[
A few days ago, Rita received
unyieldingpower 's last Hypnos Collar so that she could study it's Exsphere-powered design and possibly reverse-engineer it, allowing for the creation of more Hypnos Collars... under the provision that she not break the original.]
[Now she stands in Zelore's main square next to a sign that says:]
EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS NEEDED.
Will compensate you in the amount of 500 Gald for half-hour study.
Animals, monsters, humans, idiots all welcome.
[Yeah, there's nothing ominous about that at all.]