"Uhm, Miss? What are you-?" Blearily, Copperdings blinks up at the Skydancer who now has his arm in a firm grip. She ignores him completely in favour of the cranky looking Pearlcatcher lady who just appeared behind her.
"The chances of a compatible person finding it was negligible." She looks at him. "Well, looks like you're with us for now. That is, unless you want to end up with your insides as outsides."
"...Insides ... outsides?" he echoes faintly, his mind racing to catch up with what he has just heard.
"They've got a few days at least, Cat, no need to scare them." The Skydancer turns back to him. "I'm Andraste and this is Cotriona, and we're-"
"LEAVING:" Before she can finish speaking, the Pearlcatcher grabs him and hauls him upward, shoving him toward the back of the shop. He struggles to escape her grasp, stumbling over his own feet and still vaguely dizzy. Behind them, the doorbell chimes and he can just see a strange mirror in a mask barge into the shop. "Wait, what do you mean by tha-"
But now the skydancer - Andraste - has grabbed him, too, and then they're outside, in the back alley. "What are you doing- What is going on?"
"Listen the puppy back there is bad news. He's trying to get that." Andraste points at his arm, and the strange tattoo crawling down beneath his gloves. "And the last time that happened to someone, they only got it back by letting the poor guy explode. We're tracking down someone who specializes in items like that. He'll be able to help all of us."
"...Explode?" That doesn't sound good. At all. He slumps, letting them lead him towards the end of the alley. "But-"
There's a crash as the door behind them slams open, and now the skydancer grabs his arm again and breaks into a run. Briefly, he debates digging his heels in and demanding an explanation first, but there's the mirror behind them and he's not looking happy and also there's that bit about exploding, and-
He runs.
***
"Cop?" Ellara pokes her head into Curious and Curios, not too keen on getting in there. "You done yet?" No answer, and no dragon anywhere in sight. Cursing under her breath, she casts a last longing glance outside and then steps inside. Carefully, she picks her way through the organized chaos until she finds a rattled looking Coatl near the back. "Oi! You see a Wildclaw 'round here? Green vest, goggles, kind of dusty lookin'?
The coatl whirls around, and stares at her. He looks around furtively, then swallows visibly. "I, um, well..."