rigging off when he emerged, they all moved aside when he walked by. Talon grinned at their jumpiness. He could see most of the men were preparing the ship to dock. Others were either asleep or eating in the cabins.

A feeling of excitement washed over him as he saw Bluewater.

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