Janara looked at the names of the three back alley shops. Janara knew that some of these back alley shops were secretly run by monsters that eat female adventurers that come shopping in their store. So she knew she would have to pick carefully. Glur'k's House of Pain sounded... painful. Maldrok the Cruel and Son's Tavern and Souvenir Shop sounded ominous. Nerzabo's Magiks Emporium was the only store that didn't have a name that sounded suspicious so Janara picked that one.
The red headed warrioress opened the shop's door and stepped inside. She didn't see the shop keeper anywhere so she turned her attention to the store's merchandise. The place was filled with strange objects that looked magical in nature. That was when Janara spotted something that caught her attention.
Among the other merchandise was a bird cage. The cage itself looked normal, it was what was inside the cage that drew her attention. There was a small blue dragon with wings inside the cage. During her career as an adventurer Janara had never seen a dragon before, but she knew that they're suppose to be huge. This dragon on the other hand was only the size of a parrot. As Janara examined it she realized that the small dragon was also examining her with eyes that seemed oddly intelligent.
"Can I help you Miss?" A voice that came from behind her asked.
"Gah!" Janara yelped in surprise as she spun around and saw an old man with a long and wispy white beard looking at her.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to surprise you Miss." The old man apologized.
"N-no problem." Janara replied as she regained her composure.
"As I was saying," The old man continued, "Welcome to Nerzabo's Magiks Emporium. I'm Nerzabo, can I help you?"
"Yes, I'm preparing to go on an adventure and I'm looking for anything that could come in handy." Janara explained before she looked back at the small blue dragon in the bird cage, "What can you tell me about this dragon?"
Nerzabo shifted his feet nervously as he replied, "That's a micro dragon. Micro dragons like to bond to one person. After a micro dragon bonds to someone the dragon becomes fiercely loyal to that person and very protective. But..."
"But what?" Janara asked.
"Well... if a person tries to get a micro dragon to bond to them but the dragon doesn't like them, then... the micro dragon will try to eat that person." Nerzabo explained, "What's even worse is that micro dragons are very picky about who they choose to bond to. I've had that blasted dragon in my store for five years and it hasn't liked anyone!"
"Interesting..." Janara commented as she went back to examining the dragon.
Nerzabo sighed, "I'll tell you what. I'm tired of having that dragon in my store. If you want to try to get it to bond to you, go ahead. If you succeed, you can have it for free. If you don't want to try, I can show you some of my other merchandise."
Janara thought it over for a moment, before she decided to...
