Needs a Favor

[colony_brat]

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Alright, I need someone who knows 'bout magic and stuff. I wanna put a spell into a piece of jewelery and I don't know how. Need someone ta help me or put the spell in it. Actually, I need ta do it twice.

Apparently I need someone who's skilled with enchantments. The long-term, doesn't wear off kinda thing.

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[Duo's stolen the necklace he gave to Hijiri for Valentine's Day. Hopefully the musician doesn't notice that it's been replaced by a duplicate. Then again, Duo's acting suspicious, sticking close to Hijiri's side since he doesn't have the protection of the necklace and he's hiding his journal.]

(ooc: Also, Nami, is it alright to say that Duo already stole it? I know we were going to do something with that, but Duo needs it for plot. We can say he stole it in the shower while the soap and Duo's hair was distracting?)

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[ombra_lira]

All right.

I will see if I cannot find anything in the library to help, first.

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[colony_brat]

Thanks. I really wanna do this for Hijiri, but the best I could do was this little luck charm thing. Can I help?

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[ombra_lira]

If you would like to.

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[colony_brat]

Heh, more a question of can. Hijiri should be okay at the house for a bit. I'll get Ryu ta sit with 'im. Don't like leavin' him alone since I stole his necklace back. I'll meet ya at the library?

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[ombra_lira]

All right.

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[colony_brat]

[Duo will show up over there after he talks to Ryuhou about keeping an eye on Hijiri. He really doesn't want to leave him alone without that necklace. The boy is too clingy. He's at least been to the library before so he starts looking around for Sheik.]

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[ombra_lira]

[Sheik's tucked away in a quiet corner, flipping through one of the books he'd found. His brow is furrowed as he searches for something like what Duo had asked for.]

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[colony_brat]

[Duo finds him eventually and makes enough noise so he doesn't have to worry about scaring the Sheikah. That just doesn't seem like a good idea.] How's it goin'?

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[ombra_lira]

[He glances up, then goes back to flipping through the book.]

I might have something. [He points to a book lying open on the floor.]

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[colony_brat]

[Duo squats down and looks at the book, like it means anything to him.] You think this could work? Can ya do it?

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[ombra_lira]

I believe so, though I would like to try on something else beforehand. I do not want to unintentionally destroy anything important. [He decides the book he's going through hasn't got anything useful in it and plops it down onto the floor next to the others he'd tossed aside.]

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[colony_brat]

Well, I was gunna make a necklace for myself. You wanna practice on that? I just need some silver ta melt down and make into a pendant.

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[ombra_lira]

...so that you know if something is wrong with Hijiri? [He pauses, thoughtful.]

I am not sure if I would be able to do it without him present. If I am to enchant an item based on a person's condition, then I must have them present, to attach them to the object.

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[colony_brat]

Damn. Well, you could practice on somethin' and then we can destroy it 'fore ya try Hijiri's necklace. Then I could give that to 'im as a present. We can do one for me afterward, when he already knows.

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[ombra_lira]

All right.

[He stands and picks up the discarded books before setting them in a stack on a nearby table. He picks up the other book and tucks it under his arm.] The shops should have something simple.

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[colony_brat]

Alright. Let's see what we can find. If they don't have a necklace ta use, I'm sure they'll have somethin' I can melt down. [Duo turns and starts heading back out. He doesn't know shit about magic, but he can at least do the necklace part of this.]

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[ombra_lira]

[Sheik nods and follows him out. To the shops!]

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[colony_brat]

[The trip is a fairly short one and soon Duo is digging through stuff with a practiced air. He wants to find something like Hijiri's necklace so they can be sure the metal doesn't react differently.]

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[ombra_lira]

[Sheik starts looking through stuff as well, though he stops every now and then to examine something he finds particularly pretty.]

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[colony_brat]

[Duo pulls out pieces that have a lot of metal. It takes him a while but he eventually finds something he can melt down.] Hey, got somethin'. Just gotta free the stones and I can flatten this for ya.

[Even while he's talking, he's heating the metal enough to pry the white and black stones from it.]

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[ombra_lira]

[Sheik looks up from examining a nice gold necklace with a small red teardrop-shaped pendant.] That will be sufficient?

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[colony_brat]

[Duo catches the stones and tosses them back into the pile.] Should. You just need a flat surface, right?

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[ombra_lira]

Not necessarily. [Sheik looks back to the necklace, then decides to pocket it.]

Is that all, then?

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[colony_brat]

Think so. You pickin' up presents for someone? [The metal starts to pool in Duo's hand as he heats it and makes sure that the metal is pure.]

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[ombra_lira]

Ah, no. I simply liked the way it looked. [Sheik watches the metal melt, and wonders how that's not burning Duo's hand.]