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final fantasy xii: balthier

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I am soliciting assistance from anyone who has skill at identifying magical or alien items.

There has been an influx of antiques at the shop and my usual eyes are unavailable. I have a few suspicious pieces. I’ve put the main offenders below, but anyone who would like to stop by and help me do a sweep of inventory, that would be greatly appreciated. I can pay you for your time.

1. Aztec Death Whistle
2. ?? pre-historic sculpture ??
3. Egyptian palette
4. possible alien tech? possible disco ball
5. Medieval Cauldron
6. possible ancient chinese burial item, possible alien device

[ OOC: Go wild identifying these objects, but everyone will miss that the CAULDRON is magic. Feel free to have it feel weird or make you forget or any other specific ways it tricks your character. Balthier will also answer video calls and show more of the objects.

Any questions, hmu dm or

portolan ]

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Highly unlikely Number 4's alien tech. I've yet to encounter a species that values form over function to that extreme. And it appears much too pristine to be anything commonly used.

[And while it may have the overall shape of a thermal detonator, so does every other spherical object. And he doesn't feel like calming someone down after introducing even the notion that they might explode, so he won't even bring that one up.]

Whatever it is, unless you can easily identify how to turn it on, it's likely just a decorative piece of some kind.

[Or something requiring particular abilities to use, but he'll also be avoiding that particular can of worms.]

You are the single most helpful person I have interacted with in weeks.

Is there much risk to handling it to look for a power source? My knowledge here is woefully limited.

[ If it requires abilities to use, fine. He may not want to sell it but he can at least store it. ]

If that's a concern, I could see if it responds to any of the methods I'm aware of. It's safer than the alternative, at least.

Though, again, I doubt it's dangerous. But in the incredibly unlikely event that it is, I suspect I'm the only one of us who'd get an early warning.

[and also the only one with a built-in revive function.]

I don't suppose I could convince you to come to the shop and check a few pieces for me? I am absolutely prepared to pay you for your time and transit.

And if you'd be willing to teach me some of the things to look out for, I'd be willing to pay a good deal more.

Examining it will be enough. Knowledge, of any sort, is far more valuable to me than credits. Or whatever this world's equivalent is.

I don't mind sharing what I know, though you're likely to be disappointed. Much of it is tied to Force sensitivity, and if you don't know what that means already it's not likely to be of any use to you.

Still, the only questions I wouldn't answer would be any that would involve knowledge too dangerous to share.

I can accept those limitations and considerations. And I'm willing to trade knowledge for knowledge. Discretion is appreciated; I won't press past what you are willing to offer.

[ it doesn't matter if he can't personally understand whatever this force is; being aware what clients may want or what to keep away from them is valuable too.

besides, he's a pirate and the son of an aristocrat; he knows the value of having contacts, even if he doesn't know how they'll be useful yet. and this person seems intelligent and discerning. ]