[In late March, Kanoa will receive a small box. There’s a folded note on top, written on nice stationery in (a very amateur attempt at) quill ink:]

Hi Kanoa,

I’ll be upfront: this is part request, part gift. I’d like you to make a sword for a friend of mine. Measurements are on the back of this paper. It’s ok if you’re busy and can’t or don’t want to do it, though.

The gift part is that you can keep this, whether you make another sword or not. I know you said you didn’t want anything for mine, but… here’s payment for here’s something anyway.

—Aubrey

[Within the package: a wood-carved box, with crossed swords atop the lid. (Dealer’s choice on the details.) On the bottom is a signature from the local woodworkers’ shop, Built by Otto; and carved across the front is a short message: “Don’t forget to blink!”]

(ooc: Not expecting a thread here, just a small token for the local puppet swordmaker!)