>>5825557>>5825764>>5826024Wetware locked eyes with the spirit, his voice firm. "I need your help to rout out werewolves that have overtaken my shop," he stated, the raw edge of his need cutting through the ethereal atmosphere.
The spirit, a swirl of argent mist, regarded him with an otherworldly gaze. "And what, mage, would be my reward?" it asked, its voice a haunting melody that seemed to pull at the very fabric of reality. "What do you offer to entice the assistance of a being such as myself?" The air around them crackled with the tension of a deal yet to be struck, the spirit's question hanging like a specter in the twilight.
1) Offer it vagaries like a long-term alliance, "I owe you a favor" type stuff
2) Offer it Essence
3) Issue a threat
4) Give up on this line of thought and dismiss the spirit