Jasmine leads you around the shop. "This is a genie bottle, although the genie is a little cross. You get three wishes, but you have to be very specific." She moves on. "A spellbook. It has a good combination of spells--some illusion, some alteration, some control, some enchantment."
You aren't quite sure what she means, but you nod and say, "Go on."
She does. "Potions on this shelf. Love, hate, strength, invisibility, potency, sleeping." She continues to a case with several wooden sticks in it. "Wands." She moves to another case. "Other artifacts, such as a ring of invisibility, a necklace of fireballs, an anti-magic talisman, a cylinder of storing."
You stop her. "What was that last one?"
She picks up a tube with a glass tip and a large blue gem at the bottom. "This is a cylinder of storing. It will allow you to store anyone in it for an indefinite period of time. Simply grasp the gem and touch it to the person's forehead, then say 'Enter'. When you hold the gem, you will see an image of whoever is stored. Focus on a specific image and say 'Exit'"."
You look at the item. "How many people can it hold?"
She replies, "I'm not sure. At least ten, I believe."
You take the cylinder and hold it by the gemstone. You notice that you get an image of a lovely young woman from the device, but you decide to test it, so you hold it to Jasmine's forehead and say, "Enter." She disappears silently right in front of your eyes! You now sense two in the gem, the first woman and Jasmine. You focus on Jasmine and say, "Exit." She reappears before you, still gloriously naked and entranced.
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