THE FIRST VICTIM

[monoguests]

[This morning, it seems like the world should have ended, but if anyone wakes up early enough or just (quite understandably) couldn’t sleep… well… they’ll see four giant Monobears catching the falling moon and pushing it back up into the sky.

That sure is a thing that happened, but it seems to have happened before touching the ground. That’s a good thing, right?

...Unfortunately, there might be something a little wrong. For one, there’s no music playing on the loudspeakers… which kind of leaves an unsettling stillness hanging in the air.

Maybe it’s best to check around the camp to make sure everyone’s alright.]

Comments

[superstylishschism]

[If he had his powers, that loudspeaker would be a lightning rod.]

[chaoscontrol]

... Well, I appreciate the effort. Try to keep people from disturbing the scene too much.

[superstylishschism]

Yeah, I'll keep an eye out for any bozos that think they need to move things around to look at them.

[chaoscontrol]

It's like they've never seen a crime scene before.

[superstylishschism]

Maybe they haven't. Murder's supposedly fairly uncommon among humans these days. A lot of them have probably never seen a corpse that didn't die naturally.

[squidsisterpink]

Plus, trying to save him is wayyy more important!

[She thought he was alive at first ok?]

[superstylishschism]

I think it's actually best to avoid moving people with head injuries if you can. Don't mortals have trouble recovering if you damage their spine?

[tsungeonsanddragons]

Trouble recovering is a bit of an understatement. Though it can recover, it can also paralysis of varying degrees. It depends on how badly the cord is damaged.

[squidsisterpink]

Ughhh why are you guys so fragile?!

[tsungeonsanddragons]

[EXCUSE]

I've wrestled with dragons before. We're more resilient than you may think.

[Pokémon humans don't make any sense at all, let's not even kid ourselves.]

[shslancer]

[He's followed shortly by Nephenee, who saw the small crowd forming. And when she didn't need to see the body or their faces to know it was bad. The smell is enough.

Seeing her friend's body, though...]

M-Mac!

[superstylishschism]

He's dead.

[His tone is curt and clipped. It's clear he's hurting, but trying to work through it.]

Try not to disturb the scene too much, okay? We're trying to figure out...how this happened.

[shslancer]

A...Ah know...Ah...recognize that smell too well...

[Despite her face, her brain's working in its unique way as she closes her eyes, and, taking a deep, steeling breath, she, she opens them. She's shaking a little, but the look in her eyes is...different, as is the odd, almost calm voice she has now.

She's holding back the pain, or, perhaps, using it to fuel her resolve, for now. They need to find out who did this.]]

L-let me help. Ah'm...used to death...violent death especially.

[superstylishschism]

[He nods and his tail slowly swishes from one side of his body to the other.]

The more pairs of eyes, the better.

[shslancer]

Y-yeah. Jus'...we need to work together...to find out who did this. Ah...want to believe it's an accident, but. Ain't countin' on it.

[Looking to her fallen friend, she says:]

We'll find out who done this, Sir Mac...

[superstylishschism]

There's plenty of reason someone might've decided to kill.

We'll just have to look around and see what we turn up.

[shslancer]

Ah know...

[Even if she refused to believe that that was the real Elincia, she had felt a mix of relief and dread when the moon went away.]

...If it's alright, may Ah close his eyes, give 'im that dignity, at least?