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[skeletonkeay]

INBOX OF GERARD KEAY

Point of contact for Pumpkin Hollow. Gerry can be reached by phone, mail, or a visit to his shop during business hours. Pinhole Printing and Binding is open from 11am to 6pm every day except Tuesday, because fuck Tuesday, or unless Gerry deigns otherwise.

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[maskedstarbunny]

"I need a book, made in a particular manner. It is required for my magic, and without it I have struggled." To say the least of it.

[skeletonkeay]

Gerry scratches his neck thoughtfully and nods. "Alright. I don't know much about magic, exactly, but if you point me in the right direction I'll do my best. What're we lookin' at here?"

[maskedstarbunny]

"I shall need a very strong binding, and an especially thick cover with metal plating in it. The inside, if you bring me some paper I can sketch out some examples of the kinds of diagrams I will need, and we can work out how many pages it will actually be. The cover and pages have to fall within certain ranges for the whole tome to work." Technically the art of crafting a Scholar's tome isn't really magic itself, but this world has different rules and perhaps it would qualify.

"I know it is a lot, but I hope the promise of another healer for the community explains why it is so important." This has a hopeful smile in her voice, because oh, she misses healing so badly. Not of course, that she wants anyone to need it, but oh. It is a passion, not just a job.

[skeletonkeay]

Gerry nods thoughtfully, then grabs her some scrap paper that's too damaged to use for sale. He could've recycled it, but eh. Then he grabs a pen. "There ya go. You can use my desk there."

[maskedstarbunny]

Ryja sets the paper at the desk and quickly scratches out some lines, segmenting it so she can show the component parts of the diagrams she needs. She's no artist with a pen, but an Arcanist becomes very good at lines, circles, and measurements. After a little bit, she shows him her work. The diagrams themselves are almost like a mix of arcane sigils and circuitry. "I need to fit all of these in a particular number of pages, based on the size of each page. I leave it to you if a thicker tome is preferable to larger pages?" She never actually bound her own, of course. Learned the basics of the process, because every Scholar should know that much.

[skeletonkeay]

He ponders this a moment. "You gonna be carrying it around a lot?"

[maskedstarbunny]

"At all times, preferably. Not having access to magic has already caused some significant problems." The mark of Flesh certainly might imply that much.