Notes and Errata of Mark of the Asphodel

Once upon a time there were two girls who swore they'd be friends for life and had matching lockets to prove it.  And these girls came across a magazine filled with pictures of rubies and emeralds, and they decided that one day when they were wealthy and powerful they'd have globes studded with gems to mark all their worldwide possessions and trapiche emeralds as paperweights on their desks.

And then they grew up.  ( Cut for length )