CHAPTER 8
Steinmann
Put it back , Taylor ...
Steinmann closed his fingers around Taylor's wrist , lowering the flask back to the box .....
He slipped the tongs from Taylor's hand , closed the box , and placed the tongs beside it .....
Steinmann
I am the one who brought you here . I'll tell you what I need from you and when . And I'd advise you to stay out of my business .....
Professor Taylor
Fine ....
Professor Taylor
But when you discover no one else knows what it is , you'll be calling me .....
Professor Taylor
You can't move an artifact that can't be identified .....
Professor Taylor
I'm the only one who can track this thing down and you know it .....
Steinmann
I'll see you out .....
Professor Taylor
I can find my own way .....
Steinmann
But I'll rest easier knowing I've escorted you ....
Steinmann
It wouldn't do good to leave such a passionate obsessive antiques man such as you to be wandering the museum on his own .....
Professor Taylor
You - ...( angry )
They went outside and the click of a key in the lock pulled Lisa into action .....
Lisa William (FL)
" Damn and double damn ! .... "
Normally when she left , she pressed the button latch on the door from outside only , no lowly maid was entrusted with keys .....
She jerked upright and banged her head against the underside of the desk ....
Lisa William (FL)
Ow ! ....
As she clutched the edge and drew herself upright , she paused to look at the box ....
Fascinated , she touched the cool wood ....
Beautifully engraved , the black wood gleamed in the low light .....
Despite the fact that she was locked in Steinmann's office and had no doubt that he would return in moments , she was consumed by curiosity ......
Lisa William (FL)
" What did the box contain that had confused two experts of antiquities ? ... "
She ran her fingers over the box , seeking the square pressure lock they'd mentioned , then paused .....
The strange letters on the cover seemed almost to pulse and glowing .....
A shiver of anxiety raced up her spine .....
Lisa William (FL)
" Silly , open it ! It can't hurt you ..... "
Lisa William (FL)
" They touched it .... "
In fact she didn't know that they never touched it as she couldn't see them at that time ....
Resolved , she opened the box ....
The flask seemed to be shining , as if the contents were energized .....
She cast a nervous glance at the door ....
She knew she had to get out of the office before Steinmann returned ....
Yet she felt strangely fascinated by the flask ....
Her eyes drifted from door to flask and back again , but the flask tempted her more .....
She don't know if she is imagning or not but she could swear that she heard that flask talk to her ... Saying ... " TOUCH ME .... "
" Touch me while no guards are around , and I will tell you of my history and my legends .... "
Lisa's fingertips curled around the flask ....
And ... The world shifted beneath her feet ....
She stumbled , and suddenly she .... Couldn't ..... Stop ... Falling .....
Lisa William (FL)
Ahhhhhh .... ( scream )
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Milli~
She is getting transported to ML🌚
2024-05-19
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