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Message: <blockquote data-quote="simmo" data-source="post: 1368225" data-attributes="member: 9744">chapter 3 Memories for SaleMalkir bought a crystal mimir and the three companions were just about to exit the shop when A'kin  rushed over to the door to bid them farewell.“Always glad to be of service,” he said as he held open the door. “Lady Serena, I wish you well on your travels and am sad that I cannot help you further in your quest with the mere trinkets in my shop.”“I wonder,” Serena paused before she stepped out of the shop. “You sold Malkir an interesting amulet and I was wondering if you had any others?”“Alas, such an item is very rare.” A'kin replied looking crest-fallen. “But if I come across anything like it, I'll be sure to hold it for you.” He paused briefly and seemed to be struck by another sudden thought. “I do have this one item that functions similar to a recorder stone that the Sensates have in the Civic Festhall. It's wonderful inside the Sensate head-quarters as there is a huge variety of entertainment, but a humble shop-keeper like myself can rarely afford to go. This item is similar in that it can store memories.”“The pendant is a rather ugly shape, but if you were looking for something and wanted to record an emotion. This would a very convenient way of doing so.” The shopkeeper pulled the pendant from around his neck and handed it to Serena.“Would you be prepared to part with it?” she asked.“But of course, my dear I am a shop-keeper and providing things to people who need them is my calling.” The arcanoloth's smile split his face from ear to ear and his white teeth stood out in contrast to the circles of black fur around his eyes.“So it's not a prized possession?” Serena asked as she played with the black pendant in her pale hands. The black lump attached to a silver chain looked like a small toad-like creature that had become petrified inside a lump of coal.“No,” replied the shopkeeper. “I have experimented with it and touched on the memories inside. But I prefer not to use such an item.”“Hmm, interesting” said Serena looking intrigued. “How much would you charge for this?”“It's quite a rare item and the Sensates would pay handsomely for it, but since you're a valued customer and friend of Littleby Cakebeard – I'll part with it for three hundred gold. As long as you recommend my little shop to your friends.” A'kin wrapped the pendant in a white piece of paper that he found lying on a bin nearby and exchanged the package for the coins that Serena held out.After the companions had each bought something in the shop, they returned to Malkir's house in 34b Stonecutter's row.</blockquote>

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