Describe a Street

You hear the jostling of horses reins against their flanks, hooves rising and falling upon the mud-caked ground. Your clothes feel heavy under the shining sun and stick to you like glue. Coming to an intersection you spot shade under a leafy tree. Excited, you make your way to its shadow and cast a glance at your surroundings. Dreary, light-brown coloured shops line either side of the street and create a small town sense of feeling. Deciding your energy is replenished, you continue on your journey until to come to a dirty shop window housing several ceramic artefacts. Displayed on wooden crates are jugs, pots and plates of all shapes and sizes, many covered with intricate designs. Realising that’s all the little shop had to offer, you begin to turn away until light reflecting off an object – in the corner of the display window – blinds you. Wondering what was causing your blindness, you cup your hands around the glass and peer into the corner of the shop. Dangling from a coat stand a jewell-studded, shiny black-stoned amulet hangs. It’s iron setting seems out of place with its surrounding… 

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