After everybody had explored their Iris cards, Jake Roo handed them each a bag. They were red and made of velvet. "What are these?" Sarah asked.
"These are your Iris bags." Jake said.
Sarah realized, Wow. The goddess Iris sure likes to name things after herself…
"Iris bags are for when you order things from the Iris Card. So, when you pick an item you wish to purchase, pull it up on your iris card, put it in your cart and go to 'buy now'. Click it. On your Iris card, there is a 6 digit number and a bar-code. You can either type in your 6 digit code, or you could simply scan the bar-code. After you do that, you take the amount that is due, and put it into your iris bag. Close the gold drawstring and throw it onto the ground. After a few seconds, you can open it back up again. Whatever item it is that you ordered, you can take out." Jake explained
"The Iris bag holds many things at once. You can also put other things inside although there is a space capacity. You can always buy a bigger iris bag but these ones should do just fine for now. It holds up to 3 meters of things." Jake told them.
"There is also a zipper pouch on the side for money storage. You just put the money inside of the zipped off section and it will count it for you. Just like how the main section of the bag has a 3 meter limit, the money section has a value limit. You can put no more than 300 golden Drachma inside." Jake said as he pointed to one of the sides. The zipper was covered in fabric, you could hardly tell that it was even there! If you hadn't known what you were looking for, the zipper would have been easily missed.
"I would recommend putting the Golden Drachma inside the side pouch right now. Along with your ticket and your Iris Card in the main section. Max, Sarah and Alex all dumped their items inside of the pouch. Trinity put her Iris card and her ticket inside of her pouch, but no money went in the side. When Jake noticed this, he said; "Trinity, please put the 10 provided Golden Drachma inside the side pocket."
"Ummm… I don't have them…" She said.
"What? I said for you to bring them!" Jake said angrily.
"I never had them to begin with." trinity said quietly. She kept her head down and her fingers absentmindedly played with the gold-colored rope drawstring.
"What are you trying to say…" Jake said.
"My, my dad said that all he was given was the red envelope and the letter. Nothing else." Trinity stutterd. Her voice was very quiet. She was obviously very shy and had been put on the spot.
"You- you never received the bag?" Jake asked. He had given them each a bag with 10 Golden Drachma. What wouldn't Trinity have one?
"Correct." Trinity said, this time raising her head level but still not meeting his eyes.
"Well Trinity, that's ok. I won't be mad at you for losing it because it is your loss, not mine. I would replace it but the board has restricted this movement for some reason. Something about how 'if you have an issue with the policy, take it up with the Titan Themis.' So, I can't do anything for you." Jake consoled.
"That's ok Jake. Thank you for not getting angry with me." Trinity said, this time meeting his gaze and smiling.
"Of course. It's only a few Golden Drachma anyways." Jake responded kindly.
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"Well done Lachess." Atropis said.
"Thank you sister. This one was easy. Why would he care so much about a measly 10 Golden Drachma? The amount of money that he used to prevent them from getting it is far above that amount" Lachessis said, confused.
"Well dear sister, would you like a glimpse of the fated one's future?" Atropos asked.
"Well I don't' know about you, but I sure do!" Clotho said excitedly. Her long blonde hair in pig-tailed braids laid over each shoulder bounced up and down against her form of a little girl.
"Yes I want to see it! You never let us look at fate after it has been changed!" Latched said excitedly.
They all sat around the purple-black, cold stone table. A ball of thick mist began to form in the center, exactly at eye level, suspended about two feet above the table. Soon, a series image began to play. The images had no color and the video at the end had no sound. But still, the meaning was clear. If Trinity had 10 Golden Drachma, things would not be very bright for Zeus.
The first image was of Trinity hiding. She was being a rock. Sarah had her arms wrapped around her in comfort. Tears streamed freely down her face, soaking Sarah's shoulder in water, but Sarah didn't move.
The next image was of Sarah and Trinity gripping each other's hands. Trinity was saying something and Sarah was listening.
Another image popped up. Sarah and Trinity were in the same embrace. Except for one thing that was different. Instead of tears and misery on Trinity' face, She was crying with a bright smile on her face, and so was Sarah.
Another image quickly came up. Sarah and Trinity were holding hands, they had strong, fierce looks in their eyes and they confidently walked forward. Treats streamed carelessly off their face. They didn't bother to wipe them away.
Like the others, the next image didn't have any color, but there was an obvious glow emitting off of the two girls. The net image was not an image, but a colorless, soundless video.
Sarah and Trinity were talking to someone angrily. They began to rise into the air but neither of them bat an eyelid. They were angry, they were sad, they were happy, they were also yelling. Trinity was pointing wildly and Sarah was fuming, sparks speaking out of her right hand.
The video ended and so did the images. The fog disappeared and the three fates were left staring at an empty space.
Clotho turned to Atropos and said, "What does that have to do with 10 golden Drachma tho?"
"Clotho, darling" Atropos replied, "Time will tell, only in time will the story be told."