2 Find the Toymaker!

Location: Fantasia Food Court

As we walk through the bustling city of Fantasia, The smells of gourmet food being crafted and cooked ready to be catered left and right, drown our nostrils in the aroma. Right before we can pass the Food Court, i look over as pine starts to speak

''Hey mr cricket, i'm reeeeaaaally hungry do you mind if we stop here to get something to munch on?''

using the opposite arm and shoulder that i'm currently sitting on he scratches his head holding a awkward smile i respond

"Stopping right now will be detrimental to our schedule! It is In our best interest if we hurry alo-"

Before I could complete my sentence pine was already chewing on what appeared to be a toasted Dough bun filled with strawberry chunked jam, the smell of the hot strawberry jam clouds my nose, irritated and confused I yell

"WHERE DID YOU MANAGE TO GET A SNACK SO QUICKLY!?"

Pine turns his head slowly, I cross my arms and raise my eyebrow waiting for a response, I notice he avoids making eye contact as he replies

"I had it in my pocket….the….whole...time?"

*Click!* pines nose extends outward a notch, indicating that he has lied. I look at him in disbelief, facepalming I denounce

"You couldn't have just waited?!

''I was trying!"

Pine replies with a muffled tone and face covered in strawberry jam, despite the muffled tone I could make out what he was trying to tell me . While we passed up the bakery in the corner of my eye I noticed the woman baker with long elf ears, was shocked as the pastry vanished from her field of vision, I sigh in disbelief.

"Excuse me child you have to pay for that!"

The Slender elf woman who worked behind the bakery's counter suddenly raises her voice, while standing at the entrance. pine shoves the rest of the doughnut In his mouth, slowly turning around he muffles

"I owe you one Ms. Baker lady!"

He extends his arm as the baker starts to chase pine and i, *Click! Click! Click!* the sound of his arm as it extends outward, he reaches and grabs the pole of a street light, pine looks at me and announces

"Hold on Cricket! We're about to Catapult!"

"You need to learn some manners! Your such a terrible bo-"

Before I could complete my sentence, pines mechanical arm starts to retract itself *Snap!* holding onto my hat, we became airborne. I can see the baker lose momentum realizing that chasing us to this extent was pointless…

Location: Fantasia Shopping Center (Outskirts)

''To the...left….Make a right. Okay there's the sign!...so it should be down this hall''

I walked down this convoluted maze looking for a particular Spell Shop, before that i guess i should say...i'm currently on the hunt for a particular spell sheet, I decided to check the Mana-net << an internet browser service>> for shops in the kingdom of Fantasia that would hold a <<Fire Make Magic>> spell sheet. And ''Dumfry Dons Spell Shop'' was the first one with the rare spell sheet available.

I approach the door reaching out my hand. I notice the rust on the handle. Spiderwebs and dust floating in the air, I immediately think to myself ''This place hasn't been visited in a while…'' ignoring all the warnings, protecting my tall hat from the roof of the door. I walk in…and notice there's nobody Manning the counter. So i speak

''Excuse me, is anyone here?''

Nervously I walked through the aisle directly to the front counter, the crunch of the dirt and dust being carried under my boots echoed throughout the room. I reached the counter and stopped to study my surroundings, unbothered about what I might touch because of my Leather gloves protecting my skin, I placed one hand on the counter flat. I look around a bit before lifting my hand, in disappointment I thought to myself ''maybe i came this far for nothing..no toymaker in

sight...not even the spell sheet i've been chasing'' i nearly gave up and decided to walk away, that was until i heard a old man's cough.

''Eghem! Sorry about that miss...i've just never had a customer in ages...i wouldn't have come out if i didn't sense such a strong Mana pool, i assume….you're quite the mage, ah anyways what might you be here for!''

