Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 8)

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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:02 am
Ljungtroll says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:02 am
"No?" Emery tapped at the small loop hanging from his ear. "This is real gold right here."
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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:08 am
Shady says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:08 am
Aashi looked at it in admiration. “Incredible! Where’d you get it? Have you had it long?”

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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:14 am
Ljungtroll says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:14 am
"Mm..." He thought for a moment. "I believe I got it from a traveling merchant a few years ago. He was passing through here from the South and I rather liked how shiny it was. Got myself a couple sets, actually." He took it from his ear and offered it to her. "Want to see? It's got some markings on it. Symbols."
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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:19 am
Shady says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:19 am
Aashi hesitated, half holding her hand out and yet too timid to actually commit to touching it. It all seemed very expensive. She probably ought not be touching it. What if she broke it? “… what sorts of symbols?”

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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:20 am
Ljungtroll says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:20 am
"Well, there's a horse here." He pointed out a tiny engraved figure. "And a serpent and a bird. See?" He held the earring a bit closer for her.
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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:26 am
Shady says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:26 am
She leaned forward and looked at it, squinting a bit. “What does it mean?”

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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:28 am
Ljungtroll says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:28 am
"Not sure, really. I think it's from Natai, but that's all I know. I thought it was pretty."
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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:30 am
Shady says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:30 am
“It really is!” Aashi started to reach for it before she caught herself and pulled her hands back. There was no reason for her to touch gold. None at all. “Are all your pairs identical to this?”

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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:33 am
Ljungtroll says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:33 am
"Nope, I've got a wide variety of earrings. Go ahead, you can hold it! It won't break." He grinned. "I promise."
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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:35 am
Shady says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:35 am
“Thank you.” Aashi smiled sheepishly and took it very, very gently and turned it all around to closely examine each side. “Wow… this is amazing! What are on your others?”

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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:38 am
Ljungtroll says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:38 am
"Well some of them are just studs and gems, or simple loops. But I do have a wooden pair from when I was very small that have otters carved on them."

(Otters are real assholes but I'll be damned if they ain't cute)
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Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:43 am
Shady says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 4:43 am
(Haha no arguments)

Aashi reached up involuntarily and rubbed her earlobe, imagining having a chunk of wood shoved through it. “You pierced your ears when you were little? Why?”

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Fri Apr 29, 2022 12:53 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 12:53 pm
(This one YouTube channel utterly ruined them for me)

"Well, it was in style back then. Still is. The East and the North loves pierced ears!" He gestured to Ivar. "He's got pierced ears, and so do a lot of soldiers here. Isn't it the same in the South?"
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Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:25 pm
Shady says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:25 pm
(Well now you GOTTA show me—)

“I mean… I don’t know,” she answered sheepishly. “Not in my township, but I’ve never really left there before. But maybe.”

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Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:29 pm
Ljungtroll says... · Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:29 pm
(Dude if I send you this video you gotta know that you're never gonna like otters again
Like male otters are...just something else. You wanna take the risk?)

"Well, it's fairly common as far as I know. I thought I looked very grown up."
"The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that." -Karis Nemik

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have u ever noticed how ugly rosy-lipped batfish r? and not like in the “aw ur so ugly ur cute” way that like opossums r — no they’re just hideously ugly beasts that should never have existed and r the epitome of evolution fails. the stupidity, blank look, head emptiness. they’re horrible n everyone who likes them r horrible too. they truly have the worst fan-base >:[
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