video; unseelie locked.

[thebreakingwave]

Hello, for those of you I haven't yet met, I'm Harry.

[The video footage is of a young man with messy black hair, one bottle-green eye, and half his face silvered over with old scarring. On the damaged side, he has a red amber prosthetic in place of an eye. In the background, there's a crow that periodically peers over his shoulder.]

The queen has tasked me to talk to every one of the Unseelie and ask for a memory of solidarity, overcoming great odds, or defeating a foe. With these, she can use it to create a better, stronger defence for a rebuilt Caer Scima.

It's going to take time to do this — at the very least, a few months — so there's no hurry to meet and I've the ability to get to pretty much anywhere in the Drabwurld quickly.

[He looks down at a bit of paper that's just out of sight; seems like someone made notes before talking.]

Sharing a memory is done through magic, it doesn't hurt, I won't look at anything you don't want me to see and I'll swear to that.

How's that?

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[thebreakingwave]

I can't, but the Queen can.

[desperate_times]

And what are we getting in return for letting you copy our memories?

[thebreakingwave]

What would you like? I've some skill as a wizard and if I can't get you what you want, I'm happy to bargain on your behalf with the people I know.

[desperate_times]

What would I like? Well, I could let my imagination run wild, but are there any limits to what you can do or can you wave a magic wand and make me a unicorn?

I don't want a unicorn, it's just an example.

[thebreakingwave]

That's good, I'm a little short on unicorns at the moment.

[ He might be joking? ]

Most of what I can do is limited to little, useful things. A knife that stays sharp, a pair of boots that always stays dry, a cloak that'll keep you warm, or a tiny flame in a jar that won't go out.

[desperate_times]

A cloak that will keep me warm? Even when it's freezing out? That would be useful. But so would everything else.

I don't suppose you enchant for payment, do you?

[thebreakingwave]

I do, yes. If there's anything you'd like, just ask, and if I can't make it - which is pretty likely - I can try to bodge something together or send you off towards someone who can.

[desperate_times]

Well! Where have you been all my life, darling?

[Forgive her flirty tendencies. She just does it when she's happy.]

The cloak and the boots would be a start. Now that I'm without a ship, something to carry what treasure I find would also be useful.

Question is, what would all of this cost me?

[thebreakingwave]

Running about Britain.

[Oh no, she's made him blush. Just a bit, but it's probably easy enough to see over the locket.]

If you pick out the cloak and boots you want, we can meet up at one of the spires and I'll charm them. I don't have a charm to make a bag that'll hold anything and everything, but I've had a lot of requests for that, so I'll keep an eye out.

As for what it would cost, I don't really need much. But you said treasure? Are you a treasure hunter?

[desperate_times]

Sounds like a good deal. And you can take that memory while you're at it.

[Then they'll both have gained something, though she thinks she might be getting a bit more out of this with some new items, but that's why she likes it.]

I am. At least, I was back home. I haven't done much of it here, but I plan to change that soon.

[thebreakingwave]

How much experience do you have with curse breaking? I can't swear that the things you'll run into here are charmed or enchanted, but ...

[Given how things tend to run in the Drabwurld, odds are there will be magical protections and it wouldn't hurt to have someone with even a little experience look in.

For a cut, of course.]

[desperate_times]

[She raises a fine brow. Oh, so he sees an opportunity for some business? She likes that.]

But if I did find something like that, I could use a handsome, savvy magic user to uncurse it for me. Is that what you're saying?

[thebreakingwave]

[ Harry taps the side of his nose with his pointer finger. ]

You could get one of those, or you could get me.

[desperate_times]

[She hasn't missed his looks or the prosthetic, but she's a charmer.]

Or I could have you and get both. But I get the feeling it won't be for free.

[Nor would she expect it to be.]

[thebreakingwave]

Nothing really is. I'd like first dibs on anything you find and want to sell. If it's something I really need, I'll pay you the fair price for it, but I want to have the first shot at it.

[desperate_times]

If I want to sell it.

But yes, I can agree to that.

[She'd need to find a buyer anyway, so why not let it be him?]

[thebreakingwave]

Then it's a deal.

[ There are a few things both he and Linn are on the lookout for and this might be a good way to find them. ]

[desperate_times]

[She gets a sense of that. Otherwise, he might not have asked to have first dibs.]

Anything special you're looking for? I do travel quite a lot.

[And if she can just get something he wants for him, it's a much quicker pay day.]