In light of his
conversation with that Green fella, Steve exchanged some of the books he previously took out of the library for others. He's read them carefully, making notes, looking for anything about tree gods, about sacrifices, and about ash trees.
It's like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, he muses, when half the pieces are missing.
When he goes to the bar for some food, Bar gives him a
note and a thick packet of pages. He has no idea what an internet is nor a meme, but the packet makes for interesting reading as he eats his supper anyway.
When he's turned the last page, Steve sits for a moment, thinking. The pages say the more you know the more likely the creature--this "Slender Man"--is to find you, but that bridge has already been crossed, as far as he's concerned. Slender Man has his scent. Has Bucky's. Has that of a lot of people, if Claudia's note is anything to go by.
"Bar," he says, "can I take over for a few hours tonight?"
Permission granted, Steve writes this on the Specials board:
Tonight's Specials
Non-alcoholic
Hot cocoa
Hot apple cider
Alchoholic
Irish Coffee
Hot Buttered Rum
Your first drink is on the bartender if you can give me any information about this creature:And below the specials, Steve draws a quick
( picture )He's in intel-gathering mode now.
Down at the end of the bar, Jack Green is carving tiny charms from a piece of ash wood.
He is also observing.
[ooc: Bartending open, but Jack is not available for tagging at this point. He's just watching and listening for now now in slowtime as of 11:40 MST. Thanks!]