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Expanding our skillsets seems to our advantage. Whatever bizarre situation we find ourselves in next, the more capable we are the less likely we are to get hurt. So with that in mind, does anyone want to learn how to be a wizard? My magic may not be the most powerful, but it is adaptable, and can be learned by anyone.

In theory. I've never tried to teach it to someone from another dimension and it might just not work, but it's not like we have any shortage of free time around here is it?

And then...

[She hesitates]

If... that doesn't sound like something you're interested in I DO have another, more unusual offer.

I've worked out the prototype of a spell that should be able to nearly instantly send a...a blob, for lack of a better word, of arcane energy from me to a target. The problem is, the target has to be animate or it can't lock on.

So...basically I need someone who's willing to get hit in the face with blasts of energy so I can test it out. Which I realize is a kind of unreasonable thing to ask someone, so if no one is willing to I'll just come up with something else. I have points, and I can make enchanted items, so I'm not above bribing people, if that's what it takes.

[A beat.]

Oh right that was the other thing! I can make enchanted items! Flying carpets and magic spectacles and other such fantastical things! If you can acquire the raw materials I need to make something, I will make it for you. If you have an idea of what you want, I will brainstorm with you over how that idea might translate into something I can actually make! Just get in touch with me. My name is Samata Mahto.

[BONUS ACTION PROMPT FOR GARRETT]

Samata had never actually met the thief she had spoken to in person, but he had told her that he could get her a jeweler's tool kit and, equally importantly, a big pile of silver. Silver was a critical component for making enchanted items. She wasn't sure why, but experimentation had determined that it could expand a person's odic field in strange ways, and also interact with magical currents.

Which was why she was knocking on the door of someone she had never met face to face. She'd worked with criminals before. This was fine.

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Garrett seemed to relax at that statement and smirked wryly--a close approximation to a smile for him. "They try to be anyway," he confirmed.

"Anyway, that's not what we're here for, is it?" He said with an amused tone. He swung a pack off his back and pulled out some bits from inside. The dufflebag clearly held something larger inside but he would get to that later.

For now, the thief held out some jewelry towards Samata. "Silver."

"Somehow I didn't think you'd actually come through with it for me."

She reached for the silver but hesitated for a moment before finally taking it from him. A decent pile. She could probably finish a few projects with this supply. "My thanks."

"I always get what I'm after," he proclaimed. If there was one thing Garrett was prideful of it was his ability as a sneak thief. He did always finish a job with exactly what he planned on heisting. (Magical rocks with robed old men surrounding it chanting weird shit not included. He didn't need another magic eye, thanks.)

"You're welcome. And one more thing for you as well." Now Garrett opened up the bag more to show Samata what else was inside: a rolled up carpet.

Samata peered into the bag and suddenly understood.

"Ah right. I still haven't held up my end of the deal. I'll admit it may take me a bit longer than normal without a forge to shape the silver, but give me a week or two and I should be able to manage something."

She held out her hand (the flesh and blood one) for the duffel bag.

Garrett hesitated but he figured he could always swipe another bag. He already had a few more in his collection as it was. He dropped the bag into her hand carefully--carpets were always heavier than they looked and he wasn't certain she was ready for it one handed. He had to use two hands to get it off his shoulder and to her as it was.

"I'm not worried about it. Really, I just want to see if it can be done. It sounded...interesting." And possibly fun. Not that he didn't believe her but he had never seen such a thing. But Ryslig had taught him that strange and magical items were a thing for some worlds. "By the way, if you need help with the silver I think some of the tools I picked up from the space station could be of use."

Unless she had picked up a tool kit from there herself, in which case she was set and just needed the time to work it all out. That was fair. He didn't know how long a magic spell took to make.

She wobbled a bit while straining before dropping the duffel bag on the floor with a "whoof" of breath. This would be awkward. "Well, I dare say this is a bit bigger than the carpet I used for the first one."

She just left it on the floor for the moment. "What kind of tools did you find? I did not find any myself. The mission kept me too busy."

Garrett had a tendency to ignore the missions in favor of other goals, but before he actually went to say that out loud he clamped his mouth back shut. It didn't really need to be said. It was probably obvious anyway. He smirked wryly instead.

"There were a lot of nice tool kits to pick up at the shielding station. A few basic things that must be universal, but also some really interesting ones that I've never seen before. At least one of them can heat metal fairly nicely." A multi-purpose wielding torch with what must have been its own internal power source though Garrett didn't know the details per se. He just nabbed what looked good, and space had a lot of tech that looked good.

SHOULD she be ignoring the missions and looking out for her own self-interest? She suddenly felt like maybe she should, with that smirk in her face. That was something to put some thought into when she had the time.

Later. "It would probably cut the crafting time in half if I could borrow those tools..."

Garrett certainly wasn't going to be the one to call her out on it. He was definitely a practitioner of 'you do you' as the modern types would say. He raised his brows in amusement as her expression but didn't comment on it.

"Sure. I'll...have to go get them." He probably should have thought to bring them with him but really. It hadn't occurred to him despite the fact that he knew she would be working with metal. Dumb of him.

"Thank you. I'll let you know when your flying carpet is done."

And I think we can call scene there?

[[Sure thing! Garrett would go get toolkit, bring back, and...probably wander off after that. Cool!]]

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