Library of Alexandria Berries

Library of Alexandria BerriesMood: Shelves of treasured scrolls and scholarly writings, scribed in many languages, gathered in one place in the pursuit of knowledge. Scent notes: Aged leather book bindings, scrolls of parchment paper, and an ominous hint of smoke. Strength: Medium Scent story: A great lighthouse towers over the turquoise waters of the sea. Date palms sway along the shoreline as merchant ships sail into harbor. Within the city, the most famed building stands, a

and her laughter echoes through the glen

Luminescent mushrooms grow along the banks

Notes of charcoal and glowing embers rise through soft smoke

Through the haze of smoke in the workshop

and a trace of black pepper—rises from the great hall hearth

Smells like: Shading evergreen boughs and split firewood

A hidden box

She raises her head

bounding through the trees along the secret ways

taken without warning

overgrown but somehow still orderly

into a land of fantasy