Post by Bianca Sabbato on Nov 7, 2020 0:39:35 GMT -5
A low thud and the telltale of muttered curses signaled the entrance of the giant huntress into the scene. Looking at her sleep was -besides a little creepy on my part- always an interesting concept. The first time it had been a little freaky, watching her just float up there like some kind of banshee. But after the initial shock, one could appreciate how peaceful she looked like that, no doubt that sleeping in a literal air mattress should be at least a little bit comfy.
After her rocky awakening, the woman looked happy when I signaled for the food, and she let me know it. I wasn’t sure what kind of accent she had put on for her little joke, but it was amusing nonetheless.
-Your suspicion hurt’s me at the bottom of my heart, miss Rhodes. I am but the purest of maidens to ever walk this earth!- I said, dramatically resting the back of my hand to my forehead as I clutched my heart with my free hand. After that, I simply let the giantess eat her part of the food as I distracted myself by staring at the surface of the lake.
She did look a little down when I threw the statue into the waters... And I shamefully admit she managed to get me all blushy and shit with her next stunt. But I made the effort to recover as fast as I could to start my counter-offensive.
-Too much of a good thing can spoil the fun, little Berwyn... Although in your case, in particular, I don’t mind spoiling you a little- I responded in kind to her tone, locking eyes with her but not making any move. Teasing was fine and funny as well, after all.
Berwyn was really pushing her luck for someone within kissing distance, though. If she had stayed like that for a couple more seconds, I may have gone for it... Oh, and then she decided to get naturist on me, and it was my turn to be disappointed when she ran towards the water instead of towards me.
So I simply raised my thumb at her idea of another roommate adventure. That could be fun, and I liked the idea of not knowing where she would take me for an “adventure”
Sipping from a small bottle of juice, I watched her go and not quite submerge into the water yet -Berwyn! You cheat!- I called out with transparent mirth in my voice before laughing heartily as I sat back into the grass to enjoy the treasure hunt.
A couple minutes passed by, and I was honestly considering the idea of making up any excuse to give Berwyn her gift anyway. Since the prospect of another day off was looking quite pleasant now that I had time to run the idea through my brain and imagine all the possible scenarios for it.
All that speculation proved useless when Berwyn returned close to the 7-minute mark with something cupped in her hands. Although she was looking kinda somber, so that caught my attention immediately. Maybe the statue had broken or something...?
Oh, no. It was just that she found a human skull... Wait, what?...
-Uhhh... Duly noted- I replied nonchalantly as I stared at the skull on the ground.
I better never play any chance games with Berwyn. The girl seemed to have the shittiest luck I had seen in a long while... Now onto the important stuff. A human skull, or faunus, I didn’t want to assume anything.
-Yep, too weird indeed...- I echoed her concerned tone. -Although...- Taking the skull gingerly on the tip of my fingers. I saw no signal of it being recent. And considering this place dried up for a couple months a year. It was most likely someone who had died to an animal attack and his body simply left here.
Since, as I said, this body of water would dry up eventually, disposing of a body here would be kinda stupid. So an accident or animal attack was the most likely explanation.
-I mean... I know we technically should talk to the authorities about this... But considering how old this seems to be, a part of me cannot help but think that whatever police officers come to investigate this would probably be better used doing anything else...-
I knew I would prefer them to use their time to keep the peace in the Ground district or preventing crimes instead of investigating this sinkhole of resources.
Then again, there was the thing about giving the family some closure... But I wasn’t sure if the direct family of Mr. skull-man here was even alive at this point.
-So... Do you wanna keep it?- I asked with uncertainty in my voice. I mean... Was it okay to play with a dead body like this? It’s not as if he would complain...
-He could be Ms. Bearta’s boyfriend... Calavero...- Or girlfriend, we could put a small ribbon on top of it and place them together. It would also do for a badass decoration for a nondescript spooky celebration.
-In which case. Whenever they find the rest of the body. I surely hope the Bearwyn statue is not close to it, else they may think is some kind of serial killer leaving a message- The idea amused me, and although I tried for it not to show in my voice, a part of me also wanted to cut the tension a little with stupid, dark comedy.
-I can picture it... The killer of the bear statue, terror of the outskirts- But maybe I was taking things a tad bit too far there...
Whatever, I was unsure about what to do with it after all, so I wanted to hear my partner’s opinion on the matter.
-Anyway... This is getting morbid... What you wanna do about this?- We would probably end up telling the cops anyway. But it didn't hurt to ask.
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