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Chapter 19 by Nemo of Utopia Nemo of Utopia

What Do You Do Next?

[Order Six Respectable Suits; Plus See What 'Accessories' You Can Fold Into Your Order...] (Sword Cane Perhaps?)

"Berry, let us see your catalog, and-it-please-you?" You ask and Berry moves the bookmark in her book and goes out of the room, returning after about 5 minutes with a thick book with a face on the cover like so:

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(Yes, I know I just messed with the cover of The Great Gatsby: I couldn't find anything better that fit the motif I was looking for...)


The two of you look through the book, which appears to be much larger on the inside than the outside, finding many types of cloth and other materials from which a suit could be made or with which it might be enhanced, and select a goodly number of types from the sections for those customers not looking for the Ultimate degrees of protection and refinement, just something respectable and hard wearing. You then keep looking trying to find accessories, and as you guessed they are there, with glossy photos of some of the assorted styles available.
You find among them exactly what you were hoping for, weapons! You have the uncomfortable feeling that you are going to have to fight something before you leave this city, and want to be prepared.

For yourself, you select a Sword Cane with a carved ivory Goat's Head for a handle, the sheath, and blade made from "Finest Ebony-Soul And Starmetal."*
*(Whatever that means...)

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You also add to the order a pair of Glasses that let you see invisible creatures, (but not invisible objects,) a norman style cloak that will keep the temperature around you a comfortable 68°F all the time made of "The Wool of Lost Lambs" dyed yellow with "The Light of a Healthy Sun", and a red Hood which protects the wearer from outside mental influences.

Andraste picks out several accessories as well: a large purse that holds more than it should without becoming heavy and always has the item you are looking for on top, a "Ladies Companion" snub-nose revolver which comes pre-loaded with "Deicide (TM)" Brand Ammunition, a pair of "God's Forge (C)" brand personal defense daggers, (made from "Finest Ebony-Soul and Starmetal" like your own sword cane,) and a set of minor "Pearls of Power" to wear around her neck. Furthermore, she acquires a cloak and hood like your own, but in green and gray instead of yellow and red.

You also have both of your sets of suits fitted with a few patches of "Cloth-of-Adamantium" inside the lining to protect your vital organs, but you both know you are pushing it...

"Well, you're certainly discerning shoppers, oh deary my yes." 'Berry' says as you complete your orders. "It will take a few hours to get all that ready, I have some magazines in Enochian in a side room if you two would please wait..." She finishes and bustles off...

What do you read while you wait?

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