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I am writing to you from an inn at the border. My sudden disappearance must have upset you and i apologize. I wish i had had the time to bid you farewell. But i received news that called for a hasty departure. It seems my father has fallen ill, and the doctors say the prognosis is unfavorable. I do not know what has happened quite yet, my mother would not say it in her letter. But things will become clearer when i arrive at Brightstone Peak in about five days. 

I cannot say how long i will be gone. But if my Lord father’s condition is as serious as it seems, i may be gone for several months to take care of family business. In any case, i will write to you regularly and keep you informed. 

I would rather be in Odalis and i will miss our conversations. The drinks and food here are atrocious by the way.

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—ELEANOR  FROWNED.  which, granted, was something she did a lot as of late. but the guy on the other side of the desk  ( why he had ended there was beyond her, anyway )  was  just a kid,  no matter how dangerous the  corrupt  captain deemed him, and eleanor was working a  HOMICIDE  and did not have the time to do any babysitting. and even if the gang rumour was accurate, that would be organised crime and therefore a case for someone else.

eleanor hailwood was not her younger sister. she did not have the patience for this sort of game. and it  was  undoubtedly a game, one her superior had crafted to keep her distracted and blind to the  ACTUAL  problems.

❛ —i asked for a name, mr bad-behaviour-but-i-do-it-in-the-best-way. unless, of course, that  IS  your name, in which case i would like to express my  sympathy. ❜

she was still not  really  looking at him, keeping one eye on the silly toy dion had gotten her for their birthday and the other on the file she was working on. a third eye, would she have one, would be directed at her phone, just in case that someone would call and offer her an excuse and a reason to  ESCAPE.

wishing for coffee  ( even the cheap cafeteria coffee would be welcome now ),  eleanor dropped the cube onto the table and closed the file, finally directing her full attention at the  boy.  ❛ they say you know a lot, ❜ she started, trailing off for a moment because she was not sure if she  could  betray her ethics like this, if could backstab theresia like that. ❛ do you also know what they are trying to pin on you or are you as in the dark about that as i am? ❜

the arrest — if one could even call that — had been sloppy, a rush job and surely part of a larger scheme no one but the captain  ( and whoever she answered to )  understood. but  he  might know something she did not since it was neither her case nor her department, and as long as it would see to audierna vos’ overdue downfall, eleanor was more than willed to accept information from  UNORTHODOX  sources.

She was annoyed, something that amused the teenage thief more than he would allow her to see. Sure, Kaz had a distaste for being in police stations, and handcuffs, and cops in general, but that’s what happened when one ended up on the streets, running with gangs. But if he could gain some information, or ruffle some feathers, it could just be worth it. So long as they didn’t try to get rid of the jacket he was wearing to see the Dregs tattoo on his forearm, he’d be fine.

(They had taken his gloves... That wasn’t good.)

A dramatic sigh (one he had learned from Nina and taken for his own uses) was his answer to her questions. Cops, they always had questions... But he had the answers, thanks to his intricate network of spies headed up by Inej herself. “You ask for my name, and then imply that you know who I am, Miss Hailwood. Which is it?” 

Leaning back in the cheap chair, Kaz settled his gaze on the woman, doing what he could to make sure that she didn’t notice the click of his lock picks making work of his handcuffs. “As for what they’re trying to pin on me, I believe I was supposed to be told when I was arrested? Along with some rights... I didn’t hear either, which of course makes all of this useless in a court of law.” Watching Law & Order at Jesper’s place was clearly working out. “From what I’ve heard since... Something about kidnapping, which is absurd really.”

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          it was early morning, meaning only the children of APOLLO were awake, since their divine parents loved waking them up via a combination of heavy metal music and a frequency only his children could hear. but that never bothered roxanna, posbbily the youngest of the apollo cabin at the moment, she loved the mornings. though this morning, she felt...nervous. the inside of her mouth was raw from her nervous habit of biting it.

          it was summer, though, which meant she had older (half) siblings to go to. in the winter, she often wandered over to the daughter of poseidon, april, but she was, at the moment, still asleep. also--roxy always felt guilty asking april for things, april always seemed a bit unprepared. and as a apollo cabin child, roxy normally went to the leader--her sister ella.