Lena took a breath, slowly approaching the young women. How exactly should she handle this,? She had an idea what they were talking about but actually broaching the subject could possibly make her sound insane. Even if she didn't spund like a raving lunatic, would these women be willing to share their secret?
"Excuse me ladies," Lena stated. "Sorry to interrupt you but I couldn't help overhearing your conversation." Alice, Sharon, and Nicole paused, casting the elderly woman an odd look. "What are you talking about, " Sharon asked.
Lena glanced around nervously, leaning in close as she began to whisper. "A stiff of dice," she said softly. "Dice that can restore your youth."
"I think you're mistaken ma'am," Alice stated. "We don't know what you're talking about."
Lena sighed, just looking at the trio told Lena that they knew exactly what she was talking about. All three of them looked anxious. "Look," she said, her voice barely more than a whisper. "I know what I heard and I can tell just by looking at you two that you've gotten younger just in the short time you've been here. All I want to know is how?"
"Can you excuse us for a moment," Nicole stated. Lena nodded, watching as the three young women now leaned close to one another. Although they spoke in hushed tones, Lena could tell the conversation was heated. It appeared the blonde woman was adamant in the discussion going so far as to withdraw a dice from her dress pocket. Seeing that dice now made Lena even more anxious. She wanted to know if it was true. Could these dice actually restore ones youth?
"Is that one of them," she asked anxiously. Lena now moved closer, trying to get a better look. Unfortunately in her haste she now bumped into the blonde, casting her to drop the dice onto the table below.
Twenty five years you have walked this Earth. Now this number is but Twenty two. Each roll of the dice returns more of what you have lost.
A squeak now escaped the blondes lips, Lena watching in fascination as orbs on light now drifted off her body. Gazing at the woman, Lena could see her features soften, her breasts losing a bit of volume. In only moments, Sharon had gone from a young career woman to a girl still in college. "What the hell lady," Sharon hissed.
"What just happened," Lena asked.
"I got younger that's what happened," Sharon grumbled. "I'm only twenty two now!" Sharon huffed, looking over herself. While she was at first annoyed to be reduced to such a young age, after a moment a small smirk spread across her face. "You know this isn't that bad," she mused. "I look so thin now and I haven't felt this refreshed in ages. I feel like I could take on the world!"
"You look barely old enough to be out of school Sharon," Alice exclaimed. "I think you might be young enough at this point."
"Says you," Sharon huffed. "I don't know about you but eveytime we use these things it feels better and better."
"So it is true," Lena gasped. "They can make you younger." The trio now paused, nervously glancing around the bar before beckoning the woman to their table. "Okay yeah its true," Alice stated. "We got these magic dice that can make you younger just by rolling them. We've already used then a few times and we're wondering what we could do with them."
Lena bit her lip, anxiously watching as Alice removed a second dice from her purse. "Can I try," she asked. The trio now looked to one another, torn at the idea of giving the dice over. "Please," Lena asked. "I..I just want to try then. I so desperately want to be young." Once more the trio looked to one another, grouping together as they discussed the proposal in hushed tones.
"Okay," Nicole said. "We'll let you try them but you can't leave with them. Is that understood?" Lena nodded, a broad smile spreading across her face as Alice and Sharon reluctantly handed over their dice. Taking them in her weathered hands, the old woman now gazed at them with wide eyes. "So what happened s now?"
"They have to bond with you," Alice stated. "Once that happens you can roll them." Lena nodded, curious as to how they would bond to her. As she looked to ask how, she gasped as a voice now boomed in her ears.
Lena MacIntyre the spirit of youth has bonded to you. Each roll of the dice shall return more of what you have lost.
"Did you hear that," she gasped. "What was that voice?"
"The dice," Alice said. "Looks like they bonded to you. Now if you roll the dice you'll become younger."
"I'd suggest going somewhere a bit more private though," Sharon added. "As you can see theirs a bit of a light show." Lena simply nodded, a wide smile spreadinga across her face as she gazed at the dice. She was going to have her youth back, the only question was how much?