THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[As the Titled wake up in the morning, there is quiet. No crazy electrical smells waft in the air, no burnt flesh sears their nostrils. It's got to be a relief to everyone, as they start to stir.

Or, perhaps it would be a relief, until they look at their phones.

The countdown is gone...]

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[byanyother_name]

[Kurama doesn't even bother with most of the stairs. He goes down them in two leaps, touching down lightly halfway down just long enough to push off again into the second jump, landing neatly at the bottom of the stairs near Karma and the body.

He barely thinks about the fact that it's not a 'Shuuichi' thing to do at all. It feels like being Shuuichi slides further and further away with each death.]

[comesaround]

[ Thankfully he wasn't as shocked as most people might be to kind of witnessing that, as they had done some training with their powers earlier on in the week but never had he seen anyone move like that. ]

God to see you both got my texts. He let me know you were going to handle it.

[ His voice seems a bit tense here, trying to just let this all sink in. Running a hand through his hair. ]

Why? Why did they both get killed? There was no damn need to..

[byanyother_name]

[As he'd told Karma then; practice. In fact, since Karma was Karma, he might also notice the way Kurama moved overall was far closer to how he'd moved in that fight than it was to the gentle harmlessness Shuuichi usually radiated in public.]

There's no way to know yet. It's possible only one of them was the intended target, with the other unlucky enough to enter at the wrong time and be a witness. No more than two deaths, the rules say. Enough to cover your tracks with.

[comesaround]

[ Oh, he definitely picked up on that. There was a clear difference in movement this time in contrast to how Shuuichi normally moved when around others. ]

Yeah. I'm guessing just by looking at Yuuri-san that he was probably the intended one, but that's just me.

[ A pause. ]

If you want to take care of looking him over, i'll start looking around to see what I can find.

[byanyother_name]

[Strange, right? It was almost like he pretended to be less dangerous than he really was around most people.

But maybe that pretense was starting to slip.]

...I'm not sure I agree. The way he is sprawled here, it looks like he may have fallen. A quick fix to an unexpected intruder.

[He got a quick nod to his offer.] That sounds fair. Go ahead.