《 Rebel & Dan 》<br/>Location: Abendblume<br/>Present: Armando, Marcia<a class="username" data-user-id="36" data-username="Sayd" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/36/">Sayd</a><br/><br/><div class="bbImageWrapper bbImageAligned--left js-lbImage" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-single-image="1" data-src="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/attachments/91203a8d88c449c3b5acbaccccbcf48b-jpg.133188/" title="91203a8d88c449c3b5acbaccccbcf48b.jpg">
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</div>Four large suitcases and a bag of miscellaneous things were stacked outside of Rebel's door. All Sou's stuff. All things he no longer wanted to see. He had thought about the possibility that he might see someone in her clothes and miss her, but after his discussion with Dr. Frasier the night before that was no longer a concern.<br/><br/>There was nothing about her he would miss. The only regret he had was that he waited too long, was willingly blind for too many years, and wasted the time that he could have had. There was no way to get those years back now. He had Hale to thank for getting him out when he did.<br/><br/>The room had been cleansed of everything of hers he could remove. Her fragrance lingered, but he had opened the windows last night and let the chilled air in, hoping that some of her would leave with the morning sun.<br/><br/>A light rain had fallen just before the sunrise, it's petrichor leaving the air feeling fresh and metallic. Rebel had woken at five, washed his face and changed, then closed the windows only half-way. If the rain should come again he wanted it to flush the bad spirits from the room and leave him with nothing of her but the spilled wine on the carpet and the scorched spot on the nightstand where her candle had burned away.<br/><br/><div class="bbImageWrapper bbImageAligned--left js-lbImage" data-lb-caption-extra-html="" data-lb-sidebar-href="" data-single-image="1" data-src="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/attachments/large-1474549850-8556ed949db23ac5ebadb1bd61a9efc6-jpg.133189/" title="large-1474549850-8556ed949db23ac5ebadb1bd61a9efc6.jpg">
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</div>He opened his door to find Dan there, his hand raised in a loose fist as if to knock.<br/><br/>The man's eyes flared momentarily in surprise, then a tired smile widened his jawline. "Hey, I thought you'd still be sleeping." He carried with him a notebook stuffed with loose papers and one of Abendblume's old tri-fold flyers.<br/><br/>"I've been up for hours," Rebel closed the door behind him, then waved at the notebook. "Whatcha got there?"<br/><br/>Flipping the book open, Dan began to show him as they walked. "Here's an updated list of the guards, both inside and out. I put a little of their history beside them," he said, "starred the ones who had previous military or police," he cast a glance at Rebel, "there's not much with that. And the ones who where Hale's security beforehand, and the newbies, like me." He flipped the pages over to the third page. "Their schedules, who is in charge of what, and," he flipped the page again, "the people who venture outside to hunt or scout for things we can use. They're not guards, per se, but they have experience with the Rotters." He flipped another page to where he had written several paragraphs.<br/><br/>"Information on who hates who, who is sleeping with someone else's wife, who has kids, that kind of thing," he explained. "And then a map based on the flyer…shows where the normal lookout areas are and the places where our perimeter has blind areas."<br/><br/>Rebel paused, taking the book into his hands. He frowned as he looked through all the information, quickly scanning Dan's notes and seeing the things that the man picked up. "You did all this yesterday?" he asked.<br/><br/>"Yeah, and last night," Dan ran a hand through his hair. "It's not complete, but it's a start."<br/><br/>"This is really good." He closed the book and went to hand it to Dan, but the man put his hand up and indicated Rebel should take it. "Did you sleep at all?"<br/><br/>"I couldn't." Dan shrugged. "I was on a roll. It was nice to be talking to people again," he admitted. "And you mentioned that you were meeting Alvaro today, so…"<br/><br/>"Thanks." Rebel tapped the notebook against Dan's chest. "This will come in handy. Hey, do me a favor and get the staff to take those suitcases and bag to the laundry to be redistributed, then get some sleep. I don't expect to see you again until after lunch, okay?" Then he had another thought. "Wait, before you go I want to let you in on something," he said, leading Dan around the corner where they were less likely to be interrupted.<br/><br/>A few minutes later they had parted ways, and Rebel couldn't help but think he had underestimated Dan. Maybe the fitness jockey had the feeling that he was finally part of something; somehow made an integral part of the Abendblume team, and Dan now had the incentive to take a simple direction and make it more helpful than Rebel could have anticipated. Whatever the reason, he was glad that the man had taking initiative. The information that was gathered would go far towards Rebel and Alvaro working together to strengthen the community.<br/><br/>He found his way to the suite that Armando shared with his sister and nephew. Niece? Rebel didn't know. He hadn't thought to ask Marcia last night. He hadn't even asked her how many children she had or what their ages were. For all he knew she could have had half a dozen rug rats under her skirts.<br/><br/>Raising his hand he knocked on the door, loud enough to get Armando's attention but hopefully not loud enough to rouse a sleeping babe.