"Naturally. Am I authorised to collect your magical signature?"

"...what are you actually going to do with it?"

"Use it as your universal identification protocol for you to access any services you may hire from us; without it, and with so little other information, it will be quite difficult to verify that you are who you say you are in the future, and so the number of services we will be able to offer you will be limited."

"Mm. I'm fine with that, then."

They grab a little marble square with a small spike in the center. "Please press a finger against this hard enough to draw blood. It will not actually draw any blood or hurt you at all, it will merely capture a snapshot of the stressed patterns of your signature. If you have any kinds of magical protection, especially mental or spiritual, please disable them or add an exception to them for this. It still works even if you don't do that, but most shields will make it easier for others to fake being you."

"No, okay, I'm not doing that. Is there any other way to verify my identity, can I tell you my foster mother's dying words."

This person is completely unruffled, almost like they deal with weird idiosyncrasies from adventurers daily. They take the square back and say, "A secret question-answer pair can work, yes, as can a regular passcode, or many of those. You may write them down or speak them aloud, and you may cast any privacy spells you wish to ensure the information will not leak to eavesdroppers. We are also happy to provide you with a privacy spell or a shielded room for this purpose for an extra charge."

"I'll whisper in your ear, if you don't mind."

His foster mother's dying words were, apparently, If you loved me - if you ever loved me - no! No, you vultures - this was not glory! This was not honor! This was not -

"And then, you know, blood-choked death rattle. Not sure I can reproduce that bit on command."

They write it down, reread it, then say, "Could you repeat that for verification purposes?"

Yeah, he's not gonna forget it any time soon.

"Thank you very much, sir, your registration has been processed. Now, if you wish to purchase a subscription and a resurrection point, please head down that hallway and let me colleague at the next counter know, they will be able to present you with our available plans. Have a nice day!"

Off he trots.

"Good of them to have an alternative arrangement," he comments.

"I would guess you might have been the second weirdest person they've had to deal with this week."

"I'm not giving charming strangers my fucking blood, Taharqi. I have lived in this world too long."

"I wasn't going to try to convince you to, the kind of—man, I bet Vallynn would have some fancy words for this like 'institutional trust' or something—anyway, I would be suspicious in your metaphorical shoes, too."

"Quite! Which is why it's good they took an alternative."

The person at the next reception is equally bland and professional, and presents him with various options for subscriptions and plans. The most basic subscription tier is 150z a month, and it gives him access to a basic resurrection point for 10,000z, plus a few upgrade options for extra money like an ability to customise the conditions for triggering the enchantment to a limited extent.

The expected time for resurrection is between 6 and 72 hours after death, depending on how busy his nearest Kafra office is at the time, and he can pay extra to be bumped up the priority queue but that works in a "whoever paid the most amongst the people who are currently dead goes first" way. They have a spread of how much people tend to spend and expected delay per amount paid, if he'd like to make a more informed decision.

Arik would like to not die when he is killed. Further details are unnecessary. Minimum viable not dying, please.

Also, can they stable his extremely aggressive pecopeco.

Roger that! They can help him with both things. His mount is sent to a stable and then, what kind of gear piece would he like the enchantment to be placed on? Earring, necklace, armlet, bracelet, ring, anklet, various kinds of piercing, there's clothing items too but this person is guessing Arik does not want one of those, they can enchant something Arik already owns but that might interact badly with existing enchantments and costs extra...

"My companion has it in his tongue and that seems very cosmopolitan and exciting. D'you just poke it through?"

"Yes, that's certainly doable. Please go into the room to my left and someone will be with you shortly."

He can do that!

"Taharqi, will you hold my hand?"

He blinks. "Sure," he says, offering a hand.

Arik takes it. "When I had my ears pierced, a girl offered to hold my hand through it," he explains. "Because she thought I'd be scared of it hurting otherwise. I always thought that was cute, and since I've got you here I thought I might make it a tradition."

"I'm happy to hold—my brain jumped to an innuendo that would be a lot more crass than I want to be and I can't find one that isn't—I am happy to offer you support, how's that."