[i]Meet one of the greatest mysteries on the island of Viridis: the Jewelry Mouse. Everybody on the island recognizes her. Wherever there's an open market, from the great seasonal fairs held in Oseille, to the modest, impromptu bazaars put together by various wandering merchants, the Jewelry Mouse will be in attendance to sell her bracelets and bangles. For all that, nobody knows who she is or where she goes when the markets close. She's clearly homeless. Her clothes, though always clean, are often tattered and worn. Only the necklaces and earrings she sells never seem to suffer from her outdoor existence. Her wares are usually quite cheap. Her bracelets are copper, her necklaces only silver but there are rumors that, if a customer treats her kindly, and wins her trust, she might take them to a secret place where she holds a stash of gold earrings and diamond rings.[/i]

[i]Those who mistrust her claim she must be a fey creature, or even a beguiling demon in disguise. Nobody ever sees her eat or sleep, and there are those who claim the true cost of her trinkets is something more precious than gold. Nobody even knows her name. When asked about any of these things, the Jewelry Mouse only smiles and slips away to another corner of the fair where she continues her usual dance to display her wares.[/i]

An old, old commission of a mouse girl who was, originally, just a very minor character in my first novel. While she's not an adopted character, she is among the list of those I want to dust off and bring back to life again.

Art belongs to JackieJackal: http://www.furaffinity.net/user/jackiejackal whose art has improved an incredible amount since this was done!

Jewelry Mouse belongs to me.