It was a cool night, enough to nip at your skin but not chill your bones, and one Mikayla Wider was walking the streets with unsteady feet.
The quiet of the dark was pierced by her uneven singing, a bright, warm blush upon her face as she drunkenly continued to walk without a destination in mind. It was the weekend and as was common the young adult had gone bar hopping in lue of any worthwhile parties happening that week. Usually she had enough sense as to call an Uber once she'd gotten plastered enough, but tonight she was being led by her wild nature, the curvy blond having pushed herself further and becoming well and truly shit face drunk.
She'd stumbled out onto the sidewalk from the last bar she'd gone to in the name of walking home, but that loosely formed thought had left her head long ago and now was simply enjoying the town at night with a sloppy smile slapped across her face. By now she had made it to midtown where business was at its highest normally, though not quite at the moment in the dead of night. Stores were closed and other than herself and some crickets Mikayla was only greeted with silence.
Mind dulled and still just chugging along to whatever random thought dragged her forward, Mikayla caught sight of something new. A construction site had been put up near town square, a small project for what was to be a new restaurant or something, the boozy woman couldn't read the sign out front too well at the moment. Interest peaked, Mikayla walked closer to examine the area. She can't remember if she's seen them start work there or not, her memory more than a little unreliable at the moment, but regardless she was more intrigued by the site than she might normally be in a more sober state.
Looking it over it wasn't actually all that much to look at yet, they had clearly only just started. They were working on the foundation, having dug up a large chunk of land with several large pieces of heavy duty equipment and several different types of piping scattered about the area. It was a hole basically and not much else at that point. Having slowly realized this Mikayla just as quickly lost interest as she had gained it, promptly turning around and going to head off drunkenly in another random direction.
Only to place her foot awkwardly on her fist step forward, lose her already off kelter balance, and fall backwards into the large hole that was the construction site.
"SHITFUCKGODDAMN-!!!"
Leaving a trail of curses behind her the party girl tumbled her way down about a full three feet before hitting the bottom, landing with a resounding thud ass first.
"FUUuuuUuuUUk!"
She groaned out the word with great agony, mostly fine if a bit bruised, a decent bit dirty, and with a few small cuts. Her greatest casualty was her rump, her cheeks stinging still from the impact.
"God fucking damn it all, there goes my buzz right along with my good mood. Shit, and I know Brooke is going to bitch like no tomorrow if she's still up when I get home covered in dirt. Fuck this fucking fuck of a hole!"
Pain can be a great way to sober up a fair bit Mikayla learned, if not completely back down to earth she was at least now much more clear headed. With another groan she figured she might as well go ahead and climb out and head home, but putting her hands to the ground to help push herself up let her notice something.
"The hell? Somethings sticking out of the ground…"
Indeed, her hand had landed on something hard poking through the earth. Almost immediately her curiosity grabbed her again. She thought that she might as well hope to bring something worthwhile with her for her trouble, if it was anything at all anyway. It could be nothing really, but she was already dirty, what was moving a little more dirt gonna hurt now?
With that she carefully as she could in her state dug up the object, it's true form not being clear until she had dug it all the way out. With one last handful of dirt removed she picked it up to inspect it in the moonlight.
In her hands she held-
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