WHO: Hook & Zidane. WHERE: Scarlet Crown Hotel. WHAT: Set a couple days after the trap challenge. RATING PG. STATUS: Just started! The trap challenge had essentially been postponed, given that Zidane had trouble finding supplies. Not that it really mattered, because it wasn’t as if they had to rely on game animals for food. The stock in town was still reliable, even considering that it took a longer time for the food and drink to replace itself. Zidane was still accepting that, because if there was anything wrong with the food, then surely someone would have suffered the effects by now. Zidane wasn’t going to let the food sit there, untouched. There was no knowing how long it’d all last, but he had to think positive.
It seemed like there was a lot to do in town, but something was holding him back. For the past few days he stayed within the hotel grounds, with more time spent outside than in. He couldn’t hope to stay outdoors all day and every day, however, especially when the weather decided to change. Gone was the bright sun and (mostly) clear skies, and in its place came heavy rain. Zidane wasn’t new to getting drenched, but fortunately this time he managed to avoid a repeat. Sort of. It didn’t take long for him to get relatively dry, particularly because the large fireplace in the hotel’s lounge… Zidane was certain that when he last saw it, the fireplace wasn’t lit.
Fires that started on their own accord was no reason for him to stay away, but he didn’t linger by it for long. He spent maybe half an hour by it, and though he was tempted, he didn’t add anything to the fire. The urge to take that ugly painting off the wall and use it as fire fuel would have been overwhelming, if not for one notion. That destroying it might have worse consequences than simply ruining a piece of art, even one whose content changed positions from time to time.
With that theory in mind, the teenager went in search of Captain Hook: and his first stop would be the hotel’s own pub. Or mini-bar, as he’d been told. Since he was stuck indoors for who knows how long, what better time was there to test out theories? On that note, who would be a better partner, if not Hook?