(OOC: Scene change, the camera zooms in on Temmit, briskly walking to the Marks Tavern at about 8 dawnhand).
A small warehouse behind the tavern had a guard post of two soldiers. Temmit quickly remembered that one of them may be Private Meeks, the customer of Mia’s last weekend, and he didn’t want to be identified outside of school. He quickly turned so as to circumvent the building the other way.
As expected, Mr. Marks and Renee were both waiting for him in the alley between the tavern and the warehouse. Mr. Marks was quietly talking to Renee as he approached them.
“So what is your next course of action? I will not wait the day out Renee, I want my daughter found,” he said.
Although the man was almost whispering, Temmit had never seen the normally stoic man so animated.
“Hello Temmit,” Renee greeted as he approached. She turned back to him, “we are doing everything we can Mr. Marks. But it just a matter of time now before the Capital Guard knows anyway.“
She brushed some gathered snow on her hood and the continued. “Once she is found missing in her dorm, they will send a truancy officer to you for questioning. Tell him the truth, tell him she went missing after school yesterday and that you searched for her the whole night in hopes of finding her before she got in trouble at school. The officer will send out a warning to the Guard, but it will be hands before the entire force is put on notice to look for her. This will give me and Temmit time to find her on our own terms.”
“On your own terms Renee?”[/i] Mr. Marks remarked. “No offense, but my daughter is more important to me right now than any business she is tending to of your....”
Renee interrupted. “Understandable Mr. Marks,” she said as she held up a gentle but firm hand to stow his rising frustration. “But as I said before, she wasn’t working on my orders last night. She could have been doing something risky on her own, and I would rather find her before the Truancy Office does. If she was doing anything questionable, she will need help hiding her tracks. And since she has gone missing, I am betting those tracks may be deep as they must involve matters we don’t want the government knowing about.”
“My apologies Renee, I know you have only the best intentions in regards to Leslie. It’s just that I am understandably at wits end. She has never gone missing for more than a hand before, and I was always able to track her down,” he said worried.
“I know Mr. Marks, we will find her. But remember, whatever happened may not be that dire. It is early yet, she could be awakening right now in some upper loft of a theater, cursing herself for falling asleep in it.” she said, placing a comforting gloved hand on his shoulder.
“I hope your right Miss, I hope that’s all it is.”
He then looked at Temmit for the first time. “Thanks for taking the chance and coming out to help this morning Temmit,” he said to him and shook his hand.
