When Eternia left for work and Nareen was alone she settled for a cup of tea while glancing over the newspaper. There was nothing interesting in it... except for...
Nareen gasped.
For some unknown reason this is one of my favourite photos of her.
I used a free generator on fodey.com to make these.
"I can't believe it!"
Nareen read the article again. And again.
"No, no it can't be true. Eternia can't be a thief, and no way she's a BURGLAR!"
Her thoughts spun in her head. What to do now?
Suddenly Eternia barged into the kitchen. Nareen quickly hid the newspaper and tried her best to put on a neutral face.
"Hey, Nareen, look at this! I should be at work now but Eph gave me permission to take a break and bring these over. These will look terrific on the kitchen wall, won't they?"
"Uh... more gifts?"
"Yeah! Cool, huh?"
"I don't think you should bring so many gifts, Eternia."
"Don't be silly." said Eternia while she hammered a pin in the wall. "With an empty house like this we should be happy about every decoration we can get!"
"Well, yes, but..."
"What is it, you don't like the forest motifs?"
"Oh, yes I do, but..."
The motifs are Magic cards that I cut up. I'm very peeved at myself for throwing away most of my collectable card collections just mere weeks prior to this. The Rowena cards would have made awesome wall deco.
"So what is your problem, Nareen?"
"Uhm..." Nareen still did her best to hide the newspaper from her friend. Her fingers swept anxiously over the rough paper. "You know... maybe I should see about new things. You already did so much..."
"Ah, I see. Don't worry about that. These are not a gift from me, they are from Eph."
The necromancer asked herself silently if these were the same kind of "gift" as the sofa and armchair.
"I knew it, these pictures look great! I gotta run back to work now, see you later!"
"Wait! Eternia..."
When Nareen called her name the blonde stopped in her step and looked back. "What is it, Nareen?"
"I... I... oh, it's nothing. Sorry."
"Listen, Nareen. I'll be done for today in two to three hours. You seem to be worried about something. Let's talk about it later, alright?"
"Okay." Nareen said sheepishly.
Eternia gave her a strange look, then she left the dollhouse.
"Akshi, what shall I do?" The doll stared after her friend as she left the room. "Eternia is my friend. I don't want to get her in trouble. But I can't pretend I didn't read that article. Stealing just isn't right unless you're starving."
Akshi cuddled to her leg and clucked silently.
"How shall I talk with her about this? I can't go like a bull at a gate."
Nareen always stands slightly crooked in her magnet boots.
She went down to the livingroom and threw herself on the bed. Her belly hurt.
The doll was angry at herself. "Why am I always so undecided in situations like these?"
She wondered if she could plead with Eternia to return the stolen goods in secret.
"Eternia can have my bed, I'll just sleep on the floor. I just want her to give back what she stole."
This is an eerie picture, like one of those where you light a face with a flashlight from below.
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