The cigarette burned lightly at the back of her throat. Licia closed her eyes, as though waiting for the nicotine to hit although it would be minutes before it was properly embedded into her bloodstream. Still, she felt an immediate sense of satisfaction– a psychological response to the act as her brain realised she'd succumbed to the craving. Smoking was right up there with alcohol and murder as far as her mother had been concerned. Both of the former were slow burning addictions that brought great people to their knees without them ever realising they had a problem. The latter... Well she assumed her mother had had some apprehensions about murder.
Hoped, rather.
"Smoke break already?"
She looked up to find Elias approaching the shop, lunch in hand. She nodded and shrugged– right now she couldn't stomach the idea of food, and either way she had longed for a moment to herself since she woke up.
"We need to talk at some point about the... spider Cathy found. Nothing major though"
"Uh-huh." she said, her tone a clear indication of how she felt about being kept in the dark. She realised it probably wasn't on purpose but Licia wasn't known for letting resentment go easily.
She took a last couple of drags of the cigarette, as a loud crash sounded from inside the shop. Closing her eyes again, she took a deep breath, letting go of the last of the smoke and putting the cigarette out in a little tin can they used as an ash tray. Back into the fray, she thought, opening the door and wincing as the bell sounded louder than she'd expected.
"Um excuse me, if you are looking for a demon, which I bet my favorite roses is Fucker, it is in the back right corner of the shop"
Licia paused, eyeing her coworkers one by one. "Question."
She then made sure she had at least someone's attention before continuing, ""What. In the actual fuck. Does that mean."
Hoped, rather.
"Smoke break already?"
She looked up to find Elias approaching the shop, lunch in hand. She nodded and shrugged– right now she couldn't stomach the idea of food, and either way she had longed for a moment to herself since she woke up.
"We need to talk at some point about the... spider Cathy found. Nothing major though"
"Uh-huh." she said, her tone a clear indication of how she felt about being kept in the dark. She realised it probably wasn't on purpose but Licia wasn't known for letting resentment go easily.
She took a last couple of drags of the cigarette, as a loud crash sounded from inside the shop. Closing her eyes again, she took a deep breath, letting go of the last of the smoke and putting the cigarette out in a little tin can they used as an ash tray. Back into the fray, she thought, opening the door and wincing as the bell sounded louder than she'd expected.
"Um excuse me, if you are looking for a demon, which I bet my favorite roses is Fucker, it is in the back right corner of the shop"
Licia paused, eyeing her coworkers one by one. "Question."
She then made sure she had at least someone's attention before continuing, ""What. In the actual fuck. Does that mean."