The Gourmet's Lil'snack

The office and temptations

"Well...do we have another lead?" he answers as he shrugs. Though she seems a little scared. Why though?
And he offers her his hand to hop on.

Her ears lowered again as she looked down. The only other leads were him and Raymond, but Raymond wasn't back yet and he didn't remember.
"N-not really...." She hesitated as she looked back at his hand. Alarm bells kept ringing, but she pushed those aside and carefully climbed into his palm. "I-I just....I-I don't want to get you in trouble...." She held onto him in preparation for when he'd lift her up.

He frowns but then the realization hits him. He was quite recalcitrant to enter that time. And maybe...
"Did you hear the conversation in the living room?" he asks but then adds: "Look, Raymond did hurt me badly but I must have done something really terrible for him to get this violent... I swear Raymond is a good guy. He helped me so many times before and after the fight too. It just- I guess I was childish back then and tested his limit." he explains as he scratches behind his head. "And if he really sees me in office he will only give me unpleasant chores to do."

Thorne looked a little guilty for being called out for eavesdropping, but looked up at him. "I....o-okay. I-if you're really sure...." She looked towards his door, then back to him. "D-do you have somewhere I can hide while you walk to the office?"

Oh. Right. He thinks for a moment. "how about in my turtleneck?" he means as between his hair and the clothes. It may be a little hot.

Thorne looked at him a moment before nodding. "Th-that should do for now." She waited for him to lift her up before climbing into the spot he'd offered. It was pretty warm, but not so bad. With a quick peek out, she could still look if she needed to and not be noticed right away if she was careful.

That was close. He is glad that she hopped off on his shoulder and got in on her own. He almost put her in his mouth.
With a nod, he leaves his room and takes the stairs up. He walks to the last door and tries to open it. It was locked. but there is a small hope on the corner of the door...maybe she can squeeze in and open the door for him? "hum...do you know how to pick a lock?" he asks before.

Once they got to the door, she poked her head out. "Yeah, one sec." She climbed out and onto his shoulder, digging through her bag for some tools. "Can you hold me up to the lock for a second?"

"Sure." he answers, his stomach making a quiet gurgle.

She climbed onto his hand again, using it as a platform as she used her hands and the tools to fiddle with the lock.
"Aaaaaaand...." There was a soft click and she grinned wide. "Got it!" She quickly put her tools away and climbed back up to his shoulder.

And with that, they enter the office. The office...clearly needs some fresh air. The room is heavy with the smell of cigarettes, the air is old, there are papers and books absolutely everywhere. The walls are covered with bookshelves where binders are placed. On the opposite side of the door, there are large bay windows whose blinds are half-closed which makes the room a little dark to navigate. And near the window, there is a large wooden desk, which is under a lot of paperwork too and a computer screen, and a chair just pressed against it.
"Oh boy... This will take a while..." he whispers at the work ahead of them as he gently closes the door behind them.

Thorne grimaced at the office. It was a mess, but she was still terrified that they'd still be caught.
"Well....I guess we each take a corner?" She rubbed her neck and looked around. "I can probably take the desk or the bookshelf?" There may not be any tunnels leading here, but there was still a chance for some hidden rooms or other borrower-type things to be in here.

Unfortunately for her, there was no such thing in this room. But with such a big task in front of them, they better get going.

After 2 hours of searching, Humbert is starting to get really hungry and is about to head to the kitchen when there is a locked drawer in the desk.
"Thorne? I need your skill of picking locks again!" he calls out to her.