Thread: Venom ( Torrid x Morathor )

Lola Lo Staten sat in the green corner booth at Earls Diner. From her position she could see everyone in the small dingy diner as well as anyone who entered. She had her cell phone pressed against her ear as she stirred creamer into a cup of stale coffee. I just need you to do some digging for me Jimmy she said before bringing the cup to her lips and cringing at the horrible coffee, it could barely pass as sludge. She nodded at something her brother said and pushed the coffee aside Right, use your whizz kid skills for me baby brother. Im in a town called Deep River and something just isnt right here. Get me some stats population, economy, missing persons, deaths, odd arrests, check the drug situation for me and scan some of the local papers... its the Deep River Tribune. Alright, what is it Im looking for in the paper Lo? he asked sounding confused, and Lola sometimes thought her brother was thicker than an elephant's foot. Suspicious happenings Jimmy... anything out of the ordinary. You know the business were in, youre looking for anything out of the ordinary! Get back to me soon, Im going to stay in town here for a little bit and check things out. With that she ended the call, tossed a few bucks down on the table and slid out of the booth. Right this second Lola looked like any other girl with her raven waves pulled back into a sloppy ponytail, leaving flyway strands to plaster against her face or hang in front of her vivid blue eyes as she stepped outside. The windy day had her pulling the zipper of her grey hoodie up to hide her tight trim little body, she wore the heavy sweatshirt big so that it could hide the handgun she had tucked into the back of her jeans. Lola pulled the hood up over her head and stuffed her hands into her pockets as she walked down the street. On the surface Deep River looked like a typical mid-sized mountain town, a place full of small businesses. A place that still had family owned book and toy stores, as well as small personal boutiques. The kind of town where everyone knew everyone else and they were all friends, but Lola was a hunter she was trained to look below the surface. She could see the things that people wanted to hide. Her mentor, trainer, partner and retired vampire hunter Charles Roman had taught much more than just fighting and she thought hed be proud of her for catching the undercurrents that were running through this town. Lola walked past a woman who was standing in front of an electronics store that had a wall of T.V.s as a display in their window. They were playing reruns of some reality show that was out now, but instead of watching she seemed to be staring through the wall of T.Vs. The woman was completely spaced out. She had the look of a woman whod just recently gotten high and this wasnt the first time Lola had seen something in this town that spoke to some type of addiction. Earlier in the day barely a half an hour after arriving in town she had seen a woman who looked as though she was going to scratch right out of her skin, she hadnt gotten the fix she had so desperately needed. Drugs werent unusual she knew that but for a town this size it seemed odd to see both women in such a short time span.. Her phone rang and she knew it was her brother calling with the easy to get a hold of information Talk to me, Jimmy. she said instantly giving her brother the go head to lay out the information. Alright here are the basics. Deep River has a population of 7,745 people. 85 of those people are middle class to upper class. There is an unusual amount of missing people cases right now for a town of that size and class with a whopping 150 people most of them however are considered runaways or people who simply dont want to be found. It is easy to hide in mountain towns. he stopped for a moment and she heard some tapping away at a keyboard Surprisingly the death count is fairly low, with next to none of the deaths being homicides. But oddly enough most of the deaths that have occurred have been suicides. What about the articles or odd arrests? Lola asked, stopping in front of the door of a noisy tavern that seemed to be the town hangout. Im still digging Sis. Jimmy said Ill get back to you with more when I have it. Okay, Jimmy Im going to hang out here. There is definitely something strange going on here and I want to see what it is. After hanging up with her brother she pushed open the door and stepped inside. The sun was setting behind her and the lighting in the tavern looked nearly the same, except a cloud of smoke hung heavy on the air. If any place was the best to siphon information it was where liquor loosened the lips of the town folk, get enough beer or vodka into someone and theyll have no problem talking about their fears... even if their fear was that a vampire was running loose in their town.