Week 17, Just before vacation, Horus' Room

Oct 16, 2004 00:04

A big box wrapped in silver paper with floofy red ribbons is left by Horus' door, with a note reading, "For Horus, from your Secret Santa!"

Inside the box is a large 'schoolboy' type bag made of a durable, heavy, cocoa-colored canvas, with colorful embroidery on the flap reading 'Home Sweet Home'. The bag has durable leather cord lacings along the sides and back, which, when unlaced, add volume to the bag for more capacity. The buckle-straps and shoulder strap are the same color and type of leather, and padding on the shoulder strap makes the bag comfy for long walks.

Inside are copies of Lonely Planet USA and Lonely Planet Canada, and a small zippered case with matching embroidery on one side. It's filled with travel necessities: a toothbrush and toothpaste, soap, a tiny bottle of shampoo, a razor, a collapsible cup, a small pocket multi-tool, a package of trail mix, three condoms, and two airplane bottles of 151-proof Bacardi. There's a note tucked into the 'necessities case' inside a cheerful non-religious holiday card, written in red pen. It reads:

'Wherever you may roam, wherever you lay this bag, that's home. Just remember to come back and visit!
-Your Secret Santa.'
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