"Okay, so. We need a wooden bowl, distilled water, a stick of graphite, a bit of copper, a quartz crystal, and a sharp object that you feel strongly about in some way. I can help if you don't feel strongly about any sharp objects."

The required objects appear as she names them, just suddenly there in places where no-one was looking - save for the quartz crystal and the sharp object.

"... There have definitely been sharp objects that I've felt strongly about, but the one that comes to mind is attached to a person. As for the quartz - will my pendant do?"

"Is there a sharp object that's not attached to a person that you feel almost as strongly about? And I can check the quartz, I don't mind it recording my sensations for a little while."

Eva hands over the pendant. "Don't worry, it's only programmed to record me."

She hums. "Um... Oh!" She rummages through a desk drawer, and comes up with a letter opener. "Would this do? I use it all the time to receive mail from myself."

"Ideally, you want something you feel really strongly about. Just being around it a lot is better than nothing, but if it's just a prop that you use you should go with something else."

Is the quartz weird to her magic senses?

It's definitely quartz, and it definitely has magic on it and in it.

Eva smiles. "This letter opener is a link to Greater Me - of course I care about it."

"That'd be fine, then," says Inavet. She considers the quartz. ".... I think you should use another bit of quartz, to have this one work I'd have to tweak the ritual a bit, and that's somewhat risky and I'd like to avoid it if I can."

"Alright."

A new piece of quartz appears as Eva puts her pendant back on.

"All right then. Now, you'll be doing the ritual some place outside that you find speaks to you or thematically appropriate for you, at a time that you find most appropriate to yourself - mostly time of day, but if you particularly favor Tuesdays for some reason you might want to wait until a Tuesday just in case. I'll check the place to make sure it's not going to cause anything weird, and then I can walk you through exactly what you'll be doing."

"Alright! I'm going to want this at the root of my self-tree, so it makes the most sense for me to come along with you personally - just give me a moment, here. Angie!"

A woman who looks exactly the same as Eva steps out of the back room. Despite her similar face, something seems a bit off about her. Her pupils are just a bit too dilated, her skin a little too flushed.

"ITOLDyounottocallmethat."

"Sorry, Ura. I just needed you quickly, that's all. Do you mind watching the store while I'm gone?"

"Ohsurenoproblem. 'Snotlikeyouevergetcustomersanyway."

She smiles, leaning over to get a better look at Inavet. "Whosthecutegirl?"

"Inavet," says Inavet, sounding vaguely pleased at being described as 'the cute girl.' "Nice to meet you, Ura."

"WelltechnicallymynameisEVANGELINEjustliketherestofusbutweletterourselvessopeoplecanaddressusindependently-"

"You're going too fast again, Ura."

"OhamI? Sorry... This is a sideeffectofa... Stimulant. A really good stimulant, I haven't slept in...?"

She looks over at her other self.

"I think it's two decades now. Great for productivity, but..."

"Notsomething I'd want to... Contaminate the self-tree with. I like talking to people. And thismakesit... Difficult, sometimes."

Nod. "Understandable."

"Also, as Restricted Archivist, Ihaveto..." She closes her eyes for a moment, then carefully enunciates her next sentence. "I have to handle dangerous memories a lot, so I have had a certain number of... incidents. Theyarenotfun. I'm on my... Fourth restore?"

"Fifth, remember the Haronshemp?"

"Ohyes. My-memory-suffers-a-little-between-the-restores-and-the-stims." She bites off the last word, then sighs. "Youseemyproblem."

Solemn nod. "I do, yes."

"It's not... sobadwhenI... Am doing filing. Busy work. Keeps me occupied. Less talking." She smiles, perhaps a shade too widely. "Gohavefunyoutwo, I'll.. Hold down the fort."