Holding onto the box, that had his money in it, Cid sighed and looked around.
Should he dig up a hole outside and put the money into the dirt?
Should he hold onto it and have it on him all the time?
What should he do, at least for now, to keep it safe because…It was all he had left…
Jewellery…
Why was he…How could jewellery help at this time?
Frowning, Cid went to pick up his clothes, to get dressed, and suddenly stared at his attire.
Moving the cloth around easily, Cid then looked at the box and then back at the cloth.
Having stopped moving now, Cid widened his eyes and just wondered if he could use specific things to make another type of keep safe, small item that would be better than a box.
Right…
Putting on his clothes, Cid rummaged around and found a few items that he could use.
One was the obvious cloth, yet…Was it strong enough?
Another was a small bit of wire, would it be enough?
Sitting down at the table, Cid pulled at the cloth and pulled some more, to see that it really wasn’t strong enough.
But…He could at least find something else out too if he were to try to do the project…
How big would the clothe need to be?
Would it even be worth it to make?
Getting some needle and thread, Cid got to work on the cloth, keeping in mind that another type of cloth would be used for the real project to work.
What type of cloth? Perhaps a cloth that wouldn’t be so hard to bend…
After a certain amount of sewing, Cid got the wire and put it through, closing the gap afterwards and looking at the little pouch.
Cutting around some areas, Cid then added a buckle, so that it could close better and then he saw that the first product was finished.
Of course, this was only an idea still, but Cid felt confident about this first product.
Putting the money into his newly made product, having to fold it in half, Cid closed the pouch, seeing it bulge out a bit.
Using the buckle, it closed, and Cid threw it to the wall, to see it fall and not fall apart.
He knew there were things called purses, but he had not been able to get one, not only that but they weren’t cheap because they had only come to be invented a little while ago.
The sad thing about their kingdom was that they were behind in some technology and Cid was sure that the kingdom was also short on money to bring them to the same as their neighboring kingdoms were at.
Not only that, but purses were something obvious to people that only the nobles seemed to carry around…
No, Cid didn’t particurly want a purse, he wanted something that could attach to him yet be somewhat undetectable at the same time. Obviously, hiding his loot was due to certain circumstances that others probably didn’t have to worry about…
He then turned his product around and wondered how he would add a strap to it, so that it could go around his neck or around his side.
Then, after that, he needed some type of artwork or some type of jewellery to pce over the pouch, so that it would cover up the idea that money was hidden inside…Yet how was he to do all that?
There were shells…Perhaps one of those shells that have a hole in them?
There were bigger ones near the sea…
David…If only he could get a hold of David!
Cid stopped though and put his hand to his face.
Calm down, he told himself, I need to think first. What if the shell wouldn’t work anyway!?
Right…Ideas…
The strap, it obviously needed to be strong so that the pouch wouldn’t break from it and that it could hold the pouch.
Whatever covers the pouch needed to be moveable too, so that you could get to what was inside it.
What could it be?
Looking aimlessly around his small room, Cid found a worn sock and just stared at it.
A sock…
Frowning, Cid just couldn’t believe that he could be considering using a pin old sock…
Disguise…Isn’t that the idea?
If a sock or something dirty was used…
If people then found such a thing, they wouldn’t think to proceed to look more…Would they?
Putting his face onto his hand, but peeking out with one eye, he stared at the worn sock, that was poking out of the chest of drawers that he put his clothes into.
If he used something like a sock that had better material…
Right…What about a water pouch!?
They were made from leather…Right…The strap shouldn’t break so easily if it was attached to leather, and I could…
Cid rummaged around, but could not find a water pouch, making him upset as he was so keen to finish this now!
Not only was he excited to make something, but also the idea of keeping this money that was his, made him want to finish what he had started!
Why hadn’t he thought of doing something like this earlier!?
With a look towards the door, Cid rethought what he should do.
He really wanted to try and get that water pouch!
Unable to stop himself, Cid got up and left, slowly making his way towards the kitchen area to find himself a water pouch.
Being lucky, because it was so te at night, Cid had easily found a small water pouch from the kitchen, without being found out by anyone, and quickly returned to his room.
Smiling to the water pouch, Cid got the sock from the chest and then pced the money pouch with the small water pouch and put the sock over it, making sure the money pouch was well hidden, and like it was a part of the water pouch.
Feeling the sock, that covered the small water pouch, Cid smiled and let out a ugh.
It wasn’t that great but…Right now it was enough!
Pcing some water into the pouch, Cid checked it once more and found that there were some things that he could obviously make better but…It was still an interesting idea!
Should he make more?
Letting out another small ugh, Cid sighed and then wondered where he would put a strap on it.
He couldn’t pce it onto or through the sock, or…Could he?
He’d have to be able to take his money pouch out, but could he take it out with the sock still on?
Trying to hold the sock to the water pouch, Cid tried to get the money pouch out, finding it hard to do so.
Did that mean that he had to pce the strap to the water pouch then?
Putting his product in front of his eyes and staring at it, Cid put a finger to a part of the sock and then narrowed his eyes.
Lower down…If he put the strap lower, he should attach the strap through the sock and onto the water pouch, then not only will the sock not come off but…
He again tried to get the money pouch out from holding the sock lower down, and found it a lot better, and it still seemed well secured.
That’s it!
Smiling, Cid fixed everything back up and wondered where he would get the strap from.
He’d need something that would be longer than an arm’s length…So, it might be difficult to find…
Frowning and going deep into thought, Cid then could only think that he might just have to go to the leather working pces to get this strap.
If he used another material, it might not work, and it might not be strong enough. And, at the same time, he didn’t want his new product to stand out…
Sighing, Cid didn’t know what to do, he still needed a strap!
He wondered, would the money be fine like this until I find a strap? What if someone sees it and would take it to the kitchen?
After all, he was worried that he would get into trouble for even having a water pouch!
The water pouches were used for trips, not to use at home, so was he ready to have questions being asked to him about it?
Cid sat back and looked towards the shabby roof of his small room.
What will I say if someone asks why I have a water pouch, he asked himself. Could I say that I was working a lot?
What about using the water for…Something else…But what?
Wetting my hair? Wetting some jewellery?
No…That would be stupid…
What could he say!?
Perhaps that the doctor told him to drink more since he had been hit on the head?
Rubbing at his eyes, Cid sighed. It must be well into the night, perhaps even early morning, so he really should try and get some rest.
Sighing, Cid went to the bed and put the pouch close to his head. Perhaps he might find something to do with it when he wakes up…
