Jericho And Cairo Unintentionally Solve A Murder - Tumblr Posts
heart weighs heavy as she steps back inside , air thick with the scent of dust and aged wood . she glances back at jericho , expression a mixture of resolve and unease . ‘ yeah , the universe has a really twisted sense of humour . ’ she murmurs , voice barely above a whisper . was it really a coincidence for this to happen the day she arrives in town . what sick freak would even plan something like this especially when grieving the death of a loved one . despite the graffiti marring the exterior , inside the home is a sanctuary of order . coming to a halt in the living room where an impressive collection of books spans the bookcases in the back she gestures at them with her hand . ‘ if you're looking to find something it's probably going to be here . ⸻ make yourself at home , i'll get the coffee going . ’ god knows they were going to need it . she walks into the kitchen , putting the kettle on while talking to him from the other room . ‘ actually i haven’t even thought about selling yet , but i guess i'm going to have to do some painting before that can happen now . ’ returning moments later with two mugs that she sets down on the coffee table . ‘ i gotta admit though , i thought small towns had better reps than this . ’ tone is playful , laughter that follows soft .
doesn't want to point it out to her, but with the graffiti and the neighbours sneaking a peak jericho doesn't think selling up is going to be easy. "so you just got in and then your first night here this happens ... " was it simply a strange coincidence? she didn't seem like the type of person to carry an upside down cross inside her purse or praise satan in her free time. "philosophy?" jericho had spent precisely two semesters in college before deciding it wasn't for him, philosophy was sure as heck not his topic. "okay so there's a chance he could have come across something when he was teaching", it's murmured more to himself than her, already plucking motives and grouping them together. "maybe, yeah maybe having a look will help out." it wasn't like he had any other leads, not when he could barely understand what had been scrawled on the property. but cairo mentioned books and he could power through the night long enough to skim through a couple and search. "coffee sounds like a fucking dream honestly." reaching into his pocket jericho records a brief clip of the house, capturing the weird symbols before pocketing it and following her lead. "so you're gonna sell up once you get everything sorted out here?" maybe there'll be some out of town family looking for a change of pace , someone who won't happen to know about this incident.