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I have a request.

Well, a lot of requests. Tiny requests, for lots of people. Not necessarily just tiny people, though — tiny, tall, whatever. That is to say...any people can help. If you're a people? And you're a help? I would greatly appreciate that.

[From off screen, a voice that sounds like Tuck can be heard stage-whispering: "Tell them WHY..." ]

—Oh, right.

[Vyng clears his throat and puts on a pair of tiny-rimmed glasses to make himself at least a little dignified, and he continues.]

. . . You see, Sleepers. There is an artifact of...uh, great personal importance to myself. A relic, if you will, that bears the name of my Druidic family.

But a local has taken stewardship over this relic o' mine. They have offered to relinquish this relic into my custody — but! For a price. Namely, this list of assorted items that I'm attaching at the end of my message.

[With a quiet "this one, right here", he literally places a piece of paper over the camera. "Too close?" Vyng pulls the paper back. He holds it there for awhile. If anybody looks, they can make out the following list:]

DONATIONS NEEDED, PLEASE & THANK YOU

Virgin blood spilled beneath moonlight

Sweat from a shop owner

Nail clippings of a swordsman

A braided lock of hair passed between enemies

Tears of a child

Pthumerian bone

True love's kiss

Appendix from a useless person (?????)

Fur, feather, or scale from a gentle Beast (that was not slain)

[From behind the paper, Vyng asks:]

How long do I have to keep holding this?

[. . . ]

Is this good? I think it's good.

[Eventually, though, a digital copy is included at the tail of this message, with a tiny handwritten note at the bottom:]

~~⅁N⅄Λ - oxox ¡¡ǝɔuɐʌpɐ uı ⅄⊥~~
ＴＹ 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝒹𝓋𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒 ♥
x0xo - 𝓥𝔂𝓷𝓰

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I'm not sure, so. I'm checking. I shouldn't be this exhausted for this long, so...Vira-Lorr's suspecting there's some blood-stuff going on, maybe.

Just checking, like I said.

Hm. You're a Coldblood, right?

Yeah. [exhale.] So unless coldblood's switched to tiredblood...

It might've, actually. I'm a Warmblood, and I've needed to do, like. Extra katas and exercises to burn off a bunch of energy. And that's after building shit on the farm.

[Granted, he only needs 4 hours of sleep on a normal day, but.]

[he thinks about that for a bit.]

Mnh... Kazuma and Ryunosuke are doing a lot more stuff on the side lately, too... Maybe that's the warmblood thing for the month.

[but why's sleepy bitch gotta be his lot?! he's got THINGS TO DO.]

That's what I'm thinkin'. It's the same for Tuck, too.

[He wants to believe that it's sleepy-bitch month for Coldbloods. But he's also quietly glad Manabu is checking into it. What an actual responsible lad.]

Want me to read the list to you while you're waiting around for somebody to see you, then?