THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND INVESTIGATION
(~SK. 10)


[It is freezing. The temperature? Who knows at this point.

Today is a day for blankets and whatever you can grab to keep yourself warm. It truly seems like there is a winter without end, and that eventually everything will wither and die, including you. So bitter. So harsh. So cruel.

It's not fair. Then again, didn't Zero say life isn't fair? Well, Zero isn't freezing his butt off. Really, it's just too cold on the ship to do much of anything outside of keeping warm. Like, say, murder.



Right? Well. There's only one way to find out. So, what are the Strangers doing as they wake up shivering on this cold, cold day, which may or may not be a Friday according to the calendar?]

Comments

[superstylishsquid]

Same here, honestly. I normally don't bother with anything harder than wine, but 'stressful' doesn't even begin to touch this week.

[This...definitely does feel nice. The warmth might not necessarily be much, but compared to the nagging chill of the air, it's a much needed comfort. And with another kid gone...Roland should understand why there's a tension in the grip of his arm.]

[godspiousjasper]

I agree completely.

[ It was a bit delayed, his response. But afterwards, he points out a thing with one hand. ]

Look, Alastor. At Kaito's watch. Those spots look like the stuff that's been splashed around here.

[superstylishsquid]

The pink stuff all over his body actually seems to be his blood.

[And...yeah, he's licking it. Does this also taste like blood?]

[strangerpeople]

[Yup.]

[superstylishsquid]

[Yeah, he didn't think he'd mistake that smell. He stands back up and...fine, he'll put his arm back around Roland's shoulders.]

I thought so. It looks strange, but it both smells and tastes like blood.

[godspiousjasper]

[ Going to lean right back close against him once he does so, even if it's just because he's cold and Alastor is warm. ]

I admit i've never heard of someone who had blood that color before, but I wish I didn't have to discover that under these pretenses.

[superstylishsquid]

Obviously devils can have some slight oddities in the color of our blood, if our magical nature is pronounced enough...

[He gestures at his own wounds, where bandages visible through cuts in his clothing are stained violet-red.]

But I've never seen a human with blood that pale. And he doesn't exactly taste anemic to me...