Faces in the Night | Open
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Groaning inwardly at the decidedly icy reaction his appearance had gotten out of Markus, Marius nevertheless put on a smirk and waved at his new-found and entirely reluctant companion. Not that heâd been expecting a warm welcome or anything, not where Markus was concerned, butâstill. So far even the screaming faces made for better company than the kid.
Briefly he debated just turning back around and leaving the kid to be unhappy on his own, but then again â with Denian lost in here, Marius couldnât well justify leaving behind his only chance of finding his grandkid. So. Unhappy Arcain kid it was, because no way in all the world was he going to leave Denian stranded in here. If the builder of the house had been insane enough to decorate the walls like this, there was no telling what might await them further inside the house, after all.
Mirroring the kidâs pose, Marius cocked his head and said, âWell then. Donât think Iâm not passing silent judgement here, love, because I most definitely am â but this really ainât the greatest place to get lost in, yâknow?â He pointed at the faces lining the walls, which were still refusing to shut up. Case in point. âWhere exactly did you lose him, kid?â
âTrust me Marius. Iâm aware.â Markus quipped with a long suffering sigh trying not to look at where the Captain was pointing. The faces had been talking non stop since both he and Denian got in here and it was making him so overwhelmed. Not to mention seeing Marius on top of everything else only made him that more irritable. And you know while he usually could stomach it all enough to be cordial the events of of today just had him on edge.Â
Which was why when Marius asked him where heâd lost Denian he answered with the truth. âAt the point when he realized I was queerer than a three dollar bill and had been flirting with a knight the whole time we were on vacation.â Markus huffed out before even realizing what he had said. Feeling his face start to blanch at the weight of his confession the young Arcain quickly backtracked hoping that Marius was too busy.. well being Marius to even notice what he had said. âUm. Thereâs a room a few doors back.â He said with a gesture keeping is gaze averted âWe were arguing and all of a sudden I turned around and he was gone.â











