Salvia enters and glides toward the woman, with Arne stepping inside and taking a position against the wall next to the door. His posture suggests he knows this place well and has spent many hours in that very spot, waiting for his Mistress to finish her business. It also suggests he views it as a safe space for Salvia to move about in.
The elven wizard approaches the desk with a spring in her step. "Razitha, my dear! It's good to see you! Ooh, what are you working on today?" Salvia calls out, pronouncing the woman's name in a way similar to the name 'Tabitha.' When she arrives at the desk, she sees a small teapot, some demitasses, and an ornate, oiled wooden box roughly the size of a large book. Salvia opens the box, revealing a variety of dried leaf bundles. She looks through them, selects one, and plops it into one of the small cups. She waves her hand over the pot and hot water vapor begins to float out of the spout. She gently tips it forward, pouring piping hot water over the tea leaves, and holds it up, offering to warm up Razitha's cup as well. She then gestures to Hermann and says, "May I introduce Hermann Drakner, occultist and something of a demon hunter, I believe? Is that right? Oh, how do you take your tea, Hermann?" She offers him a cup if he'll have it.
Once the pleasantries have been completed, Salvia turns to business. "Raz, I've got a problem. A certain wealthy idiot has hired us to track down some stolen arcane artifacts of some power. Our examinations determined that the thief--and it was a single humanoid--used both magic and alchemy to access our patron's vault. So we went by the Star and Crescent, hoping that some word on the street of a man moving artifacts could be found, but of course they were closed. Still, Hermann here can be very ...charming, so the proprietress gave us a name of a new face in town--Crenus Crumble. Do you know him? And have you heard anything about these stolen items?" She sips her tea expectantly.
