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...]

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[strangerpeople]

[Smoke is bad, but so is trying to climb a set of busted-up stairs. Great way to get splinters, or worse.

And besides that...

It's kind of horribly dark at the top. The kind of darkness that makes one think it might be a very bad idea to attempt going up there.]

Cw hints of emeto

[biddentodance]

[You know that scene early in Peter Pan, when he has yet to reattach his shadow?

There's a shadow of a boy, just likethat, flying up the wall toward upstairs--

It stops as it gets too close, falters. And tumbles backward and out of that wall, and as the Shadow leaves the wall-

It's Minato, hand to his mouth, pale and a little green.]

Bad idea.

[eternaldivide]

Minato!

[ why are you like this--]

We should... get out of here. We can try to get upstairs later.

[ when that darkness isnt... there... ]

[biddentodance]

Thought.....not being physical.....

[Ugh no sorry can't speak-]

CW: Emeto-ish mentions

[unwittingking]

[Oh for Pete’s sake-]

Minato, why would you try that?!

[He’s the kind of angry you’d expect from a father seeing his kid test something dangerous on himself, which...kind of accurate here!]

CW: Emeto

[biddentodance]

Shadows.....not exactly physical...

[Hold on he needs to keep his mouth shut. Bile burns in his throat. Hang on--

He can't, he rolls so he's facing downward and lets his stomach empty itself. Awful.]

CW: Emeto

[unwittingking]

[He’d keep on yelling, but the sight, as well as the smell, make him shut up. Time to just lecture when he’s done and pulls himself together.]

Even so, don’t try that again. Okay?

Re: CW: Emeto

[biddentodance]

Not-- going to--

[Shit, he knows what he thinks that felt like. He doesn't know for sure, but he's read about it.]

Probably a bad idea for anyone to stick around down here, don't know how far...

CW: Emeto

[unwittingking]

[He sighs. The day just started and now we have one dead teen, a teen that’s letting his dinner see the light of day again, and an entire room that’s off limits, possibly including the room right under it. It’s a nightmare.]

Okay, we’ll try not to be here long, but...we’re going to have to have someone in here to look over Tali’s body, right? We can’t just...let her die in vain.

[higanbana]

[MITHOS DON'T RUN OFF WITHOUT HER—

uh hi that sure is a Minato popping out of the wall? And looking ill?]

Minato! What the hell is wrong with you?!

[This is how you express worry, right.]

[biddentodance]

A-h lot of things--

[He honestly thought he'd be safe, as a shadow, okay?]

cw: emetoooo

[higanbana]

Yes, I've noticed—

[ohhh and that sure is Minato getting sick all over the floor. Great.

And there's only one member of nurse squad left, so...

Guiltily, she turns back to Mithos.]

...Mithos. Will you be okay on your own for a bit if I get him out of here? Or do you want to come along?

Re: cw: emetoooo

[eternaldivide]

[ Part of Mithos wnats to come along to make sure they both stay safe but on the other hand. ]

Go ahead and get him out of here. I'll follow once I'm done here. Just... stay safe, okay?

[higanbana]

[Ris nods.]

I'll take him to the armaments car for first aid.

You stay safe, too.

[And with that...]

Come on, Minato. We need to go. You can lean on me if you need to.

[She's not going to drag him if she doesn't have to, so. Can he walk?]

[biddentodance]

[He's a bit unsteady, but he can walk.....he isn't even arguing.

To the armaments car.]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[Aaaand of course Minato would do something to make the telly concerned again. Of course he would.]

Why the bloody hell do you keep doing this to yourself?! Why are you like this?!

[biddentodance]

[Once he's done being sick....]

Didn't think.....could be touched, wasn't physical...

Cw: emeto mention

[technicolourdifficulties]

[Why are people with organs so full of gross things...?

Well, he'll just... sigh and try not to look at the bit of sick.]

...I suppose I can't be terribly cross. You were thinking of yourself for once, so that's progress, I suppose.

[eternaldivide]

[ okay yeah that darkness does not look kind maybe getting away from the smoke should be the priority here.

In fact Mithos will try and stop anyone from going up there. ]

Don't