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Post by Wraith on Aug 17, 2011 0:22:09 GMT -5
Wraith's heart was in her throat. She stuck her clothes under one arm and shimmied down the ladder. She'd have to reveal it all sooner or later, or Ershey would never agree to the plan. That was what Sebastian had told her.
"Two out of three," she croaked, voice barely audible, and strode resolutely toward the washroom.
((This is all getting so devious and cloak-and-daggery. I kind of love it.))
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Post by Ershey on Aug 17, 2011 0:26:02 GMT -5
((Seriously. It's awesome  )) "Are you lying?" asked Ershey calmly, watching her walk towards the washroom. Others had coined Ershey as too trusting but with situations like these, she refused to throw caution to the wind. It was Ericson and he shouldn't be dealt with lightly. "What happened to the one that failed?" |
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Post by Wraith on Aug 17, 2011 0:37:23 GMT -5
She paused in mid-step, wavering outside the washroom door. "That would be Ericson."
((To sleep with me! Till tomorrow, dear partner in crime. ^_^))
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Post by Ershey on Aug 17, 2011 0:40:39 GMT -5
Ershey was tempted, very tempted to give in and say yes.
"You need me to get to him, don't you?" she asked, thinking of her weekly payments to Ericson. "That's why you and Goblin are tryin' so hard to get me into this."
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Post by Wraith on Aug 17, 2011 0:42:52 GMT -5
((Well...after one more...))
She nodded slowly. "He can't see me. That's, um...kind of the whole point of me. So if he sees someone--someone he knows, someone he's not afraid of, who gets him to a certain place at a certain time--it has to be you."
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Post by Ershey on Aug 17, 2011 0:46:03 GMT -5
((Gnight, love!))
"And what, then? I get him out and you'll come out of the shadows?" she asked, still having difficulty putting the pieces together. They get to Ericson and then what?
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Post by Wraith on Aug 17, 2011 22:48:15 GMT -5
She nodded and eyed Ershey warily, then beckoned her all the way into the washroom and closed the door. The lodging house was pretty much empty now, but you really couldn't be too careful at times like this. "Are you sure you want to know what happens next?" she asked very quietly, a kind of pleading look in her eyes. "Can't it just kind of...happen?"
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Post by Ershey on Aug 17, 2011 23:05:23 GMT -5
Ershey simply wanted reassurance. She wanted security that they weren't going to fail. Wraith can hide and Ericson knew nothing about Goblin or that Brooklyn newsie they keep on talking about but Ershey knew she would get the blunt of it, whether she was directly involved or not. It was a risk she wasn't willing to take.
"No," she said sternly. "Not unless I know it'll work for sure. Not unless you give me a real good reason."
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Post by Wraith on Aug 17, 2011 23:17:21 GMT -5
Wraith took a deep breath and turned her back on Ershey. She was not good with eye contact at the best of times, and now...
"Ericson's not collecting any payments from me," she admitted, practically squeaking in her terrified effort to get the words out. "He doesn't even know who I am. But he used to run with two other cops, and they'd all hang around the whores who work down by the docks. Ask any of those girls and they'll remember them. Check the old newspaper archives in the library and you'll see that two of them were murdered last year, but no one ever found a single suspect."
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Post by Ershey on Aug 17, 2011 23:22:40 GMT -5
Ershey stared at Wraith in confusion. What did those murders have to do with Ericson? It was then that she put two and two together. Two out of three.
"Are you saying that you..." started Ershey, too scared to finish her sentence.
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Post by Wraith on Aug 17, 2011 23:36:38 GMT -5
"I didn't say that," she whispered, her eyes meeting Ershey's for a fraction of a second before seeking out the floor again. "I just talked about whores and newspapers."
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Post by Ershey on Aug 17, 2011 23:37:59 GMT -5
"You said two out of three earlier," said Ershey, catching on. "You wouldn't have brought up whores and newspapers if it didn't mean anything. I'm not stupid, Wraith."
The gravity of what they were trying to pull didn't hit her until now. Wraith wasn't joking when she said she wanted Ericson gone.
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Post by Wraith on Aug 17, 2011 23:46:24 GMT -5
Wraith sighed. Goblin had warned her about this--that Ershey didn't understand the cagey language they had both mastered, the art of never saying anything self-incriminating. Well, she'd pick up on it soon enough if she agreed to be a part of this plan.
"If people did something to you...something you couldn't even talk about, 'cause no one would ever believe you...wouldn't you pay them back for it if you could?"
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Post by Ershey on Aug 17, 2011 23:50:11 GMT -5
"If I could, then yes," she said after a while. Too many things happened these past few days and with this new information, Ershey was in a whirlwind of confusion.
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Post by Wraith on Aug 17, 2011 23:55:30 GMT -5
"Well then." She finally looked up and backed out of the washroom. "We should get our papes, and I should...let you think about it." Ershey wouldn't tell anyone. She wouldn't, Sebastian didn't think so, and Wraith didn't either, but she still felt like she was on the very brink of a swoon or a total breakdown.
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