Very Early Friday Morning, The Fourth Sin
Miho sat behind the Sin's front desk, in case any stragglers came in looking for a quickie before dawn and the close of business hours. She was engaged in her version of a phone conversation: Gail talked. Miho listened. Some things were too fast-moving for letters. Miho twirled the phone cord around her fingers and mused that from the background noises, Gail seemed to have waited until she was otherwise occupied so that Miho's silence wouldn't begin to creep her out.
"...so anyway--" SMACK "--I'm sure Becky told you we think this bastard's holed up out at that old farm outside of town. And this guy that's been investigating, he's gonna get--" SMACK "--too far in over his head, and I'm not gonna be the one to bail him out--would you stop screaming like that, I am on the phone." SMACK. "Some people just have no manners. Oh, hang on, would you?" Miho hung on. It wasn't like she had anywhere else to be.
There was a pause as Gail set the phone down. Miho could hear in a muffled sort of fashion Gail's version of teaching her client manners, and then she was back. "So, yeah, we need you to come back and take care of this for us real quick. It shouldn't take you long."
Miho had never told Gail this, because it was Gail and she didn't want her getting a big head, but when she'd first come to America and met the Old Town Girls, Miho had decided she wanted to be just like Gail when she grew up.
Gail was silent for a long moment, and then she said softly, "Lily disappeared last night. You know Lily, she had that rose tattoo on her cheek. Her sister's freaking out. It's like he doesn't make any noise...I'll have Dwight pick you up at the train station tonight." Click.
The hell with the stragglers. Miho hung up the phone and went upstairs to start packing every sharp thing she owned.
((Open to Becky or Jarod, if they wish.))
"...so anyway--" SMACK "--I'm sure Becky told you we think this bastard's holed up out at that old farm outside of town. And this guy that's been investigating, he's gonna get--" SMACK "--too far in over his head, and I'm not gonna be the one to bail him out--would you stop screaming like that, I am on the phone." SMACK. "Some people just have no manners. Oh, hang on, would you?" Miho hung on. It wasn't like she had anywhere else to be.
There was a pause as Gail set the phone down. Miho could hear in a muffled sort of fashion Gail's version of teaching her client manners, and then she was back. "So, yeah, we need you to come back and take care of this for us real quick. It shouldn't take you long."
Miho had never told Gail this, because it was Gail and she didn't want her getting a big head, but when she'd first come to America and met the Old Town Girls, Miho had decided she wanted to be just like Gail when she grew up.
Gail was silent for a long moment, and then she said softly, "Lily disappeared last night. You know Lily, she had that rose tattoo on her cheek. Her sister's freaking out. It's like he doesn't make any noise...I'll have Dwight pick you up at the train station tonight." Click.
The hell with the stragglers. Miho hung up the phone and went upstairs to start packing every sharp thing she owned.
((Open to Becky or Jarod, if they wish.))