Kallie scans the writing on the scroll and then begins reading..
Greetings to you FireHawk fledgling!
By now I hope you have received my amulet and have given it a proper home. The enclosed necklace is a cursed artifact found in a previously unknown Elixian tomb. The tomb contained the mummified remains of the King's High Priest. I heard you were seeking magical items and dug it out of my storage room. I have also enclosed a copy of the scroll that was discovered alongside it. The scroll is currently not translated as the experts haven't cracked the alphabetic code. Please be cautious with these items and contact me upon receiving them.
Love abounds and Light prevails,
Auntie Kitana
Kallie runs to the phone and dials the number of her beloved aunt, holding her breath in anticipation. She waits for a moment and exhales sharply. "Of course I got the voicemail." She hangs the phone up and picks it up once more. She quickly dials a familiar set of numbers and she perks up when her call is answered on the second try.
Kitana waits patiently as Kallie quickly explains the predicament. Kitana asks Kallie to open the small notebook and Kallie motions for Mercie to push the little black leather book across the glass counter. Mercie pauses before she touches the book. She glanced at Cassius who was already picking at the tape around the bandage on his hand.
Kallie impatiently grabs for the book and misses. She swipes a second time and successfully pulls it towards herself. She balances the phone receiver on her shoulder and unties the ancient leather binding.
Kallie carefully opens the hard papyrus pages of the book. The first page had what looked like an introduction page but in a strange script. She carefully opens the next pages and quietly gasps when she finds what looked like instructions for a human sacrifice involving tons of exotic flowers and herbs. She wouldn't have known what the unusual text said except for the incredibly detailed drawings on each side of the page.
She continued carefully turning the pages and gets varied expressions of curiosity and horror. She flips to the second to last set of pages and loudly gasps at a detailed picture of the necklace and a small drawing of a man standing behind a badly bruised and distressed woman. He stands with his arms about her shoulders in the fashion of hanging a necklace about her neck. She held her dress against her in one hand and her other held her hair out of the way.
Kallie flipped the page one more time to a full page of writing on the left and a drawing of two similar necklaces. She sets the book down on the counter so the other two can see the pages of the book as well.
Mercie gasps loudly and Cassius mutters a curse word. Cassius is the first to break the heavy silence, "So I'm cursed now? Is that all?? I've been cursed half of my life anyway." He scoffs loudly and turns and walks towards the back of the shop.
Mercie glances silently at Kallie, still waiting for Aunt Kitana to come back to the phone with her findings.
