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[color=2cc785]"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"[/color]

[color=888888] -Salbjörg of the Deep[/color]
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A lot was happening, but Sal was solely focused on Zoppy for the moment. But that had less to do with wanting to take care of the goblin girl and more to do with acquiring the bell. Salbjörg knew she should have just taken it, but figured they might discuss how to divide the items first. That did not seem to be the case, as even the Oracle was pawing over the items. He probably earned his right to the treasure of his choice. Hmmm, perhaps she wasn’t just focusing on Zoppy after all.

While trying to facilitate a trade with Zoppy, Muste snuck up behind her and attempted to foil the whole scheme by revealing the trick. She immediately wrapped her arm around his head and pulled him into a headlock. So long as she kept adequate pressure on his wind pipe he shouldn’t be able to ruin things further. Fortunately, Zoppy seemed to be blissfully ignorant of Muste’s attempts to get in her way. Things could proceed. 

She did remember Zoppy mentioning a ring, or something like that. But there was nothing around that looked like that, and Sal lacked the ability to craft one in a short span of time. Not a convincing one at least.

Zoppy did not look hard to convince though.

If the goblin was going to just grab things that were lying around, there was nothing stopping Sal from doing the same. It seemed that the goblin had forgotten or misplaced the mana gem she had given her earlier, which had gotten stuck on Sal with everything else. While still holding Muste in a headlock, she had some of her bones coil around the gem like a claw that ended in a ring. It looked ridiculous, but Sal had an idea it would please the goblin. She only had so much bone on hand, but she could recover it later while Zoppy was sleeping. Since the ring was made out of bone, she floated it up in the air. 

The skeleton had briefly collapsed when Sal grabbed Muste, but swiftly came back to life once she was resituated. The skeleton reached for the bell and took it from the goblin’s deformed hands. It then stood up, turned it over as if examining it, and then reached overhead for the ring that seemed to have just appeared overhead. It then presented the oversized ring to Zoppy. While she was distracted, the skeleton’s arm swiftly detached to place the bell in Sal’s hand before retracting, and then the skeleton went to take a nap again. 

Finally, she released Muste. Some of the bird’s feathers and other bits had stuck to the side of her, but she completely ignored that for the time being. [color=2cc785]"Read the room!"[/color] She hissed before stashing the bell in her shoulder compartment. She also made sure to wedge some bone inside the bell to prevent it from accidentally ringing. [color=2cc785]"And I refuse to touch your last meal."[/color] She scowled when she realized the bird’s tiny head had been popped open. [color=2cc785]"Give me nice, clean bone and you’ll have your pen and pot."[/color] That was something she could do herself in seconds by forcing the bones out of the bird, but Muste had proven to be nothing but a nuisance thus far. Best to keep him a little busy.

Besides, there were other problems.

[color=2cc785]"Oracle!"[/color] 

It had to be the Oracle. The large presence that usually filled the dungeon was missing, and the oversized beetle was wearing the pendant she last saw them trying to put on. She approached and was about to remove it and stopped. [color=2cc785]"Wait!"[/color] Sal stepped backwards. [color=2cc785]"It could be… Curssssssed!"[/color] She leaned into the other room where Schnupfen was screwing around and bothering the workers. [color=2cc785]"You!"[/color] She practically shrieked the words when she pointed at the ghost. [color=2cc785]"Remove the pendant from the Oracle, immidiately!"[/color] He was a ghost, after all. What harm could come to him from touching a transformation amulet?