Discussed starter for @micwrs - A-991 Rick & Eda
Magic isn't something Ricks have an interest in or deal with. Or well, it would be more correct saying that most of them don't, but every rule, even the strictest, has an exception when you're dealing with infinite realities and infinite possibilities. In any case it's rare to find one who dabbles in something that can be considered the opposite of science and this particular version isn't one of the aforementioned anomalies on the Rick-spectrum.
The black market dealer blows out the last mouthful of smoke and then drops what's left of his joint in the portable disintegrator he always carries around. When you constantly break dozens of intergalactic laws, across many universes, it's always safe to have a quick way to dispose of the most incriminating evidences. He can't exactly just dump his shit in a random portal, not when he is being forced to use a registered portal gun. Not by choice, but life on the Citadel means having to manage with what you're given.
Blue eyes linger on the entrance of what would look like a normal antique shop if it wasn't standing in the middle of no-fuckin-where. His scanner has revealed a flood of unknown energy spread all around the building, which must be some kind of...charm or whatever they are called.
Truth to be told, if it had been all up to him, he wouldn't have taken that particular job. Not only it sounds beyond ridiculous, but he isn't too fond of sticking his noses in business he doesn't truly understand. The last thing his life needs is a curse or some shit like that. However, if he wants to keep his reputation as the guy who can get you everything in existence for the right price, he has to take all the kinds of jobs, even the ones he'd rather skip.
Besides, the clients who ask him for the weirdest crap are also the ones who pay best and, as trivial as it might sound, he has bills to pay and vices to satisfy, costs that he can't fully cover with the salary of his official job. Beggars can't be choosers.
Shaking his head, Rick stuffs his hands in the pockets of his leather jacket and sets off towards the door of the shop. He tries not to think about it when his fingers tingle at the touch of the handle and steps inside, gaze darting around to take in his surroundings. The main room is bathed in dim-light and dust and filled with shelves, all stashed full with oddities. Good thing that he knows that the object he is after is in the basement, or it would have taken him hours to go through all that shit.
So far, so good...If it wasn't for the fact that he's not alone in there. There's a woman, not human judging by the shape of her ears, carefully rummaging around the shelves. Rick isn't sure of how much that crap is worth, but he is ready to bet that she's there for the same artefact he is looking for.
It would be just his usual bad luck.
"Hey!" He calls out, knowing that there's no getting past her. She has probably already heard him walking in. "L-Listen, I'm not here looking for trouble. I-I'm just a guy trying to do his fuckin' job. Soooo, h-how about you fuck off for ten minutes w-while I grab what I need an-and then you can go back to your...w-whatever?"