THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[It is very early. Very, very early. It's still night, even. Most are probably still asleep.

They will not be asleep for long.

Not after the screaming suddenly starts coming from the voices outside their doors, if they are in the apartment car, in their rooms.]

Oh god oh god oh god-

B____R! FOOT IN MY MOUTH INDEED!

[And certainly not after the big

BOOM

That suddenly rocks the train. There is screeching, moaning, and a flash of great darkness. Everyone, for a moment, is blinded by blackness. There are shouts and screams that echo, no matter where one is. Smoke and begins to fill the hall of the apartment car.

Whatever has happened-it's bad. It's very bad.

And the darkness is starting to clear up...]

Comments

[strangerpeople]

[As he enters, the dining care is-

There's cracked windows. Broken tables. Dust. A beam on the floor. Glass everywhere.

And, nearby, someone moans.]

[dragonmouth]

[The last thing she remembers was a bunch of broken glass and dust before everything was just a blur. She's clutching her midsection, a wadded-up bundle of cloth held to it as tight as she can manage, but the damn thing is already soaked in blood.

She stumbles forth before falling down again.]

Who...

[otherworldlyking]

[ ...he is not a medical professional but... ]

...Don't move around so much.

[ He doesn't want another trial so...does it look like trying to cover the wound will do any good? ]

[katzenpfote]

[Caleb moves to her side.]

What happened?

[dragonmouth]

[...everything hurts so much right now.]

...so much glass. And then-

Then.

[She is currently bleeding her guts out, sorry.]

[katzenpfote]

Scheiße!

[He pulls off his coat and presses it to the wound]

I need a potion over here!

[dragonmouth]

Caleb?

[Everything is shaky. She lies still, but the edges are flickering in her vision. ]

[katzenpfote]

I’m here. I’ve got you. You will be all right. Just hold on...

[Everything is happening at once, people are running - he grabs the potion when it’s handed to him, tries to tip it into her mouth.]

I’m here...

[dragonmouth]

[She tries to swallow what she can and a single sip is in, the edges shake a little less...

There's not so much blood now, but whether that's because of the potion or the blood just running out remains to be determined.]

Caleb... Caleb, promise me-

[katzenpfote]

... What is it?

[His voice is hoarse, near tears.]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[Well, this sure is what he's arriving to, he guesses.]

Oh goodness, that's quite a bit of blood, isn't it... I'm afraid the one I have would be a bit useless in this situation.

[Is there anything of note from a cursory glance around the car? He might as well try to be useful in other ways since he can't do much for injuries like this.]

[strangerpeople]

[Maybe! But please wait until investigation proper.]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[Totally botched the initial perception check on account of someone dying on the floor then.]

[strangerpeople]

[Happens to the best of us.]

[charmingheroine]

[Of all the things to see and hear upon skidding into the Dining Car, this was pretty much the last one Charlotte wanted. Second-last, really - Tali's still alive, but....]

Right back with one, just - just keep doing what you're doing!

[Right then, back down the corridor, back into her room, damn it all if she had the right boots this wouldn't be taking so long - back down the corridor again -]

Here!

[otherworldlyking]

Caleb, don't bother.

[unwittingking]

What do you mean don’t bother?!?

[Uh, yeah, King is here too and does not like that tone!]

We have the chance to save someone for once and you’re telling us not to bother?!

[otherworldlyking]

A potion can't save her now...so there's no point in using one.

[eternaldivide]

.... There's nothing that can be done, is there.

[ Hello look who else is here (with someone else) and seeing all this. ]

[otherworldlyking]

That's right.

[katzenpfote]

Shut up!

[otherworldlyking]

If you want to waste a potion when it won't do anything with a wound like that, feel free.

[dragonmouth]

[She's not sure what you just said, but... she was trying to get help, but now that this bullshit just happened?

She's going to just collapse on the floor and kinda roll off until she's on her back.]

[otherworldlyking]

[ That sure is a lot of moving!! But okay, going over to her and moving her slightly without trying to touch the wound.

This is really such an inconvenience, honestly. So about that wound - that looking fatal or something the others can work with? Since he can tell that at least. ]

[strangerpeople]

[Well, Caleb's currently trying to press a coat to it, but from what McBurn can see of it...

This wound looks fatal.]