Relics

Relics

Postby Rance » Wed May 29, 2013 7:33 am

A delivery for Glenn Burnie, no more remarkable than the multitude of correspondence he no doubt received on a daily basis.

It was a nondescript package, a perfectly-squared box of unstained wood. Its design might have been familiar to him, for the local carpenter often took keepsake work when needs for furniture or engraving had diminished. It had the nutty aroma of freshly-carved wood and was no larger than one of his own palms. It came with no missive save for the handwritten tag of parchment bearing his name.

Inside, there was no padding, no letter of praise or admonishment. There were only two round pieces rattling around against the corners of the box, more like useless trinkets tossed into the nearest receptacle than they were objects of any value.

Two glass-carved marbles, one black and the other white.
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Re: Relics

Postby Glenn » Thu May 30, 2013 3:29 am

"Ah." Two marbles. "Of course." Burnie pushed aside the papers he had been working on and placed the black and white marble before him on his desk. With his left index finger and thumb, one on either sphere, he brought them together slowly, as if expecting some sort of strange reaction. When nothing happened he used those two fingers to lift up the white one, bringing it close to his eye and peering into it.

Then, without any warning or provocation, he tossed it at the wall beside the door as hard as he could, leaving a rather large dent in Myrken's public property. One of his secretaries rushed in immediately, distressed by the noise. "Get that for me." The Governor nodded to the marble on the ground by the door, even as he started to purposefully fold two otherwise discarded pieces of paper. One ended up in the form of a small crane, the other as a small swan. He took the the marble back from the secretary with a polite smile, placed the black marble in the swan, the with one in the crane, and put them both back into the box like that, sealing it up.

He put it on the corner of his desk and left it there for now.
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