TRP: Gavi and Raef (Cards and Jawbones)

**ABBY**

[Setting: Castle, day 256]

Gavi'd just got back from her trip out to the orc camp. It'd
been good to see some old friends, also some interesting information gathered.
Figured she'd do something with it tomorrow. When she came over to the castle,
she'd bumped into Joan, and promptly wrestled her into a game of cards. Gavi
was cheating shamelessly.

**MINK**

When Gavi came back, it took Raef little time for him to find
her.  He was waiting for her to show up
at the castle again, needing the information she was supposed to be
getting.  He found her with Joan, which
was probably a good fucking thing; he couldn't trust Gavi as far as he could
throw her - and couldn't trust himself.
He glanced over the card game that they were playing in the sitting
room.  He pulled over a chair and dropped
down into it.

"How'd it go?" he asked as he dropped his arms
down onto the back of the chair.

**ABBY**

Ah, there was her nephew-in-law. Gavi tensed, shifting
restlessly in her chair. "Went well," she said, short and clipped.
Kept staring at her hand, not looking at Raef.

**MINK**

"Uh-huh. Good."
Raef watched Gavi just as intently as she looked at her cards. "I
suppose you know some useful shit then."

**ABBY**

"Yep," Gavi said, still not looking up.

**MINK**

"Good." Raef tapped his nails on the edge of the
chair.  She didn't look up and he didn't
look away.  "What'd you learn?"

**ABBY**

"Stuff."

**MINK**

"Uh-huh." Raef tapped his fingers again as his jaw
tightened; Gavi was fucking frustrating. "I need you to be more
specific."

**ABBY**

"Hm, naw," Gavi said, still not looking up.
"I'll handle it."

**MINK**

"The fuck you are."

**ABBY**

"Yep, exactly," Gavi agreed. "Hey deal me two
cards, would ya?"

**MINK**

Raef let out a soft laugh hardly more than a puff of air; he
didn't have time for this.
"No.  See...I'm gonna handle
this."  He reached for the deck as
he spoke to deal out two cards. "...but I need you to fuckin' tell me what
you know."

**ABBY**

"See, here's the thing," Gavi said casually,
tossing two cards before picking up her new ones. Shit. Coulda had a pair if
she'd have kept the others. Now her hand was worse than before. "You don't
like my family," she said, finally looking up at Raef. "My brother
killed your husband. You've made an exception for Griffin, a mighty big one,
but see-- I don't trust you around any of the rest of my family. I ain't sure
that if I go tell you where Ezra is, I won't come to find out he got his throat
slit in his sleep. So no. I ain't telling you where to find him. I'll go get
your precious jawbone, you get what you want, and I get to make sure my nephew
stays safe. Win-win."

**MINK**

Raef quirked an eyebrow. "I don't give two shits about
Ezra or the rest of your fuckin' family, Gavi." A cool smile tugged at his
lips. "My issue is with your brother." He splayed his hands and
shrugged dismissively. "All I want is what's mine and that kid has
something that's mine.  If he hands it
over..." He shrugged. "...it'll all be fine."

**ABBY**

Gavi's lips quirked, not in a friendly way. "Yep,
proving my point right there, Raef. And what about when he doesn't, huh?"
she challenged. "Cause I know my fuckin' family and he's not gonna hand
his trophy over to some elf. He would to me though. I'm his aunt. So yeah,
it'll all be fine. Cause I'm taking care of it."

**MINK**

"I'd fuckin' hope he was smart enough to
listen."  If not...it wasn't his
problem; it would be Ezra's. "You can't be fuckin' trusted, Gavi.  Now, please - " Short, tense - "
tell me where the fuck your nephew is."

**ABBY**

"And I've already said." Gavi turned back to her
cards, dismissing Raef. "Nah."

**MINK**

His fingers itched to do something, anything, but she was
Griffin's aunt...and Joan was there.
Raef tapped his fingers again, watching Gavi for a moment before he
stood up. "Nice talkin' to ya." He turned the chair around and tucked
it under the table.  "See you
'round."  He turned on his heel to
leave.   Waiting was a pain in the ass,
but another day or two while she gathered her shit wasn't going to kill him.

**ABBY**

"Yeah see ya," Gavi said dismissively, not looking
up from her cards.

**COYOTE**

 [end]

Title: Cards and Jawbones

Summary: Gavi finds out where Ezra is, but refuses to tell
Raef where Ezra is. Raef and Gavi argue. Gavi leaves to go get Az's jawbone
from Ezra. Raef follows in secret.