On the way back to their accommodations, Alice's eyes lingered on the item the branch manager handed over.
Despite its capabilities, the Marker looked like a simple trinket or toy. A sphere no bigger than her fingertip yet strangely intricate. A surface composed of several tiny interlocking segments that shifted subtly whenever Alice held it against the light.
She could tell that when the market locks onto a target, these components will probably open up to reveal whatever it was hiding within its tiny walls.
The receiver looked even more so like a trinket. A compass that was stripped of the familiar components such as the needle or cardinal markings. Not even a piece of glass separated the user from the inner workings.
Instead, the central chamber was an open hollow disk containing a single shard of grey crystal, suspended by thin golden threads attached from the walls.
A crystal not unlike the one that Suyin gave when absorbing Eldritch energy.
