Ever heard the one about the bovine in the ceramics shop?

[waitforsuperman]

WHO: Alfred and Toris
WHEN: Midafternoon, June 27th
WHERE: Toris' Shop
WHAT: Lili's busy for the day and sends Alfred in her stead to pick up some things from Toris' shop. While graceful in the air, Alfred is about as steady as a bull in a china shop when it comes to the ground.

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[toris_tori]

Jumping at the sound of a vaguely familiar voice, Toris appeared from the back room and nearly winced at who he saw, repressing a sigh. It wasn't that he didn't like Alfred, the other had plenty of good qualities that Toris respected. He just tended to forget most of those qualities whenever the blond stepped into his shop.

Whenever he stepped in there seemed to be endless work after to fix whatever had been broken. "A-ah, Alfred, it's....good to see you." The smile he put on was a bit strained and forced but he was hoping the other wouldn't notice.

"Those parts for Lili, I've got them back here just...don't touch anything. Please." He honestly couldn't remember where he'd put them, and he was silently cursing himself for that.

[waitforsuperman]

Don't touch anything? What age did Toris think he was, like, five? There was nothing he'd actually want to touch in this old junk shop-

His blue eyes stopped on something very, very, shiny and he looked at the backroom where Toris had disappeared and slowly inched towards the shelf from which the object winked and sparkled, like a firefly drawn to a light. A very sparkly light.

Slowly, he reached out a hand, starting to navigate the few items (an old motor, a few gears) in front of the shining one, fingers brushing against it. What was it-