Dungeons & Dragons Online : The Globe Of Imperial Blood.
"I found a round thing made of glass."
"What does it look like ?"
"Well ... round.
And it is filled with some kind of ... reddish substance."
"Could it be some kind of red spice ?"
"No, it's actually some kind of slow moving liquid."
"Slow moving liquid ? You're making a joke, aren't you ?"
"No, seriously ! It is red, it is a liquid ... come here to see it yourself !"
"I'm coming over to you. Just a minute."
"Here. Do you see it now ?"
"Yes. It looks like ... some kind of .. odd vine."
"No- this isn't vine. It's moving too slowly for that in this round thing."
"I have a very weird thougfht ... could it be ... blood ?"
"By the Flame ! How do you always have these scaring thought ?"
"Maybe because I fought in the last war ?"
"Hm ... Anyway ... you could be right. It *could* be blood ... but who would be able to test this for us ... Besides, I see no opening there ... like ... none at all ... This round thingy is completely sealed ..."
"We could go to a magician. Or to a priest of Vol. You know, they're always happy to talk aout 'blood'. They often do so as of blood was the only life force ..."
"Well, that could be right. But I don't trust these folks of Vol. They don't have such a good reputation here in the markets."
"Well, we could ask a more or less friendly dragon, too. You know, these emissaries ..."
"... of Argonessen. I know. Well, we could try it with Kear first. He seems to be quite a reasonable person."
"Okay, let's go over to him."
"Hello, Mister Kear, do you perhaps have the time to solve a small riddle for us ? One that we cannot solve ?"
"Hello. A ridle, you say ? Well, I like riddles ... Like a fresco is always a riddle ... made up of so many pieces ..."
"Well, Mister Kear, we have here a completely sealed round thingy, filled with something we suspect could be blood."
"Would you be so kind to hand it over to me ? ... Thank you.
Well, to soilve this riddle ... Yes, yes, this is indeed blood. Please go over there to Miss Lockania to ask her, she'll give you more insight to that."
"Thank you very much, mister Kear."
"Hello,
Miss Lockania. We come from Mister Kear, he said to us that you could help us solve a riddle about this completely sealed ound thingy, which is, according to Mister Kear, filled with blood."
"Well, let me see ... Yes, yes, i can truly see that it is blood.
And it is no ordinary blood !
I haven't seen this kind of blood for thousands of years !
It is in fact blood from the old Gient Emperor ! It is imperial blood !"
"Oh, wow, hello, stop just a second. You say that this is in fact blood from that giantish emperor whose statue is standing out there in the harbour holding that gientish beacon ?"
"Yes, it is. I had met him in person once or twice. Long, long ago ... I can sense that this is his."
"So, well, okay, assumed this is right ... We are merely short living mortals, you know ? All this mumbo jumbo ... How does this thing even exist ? How did it come into your hands, pal ?"
"It just washed ashore the other day. Next thing I did was pick it up, because it looked so funny.
And since then I've been wondeing about it. And this morning I gave it to you. For more investigation."
"Well, this is it, you two. This is truly imperial blood."
"And what do we do with it, actually ?"
"You could ask an artificer to set this thing into an item of your choice. It is powerful. However, we from Argonessen wouldn't say no if you'd decide to donate it to us."
"Well, thank you, we are just a short living folks, so we'd like to take advantage of this thingy's power.
What does it do, actually ?"
"It makes you a better person in every respect. It just helps you to be able to stand against the dangers of this continent's jungles much better."
"And against baddies ?"
"Yes, and against baddies.
Beware, though, the Sulatar Drow and the remaining GIants of this continent might want to have this round thing for themselves. Since it is of giantish origin. Which reminds me ... what happened to the seal of Shan-to-kor again ?"
"Okay, thank you very much, Miss ! I think I'll be going to ask an artificer to embed this item into one of my own things ..."
"Okay, pal, good luck with this thingy, then ! See you next Friday on in the Leaky Dingy !"
"Until then, pal !"
[Written down via a a "stream of consciousness" writing method within ca. 20 minutes or less.]