quick question

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

I lent my copy of The Thief to a friend so I have a (possibly stupid) question for y'all.

What exactly does Hamiathes' Gift look like? I know it's small, but does it really have a stone set in the center like the one on the latest cover of TT?

I need to know 'cause I'm writing a little drabble and I describe the stone at one point. I just want to make sure I've got it right.

For humouring me and answering a question that I should know the answer to, perhaps I should offer some sort of consolation prize? I'm in a writing mood lately, so first person to answer can request a drabble, if they so choose. You can pick character, pairing, genre, prompt, song lyric, whatever, and I'll get that written for you soon. :)

Thanks!

Thanks openedlocket and jade_sabre_301! That's exactly what I needed to know.

Also, no one's taken me up on that drabble offer yet. I am perfectly serious. ;)

Eta: Okay, one more thing. ^^; How does Eddis go about disposing of the stone? Does she just throw it over a cliff or something?

Comments

[openedlocket.livejournal.com]

The stone looks like an ordinary stone but if you let the light shine on it you can see the sapphire in the middle and the writing. (right?) I can't be too sure because I haven't the book for a long time ;)

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

yep. and it has a hole drilled through it, hence the light being able to pick up on the sapphire (well, and I guess you can see it through the carved letters too).

I always imagined it as a kind of lopsided black-and-white-speckled stone, but that's just personal embellishment.

(...I think I have a better mental image of Hamiathes's Gift than I do of any of the character's faces. Hm.)

[openedlocket.livejournal.com]

Drabble, I am so going to request. Hmmm *has a mischeivous look* anyone have objection to Agape/Costis? (oh never mind) hmmmm. Jade, any suggestions, since you answered too.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

I STRENUOUSLY OBJECT. :-b

I will try and come up with a drabble idea...hm...

[openedlocket.livejournal.com]

She throws it into a volcano with witnesses from Eddis, Attolia and Sounis.

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

A volcano. Gotcha. Thanks so much, locket!

[openedlocket.livejournal.com]

No prob. I will take you up on the drabble offer as soon as I've got something good, allow me to contemplate on a controversial/sweet pairing first.

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

Sure! Just comment here and let me know. :)

[openedlocket.livejournal.com]

Oh btw. I saw something else in the Eugenides wiki if you want to be more specific. She threw the gift into the Sacred mountain.

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

Hm...maybe I should check that out. Gratias tibi! (sorry, too much Latin on the brain)

[openedlocket.livejournal.com]

No problem *wishes she knew how to say that in Latin*

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

Haha. I don't even know that.

And...

[crazededdisian.livejournal.com]

Don't forget, she makes a great show about it. She brings lots of witnesses, and from all three countries, I think. Of course, everyone promptly forgets about the "magicalness" of it. Except for Eddis, her memory of it fades away a little more slowly. (sorry, I'm rambling, but I thought it might help...)

[rosalui.livejournal.com]

*wince* Yeah, the illustration on the cover is a bit off. :( I think the sapphire just peaks through at certain points.

[styromgalleries.livejournal.com]

I knew it was way too big, if nothing else. But I still can't help that I love the cover art.