[Video, backdated to event, April 16th-ish.] The Mysteries of the Egg!

[tipmyscales]

Robin shows up on the feed to the tune of some horribly off-key singing. She's doing some work at the Cloak and Dagger, trying to enchant some items for customers, but her concentration's broken by the tiny thing's constant crooning. The little lizard hanging around her is posing and showing off like a prima-donna as if its singing is anywhere near good and it looks to her with pride, as if wanting some acknowledgement. The tactician's covering her ears and looking wholly displeased, but eventually removes a hand from her ears to pat it, anyway.

"...This thing's a curious creature, but I'm not sure if it can sing that well! Does anyone want to help me with this?"

Robin mumbles something under her breath...

"Um...I mean, it's a cute and friendly little fellow, but I can't focus. Does anyone want to take it for a walk or something? The last time I tried, it was a bit easier to handle, outdoors..."

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[innocent_royal]

It's pretty lax and quiet at the cash register of the Cloak & Dagger, with Anastasia diligently keeping her place there as is her job, smiling, greeting and helping customers feel welcomed.

The silence was shattered, customers getting spooked by that singing baby lizard Robin had with her, with its voice that sounded eerie bouncing off of walls. It certainly was enough to startle the young woman, and she needed a moment to make sure it wasn't her own Ghost-type being a prankster. And it, indeed, wasn't.

Anastasia had just enough time to step away and check on her coworker.

"Hey there. That's, uh... Quite a voice he has there...
Can I get you anything? Tea, maybe? Or an item from the back?"

[notquitedracula]

Emerging from the stock room carrying a fresh batch of - wait, were those rolled cigarettes? Since when did the shop carry tobacco? Closer inspection will reveal that the papers are imprinted with various symbols and script, and the unlit scent reveals traces of sage and other, more obscure herbs. Nothing illicit, though.

Anyway, the shop owner's carrying this case of new wares out to put on the counterspace behind the front desk. He glances at the lizard, frowning slightly, but shakes his head. "I may be able to work out a silencing curse if you want to try that. It's not really my forte, though."

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[tipmyscales]

"...Tea would be excellent, thank you, Anastasia."

Quietly, she tries to get the creature under control as she works on trying to find a way to quiet it down. Its shrill cries are very much around, just a less loud this time. She ends up botching an enchantment on a protective amulet in her distraction, though. She was only vaguely familiar with apply magical effects to things, but she'd learned enough from her comrades to do what she could.

It's a shame she forgot to turn the video feed off...

She looked to her co-worker with apologetic acceptance. Robin didn't always talk to her all the time, as she was in a different part of the store, but she was quite fond of talking to someone so positive and kind. A far cry from a certain shady male look-alike that held a similar position.

"I'm a little behind on this morning's order because of this little guy, but I figure I can finish things up, anyway..."

Another lizard-creature just like it has climbed to the window and starts crooning outside, too. It tries to open the window and fails. While Robin headed out to get away from the tiny menace for a second or two, putting her work on hold, the other lizard since climbed to the window to open it.

And now there's two of them, singing their little hearts out in a screeching cacophony.

She offered a weary glance to the owner of the shop, looking back in the direction of the workshop...

"If you've got a silencing curse that's stronger than the ones I have, go for it. I can't seem to quiet it down, no matter what kind of spells I try."

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[innocent_royal]

Anastasia nods and makes her way to the store's break room where she'll prepare some tea. It's certainly nice when Anastasia can finally catch a chance to talk to Robin, but even her own work at the register can keep her from leaving it, even for a break. It doesn't take long for her to return with a tray topped with a steaming kettle, a few cups and a bowl of sugar. It is quite possible she has been using her own magic to heat up the water, rather dangerous given the nature of her magic.

And unfortunately, the young woman returned to Robin's workshop at the worst possible time. Two lizards! Two! Their combined screeching makes her wince and lose her balance on the tray, causing one of the cups to slip off the tray and hit the ground in a crash as it shattered. She growls under her breath as she sets the tray down to clean up the broken cup with a small brush and pan.

"Another lizard?" Anastasia sighs, "While on the subject of curses, either of you is free to borrow my Mismagius to deal with them..." Not violently, of course. She tosses the broken cup and begins pouring a cup of tea for Robin.

[notquitedracula]

Soma openly winces at the second lizard joining in. "I don't know about more powerful, but definitely different." He puts the box down, and turns just in time to see the cup slip off the platter. Could he have saved it? Probably. But he was still wary of using Chronomage ever since the incident with Sakuya.

So he fetches a broom and dustpan instead, and soon the mess is cleared away. "Right then. If you can get them both in one spot while I set this up, we can see about getting some actual quiet in here. But if worse comes to worst, I can set the cats on them." Not that a cat was likely to actually try to eat something putting out that kind of racket, but it might be enough to chase them off.