Brick Wall (open)

[mancalledspade]

Spade had gone over his notes a dozen ways, hundreds of times, and he still could't make anything out of them. All his routes of investigations, murder and otherwise, had long gone cold, and any attempts to discover the Mansion's nature had proved futile. He didn't want a hobby, or a diversion. He wanted a way to do his job. Unfortunately, he

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[revmother_livia]

Livia had been becoming more and more reclusive of late, she wasn't sure why. Perhaps it ran in the family and one day she would find a collapsing old house to be her hermitage, surround herself with moldy books and papers and let the dogs eat at table. The thought amused her. It made her miss her Uncle Val.

"They could pave roads with the amount of tar in your lungs, Sam," she noted, stepping out onto the porch.

[mancalledspade]

"Now that'd be a trick. I should donate my body to science." He sounded amused but didn't turn.

[revmother_livia]

She leaned against the doorway behind him, arms crossed.

"Or at least to the Department of Transport."

[mancalledspade]

"What've you been up to, sweetheart?" He turned, slowly, and leaned against the porch railing.

[revmother_livia]

She shrugged languidly.

"Passing the time somehow. That's anyone can do here."

[mancalledspade]

"Doing better than I am, then, most likely."

[revmother_livia]

"Smoking a tobacco field not enough to keep you occupied?"

[mancalledspade]

"Sadly, no."

[revmother_livia]

"What are we going to do with you, Sam," she mused.

[mancalledspade]

"Well, there's no shortage of murders. Just a shortage of legal systems, cops, and crimes that ain't half-tangled with magic voodoo." He threw away his cigarette. "That Carstone kid got killed again."

[revmother_livia]

"What a shame. Please pass on my condolences as well as my regards whenever he revives."

[mancalledspade]

"Sure." He sighed. "Sorry, honey. I've been the phantom man, haven't I?"

[revmother_livia]

"I don't know," she drawled. "You look solid enough for a phantom."

[mancalledspade]

"Gonna poke me and find out?"

[revmother_livia]

She smirked a tiny bit.

"Just what sort of a proposition is that?"

[mancalledspade]

He chuckles. "I confess, I've made you better ones."