365 Days of Drabbles: Day Twenty-Seven

[jeriendhal]

For ankewehner: "Language Barrier"

"I don't understand any of this," Maria muttered, looking over the ancient tome, the leather so dried out it nearly crumbled at her gloved touch.

"It's in Elvish," Tez said.

"I read Elvish."

"You read the current iteration of Elvish. This was written 10,000 years before the current vowel shift."

"So what is it anyway? Something valuable I hope. I paid enough for it."

"In a way. Valuable enough that any elf would kill for it." He flipped to a page of formulas. "This in particular."

"What is it?" she asked.

Tez grinned, "Have you ever heard of 'hair gel'?"

Comments

[rix_scaedu]

Are they about to become fantastically rich from the manufacture and sale of hair product?

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

No doubt it dates to the Age of Presley.