THE FIRST INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE FIRST INVESTIGATION
(~SK. 3)

[Morning comes.


It's quiet on the HMHS Gigantic. No birds sing, no sun shines, and everyone's still stuck with the threat of death. Even if the threat of death involves a ticket to a theme park. And a cheeseburger. Indeed, people went to bed last night confident in their belief that no one would ever kill for something so paltry.

Seriously, a cheeseburger. It's something people can make in ten minutes.

Anyways, it's time to wake up, and go through the motions of the day as usual.

So, Strangers.

What are you doing this fine day?]

Comments

cw: body parts

[strangerpeople]

[Well, if this is because of one of the blood drinkers then, uh.

Things got messy because that sure is a severed leg you're looking at.]

[unpossibilities]

[Oh God. Kaito stares at that, then tries to discern...

Is it a thin leg, thick leg, does it have hair? Anything distinct about it he'd recognize as a fellow passenger?]

[strangerpeople]

[It's a thin leg, with its pants rolled up to the calf.


Or, that's the best Kaito can discern, all things considered.]

[unpossibilities]

[What color are the pants?]

[strangerpeople]

[It's a bit hard to tell because the top part is blackened. However?

The lower half is a darkish blue.]

[unpossibilities]

....

[He walks farther into the kitchen, seemingly caught in a bit of a haze.

Lay it to him straight, how bad is it?]

[strangerpeople]

[Oh, it's bad. Someone exploded. Literally.

Body parts are everywhere.]

[unpossibilities]

...Jesus Christ.

[Alright, he's gonna start hunting. Looking for anything distinctive. Maybe a head?]

[godspiousjasper]

...O Lord...

[ He looks pale coming across this. Immediately going to try and see if there's a head somewhere... and try to find who this is.. ]

[voidseeing]

[... you know, Gai has seen some really nasty things in his line of work, but this is definitely up near the top even despite that.

Congratulations, Zero and whoever else was responsible?]

[valkavian]

[ Any blood splatters nearby she can give the ol' taste test to? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Oh honey.


There is blood everywhere.]

[valkavian]

[ She's trembling like a kid in a candy store realizing just now where they are, but the beast isn't taking the wheel just yet.

She's gonna dip her hands in there and taste. Is this human or something else? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Something else, sadly.]

Re: cw: body parts

[valkavian]

Ugh, someone forgot to clean up.

[ Is this a familiar leg]

Re: cw: body parts

[strangerpeople]

[Probably yes.]

Re: cw: body parts

[valkavian]

[ But whomst? ]

[exequte]

[It takes a second to really grasp what shes seeing. It's like she can't recognize it. But-]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[Anyone nearby should be able to hear that scream as she stumbles back.]

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes arrives right in the middle of the scream and skids to a stop.]

What'sGoingOnWhyTheScreaming?

[jinglebros]

Akane! Are you okay?!

[exequte]

[She turns as though to run and runs right into his arms, then promptly bursts into tears.]

[jinglebros]

[ He has no idea if these are real or fake, but he's got to play the doting brother - not that this is difficult. He holds her tightly. ]

[exequte]

[Well theres a leg behind her. There is that.]

[somuchshipping]

[Hermes sees the leg. And then he looks around more and... Huh. Wow.]

What the fuck? They're everywhere! And I didn't even get to see what happened...

[onychomance]

[DAMN, that woman has pipes. He's making a mental note of that.]