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[jarodrussel.livejournal.com]

Date: 3 June, afternoon
Location: Lower Tadfield
Status: Public
Summary: Jarod talks to Adam about the lab.


"Thanks for taking time for me," Jarod told the young man as they slid into opposite chairs at a table at the ice-cream parlour Raphael had shown him.

He had looked him over carefully as they had met outside. He was young, almost still a boy. Yet there was a distinct aura of careless power around them. That 'boy' was definitely a person to reckon with.

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[neutral-adam.livejournal.com]

Adam reached for the menu and studied it for a moment, in spite of knowing precisely what it had.

"No problem," he claimed. "You wanted to talk to me about some addition to the manor?"

[jarodrussel.livejournal.com]

"Kind of," Jarod said. "It's like this - We found this hellbeast, you see. And Raphael killed it. And I was wondering - I'd like to examine it. I have some medical background, I can certainly do lab work. I'd like to put up a kind of lab somewhere if it's okay with you."

His gaze wandered to the waitress, caught hers, and he gave her a brief smile.

She took the hint and came over to take their orders.

[neutral-adam.livejournal.com]

"A hellbeast?" Adam asked, alarmed.

He placed his order as the waitress came over, trying not to look too shocked, then returned his gaze to Jarod quickly.

"Any idea where it came from? What it was doing there? What kind of lab are you thinking of? How'd you set it up?"

[jarodrussel.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Jarod said. "No, no idea where it came from or what it was doing there. Raphael killed it. I would like to study it, dissect it, you know? I think I know where I can get some lab equipment quickly, before it decomposes too badly."

He had checked on the beast that morning. It seemed in better shape than it should be after being dead this long. Maybe bacteria and the like were reluctant to feed on something straight from hell.

[neutral-adam.livejournal.com]

"I don't want the hotel stunk up by decomposing bodies in the basement," Adam noted. "It wouldn't precisely improve the location."

[norseloki.livejournal.com]

"I'll keep them in a freezer," Jarod promised. "And I'll be quick about it, too. I'd never stink up your hotel!"

Adam considered for another moment.

"Well," he finally said, "can't hurt knowing what hellbeasts work like from the inside, right?"

Jarod nodded, smiling brightly at the younger man. "I'd say not!" he agreed. "And - don't worry about money. It'll come from my own pocket."

For a moment, Adam had been considering asking if he should just decide the lab into being. At the last sentence, however, he decided not to. Why interfere if Jarod was perfectly capable of organising his own set-up?