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Ah, but one will be arguing the value of a song is greater still than the weight of gold.

...I do not know anyone who would argue such a point.

Not so. Now you know me. And I'll absolutely make the argument.

Oh my, you seem to have fallen under the misconception that I wish to know you, sir.

Your argument is unfortunately invalid. Coin is the only thing that carries any weight here, I am afraid.

If you wish to know the coin of my purse, you can't help not not wanting to know of me, I should think.

I am certain there are other ways you could be persuaded to part with your coin, good sir. I am no thief, however. Nor much for intimidating.

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What is it I can help you with?

First with clarification, I would imagine. I've been led to believe you've the skills and predilection to inquire after the affairs of those most of us call 'dead,' Mistress?

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You have been lead in the right direction, depending upon your needs I am very capable of assisting you. First I need to know the color of your coin.

If you're certain you can't be convinced to barter, you

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If you're certain you can't be convinced to barter, you <i.will</i> find my coin is of the usual colour--though more bronzed and silvered than gilded, you'll understand.

...Yes it is hard times we find ourselves in, is it not?

I can be bartered with, but songs are not something I am willing to receive. I cannot fill mouths with song. I take said song and exchange it elsewhere.

...you'll forgive a bard his attention to the play of words, but songs rather do fill mouths. In more than one way.

Ah, a bard. I should have guessed. Pardon me, but I have the most annoying man of the same 'profession' following my party. It is distressing and the urge to strangle him grows with every minute.

Yes, yes. Very literally.

No work of quality ever does. I was wondering how one would go about enlisting your assistance with something, Miss Aun Afae?

[Hi Aun! Guess who was directed here by a mutual friend (http://sixwordstories.livejournal.com/68513652.html?thread=2029883252#t2029883252)?]

How curious you should know my name. Had I not gone through pains to announce myself, I would assume you suspicious.

It is as simple as asking and showing payment, of course I have requirements of my own.

((Hello there! The plot thickens.))

Clearly, tales of your work have preceded you! As a man bereft of contacts and in need of a necromancer, familiarizing myself with your reputation has been quite essential for me, as I'm sure you can imagine.

There is an old acquaintance of mine who passed away some years ago, We were not on the best of terms when he died, and I would like very much to see him once again. Of course, I intend to meet any terms and conditions which you may have?

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You wish someone resurrected? For what purpose do you wish them brought back to life, do they require their intelligence? I can assure you it is not a pleasant experience to be ripped from the afterlife, I can of course create a reanimated body with a few ingredients.

I would like to believe that the closure which this encounter could give the other party would outweigh the discomfort of being restored from the dead, so yes, retaining their intelligence would be preferable.

What ingredients do you require?

How interesting if that is the case. I may wish to witness this regardless of the outcome. It might prove to be somewhat amusing. So you are under the belief that this man will bring some closure to something? It is not entirely my business to question what business you may have, but I am curious.

I require an onyx gemstone. This man was not particularly powerful in life, was he?

Oh, he was quite powerful in life, and not entirely human, if that makes a difference?

This doesn't make it too challenging for you, does it?

Quite powerful? I may very well need several gemstones if that is the case. But it should be no more challenging than bringing any other creature to life.

A zombie is a zombie, as they say.

You will find that in this line of work, there is but few things too challenging for me.

I'm pleased to hear that. I'll confess I would have been quite surprised to find that a practitioner of your calibur was deterred by my requirements.

I have a resource which should provide the gems you require. Shall I take you to the grave site now? Or do you require time to prepare?

This is the staple of my art, it would be very bad for business if I could not do something as simple as animating something that once lived. Although, I do wonder why you do not seek the aid of a cleric if you wish this man brought back to life and not undeath. It would be a simple matter to speak with the dead and not bring them back.

No preparations other than those stones. It requires I place one in an eye socket, or some similar cavity.

Oh, he is too long dead for any cleric in good conscience to restore.

[Saying this, he reaches out to touch her shoulder, and if she'll not resist, teleport both of them to the grave site. It's a rocky beach, with the flat stones of the floor leading up to the edge of a steep cliff face which rises perhaps twenty feet up to a plateau above them.]

[She did have issues with contact with any being, but it was alright, Aun tensed at the approaching hand before they were magically whisked away to another locale. That was fine. Magic was something she could understand.]

The gems, I assume you have?