Lina fiddled with the latches on the box. The girl had pointed them out,
but the meal had come before she could explain how to open it. What was odd
though, was that Zoe had left, instead of waiting the meal out, like most
had done in the past. Amelia had suggested that Lina and Gourry's table
manners had scared her off, but was cut short and ended the comment with
something along the lines of: "I'm so sorry, Lina-san!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't
mean it!!!! I was kidding, see? Ha ha ha, see?" Lina finally decided
smashing it on the table was the best approach, but before she could bring
it down, Amelia snatched it out of her hands. "It might be valuable, or
important! And you might wake every one in the lodge up, trying that way.
Maybe this writing on the outside says how to open it." Lina scowled at
Amelia, the annoying child was starting to act like she knew everything,
and it was really wearing on Lina's nerves. "Don't you think I thought of
that! It's all worn off. Wait, I think I can rea- Wha! It's opening it's
self! That's oddly convenient." Lina dropped the box on the table, as it
slowly, much too slowly for Lina's tastes, opened up. "At that speed it'll
take 15 minutes! Unh....."
Zoe-Okaru fiddled boredly, watching out of her window. The only problem with her plan was waiting for those idiots that were unfortunately crucial to her plans, to figure out how to open the message-box. Then there were the other problems. How would she convince them to cast the exact spells she needed? Not to mention when she needed; but she had done too much to give up now. It was simple; she'd just wait more. Eventually they would cast each of the spells. She spiraled back onto her bed, where she could more comfortably wait. By the time it had completely opened, Lina had lost interest and was combing through her hair, not remembering it until an hour or so later, and Amelia was already asleep. She reached into the box, and found two pieces of paper, and two odd looking necklaces. One piece of paper was a map to a building she had seen on their way into town; the other was a long note. Lina Inverse, please bring the necklaces to the place signified on the map. They are extremely important, and it may be an issue of life and death. The rest of it went on about the box, and obviously was not important. She skimmed through it, and noticed the last sentence was underlined several times. It read: Let the necklaces choose for themselves. "Huh. Hey, Amelia. AME-LIA. AMELIA! WAKE UP!"
Zoe-Okaru fiddled boredly, watching out of her window. The only problem with her plan was waiting for those idiots that were unfortunately crucial to her plans, to figure out how to open the message-box. Then there were the other problems. How would she convince them to cast the exact spells she needed? Not to mention when she needed; but she had done too much to give up now. It was simple; she'd just wait more. Eventually they would cast each of the spells. She spiraled back onto her bed, where she could more comfortably wait. By the time it had completely opened, Lina had lost interest and was combing through her hair, not remembering it until an hour or so later, and Amelia was already asleep. She reached into the box, and found two pieces of paper, and two odd looking necklaces. One piece of paper was a map to a building she had seen on their way into town; the other was a long note. Lina Inverse, please bring the necklaces to the place signified on the map. They are extremely important, and it may be an issue of life and death. The rest of it went on about the box, and obviously was not important. She skimmed through it, and noticed the last sentence was underlined several times. It read: Let the necklaces choose for themselves. "Huh. Hey, Amelia. AME-LIA. AMELIA! WAKE UP!"