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[color=gold]"Hey, you should really fix the floorboards here, KitKat. This place is beginning to sound like it might fall apart at any moment,"[/color] Clair said to Cait once she noticed the creaks and cranks coming from the other side of the tavern. Sure she was joking, but this wasn't the first time today when people walking by—or doing some less pronounceable things—made the floorboards creak like that. [color=gold]"Money can't be the problem with how much you charge for stuff around here,"[/color] the blonde thief pointed at the phone the cat confiscated.

[color=gold]"Anyway, it's just like she said, kid! This place is our hangout while we go around, farm loot, and try to reach the top to get our one true wish fulfilled. You may be new 'round here, but you'll get used to it in no time,"[/color] [url=https://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1724607]Clair[/url] said as she spun around on the bar stool to face the newcomer kid after Akiko did so first.

[color=gold]"Oho~ It's been a long while since I've seen one like you 'round these parts. Name's Clair by the way. Clair, the thief. If there's anything ya wanna, be it money or a heart, don't let me know or I'm gonna get it from ya,"[/color] she added, finishing her introduction with a finger gun—complete with a [color=gold]"Bang!"[/color]—once she noticed that the newcomer was in fact a boy around their age. A rare sight outside of the floors of this tower.

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At the same time, [url=https://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1755511]another person... being[/url], also took notice of Thomas' arrival. Even though, it couldn't be said that she was part of the group that gathered around the bar.

[color=goldenrod]"At last, another adventurer has crossed the threshold into this land of wonders,"[/color] the mysterious looking girl said from her place behind a desk in a room adjacent to the tavern marked with the name 'Magic Shop'. [color=goldenrod]"You should be glad for the chance you were given. Many would die—or kill—to be in your place right now. Even so, if you choose to pursue the path that leads to your heart's purest dream, you'll need companions to help you along the way or power to seize your own fate. It's up to you to decide,"[/color] she said in a smooth, yet ominous voice as she pulled three cards from a sealed spellbook.

[color=goldenrod]"Consider these to be a gift, from a seeker to another."[/color] As the witch-like girl spoke, the cards disappeared from her hand in a flash of light. If Thomas bothered to look, he would find them resting on his pocket, where there was nothing until a moment ago.
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