D A Y 9

[founds]

CHAPTER 2

NOV 08TH | 47℉☂

▸ --*CHSKSSS--*-Breaking News! In the light of yesterday's hunt on Black Rock Lake, a body has been found. It has not ye--*CHSKSSS--*-n identified, but has been confirmed to not be either of the missing children.

▸ Another fall storm is roaming through today,--*CHSKSSS--*ed to pick up after dark so stay safe or stay insi--*CHSKSSS--*-

▸ Blackwell's First Methodist Church is holding its annual Thanksgiving food drive from now until Thanksgiving. Donate now! Anything but turkey,--*CHSKSSS--*-pped over on the interstate the other day and donated hundred--*CHSKSSS--*-urkeys to feed people for the holidays. What luck!

▸ Back to our regular--*CHSKSSS--*-uled programming

HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT

Comments

[avers]

[ the worst is yet to come, dear boy. ]

A thank you would do it, Gage. Wouldn't want people thinkin you've gone rude, now. [ he isn't looking at him anymore, typing away at the computer. he checks a file from the pile, colour coded and so neatly organized. she pulls it out and opens it; the symbol that was carved on bela's flesh right there in a close up. oops, sorry. haha. not sorry at all.

he looks over to him ]

You free tonight?

[bluecode]

[free to set himself on fire. he hates that he's become so desensitized to the pictures that it takes him a second to even register that it should be a problem that he's whipping them out while talking to the grieving father. staring at them day in day out since the night she was murdered has almost distanced him from it, in a weird way, like it's just a case, but it's not. he's never worked just a case so hard in his life, not even when he gave a damn about his casework]

Depends on what you say to the Sheriff, I suppose. [after a beat]

[avers]

[ he's working. he's not going to stop working just because adam is there and it's the decent thing to do. he's an asshole, let's not forget (as if anyone could forget). he rests the cigarette on the ashtray and blows the smoke, slowly looking at him ]

Oh, don't you get your bloomers twisted. [ he smirks in that arrogant, confident way ] I still got my ways.

[ he's probably going to get him the worst shifts. ]

[bluecode]

[yes yes such asshole very bad]

[gives him a squinty look as criticism for the usage of bloomers in a modern day sentence]

If it's dinner I'm gonna have to respectfully decline. [lil joke. jokey joke. no seriously what do you want]

[avers]

[ he's an old school hillbilly. runs in the family. they keep the tradition alive. it's a very traditional, republican family. there's no sucking of dicks. they are dignified. no homos allowed. goodness gracious. ]

I ain't buying you dinner, Gage. [ he arches his eyebrows and gives him a pointed look. ] Who knows, maybe I'll be in a good mood.

[ heh. ]

[bluecode]

[simmer down naw]

[continues to squint at him this time with less judgment and more confusion. please stop being obtuse and just tell the man what you want.]

Should I be concerned about your mood? [oblivious head shake. whatever man. whatever you say. im just gonna tell you right now this is not a blowjob worthy favor, let's take that off the table right na]

[points over his shoulder to indicate he's going to be excusing himself from further conversation unless there is something else.]

[avers]

[ no, it's so much more fun being obtuse because it makes people frustrated. he scribbles down something on a notepad and grabs another file with a bunch of look a like symbols ]

Goodbye, Gage. [ he doesn't look up from his file, but you can practically hear the smirk in his voice. he picks up the cigarette again and takes a drag ]

Actually-- Wait. [ he doodles the symbol on a piece of paper and holds it up to him ] Where've you done saw this here doodle round Blackwell? [ he has found microscopic evidence but maybe adam knows something given as he's a born and bred blackweller ]

[bluecode]

[he knows what it's going to be before he looks, feigns a blank look of ignorance and throws both hands up in an exasperated shrug.]

You asked before, answer hasn't changed. [not sure if he should be relieved or frustrated that he's still spinning his wheels over the same details he was stuck on when they first met about it. we'll go with relieved for now because having to deal with an enlightened oliver would be a fucking hassle.]