All The Glitters Are Not Gold (OPEN)

[Magnus Keene]

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357 Words

All the Glitters Are Not Gold

It was another day in District 1 for Magnus. He was using Window Cleaner upon the glass display case to wipe off the finger   prints that were smearing the glass. He sighed slightly and grunted.



"Darn kids and their smudgy fingers," He cursed as he kept rubbing. He hears the door open, and saw a costumer walk in. It was a woman wearing an aquamarine dress that flowed like realistic water. The dress designs baffled the young man these days. He knew that the dressing industry was pretty high up there today. But  then again this woman was one of their best customers. She always ordered the best of products and commissioned the finest and expensive pieces of jewelry. 



The young man knew the procedure like he knew his multiplication table. He smiled wide, and began to speak.





"Hello Madam Azure," He said.  "What can I do for you on this fine afternoon?" 



"It would be fine if it wasn't raining," Complained the woman unfolding her umbrella shaking the water off of it.  "I wore the wrong dress for today,'



"I'm sorry to hear that madam," He said pretending to sulk slightly as if he really cared. 



"Anyway, despite the rain I need a ring for the big party in the next few days, my husband drew up a unique design for you to try out," She said handing him a beautiful painting of a large sapphire ring that had been carved into the shape of a star. 



"That is a beauty," Magnus said smiling, as he looked at the drawing. 



"How much would this be good lad?" She inquired. 



"Oh this will take at least a day and half tops," He said. "And the sapphires are in stock so I'd have to guestimate about at least $10,000," He said. 



"That sounds fair enough," Said the woman taking out a check and signed it with the total and handed it to him. 



"Thank you madam, I'll be sure to have this done as soon as possible," He said taking the design into the back as he heard the cluster of bells jingle, signifying that she left.

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[moon(stone)]

It was late afternoon on a Saturday. I was shopping by myself, looking for some new throwing knives for practice. I had decided that I didn't have to be at the training center to train.
It was still raining hard. I was taking the long way over to the small weapons shop at the back of the bakery. It was illicit, but it was busy. And I also happened to be hungry.
I walked past some shops on the square and paused outside a glass window. It was a jewelry shop, and there was a man inside. I realized that I could use some new jewelry. Jewelry could be useful. I thought of necklaces that could be repurposed into throwing stars, rings that could hide poisonous spikes.
No, I told myself. It wouldn't do me any good. They wouldn't let me in the games like that. But still, I pushed the door open to peruse his wares. "Hello," I said. "Just browsing."

[xxdemonkittyxx]

  Autumn looked around at the shops. She was looking for something to buy for her sister. She didn't want to be at the training center for Career training. She sighed as she remembered the place, full of kids who wanted to go into an arena and risk their lives to become famous and even more rich than they already were. Autumn didn't really care if she got picked for the Games or not, but she wasn't really fond of the idea of being thrown into the arena to kill other tributes. She shuddered as she realized the reaping would happen in a couple weeks or so.

  Her thoughts were interrupted when she came across a jewelry store. She took one look at the beautiful jewelry displayed in the window, and walked into the shop, hoping she could find something to buy for her sister. She looked around and found a beautiful necklace that she thought would be perfect for her sister. Autumn walked up to a man who she realized was the shopkeeper. She pointed to the necklace that she wanted to buy,"How much for that necklace?"