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milliways_bar2012-08-16 08:17 pm
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Today, Mary Bennet’s table looks something like a primitive chemistry station.
There’s a kettle of water sitting on a hot plate, a thin stream of steam issuing from the spout. There are samples of plant matter—leaves, bark, roots, some berries—laid out in a neat row on the table; things that Mary has found outdoors here at Milliways and picked at random. And each sample has a corresponding bowl in which smashed and shredded bits of the plants soak in hot water along with scraps of white cotton.
It’s not really the proper method of dying, but Mary (wearing a large, well-worn apron over her dress) is mostly just curious to see what she gets.
Mary dips her fingers in one bowl and pulls out a scrap that’s been soaking for a bit. She gently shakes it to make it unfurl.
For a long moment, she just blinks at it.
The lurid purple she could have guessed at, given the color of the berries. But the pattern of bright pink hearts is rather unexpected.
Only in Milliways.
There’s a kettle of water sitting on a hot plate, a thin stream of steam issuing from the spout. There are samples of plant matter—leaves, bark, roots, some berries—laid out in a neat row on the table; things that Mary has found outdoors here at Milliways and picked at random. And each sample has a corresponding bowl in which smashed and shredded bits of the plants soak in hot water along with scraps of white cotton.
It’s not really the proper method of dying, but Mary (wearing a large, well-worn apron over her dress) is mostly just curious to see what she gets.
Mary dips her fingers in one bowl and pulls out a scrap that’s been soaking for a bit. She gently shakes it to make it unfurl.
For a long moment, she just blinks at it.
The lurid purple she could have guessed at, given the color of the berries. But the pattern of bright pink hearts is rather unexpected.
Only in Milliways.