[[I'm sorry about the delay -- again -- I -completely- forgot where I was going with this scene in the last interval and it took me some time to get back on track.]]<br/><br/>As Red looks around the bottom floor of the shop she finds mostly barrels, boxes, and crates of unusual bulk items -- semiprecious stones, preserved animal hooves and paws, dried fruit and fungus, cheap costume jewelry -- Tivvum's Antiquities seems to be a dry goods store for useless dry goods.<br/><br/>[[Let me know if she starts looking for anything in particular, but otherwise Red just finds more apparent junk in large quantities.]]<br/><br/>At the mention of the Admiral's name, Ruskin closes here eyes and nods in sudden understanding.  "Ah, the order for Admiral Soulstorm.  Of course; you should have said from the start.  The chest is adequate payment."  She carefully lifts the chest in both arms and places it out of sight below the counter.  "One stitch, dearie, and I'll be back with your milk."  She begins to dodder off toward the spiral staircase at the center of the shop and looks back over her shoulder at Red as she goes.<br/><br/>"Mind ye, sweet cheeks, goggling is free, but don't get it in that pretty ginger bone-box of your'n to take anything that belongs to old Lu without paying first.  Paying later can be an expensive proposition!"