headintheclouds

The Phantom Child

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A Magical World | headintheclouds & Denny

Claire took the glass from him and took a drink, grimacing for a moment as the harshness of the liquor hit, and then mellowed out. With another sip, she pulled her computer out and pulled up the particular files she had been given. Sitting cross legged on the bed with her back against the headboard, she looked over at Abram. "I don't think we can avoid it any longer."

Running a hand through her hair, which was still the blonde it had changed to in response to Khan's file, she opened her charmed back and pulled out the magical creatures textbooks as well, stacking them up on the bed. "What a romantic getaway we have here," She snorted, smiling. "Most of the case files I have are digital; I brought all of the photos I took and everything the office gave me, and all these books. What about you?"

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A Magical World | headintheclouds & Denny

Claire quirked an eyebrow as the front desk attendant said that they only had one room booked, but it wasn't something worth complaining about at the moment, considering that it wasn't the attendant's fault. Abram was clearly trying to flirt with her, and she wasn't quite sure, but she could have sworn that he was trying to flirt with the attendant as well. She took the card from him and flipped it between her fingers idly as they walked down the hallway, grinning a little at Abram's little blush.

"At least wait until we get to the room; for all we know there's a big bed and a huge couch that we can switch back and forth between." Claire said, putting her card in the door and pushing it open. "At least drinks are free; I have a feeling that we're going to need two or three to even begin to understand this case."

She surveyed the room in front of them, grimacing. It was very clearly a honeymoon quite; she was beginning to feel like this was all a massive joke and there were people in the office foisting them off on each other so that they didn't get in the way. If so, their loss; Claire fully intended to at least take advantage of the free drinks.

A Magical World | headintheclouds & Denny

Claire looked over at the GPS to confirm that he was right, and Walker, once again, hadn't given her all of the information she might need. "Walker told me that we were following a lead they picked up in Arizona. Finding out it's Vegas makes the hotel name make way more sense though." They absolutely needed to get to the hotel and lay out every piece of information they had between them to work up a real sense of what they were doing and what the hell was going on.

Abram mentioned needing a drink and she nodded, laughing a little. "Absolutely. This hotel better have a bar, or be near a bar. It's Vegas, for god's sake. She smiled, leaning back in the seat and trying to make sure she kept her attention on the sky rather than the attractive man next to her. "What say we land, get checked in, and get ourselves food and a drink or three while we try to figure this disaster out?"

A Magical World | headintheclouds & Denny

@Dennysounds good!

Updated: A Plethora of Time Periods, Plots, and Curiosities!

@Dynamo Frokane I’m not opposed to it! PM me what you’ve got and I’ll take a look!

Updated: A Plethora of Time Periods, Plots, and Curiosities!

@OxenfreeHey, you read it! Haribo are honestly the best. Any ideas stroke you in particular?

A Magical World | headintheclouds & Denny

Claire grimaced as he mentioned the name of the hotel; she had been expecting a motel, or just a basic hotel, but the name he gave her made it sound like they were being sent to a honeymoon getaway. If they got there and this turned out to be a prank, she would be on the warpath. This wasn't the time to deal with a joke. At the very least, she hoped they had two beds, or a bed and a couch.

"I wonder what kind of blonde?" Claire commented dryly, her hair starting to scroll through colors like it was flipping through a catalog before settling on a pretty blonde color, a big change from her normal teal. "You're sort of blonde, I can be whatever blonde he wants.....we cover both genders. That's a little ridiculous to put in a file like this though."

He mentioned Swooping Evils, and her face screwed up a little bit, not liking the name. "I think so, yeah. We can check when we're on the ground; I brought every creature book I could find in the headquarter library and stashed them in the trunk. Whether they do that or not, I hope to god that we don't find out personally.

Paying attention to the sky in front of her, which was thankfully clear with warm weather, Claire started to mull over the case in her mind. There were a lot of details, but they didn't make sense. "Khan is from Indonesia, lives in Vegas....why are we flying to Arizona to a honeymoon resort? Does the file have anything on why we're going to Arizona, and not Vegas? Is he importing there right now, is he on vacation, are there associates?"