Sequin Land - Shanate

"What is this uncle?" Shanate asked as she poked the large metal box. It was weird with a lot of buttons and two holes on the side that were covered by some sort of mesh.

"Ah I see I couldn't keep this from you eh?" her uncle Mimic muttered but his smile was wide as he came over to her. She'd come for a visit but would sometimes poke around his workshop. Which wasn't a bad thing considering how often she'd stumble into danger. The tools and relic he either found or made often helped her so the girl was starting to get an eye for them.

"It's something I bought from a traveling merchant band while you were off on one of your adventures. The dancers they traveled with used this in their performances so I figured it would be a nice gift for you. Hold on."

Mimic took out a few tools and spun the device around, opening up the back before slotting in two glowing crystals. Very carefully he used his tools to make sure the crystals were fitted into place. It should work, he'd taken time to hone the crystals into just the right shape. When he was sure they were in place, Mimic closed the back and made sure everything was in place before hitting a button on the top of the box.

A rather catchy tune with deep thumps started to play, coming from the two holes on the device. Shantae took a step back in shock before listening to the music some more, nodding her head in time with the beat. On reflex as much as instinct, her hips started to sway as she took a few steps around the work shop. It was a vastly different beat than what she usually did but soon she was in the swing of things. Only for the music to cut off and send her to the floor as she was caught mid step and lost her balance.

"Uncle, why'd you stop it, I was just getting into it." Shantae cried as she stood up, a mix of a pout and scrowl on her face. Her uncle just chuckled.

"Mainly the fact this is my work shop, not a dance parlor my dear." He said as he picked up the box and handed it to her, "Besides I got it as a present for you. I figured you could use something like this for practice at home. A tad late or early for a birthday present but I hope you enjoy it."

"... So long as this one doesn't explode." Shantae muttered as she took the box from Uncle Mimic. It was far lighter than she expected just bulky.

At her lighthouse, Shanate pounded what to do with the 'boombox' as her uncle called it. He explained in great detail about how it worked to make sure she wouldn't break in within a week. She was pretty sure she got everything down though. What the switches did, the volume, to come back if it lost energy or stopped playing.

It was a bit late in the day when she got back. Usually she liked to take a soak but the beat had been rather catchy to her.