Hello, darlings.

As I'm sure you all know, Mother is finally back on her feet. We're all very relieved, of course.

[Whether that's relief in her voice or apathy... hard to say, really. There's no real change in tone from her usual calm demeanor.]

I do want to apologize for my... loss of temper before. I've just been looking for this book for quite some time, so I was a bit too anxious to have it.

Now, I do have a few items I could use help gathering.

For every item a crew brings to me, I will happily unlock a shard and take that item as payment. If you don't have a shard at this time, I will remember you and gladly do it later.

The things I need are as follows:
a living purple butterfly from Candy Mountain
fifteen Algre berries from Dermaevern
a sapphire from Gran Cantidad de Vacas
harpsicord sheet music entitled 'Nocturne of Sleep' from Aeolipile Isle
the head of a monkey statue from Legends of the Hidden Island
the tusks of an elephant from Safario
a living Emerald King from Emerald Paradise
a mechanical bird from Nuevo Empieza
an open blossom of un fleur passionné from Isla de la Passion
a piece of fruit from Muertos
the scale of a mermaid from Revenland
a cup of Centaurea wine from Centaurea
a metal bracelet from Fibers of Georgia
an egg from Tekir's Serenity, willingly given
a set of chimes from Green Breeze Island
a doll from Cahawba

It's a rather long list, I know, but I think the reward -- being able to use the full power of the shards you possess -- is rather worth it, don't you, my dears?

When you have an item or two I need, do let me know, and I will give you instructions on how to deliver it to me. I take my privacy rather seriously, after all.