<div class="floatleft">(https://img00.deviantart.net/7315/i/2016/179/9/0/mechanical_mage_by_isis_blue_fire_3_by_isisbluefire-da81o13.jpg)<br/><div align="center"><strong>Felice</strong> (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=290166.msg14258283#msg14258283)</div></div>Felice smiled warmly, enjoying her friend's humour and unfeigned enthusiasm. Without thought, the tinkerer dropped onto the bed and found herself genuinely surprised by just how well sprung it was. She didn't sprawl as decoratively as Gerdi, but she lay back on the soft bedding, so she could gaze up at the room's ceiling.<br/><br/>"I'm envious," Felice admitted, "You've got your own little island of tranquility."<br/><br/>She sighed happily, then twisted in place to regard the other woman closely, a serious expression on her face. Felice propped herself up on one elbow, and slipped the glasses down her nose.<br/><br/>"I don't know," the tinkerer began, earnestly, "Master's playing his cards close to his chest with this one. It's a shopping expedition, without any clue what I'm supposed to purchase and no, he never mentioned an Apprenticeship Quest."<br/>