#uisuf accidentally combined starter n meme response ok

[nancyrelocated]

🔎 —   @aldereign​​   |     ❝ I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PARTIAL TO TREASURE HUNTS, Y'KNOW.   ❞ the detective stands over a digital map, fingers swiping over the blue - and - black screen. with every swipe is a small beeping noise, steady as a pulse. the map displays a vast terrain, detail-less for the moment, with a few ridges and notches to demonstrate landscape changes. the woman continues, her voice low to the ground, I've always been good at finding things, too.... and she allows a few beats of silence to pass by. after surveying the entire map, she turns around to face the other, arms crossing over her chest. in a way, she is holding the woman hostage. in another, the roles are reversed. ❝ but it's not a treasure hunt if i don't know what i'm looking for, Miss... your highness.   ❞ the detective bites her tongue, rolls her shoulders away.

THE WOMAN STANDS STILL AS STONE. her eyes settle past Nancy and onto the map behind her, then back again. from where she stands, the detective thinks she sees a bit of a smile playing on the woman's mouth, a slight appleing of her cheeks. ❝ you're missing something. or someone. i was told you wanted a retrieval of sorts, but again -- vague.   ❞ in truth, she had been told very little of this case. the documents had arrived in a single letter envelope, neatly stamped and sent to her doorstep.

its contents were a single line. ❝ 's starting to just feel like a ploy to get me here ( ... ) it's worked. i'm a sucker for anticipation.  ❞ the detective begins her preparation: hands disappear in her bag and produce a notepad and pen, black ink hitting white paper. ❝ THE SUSPENSE IS STARTING TO KILL ME, THOUGH...   ❞ // from where she stands, the woman responds quick and in kind: ❝ i thought you might say that . ❞

the detective takes a secondary pause and nods her head. ❝ can you blame me ? it's not every day i'm summoned via a single - line letter. much less accept a case with such little detail. would you rather i'd declined, ma'am ?   ❞