Welcome to Gaia! ::

Daggot screamed a high-pitched scream that would match a woman's. He scrambled behind Eric's legs in his desperate attempt to protect himself. Eric was of course surprised by the shot so close to his feet, however didn't show much of this surprise due to his stoic nature. He looked down at his feet with widened eyes for a moment before changing his expression back to neutral and huffing a sigh through nose from the scrawny man using him as a human shield. He just hoped the girl wouldn't actually shoot his informant, or even him, for that matter."I don't know! It's just a rumor! What are ya s'pose to think when there's blood all over the carpet?" Daggot explained frantically, clutching one of Eric's legs. The detective shook his informant off, and took a casual step closer to Jayleigh. "Jensen, the bag." He said, gesturing for Jayleigh to hand the charm over.

Eric looks down at the bag for a moment after observing the annoyed expression on Jayleigh's face. He pivoted round to approach Daggot, showing the thug the charm within the baggy. "Is this familiar at all?" He asked with a "no bull" tone. Daggot blinked at the item in question before glancing up at the detective with confusion. "Am I s'pose to? I ain't seen it before..." Eric smacked the thug with the baggy, causing the man to blink again in confusion. "Then what use are you to me?" Eric spat. Daggot gave his hurt puppy look. "Look, ya don't need to be like that, man. I'll ask around, okay?" Eric was silent for a moment as if considering it, making Daggot noticeably nervous. The thug looked to Jayleigh pleading as if hoping she would show some mercy. "You better have something next time I see you, or I'm throwing you to Marcelli myself." Eric turned, shoving the bag into his pocket. Passing Jayleigh, he told her he was going to drive, and then called out to Daggot, saying "And don't let me catch you sneaking into a crime scene again!" With that, Eric jumped onto the hood of his car, and walked across, jumping down to get to the driver's side. He opened the door, and slid into the seat, realizing that the keys were not in the car. He waited silently for Jayleigh to give them to him.

Eric was silent as if in a thoughtful state as he stared down at the keys in his hand. He clutched them before reaching across Jayleigh to open his glove box. He reached into it and pulled out his gun. He rarely used it. Only in desperate situations would he even take it out. He just prefered to work without a gun. But today maybe it would serve a bit more use to him. Eric pulled out the magazine, and extracted a single bullet from it. Then he faced his partner, presenting the item. He was well aware of the bullet monitoring in the station. Jayleigh, being new and appointed to all expectations, wouldn't get off as easily as him, being one with a reputation for problems and thus not expected much of anything but results. And he also had something to hopefully gain from this. "I'll ask that you don't tell anyone about Daggot." He explained. The bitterness had left his tone when he spoke. "He's irritating, but useful and can even be cunning. It's hard to find an informant like that, and with that Marcelli gang after him there might be a rat even in the station, so I'm asking you to keep him a secret, and we won't have to explain this situation to chief." He handed her the bullet.

Eric watched Jayleigh as she spoke. She didn't give the answer he wanted to hear. As long as they don't ask me anything? Why was he not surprised? The man slumped back in his seat, putting his gun back together with obvious irritability. He tried to be gentle with the firearm, but almost tossed the weapon in the glove box rather than place it there. Good thing it was on safety. Eric started the car roughly. This is why he didn't like partners. He couldn't trust them. "And you didn't give me an answer I liked." he uttered under his breath as he shifted into Drive. What was he expecting? Idiot Daggot just had to show up, didn't he? "We're going to the girl." They were a couple blocks away from the complex now, and had wasted enough time chasing that imbecile. So on came the sirens! Eric backed out roughly, and sped through the streets haphazardly with sharp turns and a very abrupt stop that may one thank God for putting on their seat belt. The landlord ran out in a frantic. Eric quickly exited the car, dismissing the man with a "Nothing's wrong, I just wanted to get here faster." The landlord was left in bewilderment. "Where is the victim's girlfriend?"" he called out in question to whoever would answer?

Eric wasn't happy in the least, but his stoicism would have to kick in pretty soon. "She's here!" A voice called from a higher point. Eric stopped to look for.the source. It was a woman standing against the railing,, looking rather concerned. She's inside, sir. You are the detectives, right?" Eric didn't respond. He went straight upstairs, and to the woman. He'd have to behave here. Chief was especially strict here. "Yes, sorry for the dramatic entrance. Hello, I'm Detective Mannaster. That is Detective Jensen. She's in here?" The woman nodded solemnly, and then Eric disappeared into the apartment. "Miss, I'm Detective Mannaster. My partner and I are here to ask a few questions."

Eric watched the interactions between the black-haired woman and the blonde. He looked to Jayleigh, wondering if she was thinking the same as him. If not, then it didn't matter as long as she went with his next action. "Miss..." Eric looked the the raven-haired girl. "You and I will go into a separate room to answer questions. Simple procedure. Is there a room we can go to in here?" He tried to be as polite as he could.

{{That's fine. Sorry that you had a bad day :c}}

Eric hadn't planned to tell anyone of Jayleigh's power. He hadn't even thought about it. He knew well enough how people react to that kind of stuff. Plus, he didn't see much point in telling anyone. It was hard enough for him to believe. But he found an opportunity in this. Don't tell anyone about Daggot, even if they ask, and you won't have to worry about that." He probably wouldn't tell anyone anyhow, but if this kept Daggot a secret then he would use it.