Year 154/ January: Siberian Mountains
Zoisite smiled.
He recently received a package from the Western Mountain Range, a new area claimed by the King and Queen of Crystal Tokyo.
Opening the package with his gloved hands, he took out two things, a letter and a smaller package inside the package.
Strange.
Opening the letter with a papercutter, the blond allowed his eyes to rove over the handwritten message.
Brother,
Before I leave these mountains, I wanted to give you these instead of abandoning them in the volcanic ash and dried lava. A local jeweler claims they are rough sapphires. Because I had nothing better to do, I had them cut and polished for you. Yes, they do cost a pretty penny. I've made a few gifts for my Firebird with the rubies I found. You can thank me later by buying me lunch or dinner when we meet again.
Truly,
Your Brother Who is Forever Entranced by Fire
Ps: I threw in a few diamonds too.
As the scientist set the letter down and opened the second package, he almost cursed when the small and medium sized precious stones spilled and spread all over the table. He hissed as he tore off his gloves and used his chilled fingers to collect each and every stone before looking at the fine work completed on each individual gem.
His emerald eyes widened as his mind began to calculate a potential cost for each sapphire and white diamond. (Yes, yes. He had started looking in local jewelry stores to collect beautiful items for his precious Snowflake.) As the numbers began to ring in his mind, he began shaking his head. If he had calculated correctly, Jadeite just gave him stones that were worth at least a five year salary!
Sure, over all these years, the men never really spent their wages. Everything was provided to them. But still...
"Crazy Pyro," laughed the blond as his frozen breath formed a cloud in the chilled room.
How was he ever going to pay this brother back?