A New Sun

__NOEDITSECTION__Authored by BronzeRattle
This is a bit of a test story with the Lost Sea mechanics so bear with me here.
Incomplete! Started on September 22 2023.
Reading In Death, Sunshine is basically required for comprehension. Otherwise you're going to be very confused.
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=== Summary ===
None yet!
A NEW SUN
Warm days meant shopping days in Albus's mind. And of course, Icecap wasn't spared the details.
She trudged along her as Albus slowly examined inventory after inventory, making note of every individual dust speck or shiny ice crystal present. She filled the air with her interrogation, demanding this and wanting to know that. Icecap could see the gradual change from excitement to boredom in the vendors' eyes, as though they could will her to move along and stop harassing them.
Icecap had no interest into any of the stone sculptures or whatever knickknacks they had. When Albus was deep in conversation with an older IceWing, she saw her chance. She slipped out from the discussion and decided to go to the better aisles a little further down the hill.
These aisles were the only good part of Albus's shopping trips. Twinkling, dancing glimmers of red or blue or rainbow galore filled each stall. There was always something new here. Over there was an onyx the color of ink carved to resemble a cracking egg. To her right was a diamond snake with sapphire eyes. She spotted studded capes way over in the distance. A great clamor accompanied all of these refreshing sights, IceWings who had much more money than they had and could afford to spend on the next fashion statement.
Icecap wanted a closer look at those capes, but something caught her eye.
On her left sat a modest stall. Instead of copious amounts of stones, in its place were small rings that dangled from hooks or sat in small showcase boxes. Some shone, but most were low key. The IceWing in charge of it all was only a back and a set of blue spines, adjusting something invisible under the racks.
Icecap's hunger made her twitch. Surely the IceWing wouldn't notice if she took something small in the far corner...like, let's say, a bronze ring about to teeter off. No carvings or signatures or anything identifiable. Only a ring of light brown bronze. The IceWing wouldn't miss it.
She approached the stall quietly, careful not to tap her claws on the rock. She could practically see herself with the ring already: Gorgeous and at least a little like the nobility. Her talons tingled from the anticipation.
The ring darted toward her.
"What the-" Icecap yelped and ducked to avoid its sudden motion. She felt the cold ring wrap around her left horn, securing itself there.
Her eyes caught the back of the IceWing moving upwards. In a panic she dove toward a snowbank, filling her vision with white ice. She waited...one second...two seconds.
"What in Pyrrhia are you doing?!" She heard Albus snap, muffled from the snow in her ears.
Icecap wiggled herself out of the snowbank into Albus's angry glare. "Um, I was scared."
Her gaze shifted to the ring and immediately narrowed. "You stole?!" She pressed on with a quiet hiss.
"It was just a little-"
Albus tugged up at her glove. She stopped talking. There was no discussion.
The spotted IceWing shot a violet eye at the vendor who was greeting a tall dragon. "He didn't notice. You are very lucky. Unfortunately that luck will run out when we get home." She roughly took Icecap by the arm. "We've had enough shopping for today."
The two walked along. Icecap could barely pay attention to the products. Why did the ring move like that? It kept bothering her, and right as they were about to disappear down the hill, she glanced back at the stall.
No, that can't be right. She shook her head and did a double take.
The booth was gone.
== Statement ==
Albus snatched the ring the moment they got home.
"Don't think that because you got away successfully means it's okay to steal," was her explanation. She gingerly held the ring up between purple talons. "I will be keeping this."
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