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LEV:when can I see you again

SASHA:when can I see you again

SASHA:jinx

LEV:! don’t jinx us

SASHA:fine

LEV:soon, though?

SASHA:yes

SASHA:soon

AN INVENTORY LIST

KOSCHEI’S WAREHOUSE

aGLADIATOR’S SPATHA,once used

CURSED MANACLES,two pairs

aMAGIC CARPET,really more of an entry rug, unregistered with the Witches’

Boroughs (could be registered, though it would cost you)

aSETofDIAMOND EARRINGS,responsible for at least three (3) false confessions

anAPOTHECARY TABLE(markedDO NOT TOUCHfor good reason, only to be handled with gloves of a particular kind of Argentinian snakeskin)

GLOVESof a particular kind ofARGENTINIAN SNAKESKIN,sold separately

aVINTAGE CHEST(of little value, save for the letters inside which detail a moderately frowned-upon method of youth extraction)

an emeraldPOISON RING(poison sold only by special request)

BABA YAGA’S ARTISAN APOTHECARY

‘INTOXICATING!’ BATH BOMBS(Prosecco, Rosé, Champagne)

MOISTURIZERS(Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter)

SERUMS(Bestseller:‘IT’S MAGIC!’,designed to limit redness and restore elasticity of skin)

HAIRandNAIL SUPPLEMENTS

A small display ofCRYSTALS(mostly rose quartz for cleansing, and because it’s pretty)

‘GLOW GET ‘EM,’a whipped luminizingBODY BUTTER(available inPEARLfor a faintly hollow sheen,BRONZEfor self-tanning, andMOONLIT,a seasonal special for the vampire crowd)

Baba Yaga’sHANGOVER CURE(aspirin)

ACT III: WOES SHALL SERVE

“JULIET:O think’st thou we shall ever meet again?

ROMEO:I doubt it not, and all these woes shall serve

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