#▇ 🌟┊🎮 ❝ i find clowns delightful ❞ 🎮┊🌟 ▇ (etn verse)

[gamethecry]

@rosetintedgunman asked: "D'ya need me to set ya up on a date?" Wilford has a sly smirk as he passes a business card for the Moonlight Roller. (bonus if it's Wilf trying to get Matt to go on a date with his wife/established dating partner)

the detective looks quick to the card thrust out to him , feeling muddled confusion and annoyance well up in his bones at the seemingly laissez-faire nature of the eccentric man before him . matthew had always believed he was a bit on the odd side , having a deep love for theatre always making him more dramatic and emotional than the colleagues he as surrounded by ; but , this man ? he was SOMETHING else . fair fingers close around the card stock , eyeing almost suspiciously before looking back at the ball of pink before him .

his tone is curt , nothing short of what you would expect from a man such as matthew , the detective , as he shoves the card into his jacket pocket . " mr . . . warfstache , was it ? i don't mean to sound like a stick in the mud , but i am not in the mood to be playing matchmaker right now . " his other hand is closed around a missing poster , holding it so it was eye level with the stranger before him . " what i need from you is any clues or answers regarding the disappearance of this man . " a strikingly familiar face to wilford , dear abe , all painted up in a fine grey scale .

" if you don't have any information , that's completely fine , but i do NOT need my time wasted . " if only matthew knew he'd practically been HANDED a clue .

[gamethecry]

matt watches as this eccentric man’s demeanor seemed to die all together with the image of abe being presented , brunet brows furrowing as he glanced to the back of the paper and met with brown eyes once again . THAT would be something easily stored in the back of his mind . while matthew may not know abe on an extremely personally level , nothing like that of an old friend , but he was a coworker ; he was someone the detective had gotten accustomed to seeing after his trip to that manor he spoke so vaguely of ( as if it were a dream ) , and his lacking presence had certainly pinged the interest of fellow detectives .

fair fingers adjust his sunglasses , pushing them to the top of his head as he eyed wilford with keen interest . the poster is rolled up neatly , tucked away into his jacket pocket as he bites back a scoff at the question shot back . “ if the poster didn’t give you enough of an inclination , abe has been missing for , “ the brunet checks his watch as if it held the day before meeting with wilford’s gaze once more , “ a month , bare minimum . “ matthew’s movements are calculated , long legs bringing him to sit onto a barstool as he glanced over the card that was handed to him .

“ last any of us heard at the station from him was him saying that he had ‘ unfinished business ‘ with an old ‘ friend ‘ . “ air quotes are used heavily around choice words , a deep sigh passing through his nose . “ thing about abe is he doesn’t really HAVE old friends , beyond his previous partner he hasn’t made those kinds of connections since their passing . “ fair hands fold on top of wood , eyes narrowing . “ how do you know abe ? were you a client of his ? “