White Jade (The Project)
“The three of them stood in front of the mummified figure.
"What's holding him up?" Ronnie held his torch close. The skin was old and brown and pulled tight over the bones of the skull. The eyes were black hollows in the face.
"Must be propped up, under the robe." "It's one of the priests, like in the paintings. That's a piece of white jade in his hand." She stepped closer. "It's a carved figure of the emperor." Carter remembered his dream of a robed figure in darkness, holding something... white out toward him. The hair stirred on the back of his neck..
"What do you think they were doing in here?" He held his torch up. The flame reflected off the glass containers on the tables.
"Caldrons, fire, glass—it's a laboratory. I think they were trying to make an elixir of immortality," said Selena.
"It's beginning to look like it. You have any luck with the writing on the walls?" "It's the linguistic discovery of a lifetime.MoreLess
"What's holding him up?" Ronnie held his torch close. The skin was old and brown and pulled tight over the bones of the skull. The eyes were black hollows in the face.
"Must be propped up, under the robe." "It's one of the priests, like in the paintings. That's a piece of white jade in his hand." She stepped closer. "It's a carved figure of the emperor." Carter remembered his dream of a robed figure in darkness, holding something... white out toward him. The hair stirred on the back of his neck..
"What do you think they were doing in here?" He held his torch up. The flame reflected off the glass containers on the tables.
"Caldrons, fire, glass—it's a laboratory. I think they were trying to make an elixir of immortality," said Selena.
"It's beginning to look like it. You have any luck with the writing on the walls?" "It's the linguistic discovery of a lifetime.MoreLess
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