RE: Incident [TEXT]
07-23-2013, 11:47 PM
The box is too enticing to resist. You pull it out and replace the flowers.
You freeze as soon as you see the embossed crest: a quartered shield, four birds inside, two birds outside holding the motto.
“Virtutis In Numeris,” you whisper.
It's the very same as that which stamped the envelope you found in the Old Bank.
As you touch the box a split appears in the side, forming a lid. You pull away, and the box becomes a featureless cuboid again, barring the embossing.
A linker item bearing a mysterious crest? This is something important. Or dangerous.
You touch it again and flip open the lid. Inside are several items, which you pick out and lay on the desk in front of you.
An envelope with your name written on it. You don't recognise the handwriting. Another version of the quartered shield and motto, seemingly made of tarnished silver. Flipping it over, you find two words engraved on the otherwise flat back: Alexander Dupont. A folded piece of thick parchment, which words blossom across when you pick it up. They vanish again when you let go: another linker item. And finally, a piece of string.
Slitting open the envelope allows five twenty dollar notes to fall out, as well as a small piece of folded paper. Unfolding it reveals only the words: 'How on earth did you make an acquaintance of one of the Murios family? I'm impressed.' Number 6's emblem sits at the bottom.
You freeze as soon as you see the embossed crest: a quartered shield, four birds inside, two birds outside holding the motto.
“Virtutis In Numeris,” you whisper.
It's the very same as that which stamped the envelope you found in the Old Bank.
As you touch the box a split appears in the side, forming a lid. You pull away, and the box becomes a featureless cuboid again, barring the embossing.
A linker item bearing a mysterious crest? This is something important. Or dangerous.
You touch it again and flip open the lid. Inside are several items, which you pick out and lay on the desk in front of you.
An envelope with your name written on it. You don't recognise the handwriting. Another version of the quartered shield and motto, seemingly made of tarnished silver. Flipping it over, you find two words engraved on the otherwise flat back: Alexander Dupont. A folded piece of thick parchment, which words blossom across when you pick it up. They vanish again when you let go: another linker item. And finally, a piece of string.
Slitting open the envelope allows five twenty dollar notes to fall out, as well as a small piece of folded paper. Unfolding it reveals only the words: 'How on earth did you make an acquaintance of one of the Murios family? I'm impressed.' Number 6's emblem sits at the bottom.
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