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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7007196" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>[SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/pZnDT9i.jpg[/align]Most of the Magi estates had a gnome door, at least that's what it was called, a backdoor sized for their putrid diminutive servants. Though the Rose lacked such a demeaning feature, it did not change Fitz Augertorque's behavior. He <em>skulked</em> at the edges, his furry grey brows teasing out the interstitial spaces, the blindspots, the spaces between. That was where Fitz lived. Greedy eyes and a churning contemptuous belly studied the snifters of alcohol and cigars laid across the tables whose head Fitz barely even crested at 3'4", the last few inches of which surely were his eartips or wisp of frayed graying hair. He listened alertly, for gnomes like rabbits survived on their tiptoes, and for any signs of informants he was supposed to meet at Rashimi's establishment.</p><p></p><p>A small bundle of rust-colored shop rags was under one of the gnome's arms, a music box he intended to gift to Lorelei. Beady little eyes darted from left to right under his spectacles, sidestepping a serving girl tottering with too many plates, nimbly scurrying through the legs of an off-duty stonemason. All the while, Fitz muttered to himself. However, it wasn't until he eyed Teryn at the bar that the gnome's mutterings became audible. <strong>"Sodding hot night. Sodding reeducation. Sodding mathematics of business..."</strong> he grumbles discontentedly, passing from Teryn's right to left, adjusting a stool leg, which he has to scramble up, rolling himself like a rolly-polly into the seat at last. Slumping down, his eyes scan the counter before carefully setting his rag-covered bundle in the most unobtrusive place. <strong>"Inspector,"</strong> he says stiffly, to make it clear that he recognizes Teryn from their time working The Case of the Berserk Golem together. It was far from a formal title, but the gnome insisted on using it for Teryn in a decidedly ambivalent way. Was it a term of respect? Friendly teasing? Withering mockery? It was never clear with Fitz, perhaps a bit of all three.[/SECTION]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7007196, member: 20323"] [SECTION][align=left]http://i.imgur.com/pZnDT9i.jpg[/align]Most of the Magi estates had a gnome door, at least that's what it was called, a backdoor sized for their putrid diminutive servants. Though the Rose lacked such a demeaning feature, it did not change Fitz Augertorque's behavior. He [i]skulked[/i] at the edges, his furry grey brows teasing out the interstitial spaces, the blindspots, the spaces between. That was where Fitz lived. Greedy eyes and a churning contemptuous belly studied the snifters of alcohol and cigars laid across the tables whose head Fitz barely even crested at 3'4", the last few inches of which surely were his eartips or wisp of frayed graying hair. He listened alertly, for gnomes like rabbits survived on their tiptoes, and for any signs of informants he was supposed to meet at Rashimi's establishment. A small bundle of rust-colored shop rags was under one of the gnome's arms, a music box he intended to gift to Lorelei. Beady little eyes darted from left to right under his spectacles, sidestepping a serving girl tottering with too many plates, nimbly scurrying through the legs of an off-duty stonemason. All the while, Fitz muttered to himself. However, it wasn't until he eyed Teryn at the bar that the gnome's mutterings became audible. [b]"Sodding hot night. Sodding reeducation. Sodding mathematics of business..."[/b] he grumbles discontentedly, passing from Teryn's right to left, adjusting a stool leg, which he has to scramble up, rolling himself like a rolly-polly into the seat at last. Slumping down, his eyes scan the counter before carefully setting his rag-covered bundle in the most unobtrusive place. [b]"Inspector,"[/b] he says stiffly, to make it clear that he recognizes Teryn from their time working The Case of the Berserk Golem together. It was far from a formal title, but the gnome insisted on using it for Teryn in a decidedly ambivalent way. Was it a term of respect? Friendly teasing? Withering mockery? It was never clear with Fitz, perhaps a bit of all three.[/SECTION] [/QUOTE]
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