Christmas Shopping at Delphi

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A few months had gone by since Zora had last been there at the Delphi. She had remembered the quaint bookshop and its rather eccentric bookkeeper, Ithai, when she had been making up her Christmas lists. In fact, Zora had just been chatting with Celeste that very morning about what to get her cousins. She had quickly found out that Shale and Ebviony were going to be fairly easy to buy for thankfully.

However, Azure along with Celeste were a little more difficult. They were both interested in magic like herself and that constituted a problem in itself. What did the magically inclined get another magically inclined person? The choices were endless, and Zora didn't quite know where to start.

Thankfully, for some odd reason, she had to take out and open her wallet, causing an embossed business card to flutter to the floor. Picking it up, she saw it was from Delphi. Turning it over a few times while staring at it, Zora suddenly remembered a few rare cookbooks she had seen while there, and that at the time, she had been going to buy, but hadn't.

Happy with the idea, Zora grabbed her keys and purse from the kitchen table, and hurried out of the house, deciding to teleport herself to the bookstore instead of driving there. And within seconds, she was pushing the door open to Delphi, where she was instantly greeted by the familiar and very comforting smell of old books, leather bindings, and ancient manuscripts.

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Ithai

The holidays were the busiest time for the Delphi but Ithai's personal favorite was the weather. It was becoming colder and colder, just the right temperature for his more elaborate designs that were layers upon layers of silken cloth. He was bundled up in one of newer kimonos, a set that had seven layers peeking out of each other. It was right for the temperature, Ithai justified to himself, and it wasn't like he was going full Heian style. The kimono was of a modern cut; just a little too short and snug to really be authentic.

For the moment, he was busily tidying some tilted shelves that a startled student had misaligned earlier. The books were fine for the most part but some of them had obtained dents in their covers. Picking them up, Ithai winced. There were some times when he thought he should really invest in better carpeting.
 

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As Zoraida started walking through the aisles of the bookshop, seeing all the older books, she quickly remembered what she had loved and found endearing about the place. Turning a corner to go up another row, Zora came upon a somewhat familair sight. One that made her smile, "Ithai?" she smiled as she bend down to help him pick up some fallen books.
 

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Zora smiled when Ithai seemed to remember her, "I am looking for a few Christmas gifts." she told him as she got to her feet. "Books for magic lovers actually," she added with a grin. "And maybe a cookbook or two."
 

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"I do have quite a few books on magical theory if you're interested in that," Ithai mused. "Much of it is too arcane for me to understand but I hear that the mages in the area are happy with them. As for cookbooks, well. I have plenty of those." With a smile, he indicated towards some shelves where the cookbooks could be found and led the way there.
 

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"Books on magical theory? That might work actually," Zora remarked thoughtfully, "My aunt's one boy, he's 15 and just learning to harness his new powers," she explained while thinking that it was a definite yes to the cookbooks. Both Broen and Celeste would probably enjoy that.

"Can I see some magical theory books, maybe ones specifically for air elementals?" she asked.
 

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