Footfalls steadily make their way behind Tim – careful enough to stay out of fist range – while Elias quietly regarded the smores construction. Another member of the Archive employment model; at the current rate, he wondered if Gertrude would join them next. Perhaps Melanie, if the consistent group of assistants carried on.
Still, Tim looked remarkably in-one-piece for someone who, well, hadn’t been. Elias wasn’t surprised, not after seeing a breathing Gerard, and he could only imagine how his fellow coworkers would take it.
Another person to watch. Did the contracts last after death? He had never had to think of that before, did he?
“Nice to see you looking well, Tim.”
It wasn’t. Or rather, it was indifferent; Tim would be another piece to move along the chessboard. Besides, he imaged that Tim would not be pleased to see him in return and this all would lead to more of the same bickering he was getting rather accustomed to.
Afraid of the Dark; cw: mentions of character death
Still, Tim looked remarkably in-one-piece for someone who, well, hadn’t been. Elias wasn’t surprised, not after seeing a breathing Gerard, and he could only imagine how his fellow coworkers would take it.
Another person to watch. Did the contracts last after death? He had never had to think of that before, did he?
“Nice to see you looking well, Tim.”
It wasn’t. Or rather, it was indifferent; Tim would be another piece to move along the chessboard. Besides, he imaged that Tim would not be pleased to see him in return and this all would lead to more of the same bickering he was getting rather accustomed to.