Without Hope

Tony ran a hand over his face as he leaned back in his seat. He hadn’t eaten at all since his measly dinner of unevenly warmed toaster waffles and beer the day before and the found bodies had left him running about town like a madman. The county barely had enough deputies to patrol the area, much less deal with the scene in the middle of town square, of all places. 

It looked deliberate, at least to him. Brutal, yes, but nothing that even a black bear would do. It just didn’t make sense and ever since his own unexplained run-in with… whatever they, she, had been he had been on edge. 

He groaned, prying his eyes open to glare at the burger sat in front of him only to see a figure sitting across form him. 

“Jesus fucking Christ, where the hell did you come from. Hasn’t anyone told you to never surprise someone with a gun?” 

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“No, can’t say anyone ever has...but that’s probably because the people who learned that advice can only really share it with the grave. Get it? Because they got shot. Because of the gun.” Reiss nodded slowly and rolled his wrist in front of him, palm facing up, like the explanation of his joke had been a great gift. “First question—well. Came from a lot of places. But most recently, I came from the town square, because I had plans to toss a penny in the fountain. Had a wish to make. But there seems to be some issue down there so uh...” Reiss leaned back in the booth and bushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. “Any idea when that might be cleared up? You know. For the wish I was gonna make.”

[ ADAM BRODY, 38, CIS MAN, HE/HIM ] REISS MORTENSEN just walked down main street. They are a BAKER who has been in Willowdale for THREE MONTHS. They are part of the MORTENSEN pack and act as THE BETA. People around town knows them as CHARMING & UPBEAT but also as CALCULATING & VENGEFUL. They are described as DUSTED FLOUR ON PARCHMENT PAPER, A DECEPTIVELY SHARP CHILL ON A SUNNY DAY, AND THE CLATTERING OF DICE ROLLING IN A CUP.

It’s me, Soap, back at it again with the subpar intros! Under the cut is some more information about Reiss. He’s like...okay. 

location: hole in the wall who: open to everyone @willowdalehqstart​

With the way the day had started he was only surprised that the day ended relatively normally. At least he got to work on a few jobs today which meant he could go to the bar, and enjoy himself a beer. He was sat up at the bar, arms resting on the edge of it as he listened to the chatter around him. Everyone had mentioned what had happened at least once in their conversation, no surprise to him considering it was still so new and fresh in everyone’s mind. “Crazy day, huh?” He said out loud to no one in particular, his hand wrapped around the nearly empty bottle that sat in front of him. He’d swirl around the liquid inside before downing the last bit of it, placing it to the side a little so it was out of the way. “All I’ve been hearing ‘bout today is what happened in the town square, hopefully they’ll find who might’ve done it soon.”