It seemed that the gambit that Farren took on the previous day had worked far better than expected. By taking a day off from handling any request that the mysterious Doctor had put up, he hoped that he would cause the doctor to realize just how valuable he was. Once this value was noted, it would only be a matter of time before not only the pay that Mabuz offered began to rise, but also, the exclusivity of the requests that he would offer. Many people feared the unknown, and once they found someone that was competent enough to handle their requests, it was common that they'd simply stick with such a contractor.
Though the usual pay didn't increase for this particular job, given the difficulty of it, what did change was the fact that Dr. Mabuz went out of his way to seek out Farren to undertake it. This was unsual, as such a task could simply be relegated to anyone. However, this time around, Mabuz specifically asked for Farren when he approached the guild about the request. It showed that not only did Mabuz value Farren's abilities, but also that Farren's plan had begun to work.
The young Phantom Lord mage smirked to himself as thought about all of this. Though simple in this situation, all sorts of manipulation appealed to Farren; causing people to bend to your will. It was also why a request such as this one appealed to him as well. Though such lowly ranked requests would usually cause much boredom to someone that considered themselves to be above them, he had to admit that he found himself enjoying his time hexing people. Though only one hex worked as advertised the last time, there was something about ruining someone else's day that tickled him. Maybe this was a sign of some sort of personality disorder? Whatever it was, Farren simply felt the need to indulge it, and what better way to do so than with hexes that were now advertised to be "stronger than ever"?
He wasn't exactly sure what "stronger than ever" meant, but he could only assume that Dr. Mabuz meant that these hexes would actually work as they were intended to. One of the hexes was supposedly the same as last time, but the other was different in some regard. The first hex that Farren would attempt to make use of would be the "Decrepify" hex. This was a hex that allowed the user to paralyze the intended target's legs for around an hour. The first time he'd attempted to use this hex on someone, all he managed to do was cause his target to gain a visible limp. Needless to say, it hadn't worked as it had been intended to work.
WC: 549
TWC: 549/1000