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[rogue_crow]

[Upon checking the mail, Zevran discovered the small booklet listing all the things he could get back from the town - tattoos, his blades, his bow, his armor - in exchange for nothing more than cereal box tops. Needless to say, he immediately went out and grabbed quite a number of cereal boxes, and is currently standing in his kitchen studying the

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[dodo_master]

[watches you from the kitchen doorway, blinking.]

You must really like Corn Flakes.

[rogue_crow]

[Zevran laughs as he glances over at Cynric.] No, not really. [And he offers the boy the prize book for perusal.]

[dodo_master]

[He takes a look, and his eyes grow wider as he goes down the list.]

Impossible! They can't be serious, can they?!

[rogue_crow]

I have no idea, but it's worth finding out, yes?

[dodo_master]

But... there's no way we could collect so many, is there? 200 for my magic back... 1000 to speak with my family?

[rogue_crow]

[Zevran blinks. He didn't see those.] Where does it say that?

[dodo_master]

[Hands it over. Cynric's would read:

10 boxtops - Snazzy suit
20 boxtops - Snazzy hat
50 boxtops - Snazzy walking stick
100 boxtops - Phonograph record collection (operas)
200 boxtops - Spellcasting
1000 - Phonecall from Alerius & Luther]

[rogue_crow]

[Zevran scrutinizes this. His own regain list is here, for the record.] Very strange...what on that list do you actually want?

[dodo_master]

[Surprisingly he says nothing for a moment, thinking. Then, quietly:] The last one I suppose.

[Shakes his head.] But this can't be true, can it? Whatever we want just for some cereal box tops? Did everyone in town get these or just us?

[rogue_crow]

I have no idea. But...yes, the particularly expensive ones do sound too good to be true, don't they?

Perhaps the simpler ones are the only ones that can actually be achieved.

[dodo_master]

I suppose so. How cruel of them to tease us like that, though!

[rogue_crow]

Cruel indeed. But then nothing they have done has been particularly nice, I suppose...