Silver's antennae twitched once as she quickly stepped through the portal. She held one arm out in front of her, allowing the Energy squirrel balance on that as she spoke to it.

"What do we need? Do we have enough silver?"

"We have enough, though we could use a bit more gold."

"Gold? Why? That seems a little--"

"You will see, Goddess."

She glanced towards the waiter after this conversation, tilting her head to one side at him.

"... Just curious, how is it that you know all of that information? And--"

Before she could ask her next one, the squirrel interrupted her.

"Do you happen to know the color of the Soulshifter's aura? ... Also, we need a moonstone."

Silver gave the squirrel an odd look.

"Why? What would knowing Nina's aura color do and why do we need moonstone?"

The squirrel simply stared at her for a moment before replying.

"You will see."

((Ah yeah, I posted again, bottom of page 103. Not necessarily requiring your reply, just checking something))

The waiter looked at Silver, "Miss Silver, you must understand something, I will not divulge that information unless it is to better service you. That is the code of waitering." He kept his hands rigidly at his side, "I do not mean to be rude, but that is-"

"You may tell them however much you want. This is as much of a personal matter for you as it is for us," Lily interrupted. She skittered off the table, "Gold? We should have some. Vince likes to call it his dubloon chest."

The waiter nodded his head and looked at Silver, "I do not mean to offend you, but I would like to ask you a clarification question: What do you mean all of that information? About little miss Nina, about flesh sculpting, or...?"

He stopped and looked at the squirrel when the little furry rodent interrupted. The waiter frowned slightly, "Unfortunately, that is beyond even my capabilities. I am sorry. An aura indicates the capability to wield magic for most people. Vince's aura is green heart chakra with a crown turquoise chakra and a grey for his brow chakra. Miss Lily's aura is mostly turquoise and a bit of golden orange crown chakra with tints of purple everywhere else. Nina's aura..." He stroked his chin, his face actually twitching into a more thoughtful expression, "Most flesh sculptors have a green aura. This is fact. I've known the Vipére line for many generations. So Miss Nina would be a dominant green with a turquoise crown chakra at the least due to Miss Lily and Vince's nature."

The waiter nodded his head, "Auras for Runeterrans usually means that they are capable of tapping into a form of magic. Flesh sculptors have no real overpowering aura, not powerful enough for magic at least, until the rite of Awakening. Even then, they can hide their auras very aptly if they so wish to. To find a flesh sculptor one would have to try and find the lack of aura, for they are most likely dead or flesh sculpting. She should currently have at the very least very weak green due to the regenerative nature of flesh sculpting. However, it may have other colors mixed in because of her current state."

He looked at the squirrel, "If that is the case, I would assume some of Silver's aura would be mixed in, along with grey becoming more predominant. You would not call her Soulshifter if you could read her properly, correct? Where these colors are in her chakra points, I am unable to say. I hope it is not as bad as I fear or else things can and will go horribly wrong. This is, at most, an educated guess. I apologize, and I hope this is helpful."

The waiter straightened his outfit. Waving his hand a moonstone appeared out of thin air. He held it out towards Silver and the squirrel, "Is this an adequate size, or would you like a larger one?"

((I had a nice happy post... However, one of the few times I don't copy it, my internet dies and I lose everything. Woot.))

The squirrel snatched the moonstone before Silver could even attempt to grab it, then it replied to the waiter.

"This is perfect, as well as the information you gave on the Soulshifter's aura. She was hard to read when we met, making it difficult to see. However, what you told us lets us know the next item we need."

Energy examined the moonstone as it continued.

"We need another gemstone, unfortunately it may be a tricky one to come across. We need a few Tourmaline, not large in size. However, it needs to have specific colors. One end needs to start as green, then fade to blue, then to clear."

Silver gave the squirrel a look as if she were going to ask it why the heck they needed that stone, but she kept quiet, knowing that it would probably give her the same answer as before. Once Energy finished, she eyed the waiter and responding to his previous comments.

"Forgive me, I did not intend to be cryptic, nor intrusive. If you do not wish to tell me I will be content. And for clarification, I meant the information about Nina."


((Also, I looked up tourmaline just to see if that color combination was possible... And its such a pretty stone. I want some now. »_» ))

The waiter looked at Silver. He clicked his tongue for a moment, "Well, it would be embarrassing for someone of my position to not know. After all, I was the one who named her. Vince, Lily, and Nina are quite important to our family."

The waiter weaved his hands about, "Energy, the more you request, the more powerful I am. That? That is perfectly able by my standards of magic. Thank you for being specific." Lightning crackled from his hands and he drove them forward. They tore through the air and disappeared. He had a face of absolute concentration, sweat beading down his brow. He would need a few minutes.

Silver's antennae twitched once at the waiter's response.

"... You.. Named her? Huhm... I wouldn't have guessed."

She glanced over to Lily once, then remained silent as he started casting his spell. The Energy squirrel handed her the moonstone, and sat patiently on her arm while the spell finished. She examined the stone that was handed to her, still confused as to why they would be needing it.

Lily clicked from wherever she was loudly, "I was passed out from pain and a lotta meds and Vince insisted on naming her after flowers! Waiter thought it'd be better to name her after a girl in my favorite kid's story!"

The waiter drew one hand out, holding out one of the tourmaline stones. He held it out to Energy, "How many...will you need?" He looked at Silver, more sweat perspiring, "Nina was a princess who was in love with the Dragon Warrior Ryu. Considering the story, I thought it was a bit apt considering the circumstances." He smiled, "I'm allowed to be clever every now and then, no?"

The Energy squirrel took the stone, examining it for a moment, then looked satisfied.

"Three, each the same size."

Silver tilted her head to one side after hearing the story of how Nina got her name.

"That is rather clever, and fitting. More original than how I received my name. Either way, you must be very trusted by Vince and Lily for them to let you name their daughter."

The waiter shrugged, wiping sweat off his brow, "It is a long story, perhaps I will tell you of it sometime. But you now understand why I must ask you to keep asking me to help. If I am not asked, I cannot help." He nodded his head, "I did not understand the severity of this issue until a few minutes ago."

He shot his hand back through the rip in the physical world, he went back to doing whatever he was doing.

Lily clicked loudly, "Gah! Stupid! Dubloon! Chest! They're called ingots Vince, ingots!"

Silver gave the waiter a weak smile.

"I'm not sure if anyone knew, to be honest with you. If I knew any of this from the start, I would have done something about it already."

She glanced in Lily's general direction, allowing the Energy squirrel to crawl off her arm and onto the table near the waiter as it continued to patiently wait for the gemstones.

"... Speaking of help, do you need any over there, Miss Lily?"

(Ahh a breath of Fire fan GV?)