#idk why im assuming that omestes just knows she's a criminal but i am

[saintse]

@bacchaean: ❝ you look dreadful. ❞

"yes, thank you for noticing," everette mutters. her gaze, empty and unseeing, remains fixed on the burning pile of wood and canvas in front of her. if one looked closely enough, past the growing light of a burgeoning fire, they might see a wooden statuette, wet with blood and smoldering in effort to catch alight, at the very center. soon it will be naught but ash. soon does not come quickly enough.

"that was an original, in the collection of a moron, so i got it cheap. of course he grabs the one statue that's unfinished mahogany. what a bastard." with a mournful sigh, she turns to face omestes. "it had a secret drawer in the little base, too. it would've been perfect for a stash."