The whole time the old man is talking he's avoiding eye contact with me, his eyes are focussed on my chest rather than eyes. Ignoring this i decide to get what i came for and be on my way

''Hello! Im currently here because i saw on Mana-Net that you had, <<Fire Make Magic>> spell sheet #0052? I'm a fire make student currently hunting this spell sheet it would be great if i could buy it off of you''

'' i'm actually not quite sure, those <<Make Magic>> sheets definitely do run pretty rare. Some even... are lost forever, buuut... if i did have one i don't think i'd sell it for a fair price young lady, i can definitely check for you, just give me a second!''

The short old man jumps off of his stepping stool, and walks to the back of the store, one hand outward and the other behind his back as he uses two fingers to twirl a piece of his mustache he leaves my field of vision. I stand here waiting for what seemed like 30min to an hour, with sounds of rustling and banging from the back of the shop. irritated and tired of standing,i decided to sit on a stool by the counter, i rest my head in the palm of my hand

"This the one yer looking for?"

He says as he opens a binder full with spell sheets, i raise my head and notice once again he's making eye contact with my chest rather than my eyes. he slides the binder across the table and gives me a quote

''20,000 Coin and she's yer's took me awhile to find her but there she is''

''NO WAY?! Combustion Cleaver?! This isn't the one i was looking for this is fire make magic spell #0100!!''

I examine and geek out over the spell sheet, lifting the binder looking at it from all angles to make sure it's the real deal. I didn't expect to come across an ultra rare Fire make spell..

''Oh that's not the one you wanted..?, i'm pretty sure i thought it was but i guess this ones gotta be the next best thing right?''

The old Salesman says while sliding the binder back to his side of the table. Snapping back into reality i ready myself to decrease the price using my knowledge on how much that spell goes for other places on Mana-Net

''I think the price your offering is pretty unreasonable...seeing as ive saw the same spell on the net recently marketing at 10,000 Coin, i'm totally willing to pay 10k!''

''Sorry young lady, this is the last fire make spell in this shop, do you really think i'm gonna let you swindle me outta my profit''

He closes the binder, raises his eyebrow and takes one step off of the stool. Before he could completely turn around, he looks back at me and says

''I guess i could make a deal work on one condition…''

The old man starts to lightly snicker as his cheeks turn a light shade of red, creeped out and hesitant, i respond

''Uh sure, what's your condition? I guess we could work Something out. I came along way to handle business at least i can leave here with a spell, even if it's not the one i came for..''

Taking a defensive posture, I crossed my arms covering my chest. I felt a mood change in the air. The old man re-opens the binder and presume

''Well, an old lad like me barely gets to see a pretty young woman like you around, let alone any young woman for that matter, i suppose I'll cut the price in half if you let me….uh...well''

''Hell no.''

My hands start to combust, crackling like fireworks, the room starts to get foggy, feeling insulted i start blowing small bombs in my hand *Krackle! Pop!* The sound of the palm of my hands exploding while i slowly approach the old man

''Do you know who the hell I am.''

I place one of my hands on the counter, burning the surface. Watching the material melt and deteriorate around the crevices of my hand. the salesman uneasy sweating due to the radiating heat around us both starts shaking, he nervously announces

''O-o-okay! Stop already 10k it's a deal! Just take it!''

I immediately stopped using magic. The heat surrounding the both of us vanishes as i squint both of my eyes and let out a cute smile i say

''Thank you for your service!''

Excited, I grab my newly owned spell sheet, and reach for my bookbag that's attached to my left thigh. I pull out my <<Grimoire>> almost instantaneously I open the book and place the spell sheet onto the page. The book starts to glow as the page pixelates itself into the <<Grimoire>> almost as if it was data being added to a device. "Yes! Now it's time to go and find the toymaker! Hopefully Anna was right.'' I think to myself sliding my <<Grimoire>> back into my thigh bag, I look back before I walk out of the shop giving a wink and a peace sign. Still terrified the old man carries a blank expression

''...thank...you….come again…''

He murmurs as a i shut the door behind me, *Slam!* I leave the location and head for the center of fantasia. To which, I believe I can finally find the toymaker…..

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