Ryan was out with Isobel, sitting by Diego's Lake near her property. He had brought over his inventory photo book and was currently going over some of the pieces that his family had restored. He pointed to one. "This one's a rare one, some form of execution device. They would strap their victim down and inflict a thousand cuts, in which after, they'd put them in this cage to be strung up for the birds.
She shook her head, "how did you restore it and not mess up the... stains?"
He chuckled, "a lot of effort. To be honest the stains, while they were there, in the picture it's not original. We cleaned some of it up and basically repainted it." He crossed his legs. He could feel eyes on him but he didn't want to seem like he knew he was being watched. A playful idea popped into his head about what Indo would feel if Ryan casually draped his arm around his niece and bring her closer.
Isobel leaned against the tree. "I've heard about that. Quite a bit of others too about how they would slowly pull a man down to the tip of a triangular pyramid thing and slowly sink him lower." She looked away. "There's a family once. It's a story I hear quite often and I'm rather fond of it. This family had countless artifacts over the years, passed down.. everything from jewels to instruments of torture, to a ship that ended up being lost."
Ryan perked his head up at that, her words cutting into a fantasy of him, Indo, straps and a bed. "What kind of ship was it?"
"A Three-mast schooner"
Ryan let out a slow whistle. "How did she go down?"
Isobel looked down at her hands. "It started with a fire. Unknown cause and sh- the family they had to grab what valuable possessions they had and flee. That ship was packed. Along the Atlantic ocean, someone hit their ship. It went down."
Ryan heard some pretty awful stories in their business but hearing one about a potential sabotage, maybe one that wasn't even solved to this day could do him a lot of good. He scooched closer to her and crossed her leg with his own, causing her to look up."
"What did this ship look like? Did they catch who did it?"
Isobel picked a dandelion and placed it in his hair, "No. Besides, you might already have it in one of your museums."
He rolled his eyes, "They're not our museums. They're our clients."
"Surprised they haven't been broken into yet. There's a group that's breaking into them, stealing valuables that were supposedly on the ship." Isobel moved his leg and got up. "Think it would be in your best interest to find out what museums have what. Next time you come over, I'll go ahead and bring what little paperwork I have on it."
Ryan frowned, and realized what she might be offering. He stood up, "Your aunt's business could prevent that. Security equipment right?"
She smiled, and picked up a pebble, skipping it along the water. "Maybe. Maybe I just want information." She smirked and kissed him on the cheek. "For now, thank you for the lovely lunch. I have to get back or this damned weather is gonna make my hair frizz up. Let me know though yeah? We can match inventories to articles?"
Ryan managed not to flinch at the kiss. "Um.. yeah, that'll be cool." He picked up his book and took her hand, kissing the back of it. He hoped Indo would see that.
"Thank you. I know you're just as eager as I am." She smiled and started walking off.