anton and jericho
Nostalgia For All The Good Things
Submitted by vaguelypoetic on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 15:24.
Who: Anton, Jericho
Where: Random Curios, at the corner of Lynn and Fair; then to Anton's home
When: Just after nightfall, Tuesday 8/28/2007
Well-fed but restless, Jericho struck out to explore. Despite the fact that he'd been in Marquette for nearly eight weeks, he still hadn't seen a great lot of it. He'd heard that this little northwest section was interesting, on the quaint side. A popular diner, an interesting used book store, and the establishment Jericho was now entering. Random Curios. From the proprietor's name in the Yellow Pages listing, he was Russian, at least in heritage if not by birth. Starved for something that reminded him of home, his youth—his life—the blond stepped up to the counter.
"Hello," the doctor spoke in his native tongue, hoping. "I'm looking for books on the Romanov's, pre-Bolshevik era. Pictorials, preferably."
