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Negi had been released from the hospital, and he was actually standing. Chamo had gone off somewhere, but he had been driven home from the medical wing to the home he made in the city.

However, he had found a letter addressed to him, and a brass key. As such, Negi flew over to the shop which was locked up tight. Atelier Elric. The store was brightly colored and there were tasteful decorations everywhere, as well as several circles and such inscribed into pasteboard.

Negi had spent hours there in between training, goofing off with Devlin and otherwise reading when he wasn’t being foisted off on Ren and Phillip, and there were really good memories. He picked up the jacket that was laying in the corner, and hung it up respectfully.

A book of notes stood at the side, and he opened it up, reciting the quote that lay there. “Humankind cannot gain without giving. To obtain, equal amount must be given. This is the law of Equivalent Exchange.”

A little sticky was attached to the bottom of it and Negi smiled, reading it. “Magic on the other hand, is totally wonky with its own set of rules. Turn the world inside out with it. – Ed.”

With great flourish, Negi threw the curtains open as he put up the sign. He would do his best, for now.

It was still Atelier Elric in spirit, as Negi added a sign in the shape of a white wing, proclaiming the site.

“Sleep well, Ed.” Said Negi as he began to do something he hadn’t done in ages – potion making and magic-based alchemy.

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[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Are you stupid?" That was her answer, but her pitch sounded a lot higher than it needed to be, and she cleared her throat. "It was fine Negi. Don't second guess yourself."

Now, for that card. "Can I see?"

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Laughing lightly, Negi handed over the card. It was definitely a nice one, with her name written across it in proper Latin form, the image and descriptive name under it. "Looks like it came out as an artifact card," said Negi.

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Artifact card?" Mindy picked it up, looking at it carefully. It was her as Hit Girl, wielding a knife and looking fairly deadly. Huh. It was an interesting likeness.

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"Artifact cards are rarer than normal pactio cards," explained Negi. "Often than not, they are powerful devices best suited to the person. While it isn't a failsafe, it does considerably boost someone's capability to fight, sneak around, gather information and overall bring out skills they have already to further potential. The further you use it, the more you can learn about it."

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Mindy definitely liked the sound of that. Sh picked up the card, flipping it casually in her hand. If what he was saying was true, then she had to make sure to try it out.

"How do you get out this artifact?"

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"You just hold the card in your hand and say adeat to change the card into the item in question. Abeat () to return it back to normal." explained Negi.

"It also comes with a few perks too. Since we're now partners, I can connect my energy to yours and give you a flow of power which will help draw out your own levels of magical potential as well. 2-way telepathic communication over a distance of 10 miles, as well as I can summon you to me within that radius as well."

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Hit Girl heard everything that he was saying, even as she stared at the card. Distance of ten miles. 2 way communication. Summoning Negi.

She nodded. There was no time to start fangirling it up: she had to find out what this artifact did, what she could do with this power.

She took the card to her hand, then closed her eyes. "Adeat."

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The magic did its thing, and Negi watched as that knife blossomed into her hand from the card. He nodded, making a note of it. "It looks good."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Mindy took a look at the knife a moment. Her first instinct was to be furious and yell "THAT'S IT, A FUCKING KNIFE?" Anybody else probably would have done that.

But Hit Girl wasn't stupid: she knew enough when she had something that just looked like it was small, but was actually something powerful. She took a look at a nearby table, and walked toward it. She held the knife up a moment, then backed away from it, looking at it squinty eyed.

Then she back up one more step, lifted the knife high in the air and cut, seemingly through nothing. A second later, there was a splintering noise, and the table fell apart, cut neatly in half.

"Ha," Hit Girl said. "Just as I thought."

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"That's quite the artifact," remarked Negi. He was certain he had never read about anything like that before, so he decided he was going to look it up later. "Looks quite sharp."

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"I hope I didn't forever taint your magic by us doing this," she said, only half joking. "That...isn't possible though, right? Did we need that ermine to do this?"