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Yo. Everyone.

[It was midday that he addressed the village as a whole, without any lead-in or hint of apology in his tone for being so goddamn casual.]

I'm lookin' for a friend of mine. He's got long hair and has a pet pig-- lemme know if you see him.

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[It was training, Souji had been insisting for the last few weeks when he set an enraged, squealing Saizou upon him without any warning. Speed training for a little game between the two of them that they both had a stake in. And, finally-- after many days of running from the grumpy little pig-- the game was on.

Cliff had 24 hours to catch Souji. Truth be told, he had no idea what the little prankster was up to.

He'll be anywhere and everywhere around town that day, searching every corner and under every table for any hint of that teasing smile...all the while remaining on high alert for anything that would attempt to dive-bomb him.]

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[There were at least three mages that Cliff could name off of the top of his head, two of which he knew personally. Odds were high that there were many more, as well.]

...A tooth is outta the question, and hair just seems weird.

[He liked his friend's smile too much, and this chase was already making him look like a stalker. Gathering more evidence to support that was out of the question.]

...

Do ya think a pillow would work?

Probably? Depends on how often the pillow case gets washed, as there could be strands of hair or dead skin on it that could also be used. [A pause.] That is, if I can even spot the damn things.

Damn. He's kind of a neat freak-- I've got no idea 'bout how often he washes his bedding, but definitely something that he'd do if it was sommething to do.

If that's the case then the pillow is probably out of the question. [She frowns a little in disappointment from the fact that she doesn't really have any more options to help Cliff other than to search with him.]

Sorry that I can't really help much outside of a tracking spell. Any tracking outside of magic isn't really my thing. [Essentially she's saying she's sorta useless in that area unless she gets lucky.]

Nah-- it's fine. Magic ain't my thing either.

[However, the fact that this stranger even tried was good enough in his book.]

If we were back home doing this, I'd have no trouble. It's pretty normal to carry a few pieces of tech around no matter where you go...but, they don't work right here.

Normal and very useful if you carry the right ones. [She can't recall how many times the communication devices that her crew used actually saved her feathers from becoming a bloody mess on the ground.

She gave Cliff a bit of a confused look though.] Why don't they work?

[Besides tracking and long-distance communication, the devices he was familiar with also translated languages into an understandable form. It was handy to keep on hand if the carrier happened to find themselves on an underdeveloped planet.]

It's the shifts all over the place, [he said, pulling out the quad scanner that he liked to keep on hand just for the off chance that he could use it. Switching it on, he passed it off for the stranger to look at.] They muck up the readings. Everything's off the charts.

[She looked it over, granted, she wasn't any sort of techie, but she could certainly figure basic things out on her own fairly easily.]

By the archmages... Well I can certainly see what you mean. [Quite literally in fact.]

There goes a bit of hope that any tech that might pop up from where I'm from will work here.

Who knows? You might get lucky.

[Cliff shut the scanner down and pocketed it, glad that he happened to find a fellow tech-savvy individual in town.]

Simple things like toasters and automated vacuums work, and I think some simple radios will work if they share a frequency. But, anything more complicated than that is gonna be outta the question.

If it's just simple things then the equipment I'd normally use wouldn't work here then. Unless of course, the simple ideas are magic infused, then I'll have loads of fun with those, but... [She had a small frown on her face as she scratched her chin.]

Those are hard to come by sometimes. [For a space pirate at least.]

Are you talking about enchanting weapons? 'Cause I know a few people who might be able to help if that's all you wanna do.

Not just weapons. Any sort of tech that might be available can have some sort of arcane infusion in them. At least, that's the case where I'm from. And it's not something I'm too worried about. [She paused for a moment, thinking things over.]

Unless the people you know can construct firearms that are able to handle high levels of energy being pumped into them, then I'd definitely would love to be introduced to them.

[He hummed thoughtfully.]

Are you talking about something along the lines of a photonic blaster? If I had the right parts I might be able to make something for you...

But. Hm. We never thought of adding Symbols to a blaster before.

Anything's just fine by me, really, so long as it can handle the strain... And not explode in my hands. [It's happened once before. Never again.]

[He hissed a breath at the thought of a gun of a gun overloading-- thought he wasn't a gunner himself, he was well aware of the dangers of working with the tech.]

Don't worry, that won't happen. Not on my watch.

[The assurance certainly made Karis a bit giddy, and it was showing in her eyes as there was a bright spark in them. If all goes well, she could finally use her full potential as a spellslinger.]

That's great to hear, and uh, if you do actually end up making this for me in the end, I'll have to repay you somehow! [She didn't really have much to offer, but she might think of something.]

So, thanks, uh... Oh, I don't think I've caught your name yet.

It's Cliff-- and payback isn't necessary. If anything, we might need you to work a little on it too.

[He didn't care about whether he got paid or not, because actually doing something practical was payment enough. The only problem was supplies-- he didn't know what was available on hand in the smithy at the moment.]

Well, Cliff, that's something I can certainly do. [She'll just use that as her "payment" instead.]

Oh, the name's Karis by the way. [Might as well get that out of the way while she had the chance.]

Karis? That's a nifty name.

[However, he still couldn't tell the stranger's gender-- the name sounded like it was on the more feminine side of neutral, but so did names like 'Alexis'.

No matter-- the truth will reveal itself in time.]

It's nice meeting you. We'll need to talk more about the kinda gun you're looking for before we get to it...but we'll need a rain check on that. I've got a deadline right now.

[That truth could be revealed quickly here or not for months on end here Cliff. There is no inbetween.]

Oh, right! You're looking for someone. [She gave him a sheepish smile, feeling a bit bad for keeping him.] Though I didn't think you'd have a deadline on that sort of thing.

That's cool. It's a contest, you see. [He grinned broadly.] Winner get's loser to do whatever he wants-- and I've gotta win. My friend's probably got something insane planned for me if the game's his.

Hopefully it's not something that'll get taken too far. [She didn't want to imagine the possible results.]

Though I do wish you luck! Sorry again that I can't really help you look for him with the tracking spell.

[Odds were high that glitter was somehow involved in the shenanigans. No harm, but it was almost impossible to clean up.]

Thanks. I'm gonna need it. [He grinned, clearly not as worried about the consequences as he ought to be.] We'll talk later. See ya, Karis!

Till next time Cliff! [She leaves him with a wave of her hand, letting him go back to his searching.]

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