Just as she was about to set it down in the box, a glint in the "eye" of the headdress caught Nita's gaze. She brought the headdress up to her face, inspecting the finely crafted metal work. There was a palpable beauty to the piece that made Nita want to try it on.

She shook her head at the thought. She was hardly one for flamboyant jewelry, unless wearing it served a good purpose. "No, now isn't the time for this sort of thing. Moving on, crate three, item two..."

An unexpected thing happened. Nita had meant to put the headdress into the box, but her arms would up doing the opposite and quickly lifted it up, wrapping it around her forehead. With a click, she felt her fingers snap the band in place.

"What in...? Why did I just--?"

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PART 3
PART 4
PART 5
PART 6
PART 7

Commissioned by  yurikokinai