[center][img] https://i.imgur.com/AZwlIhv.jpg[/img][/center][hr]If Jeremy was intending to annoy her, Pepper wouldn’t fill the satisfaction of his goal. Instead, she twitched her eye in a slight glimmer of irritation but ignored it all the same. Better to let the newbie in town get a feel for things before putting him in his place. And besides, he hadn’t badmouthed the theater directly, so all was well and good. With a shrug, she led the group on over to their destination.

Needless to say, getting into the community center was easy, seeing as everyone was expected to file in. It was leaving that felt more like a prison, Pepper feeling like the authorities all around were judging them. Maybe she was just psyching herself out, but it was a fair enough assertion. After all, the mayor’s daughter was probably dead and that meant full face there was a murderer in their quaint little town. A place as small as this and there was high chance the killer was among them even now…

Or maybe she was just giving herself an excuse not to listen. That was a fair judgement too because by the time Pepper realized what was happening, it sounded like the speeches were all over anyway. There was questioning and updates given but all was rendered moot when the mayor had to run for something. Maybe he left the stove on, as cliché as that sounded. Hands behind her head and leaning back, Pepper yawned before catching Jeremy’s eye.

[color=coral]“Eh?”[/color] She slowly straightened up her posture, ignoring how fake-looking his leaning was coming across as. [color=coral]“Dunno. Personally, I was never close to her. She seemed like she was on a pedestal sometimes, what being the mayor’s daughter and all.”[/color] A pause as Pepper considered her words, thinking harder. [color=coral]“But I mean like, she was a nice enough person from what I heard. Came to the theater so you know, decent enough. Didn’t deserve whatever happened to her, if that’s what you’re poking at.”[/color]
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