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[queen-of-purim.insanejournal.com]

[It was right at the end of their trip when Esther had been able to slip away from the rest of her group to do a little "tourist sightseeing." She couldn't quite place it, but there was a... tone? Maybe? in the back of her mind. It only got stronger, more like a vibration, as she headed out toward Ayers Rock. And then... She found it.

Well, officially speaking, she "heard" it first, and then almost tripped over the partially-buried object. Clearing away the dirt with her hands, she managed to unearth it--about the size of a dinner plate, and unlike anything she'd ever seen. Surreptitiously tucking it into her jacket, she managed to get it safely back with her...]

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Hey, guys? Found it.

Comments

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[womanontop.insanejournal.com]

You did? Oh that's such a relief!

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[queen-of-purim.insanejournal.com]

Yes. I have absolutely no idea what it is or what it does, though.

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[womanontop.insanejournal.com]

What's it look like?

[multitudes.insanejournal.com]

congrats.

what the fuck is 'it'?

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[queen-of-purim.insanejournal.com]

[She shows a picture of the thing--it looks like a dinner-plate-sized piece of... something, but hard to tell what.]

This. ...Maybe there's more to it?

[queen-of-purim.insanejournal.com]

...honestly, I'm not sure. Some kind of artifact.

[multitudes.insanejournal.com]

s o

how do you know it's anything important?

[queen-of-purim.insanejournal.com]

It.... hums.

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[womanontop.insanejournal.com]

Um... I have no idea what that is.

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[queen-of-purim.insanejournal.com]

That makes two of us. I don't know... Should we ask if anyone else has gotten theirs? Maybe the Greeks? Compare the goods?

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[womanontop.insanejournal.com]

That's not a bad idea. We are supposed to be working together on this.

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[queen-of-purim.insanejournal.com]

Any idea which one of them would have it?

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[womanontop.insanejournal.com]

As much as I hate to say it, probably the power hungry one. Poseidon.

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[queen-of-purim.insanejournal.com]

Joy. That's not a conversation I'm looking forward to.

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[womanontop.insanejournal.com]

I do not blame you in the least. He's just... horrible.

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[queen-of-purim.insanejournal.com]

He's a man in power. At least through the boards I don't have to worry about him ogling my curves.

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[womanontop.insanejournal.com]

Small comfort that.

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[queen-of-purim.insanejournal.com]

The hard part will be getting him to take me seriously--but not as a threat.