Grammers Note:
Teh Queen: Yup, you'll have to excuse my lack of updates. Been busy.
Teh Slave: Your way of saying you've been lazy?
Teh Queen: Oh come off it, I have been busy... and a little lazy, so please excuse me if more or less everything isn't up to par. I'll try harder once I get all these other commitments out of my face.
Ed had decided for them that they were
first going to the address indicated in the files to see this Tony
Geralds.
"This is one of the people you think could be behind an
uprising?" Al asked, this being the first he had heard of the two
suspicious people.
"He certainly didn't like the look of this
uniform," Effie plucked at the blue fabric of her military uniform,
which after being slept in, wasn't as neatly pressed, "So whatever
he was looking at last night, he didn't want the military to know, so
it is of course a possibility." She finished with a shrug.
"We'll
just see how he likes the look of us knocking on his door." Ed
yawned loudly again as they started to walk up the street their
destination was.
It was a long road, and seemed to lead away from
the town, and it wasn't long until Effie was complaining.
"I've
only seen two houses so far and it seems like we've been walking for
hours, and before you'll know it we'll have to go back again."
"Oh
be quiet, and to think this guy didn't like the look of you, you've
given up before we've begun! Besides, this looks like it might be it
up ahead." Ed muttered in reply. The only way to stop himself from
complaining was to jump onto others about theirs. But Tony Geralds's
house was indeed coming closer with each step.
It was small and
single story, positioned on the edge of a hill with stairs leading up
to the front door. Al walked up the stairs first with Effie and Ed
behind him, dragging their feet, but they were silent after the
doorbell was rung to listen for all or any footsteps from inside, and
because they didn't hear any, it was almost a shock when the young
man from the file photo opened the door, but seemed rather dreary.
Suddenly Effie started sounding rather professional.
"Mr Tony
Geralds, in response to a call about a possible uprising against the
military in this town we have come to request if we can ask you a few
questions about events of the past few weeks." Effie said calmly to
the straw haired man in the door way, who blinked at her a few times
before nodding and indicating them to come inside.
"You're name
is Miss Heyman isn't it?" He asked, gesturing them to sit on a
series of large brown chairs situated in his artificially lit lounge
room.
"Well, yes, how did you know?" Effie spoke the words
that were also Ed and Al's thoughts.
"Seeing as you found my
address, I am guessing you got it from a file up at the base, which
would mean you also know I once did short service in the military and
once had access to the files up there just as you have now, that's
how I know you, I don't forget a face." He said in quite a
monotoned way. He seemed very reserved, and not used to guests. The
blinds emitted a small cloud of dust as he pulled them up, shielding
his eyes from real light.
"Why did you leave the military Tony?"
Ed asked fearlessly, not caring for the formalities of using the
man's last name.
"I resigned, I heard also of a possible
uprising here, and I saw no reason for it, but my job was holding me
back, I wanted to prevent it to, so I quit. Conducting private
investigations is just my thing I guess." His voice droned on
again.
"But if you quit, why did you react
how you did to seeing Effie last night?"
"Because you thought
I might have been one of the military personnel stationed here and I
had come after you for one reason or another because of your seeming
reasonless resignation, is that right?" Al asked, and Effie
answered formally, either to show off the abilities that got her into
the investigations, or to prevent Tony from droning on again, but
either way, her answer received a nod from Tony.
"So he's not as
suspicious as we thought," Ed sighed leaning back into his chair,
"So I'm guessing what Effie saw you looking at last night was just
notes and plans of your personal investigation?" He continued,
warranting another nod from Tony.
"May we see them?" Tony was
a bit hesitant of Effie's question at first, but eventually raised to
his feet and shuffled from the room to fetch the notes.
"Odd
fellow." Ed said under his breath, picking fluff off the arm
chair.
"But he lives here, so he probably knows a lot we don't"
Al replied, trying to make the strange young man sound more of a
use.
Tony returned with a rolled up poster and a ream of papers
held together with a bulldog clip and placed them on the coffee table
in front of Effie.
The poster unrolled to be a map of the town.
Thine seemed to branch out much further than one would have
originally anticipated. The map had been marked with many different
symbols and letters in a thick black marker.
"People here trust
others that live in the town, especially if they aren't in the
military, so I've been spending days asking questions, watching
people, and marking scenes of strange activity and home or hangouts
of suspicious people. As far as I know, there have been some
anti-military activists meeting somewhere in the forest." Tony
pointed to the forest on the edge of town. Effie placed her finger on
a house that had been outlined.
"Liza, Liza Shefeled lived
there."
Teh Queen: omfg this fic has short chapters T.T Sorry bout that.
Teh Slave: Don't forget to remind them that the wait until any new chapters is gunna be long.
Teh Queen: Oh yes... I'm sorry, but it's true, never had such a busy holidays in my life!! Sorry again, but thank you sooooo much, the people who actually read this!
