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{{familiar
|famid=271
|name=Elf Operative
|hatchling=elf sleeper agent
|H1=Festive field agent
|H2=he wears a great many hats
|H3=all of them pointy
|ability=Increases item drops and stats after combat <br> Has a very particular set of skills
|function=Has the properties of both a [[Baby Gravy Fairy]] and a [[Blood-Faced Volleyball]]; sometimes gives items.
|throne=Cannot sit in the throne.
|equipment=red-and-green microcamera
|hns=2
|sh=3
|oc=2
|ucm=3
|hands=1
|wings=0
|animal=0
|clothes=1
|eyes=1
|mechanical=0
|sleaze=0
|undead=0
|hot=0
|biting=0
|quick=0
|flying=0
|evil=0
|bug=0
|underwater=0}}

*After combat, granting +stats:
*:<familiar> touches his earpiece, nods, and gives you a thumbs up. (+'''X''' Stats)
*:<familiar> turns toward you and very nearly smiles. (+'''X''' Stats)
*:<familiar> nods at you approvingly. (+'''X''' Stats)
*After combat, granting +items:
*:<familiar> pulls out a little flashlight and shines it around, helping you find extra stuff.
*:<familiar> does a sweep of the area, on the lookout for extra items.
*:<familiar> scans the perimeter, on the lookout for extra items.
*After combat, occasionally:
*:"This might prove useful in shoring up your resources," <familiar> posits.
{{acquire|item=cobbled-together Meat detector}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:"If you wear a tuxedo and carry a clipboard, you'll get thrown out of a lot of places. One or the other, though? Great disguise."
{{acquire|item=discarded bowtie}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:"I always stock up in case of an emergency," <familiar> says and hands you some rations.
{{acquire|item=elf army field rations}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:"Looks like rain, boss, this'll cover you," <familiar> says.
{{acquire|item=elf army poncho}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:<familiar> looks glassy-eyed and tells you, "A buddy of mine took one of these back in twenty-two, it should have been me."
{{acquire|item=gingernade}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:"Here you go, Boss. Shaken, not stirred, twist of peppermint."
{{acquire|item=martiny}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:<familiar> gives you a worried look and tosses you a syringe.
{{acquire|item=prototype stimulant}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:"I learned to use these back in 'blam" <familiar> says, tossing you a net.
{{acquire|item=really nice net}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:"You're going to need this if our intel is correct," <familiar> says forebodingly while tossing you something.
{{acquire|item=sew-on bandage}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:"Elf-tactical wear is very flexible, try this on," <familiar> suggests.
{{acquire|item=tailored vest}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:"Boss, this will keep you alert for the coming events," <familiar> says and hands you a thermos.
{{acquire|item=tin thermos of chai}}
<center>''or''</center>
*:"If this op goes south, trypto all the hostiles and wait for extraction!"
{{acquire|item=tryptophan dart}}
*Cannot be enthroned in the [[Crown of Thrones]]:
*:That familiar doesn't want to go in the Crown of Thrones.
*Cannot be Bjornified in the [[Buddy Bjorn]]: 
*:
*With [[lucky Tam O'Shanter]] equipped:
*:Light glints off <name>'s sunglasses, barely visible beneath the tam.
*With [[miniature gravy-covered maypole]] equipped:
*:<name> taps his foot and peers dispassionately at the maypole.
*With [[wax lips]] equipped:
*:The wax lips mask <name>'s expressionlessness.

==Arena Messages==
*None - familiar has no weaknesses.

==References==
*The familiar's description of having a 'very particular set of skills' is a reference to a quote by the character Bryan Mills (played by [[Wikipedia:Liam Neeson|Liam Neeson]]) in the 2008 movie [[Wikipedia:Taken (film)|"Taken"]], when announcing that he will pursue and kill the captors of his daughter if they do not let her go.