The town

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You arrive at the town mabye about an hour later. That orc must have a messed up sense of distance because it doesn't take anyone an hour to walk a mile without stopping. Nonetheless you were here and it was semi-underwhelming. Yes it was beautiful, but it wasn't bustling or magical as you thought. It was just regular looking people no one looked very mythical.

You glance down at the map and begin walking to the mage's shop while taking in your surroundings. The giant buildings shops on the bottom house's on the top. They were white concrete with dark wood planks for contrast with faded signs and posters everywhere. You could hear the talking of people, the crunch of the gravel, and the bells of opening doors.

You looked at the sign of what was supposed to be the mage's shop but it said "bilfords butchery". Sure the map was old but it couldn't have been that old. You look around at the nearby shops and thankfully see the shop, you were just looking in the wrong direction.

Stepping inside the bell over the door chimes and a shorter man peeks his head over the counter. He is mabye 5'0 give or take, short white hair, pale, and a small frame.
You step up to the comter and say as polite as possible "Hello sir, I am looking for the mage Athelme."
"I am Atheme what do you require?" He looks you up and down suspicious.
"I was sent here by a gnome he said you might know how to help me get back home."
"Get back home?"
"Yes? I woke up in a forest and-"
Cutting you off he says "Come with me we have no time to waste"

Grabbing your hand tightly he drags you up a flight of stairs. You enter a room with books covering it wall to wall, a book stand, and a cauldron in the middle of it. Atheme lets go of your hand and rapidly searches though the bookcases.
"Now," He started pulling a book of the shelf and flipping through it "You will have two weeks to get everything on this list I give you. If you don't give it to me in time I can't get you home. Understand?"
"Yeah, but why only two weeks?"
Atheme writes a few things on a piece of paper before replying "The spell that I am going to cast only works around 16 or less days after you arrive."
"Okay yeah I guess that makes sense."

You take the list and it says
"Unicorn fur,
Fairy tears,
Oil off a frog,
Orc hair,
Dragon scales."
Gawking you say "Where am I going to get all this? And why the hell do I need orc hair?"
"Its what the book says now lets get you cleaned up and a change of clothes before you go."

Without waiting for your replie he drags you across the hall.

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