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A Somewhat Verdant Entry

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Lila and Meriwyn looked up and down the long, cathedral-like entry hall. If it even was an entry hall--for a narrow, shallow moat of murky green water clogged with moss ran down the middle of it, and the sides of the moat were slopes of dirt. Along the banks grew a variety of bracken and saplings and several larger trees; the walls were covered in a thick tangle of vines, reaching up toward the vaulted ceiling, but many of them were brown in colour and beginning to decay. Peculiar, dead pathways lead through the living hall at regular intervals.

Lila and Meriwyn were standing knee-deep in the moat.

"Oh, now my uniform is ruined," Lila declared.

"Oh hush. It's too quiet in here. Are you sure we've got the right place?"

Lila checked the envelope again. "It clearly says to deliver to ... "Keldarren, at The Fortress In The Folded Space Beyond The Rift."

"We went through a rift," said Meriwyn, "but--"

"I don't feel folded!" Lila exclaimed, throwing up her hands in dismay.

"It doesn't work that way, silly. It simply means that the space appears folded from the outside. That's how this entire place fits in what appears from the outside to be a mailbox in the middle of nowhere. But inside it's an entire little universe. And obviously someone named Keldarren lives here and wants his mail. You could make good use of a secondary education."

"Okay ... but it's not a fortress. I mean, obviously we couldn't have got into the entrance hall if it were. It'd have ... walls, and moats on the outside, not the inside. Oh, what a confusing place this is."

"I agree," Meriwyn said with a nod. "It's clearly not a very effective design. Perhaps you're right, and we've got it all wrong--who fills a fortress with plants anyhow?"

Out of nowhere, a hand fell on each of their shoulders, making them jump with an audible splash.

"I do," a voice between them said sharply. "And -you- only got in because you were invited. Now, which of you is delivering my mail--?"

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This ornate hand-crafted pendant is FOR SALE). Brown and black-coated copper wire twists like dying vines around beads in amber and murky green, reminiscent of a forestal setting with a bit of decay. Pendant measures 1.25 inches in length and comes with a complementary ribbon; ribbons may vary with stock.

To purchase, please visit our web shop:

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Thanks!

Kyla
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Jenna-Rose's avatar
Is this one still for sale? I can't find it at your shop, but it might just be because my internet is so slow it won't load the pictures. :XD: