It took some doing, wrangling that lid off the box. It was nailed down pretty solidly, save for the corner where it had been bent upward through the less than gentle ministrations that had been brought upon it. It was only one nail per corner, though, and the other three had also been jostled about in all the shoving and kicking and other such low-grade atrocities the little container had suffered. As such, it was not long at all before the lid was pulled off and the full contents exposed to the light.
The bag was there, as was to be expected. Untied as it was, the blue ribbon rested almost defeatedly against the swell of the bag's main mass, which still pressed snugly up against the remaining walls of the box. The mouth of the bag was open somewhat, giving all present the sight of something yellow. Whether the yellow thing was the entirety of the contents, or simply what was on top? That would require opening the bag further and/or just trying to remove it to see what lay beneath.
There was one more little caveat though - the bag wasn't the only thing in the box. Pressed up against the far side of the box, held in place by the bulk of the bag, was a red envelope. The front of it faced inward, revealing half of a name written rather neatly - if with unpracticed or unskilled handwriting - upon it in black ink: "Sun." The other half of both name and envelope was hidden beneath the satiny swell of the bag.
The bag was there, as was to be expected. Untied as it was, the blue ribbon rested almost defeatedly against the swell of the bag's main mass, which still pressed snugly up against the remaining walls of the box. The mouth of the bag was open somewhat, giving all present the sight of something yellow. Whether the yellow thing was the entirety of the contents, or simply what was on top? That would require opening the bag further and/or just trying to remove it to see what lay beneath.
There was one more little caveat though - the bag wasn't the only thing in the box. Pressed up against the far side of the box, held in place by the bulk of the bag, was a red envelope. The front of it faced inward, revealing half of a name written rather neatly - if with unpracticed or unskilled handwriting - upon it in black ink: "Sun." The other half of both name and envelope was hidden beneath the satiny swell of the bag.
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