THE FIRST INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE FIRST INVESTIGATION

[Friday morning dawns. It's a surprisingly brisk day; the winds are cold outside, and the sky is dark with its lack of sky. Well, a normal sky that one would be used to, at least.

The rats can be heard scurrying to and forth, in the walls. All seems to be as normal as it can be, this morning.]

Comments

[unwittingking]

[This is...not good...

King's gonna try to grab Minato's arm and pull him out of the room.]

Come on, kid. You...you shouldn't see this.

[biddentodance]

Not the first time... Will be fine. [Not fine enough, presently, to resist being pulled away, though.]

[unwittingking]

That doesn't mean you should have to see this.

[He's going to try to herd him into the lounge. He's surprised that this is working again.]

[biddentodance]

Have to-- help. Only so much time to investigate. Will be another trial. Someone else-- Someone else is going to die.

[unwittingking]

[He knows that and he's worried about it too, but seriously, this kid should be somewhere else for this.]

The rest of them can probably handle this. We'll figure it out later. Just...we'll work it out. I promise.

[biddentodance]

....someone else will...

[He doesn't care if they're the killer or not. He doesn't care. It's not okay, he doesn't care.

He cannot care.

Not when it gets in the way of helping.]

[unwittingking]

[He's not sure he understands, but Minato still isn't resisting, so King will continue to pull him into the lounge. Hopefully, he won't try to leave.]