week 3 - investigation

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 3 - investigation ♫ friday On Friday morning, everyone will wake up with all of their (warranted or unwarranted, jesus how many of y'all had shitty lives before murdertown) grief fulfilled. Whatever it is they've lost--they've found it again. Anyone heading out into the lobby will notice that the statue is gone. And that can only mean one thing. >Investigate? cast setting

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[princessantly]

[ Eventually, Alisha will come looking for him-- and when she does spot him, she'll call out carefully. ]

Hajime...?

[ She only looks slightly less traumatized. ]

[hopefragment]

[By the time Alisha finds him, it's a little obvious that all the clues have already been found by other people. He's sitting outside the hotel with his hands clasped between his knees, just staring at a point straight ahead without seeming to really see anything.

At the sound of her voice, though, he gives a start, immediately shoving himself to his feet.]

Alisha! Are you okay? Did you find anything?

[Considering she hadn't immediately followed him out, she had to be way stronger than he is. He's impressed! And maybe a little jealous.]

[princessantly]

[ It's tough when you have to see things through, even though Alisha had almost wanted to run out right after him. Don't be jealous, Hinata-- now that it's him she's talking to, she looks fairly miserable. ]

Both of them... their pupils were much too large, as though they'd been given some sort of drug. They both had bruises, and Sir Zelos had scratch marks from Lady Youko; they appeared to have had a struggle.

[hopefragment]

[Someone really needs to confiscate everything in the clinic. He nods about their pupils, filing that bit of information away, then stiffens, lips parting in clear surprise.]

They... fought each other? But there's no way they could have...

[Ripped each other apart like that. This is getting complicated already, and he just shakes his head, pressing his lips tightly together as if trying to fight back being sick. There's a beat, then he tentatively rests a hand on her shoulder. He can't manage a smile, but he can at least try to offer some support. Even if it's weenie support.]

A-anyway... it'll all become clear at the trial. I'm... You did really well, in there. You and Faize both.

[princessantly]

... Thank you. [ Alisha can't really smile either, but she does lift a hand to rest on his, bowing her head. His thoughts are her own-- there was someone else there, someone who had ripped them apart. ] Though I really had to take guidance from Faize's composure. And we both were worried about you.

[hopefragment]

[He's just going to try to turn his hand to gently grasp hers, squeezing it gently for support. Not for himself, for her. Definitely for her. Yes. (Let him have this.)]

Yeah... Faize is incredible, isn't he?

[What a good alien genius. Hinata doesn't even know that he dug his bare hands through organs yet even. He pauses when she says they were worried, though, shaking his head.]

I... sorry. You don't have to worry about me, I just... that kind of stuff is... way outside my normal life, you know...? I'm not a soldier or a knight or anything, I'm just....

[A student. A Super High School Level! But a student.]

[princessantly]

[ He's welcome to have it, and she's even removed her bloody gloves, so thankfully this won't be as terrible as it could have been. ]

... No, I understand. I've never seen anything so horrific either, and to think that someone among us was capable of such a thing...

[ It's more than a little sickening. ]

Anyone would have been horrified.