Snippet #2637031

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Perrine C. Demetri

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The room fell in silence when the man was done talking, all three of those who had been placed at the table a little while ago paused in what they did to stare at the poor man. The only one who was untouched by the subject and didn't seem to care the slightest was the topic itself, Perrine, she continued to make a mess on the shelves while she searched for the antibiotics. While the silence still roamed inside the room you could even hear a faint snort from her direction, still seeing the whole thing as a big joke. The men probably thought so too since they glanced towards each other before turning their gazes toward the newcomer once more, finding it utterly strange that he would want to marry someone as the said person. They knew many who were friendlier and probably just easier to handle, but here he was, saying things like these.

And strangely enough the silence was broken in the most unexpected ways, shocking the other two as well, when Bad Request simply started laughing. Not in a mean mannered way, it was a warm kind of laughter, one that made you want to join in on it. But no one did this time, everyone was too stunned to do so and Perrine simply didn't laugh.

Once the laughter had surrendered to the seriousness of the situation Bad Request wiped his eyes while still continuing to smile, "Marriage? In these times? With our little dearie Perrine? You sure have a strange tas--," A razor sharp glare was sent his way from the one he spoke of and the moment he noticed it he ended the sentence, smiling even more towards her. She only answered with another snort before turning her back towards them once more, "Well, who am I to crush dreams? Of course I want to support the wellbeing and happiness of my dear sister."

He paused and turned towards his fellow mates, exchanging silent gazes between each other, "But!" The right pointer finger rose upwards as if he just got an idea, he turned around to face the new face one more. He was still smiling but this time it wasn't the same cheerful expression that had curved his lips like just a moment ago, this time the smile was so much darker. Sinister. "Before I agree to something like that I want you to prove to me that you would keep that promise. That you would do you’re very best to make her happy whatever it would take… So, I've heard about from my colleagues, you're supposed to be well liked and all that. So I want you to find out if anyone of those who works in the power plant has a map of the whole building. If anyone has it, convince him that you need to lend it. You know… a simple quest. You should be able to do it, right? It's not much to ask of you I believe. And just for the record… I will know if you didn't do you’re very best."