>Examine the chain more closely.
>Examine the music box.
>Ponder the orb.
>It is a thick length of chain, suitable for lifting or restraining very heavy objects.
>Ah, you have this one! It is a small black box with an opening one of the ends, wherein you can see some strange dark brown tape. No one knows how these work, but with the right machine you can make them play music. They are all foreign in origin, no one really can read there. Or at least no one who cares to. This one depicts 5 dark-skinned men with dark hair in spotless white suits (...not unlike Raiko, now that you think of it) standing on what you assumed is a darkened stage, surrounded by a kind of red starburst. The letters are bright and colorful, common for
music boxes.
>Looking closer, you think this "crystal" is glass, colored pale blue. There are curious shapes and distortions inside, which you presume are artifacts of making the orb. It is about palm sized.
> "Well, shoot. In that case, not to ask one merchant for help with finding other merchants, but would you happen to know where I could get black tea, jeweler's chains, tires, and engine-compatible tubes? Presumably not all in one place, though I sure wouldn't complain if somewhere did have them all."
> Provide a rough size estimate for the tube as needed.
> Examine the small ruby while we're here, because why not.
>Glancing at the ruby, it seems very nice. You don't know much about gems, but it is about the size of a sunflower seed, and has as sort of trapezoid-looking cut.
>"Well, there's a jeweler in town," says Ichirin. "They might be able to help you with the chain. And maybe the tube? Or there's the blacksmith. As for tires...oh! You mean the weird bouncy outside world ones? There's a a few of them out back, I think.
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