Caspar doesn't say anything while he pays for his new clothes; he does not need the employees of Papaya Commonwealth all up in his business. Even after they leave the store and return to the dreary late winter chill, Caspar stays tight-lipped, scanning the busy street warily.
Finally, when there don't seem to be any suspicious-looking eavesdroppers, he says quietly, "Adia has a stalker." He starts to walk down the sidewalk, gesturing for Josh to keep pace. "He's a serial killer on his world, and he's been pretending to be her friend since the beginning of last year. Were you around for the Khan invasion? He took advantage of the AV field being down to kill a couple people and set them up like a frakkin' dollhouse so that Adia would find them."
It's difficult to talk about 'Josh' without losing his temper, so he concentrates on the path they take to their new destination. The brownstones are soon replaced with a more modern, colorful look. Curiously, many of the buildings have the same symbol upon them. Curiouser still are the strange animals that seem to accompany more and more of the other people walking about.
"He was acting weird at the holiday party, so Harley followed him through a portal. That's how she and I learned about the serial killer business. But it was Adia who figured out that he was her stalker, too. That was only about a week ago." He rubs at one of his wrists, a gesture of frustration and deeply buried fear. "She hasn't been in the Nexus since."
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Date: 2018-04-15 06:33 pm (UTC)From:Finally, when there don't seem to be any suspicious-looking eavesdroppers, he says quietly, "Adia has a stalker." He starts to walk down the sidewalk, gesturing for Josh to keep pace. "He's a serial killer on his world, and he's been pretending to be her friend since the beginning of last year. Were you around for the Khan invasion? He took advantage of the AV field being down to kill a couple people and set them up like a frakkin' dollhouse so that Adia would find them."
It's difficult to talk about 'Josh' without losing his temper, so he concentrates on the path they take to their new destination. The brownstones are soon replaced with a more modern, colorful look. Curiously, many of the buildings have the same symbol upon them. Curiouser still are the strange animals that seem to accompany more and more of the other people walking about.
"He was acting weird at the holiday party, so Harley followed him through a portal. That's how she and I learned about the serial killer business. But it was Adia who figured out that he was her stalker, too. That was only about a week ago." He rubs at one of his wrists, a gesture of frustration and deeply buried fear. "She hasn't been in the Nexus since."