forum "This City smells like Smoke and Death" // OxO // Closed

Started July 27, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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Quinn sighed. "Yeah, well hardly anyone is, Bella. So. Are you going to honor your agreement, or not?"

Bella sighed, glancing back at the other girl, behind her chair, then at Quinn and Tony again.

Antonio hesitated a moment half tempted to tell Quinn it was fine and this wasn't worth it.

(not gonna be too active this weekend)

Quinn raised his eyebrows faintly.

Bella sighed. "Fine. But you owe me, yeah?" she stood in a smooth, fluid motion. "And that one better not be infected." she pointed at Tony.

(That's chill)

"I'm not, promise," Antonio replied raising his hands after finally speaking. If he was infected, it wouldn't just be the disease that would be killing him.

Bella nodded sharply, standing. "Family name?" she demanded.

"Jade," Antonio said with some semblence of confidence.

(I thought it was Pearl?)

Bella nodded again, sweeping past them and out of the room. "Follow me."

(It is Pearl, but he gave a fake last name to Quinn lol)

Antonio hesitated for a moment before following after Bella. He figured Quinn would follow.

(oh right)

Quinn followed after Bella silently.

Antonio walked along not saying anything.

Bella led them into a room with shelving along the wall. On the shelves were ledgers. "Jade…" she mumbled, pulling out one of the ledgers and flipping through it.

Antonio hadn't expected her to actually find anything. It was just a name and he honestly prayed that either the family was dead (that felt cruel) or that there was no information.

She kept looking, eyebrows pulling together.

The longer she looked the more Antonio's stomach churned in anticipation.

Bella frowned. "I have no record of a "Jade" family, except for an old woman who died five years ago." She looked from Tony to Quinn, eyes narrow.

Antonio didn't know whether to be releived or worried given Bella's now narrow eyes, "Well, the outskirts was just my best guess as to where they might be."

Bella's lips pursed faintly. "Mhm." She replied, obviously not really believing him.

Bella clearly didn't believe him, but Antonio didn't exactly have a good response. He ended up saying, "Yeah."

Bella looked at Quinn with her eyebrows raised. Quinn shrugged faintly. "Well…thanks for the help."

Antonio let out a mental sigh of relief before giving another nod, "Yes, thank you."

Bella nodded. "Uh huh. Now scram, I got stuff to do."

Quinn nodded, heading for the door.

Antonio followed Quinn out keeping his head low.

Quinn was silent as they walked, chewing on his lip.

Antonio glanced over at Quinn.

Quinn crossed his arms loosely, a faint frown on his face.

Antonio looked away once more before commenting, "Um, so that was a bust."

"Yeah." Quinn replied as they walked, uncrossing his arms after a moment.

"Yep," Antonio repeated what he said.

"I have no idea what to do about your family." Quinn said slowly.

Antonio attempted and he thought suceeded at looking sad about that, "Well, uh, I don't know what to do either. I guess persume their dead for now."