Carbon Kiwi
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Would you help me search for a fairy cave on an August moon and a low low tide?
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Post by Carbon Kiwi on May 29, 2011 7:33:23 GMT 10
Title: Enchanted [4] Rating: G Word Count: 145 Pairing: Circlecest Round/Fight: 4/A Warnings: Summary: What’s that strange stuff on the metal? Notes: Fluffy things make me happy sometimes.
“Daja?” a young voice asked from her elbow. She turned to stare down at shaggy black hair and keen dark-green eyes.
“Yes, Rosemary?”
“Rose,” the little tomboyish girl corrected. She pointed at the metal piece outside the Cheeseman House. “What’s that strange stuff on the metal? Papa tells me it shouldn’t be there.”
“Briar’s a little right—it’s natural, but smiths prefer not to see it. It’s rust: when iron spends too much time outside with water. It weakens the metal,” Daja explained as she scraped some off the slab and showed it to Rose up close. “It often turns red.”
Rose nodded her head as she took this in. The curious look had not left her features. “Is that why Tris and Sandry screamed when they saw it in the water?”
“They saw it in the…?” Daja frowned and sighed. “Lead the way, Rose.”
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