Piecing a Puzzle

[hisdivineshadow]

"Well . . ." She bit her lip and glanced back and forth between the two. "I'd rather not have to wait." She frowned, pouting a bit. "Oh, fine," she muttered in exasperation, "But if something happens, 'uncle' is gonna take it out of my hide." She glared mildly at Aaron and walked past them, slipping a piece of paper to Acqua with an address where she could be found.

[Northen Light36]

Acqua tucks the paper into her pocket and leads Aaron inside. Shutting the door firmly behind them, Acqua calls, "Cass? Amaro? Anyone home?"

[Darastrix]

There's no answer from Cass. She'd said something earlier that day about taking Aria to meet her guild family, so it's quite likely Cass and Aria are visiting the bards.

"Sorry if I upset your friend," Aaron says, looking around. "But I don't know her myself, and until we know more, it's safer not to spread this around too much with Echo gone."

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Acqua shrugs. "I barely know her," she replies casually. "We meet in Maelstrom once." Hearing no response from Amaro, Acqua adds, "Looks like Amaro and Cass are out. Pas, Bas, you two go up to my room and play with Faith, okay?" The twins nod and hurry upstairs.

~Don't go out without telling me,~ Faith remarks, rubbing against Acqua's legs then following the twins.

"Any ideas on how to find out more?" Acqua asks Aaron, flopping down in Amaro's favourite armchair just to take advantage of her brother not being home.

[Darastrix]

"Unfortunately, we're missing most of our information sources right now," Aaron says, blowing his bangs out of his eyes. Wasn't that convenient? "Dmitri's been working with the Ronduin guards that came up, so I can stay near him and learn what they find out, if anything. I doubt he'll think much of it, considering we worked together on the Sandman murders. I'm just glad whoever that is hasn't decided to stir things up, too." Yet.

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"Right," Acqua agrees. "I'll see if I can find any of the retired guild members too, see if they've heard anything." Acqua pauses, then adds, "If you can get to Maelstrom, speak to Flash Calder. He used to be one of us and he owes me a couple of favours."

[Darastrix]

Aaron nods. "I know my way around Maelstrom; I was a guard there before Mathew took over and locked the city down. If I can't get anything useful from the guards here, I'll ask for leave and head over." He pauses. "Though you know Echo will skin me alive if anything happens to you or the kids while I'm there."

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Acqua laughs at that. "Echo worries too much," she replies. "I was taking care of myself long before she took me under her paw. I'll keep the kids safe, you don't have to worry about that."

[Darastrix]

"Seeing as how your family's out today, if I find something else out, I'll just come back back on the pretenses of having that 'talk' with them," he says. "I'll get word to you somehow if I do take that trip to Maelstrom."

[Northen Light36]

Acqua nods. "I'll get a message to you if I find out anything from the retired members," she promises, knowing it's not all that likely, but still worth a try.