[ How did this box get to Ardyn's doorstep? It's a mystery – a mystery that involves calling in a few favors from an Olympian or fellow refugee or two. It's not a large package, though somewhat heavy for its size. There is no return address, nothing to indicate who it may be from.
But X'rhun knows Ardyn, and he knows his curiosity will eventually get the better of him, so when Ardyn opens the box, he will first find a length of shimmering gold cloth. It is a scarf, the fabric lightweight and simple, unremarkable if not for the metallic nature of the color. He's had those damn jars of dye for so long, why not use it?
The scarf is wrapped carefully around the second object, and tied with a no doubt familiar red ribbon. Removing the scarf will reveal a solid gold statue of a book. A bit perplexing at first, probably, but when Ardyn takes the statue in hand, runs his fingers over the surface, the nature of it subtly shifts. Gold is breathed into paper, and the book flips open with a whisper of now very real pages.
Inside, there is... a note. A very long note, written in neat script by whatever magic or technology or both that lives in this tome. It reads: ]
action sorta kinda; early march-ish (1/2)
But X'rhun knows Ardyn, and he knows his curiosity will eventually get the better of him, so when Ardyn opens the box, he will first find a length of shimmering gold cloth. It is a scarf, the fabric lightweight and simple, unremarkable if not for the metallic nature of the color. He's had those damn jars of dye for so long, why not use it?
The scarf is wrapped carefully around the second object, and tied with a no doubt familiar red ribbon. Removing the scarf will reveal a solid gold statue of a book. A bit perplexing at first, probably, but when Ardyn takes the statue in hand, runs his fingers over the surface, the nature of it subtly shifts. Gold is breathed into paper, and the book flips open with a whisper of now very real pages.
Inside, there is... a note. A very long note, written in neat script by whatever magic or technology or both that lives in this tome. It reads: ]