A young man sauntered into the shop. No, that wasn't quite right--- something that looked more or less the shape of a young man sauntered into the shop. The facsimile was a good one, if a bit extravagant. He wore robes of a fine, luxurious make, with bright colors and a delicate pattern of flowers. Foxes leapt across the hems of his sleeves, and when his arms moved, they seemed to dance. His hair was long, and in contrast to his garb, tied back in a simple ponytail with a bit of red string.
It was the tail that gave him away. And, upon closer inspection, the thing that looked to be a mask did not seem wholly implausible after all as being merely his face, but then he lifted one hand--- the nails too long, too claw-like--- to ease it up and away. The face beneath was perfectly human, even if the eyes were a bit too slanted. He was handsome despite that.
Smiling, he said, "My my. I've seen so many interesting things today, and it is not past noon. I've been away too long, I think." He made a show of browsing the shelves, though he knew what he had come for, and was merely giving himself more cause for delay. "But that is the nature of servitude, I suppose. I am no longer free to come and go as I please.
"I am here on business," he continued, picking out a potion and inspecting it with an air of casual disinterest. "I'm to take
one of these.
Lovey Love Potions, they're called, yes? Here, for your troubles." There was no sound, and hardly a movement, but the keystones appeared on the counter. The fox-man grinned. "That will be all, I think."
Potion recorded