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You gesture with your free hand. "You'll have to be more specific than that. Why don't we get to know each other while you're giving me the details?"

The traveler glances at the person behind her then back, "Pleased to meet you, I'm Illeore, and this is my partner, Andrima."

She pauses and you take that moment to introduce yourself, "I go by Vex. Nice meeting y'all."

"Likewise. Vex- can I call ya V? Anyway, we've been looking for an... old lookin’ item, just a lil’ wooden music box. You wouldn't happen to have it, would you?"

The busted magitech you picked up from the antique store? That one? It couldn't be that valuable... Has to be sentimental. Maybe degraded as time went by and the damage built up?

Hard to fully say, when you haven't had the chance to try and repair it.

Your brows furrow, but you don't let your interest show, "Sure. V's fine. And I might. What would you want with something like that?"

She doesn't give anything away, the smile still in place, all professional, "Sorry- client confidentiality. Just need to know. You have one or not?"

"Alright, alright. I think I have one in stock," you lean forward, "But I'm going to need a little more before we can do business. I like vetting my clients first."

"How so?"

"What are y'all?"

"Formally? ‘Multirole Problem Resolution Specialists’. But that's a mouthful and sounds suuuper corporate, so I like to just call us magical girls for hire. We go by Silver Eye Solutions. Have you heard of us?"

You think back to if you've heard of their group before. The name's familiar, but the bell doesn't ring. "Sounds familiar enough."

Whatever dimensional traveler left it must be paining for it back if they had to hire someone else to get it. You doubt that this item was originally Illeore's.

"Anything else you'd like to know? Should I give you the sales pitch?" You're half convinced she's messing with you a bit, now.

[Credit to Ceekay for the characters "Illeore" and "Andrima" from Magical Girls for Hire!]

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