Backstage

[scaper]

It was obvious, just with the amount of boxes, that Naomi had a real talent for stacking. He couldn't help but let a light laugh escape as he watched her struggle over the boxes, doing what looked like an attempt to make it to the back of the room.
Through a smile he asked, "Do you need any help or anything? I feel slightly useless."

The dust was starting to get to him, tickling his nose. He took in a deep breath, readying for the imminent, but managed to stop himself mid-sneeze.
"Sorry, just some allergies." Now more than ever he wanted to get out of this room and get some fresh air.
"I think there were only two or three boxes. We tried to take everything we could."

[Naomi Talbot]

She nodded as she pushed through, glancing sideways at Clarence before shrugging her way over and then she laughed a bit as she put her hand up to stall a box from falling on her head. "Just follow me this way, I think it's back there. It's like something out of a novel this place. I've gone through a lot of it but that doesn't mean much has stayed. Tossed a lot out..." Nothing of theirs just random things that were left behind.

"Why are you staying and she's not?" her brow raised as she looked at him, curious but also wondering about the saddened tone in his voice when he'd spoke about Aria. She hadn't known her to well but she was glad to have Caprice.

[scaper]

Clarence followed Naomi as they weaved further back into this dusty room full of boxes. She said she had thrown some out? Sure didn't seem like it.
In what did seem like a journey, he could finally see the back wall. It was about then that he heard her ask about Aria. She had already asked a few times, and he was doing his best to avoid the subject. Something he was known for.
"Well, Aria is really involved with the theatre there. I don't speak much French," or any for that matter," so I came back to New York to work again," he replied.
He hadn't worked for the entire time he was in Paris, other than helping out around the theatre. Though Aria was happy in Paris, the pay wasn't much. He had to come back.