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[early august, coop]
Aug. 1st, 2017 10:42 pmIt's not that he doesn't trust Coop. Well, not entirely. He tells himself he's keeping it secret for the same reason Coop hadn't wanted to tell him about the sword he stole, or the mysterious box he arrived with. They're friends and Coop's the first guy Nate is gonna call if he wants to grab a beer, but they're also both thieves, and that comes with a certain amount of wariness.
Besides, it's not his score, not really. Nate's been obsessing over this damn compass since the minute Chloe mentioned it to him, researching everything he can and eavesdropping on any conversation that might even be the tiniest bit relevant. If this thing really is his ticket out of here, he wants to know about it. Even so, it's Chloe who brought it to his attention, and if they manage to find it, it'll be because she did the initial legwork. Nate's the guy who follows the clues and solves the puzzles, but he owes this one to her.
Right now though, she's not answering her phone. It's not even a little bit surprising, because Nate's sure she's broken at least three of them in the short time she's been in Darrow, but it is inconvenient. It means she's not around when he gets the lead, and he hasn't got enough time to try and track her down. In this city she could be anywhere. He hesitates for about three seconds before he picks up his phone and calls Coop, tells him to meet him outside Innsmouth Lunatic Asylum and tries really hard not to cringe just saying it.
He's going to regret this. He's totally going to regret this.
The story goes that Nate's not the first person to go looking for the compass. Someone else had beat him to it years ago, gotten so desperate to get out of this city that he'd gone mad with it and died in the asylum before he could find it. It doesn't make any sense because for all that Nate's read about the long history of Darrow, everything prior to the last five years or so is vague and wishy-washy. The grocery clerk who told him the story said it like it had happened fifty years ago or more, but Nate's not even sure the city was here, let alone full of people trying to escape it. Either way, it doesn't matter. It's the only lead he's got, and at the very least he's hoping he can find something to point him to the next one. A journal maybe, some hastily written notes, whatever. It's worked for him in the past.
He could go alone, probably, but it's a freaky goddamn abandoned asylum and Nate would like to keep his limbs. At the very least, Coop can scream for help when Nate inevitably gets eaten by a ghost.
Besides, it's not his score, not really. Nate's been obsessing over this damn compass since the minute Chloe mentioned it to him, researching everything he can and eavesdropping on any conversation that might even be the tiniest bit relevant. If this thing really is his ticket out of here, he wants to know about it. Even so, it's Chloe who brought it to his attention, and if they manage to find it, it'll be because she did the initial legwork. Nate's the guy who follows the clues and solves the puzzles, but he owes this one to her.
Right now though, she's not answering her phone. It's not even a little bit surprising, because Nate's sure she's broken at least three of them in the short time she's been in Darrow, but it is inconvenient. It means she's not around when he gets the lead, and he hasn't got enough time to try and track her down. In this city she could be anywhere. He hesitates for about three seconds before he picks up his phone and calls Coop, tells him to meet him outside Innsmouth Lunatic Asylum and tries really hard not to cringe just saying it.
He's going to regret this. He's totally going to regret this.
The story goes that Nate's not the first person to go looking for the compass. Someone else had beat him to it years ago, gotten so desperate to get out of this city that he'd gone mad with it and died in the asylum before he could find it. It doesn't make any sense because for all that Nate's read about the long history of Darrow, everything prior to the last five years or so is vague and wishy-washy. The grocery clerk who told him the story said it like it had happened fifty years ago or more, but Nate's not even sure the city was here, let alone full of people trying to escape it. Either way, it doesn't matter. It's the only lead he's got, and at the very least he's hoping he can find something to point him to the next one. A journal maybe, some hastily written notes, whatever. It's worked for him in the past.
He could go alone, probably, but it's a freaky goddamn abandoned asylum and Nate would like to keep his limbs. At the very least, Coop can scream for help when Nate inevitably gets eaten by a ghost.
