Scoundrel of the Week, once again Dave Cornish’s characters worm their way into our game…
Scoundrel of the Week, once again Dave Cornish’s characters worm their way into our game…
‘The old dispensurist had seen half the known world, and cured the rashes and fevers of a great many vinegaroons – as sailors were called – but that was all anyone seemed to know of him. He talked even less of his past than Master Fransitart did. Nevertheless, he let Rossamünd sit with him for hours at a time while he dabbled and brewed. Most of the time Craumpalin worked in silence and the boy
would just learn what he could by watching. Occasionally, however, the dispensurist became talkative and would instruct him on the uses of potives, showing him how to pour and blend and stir and store. One of the greatest thrills for Rossamünd was to watch the wonderful and
often violent reactions between ingredients as Craumpalin mixed and matched them.’
Red goes with green and makes purple, blue powdered in yellow makes off-white with olive spots, black boiled in white makes vermilion with orange vapours – how wonderful! These moments were so exciting, Rossamünd would hop about and usually got under the dispensurist’s feet. At this Craumpalin would yell, “Pullets and cock’rels, boy! Get out of me way before I spill this on ye and melt ye to a puddle!”
The FOUNDLING’S TALE (MONSTER-BLOOD TATTOO) p. 6-7
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