The Musgrave Ritual: Treasure x 2

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Canon Story: The Musgrave Ritual
Title: Treasure x 2
Author: spacemutineer
Rating: G
Author's Notes: A matched set for this week. I am having so much fun this time through. Thanks to everyone for playing along with us here!

He panted from the effort. "Can you see it?"

"See what?" Rachel dipped the lamp down into the stale air of the pit. "Wait, there's a box, a wooden chest. Richard, what is it?"

Brunton grinned and knelt. "It's a treasure, fy anwylyd, a secret well kept. And we are the only souls in the world who know it exists."

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Watson's gawked openly as soon as I opened the lid. There was no ignoring a treasure trove so eagerly sought. My biographer was predictable in the best way.

Inside their slumber chest, my pretty little problems glistened. I dug beneath the layers of gold to pull out the gem I wished him to see, a peculiar but crowning achievement.