Jen was walking down the main merchant row with Sam and messaged, “I’m kind of disappointed, we’ve been all over the city and visited several guilds, crafters, healers, alchemists, and blacksmiths, and all we have are two poisoned daggers and two sound waves.”

“How do you think I feel after finding out there are almost no enchanters anywhere on the first deck. I never imagined that almost all the enchanted gear, space rings, and sound waves came from dungeon loot drops or were purchased from the System Shop”

“True, and the guilds had some gear to sell, but it was all oriented towards heavy armored tank fighters.”

Sam replied, “considering how much enchanted sound waves and space rings cost, we might be able to make some money if I can figure out a few enchantments to place on armor or weapons.”

“I am really excited about analyzing the mana signals created by the sound waves,” Jen said, while eyeing the communicators that worked like short-range cell phones.

She couldn’t wait to try and hack the mana signals the sound waves used to eavesdrop on what people were saying to each other.

Jen yawned as it was getting late in the afternoon. “We’ll go to the Arc guild tomorrow, and hopefully it doesn’t disappoint after all the hype we’ve heard about it.”

“Well, I’m not going to hold my breath after what we just saw, but maybe we’ll be pleasantly surprised,” said Sam, and then continued humming a song that was driving Jen crazy.

While walking into their room, and trying to ignore his ridiculous humming and singing, Jen said, “Sam, if you don’t mind, I’m going to run some tests on these sound waves before you inspect their enchantments. I want to see how these coms devices interact with my psych skill.”

Tamako I’ve got your number

I think you are so fine

I dream of you when I slumber

What you do is make me shine

What you do is make me shine

What you do is make me shine

Now I’m calling for you

Now I’m falling for you

Jen was trying to take the high road and said, “Sam you’re just mad because Tamako was able to beat your forgetme charm enchantment.”

Cackling with laughter, Sam said, “There’s no arguing about whose ‘charms and enchantments’ really worked on Tamako.”

“He thinks he is sooo funny, when he is really just so annoying!” Jen thought to herself, but she knew she had walked into his last little barb, and she was going to get him back.

Thankfully that old man-nerd was heading to the desk on his side of the room to play with his charms, lucky charms, little charms, limp charms…Jen was going to think of something that would get under his skin.