"Can I help you?" the magic shop proprietor asked.
"What swords do you have?"
"Only one, today. This is 'Hyvla', the sharpest sword ever made."
"Any conditions on it?"
"Before sheathing, the blade must be quenched in porridge or it will dull."
"That's inconvenient."
"I also have this pot..."
@MicroSFF I can imagine the shopkeeper making the sale, then waiting for the customer to leave before sighing heavily, and then heading off to the backroom to get another +1 Pot Of Sharp Porridge out of the shipping crate, cursing her assistant once again for getting the order wrong.
@MicroSFF
" I also have this pot..."
"Don't tell me: it's a pot for making the special sharp porridge?"
"That is correct."
"Any conditions on it?"
"After each use, you must oil the pot or it will lose the ability to make the porridge sharp."
"That's inconvenient."
"I also have this jar..."
@_the_cloud @MicroSFF but there's a hole in the jar dear Henry, dear Henry ...
Oct 9, 2026, 7:02 PM