[Lucinda had been nearby after finding her own key and narrowing down the deposit box with the matching number. Though she had noticed Daan, the medium had planned to mind her own business unless what they found gave any useful revelations.
Instead, in her box, she finds a jade bracelet. It's a pretty little bauble and for a moment she's uncertain what it's for until she picks it up.
And freezes.
Huyen sits on the bed listless as the maid gingerly buttons up her silk robe and her mother slips the jade onto her skinny little wrist.
"Alright. Make sure you sit with your back straight. Even though your powers are the real deal, you really need to sell your image to make it even more convincing! You're so pretty Huyen, so fortunate."
The gall of her to tell her say that after shutting the door to the basement and locking it behind her —
Daan's voice and the consequent shutting of the vault door snap her out of that overwhelming memory. Lucy's head whips around, eyes wide.]
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Instead, in her box, she finds a jade bracelet. It's a pretty little bauble and for a moment she's uncertain what it's for until she picks it up.
And freezes.
Huyen sits on the bed listless as the maid gingerly buttons up her silk robe and her mother slips the jade onto her skinny little wrist.
Daan's voice and the consequent shutting of the vault door snap her out of that overwhelming memory. Lucy's head whips around, eyes wide.]
Oh—! Daan, did someone shut us inside?