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Thu Dec 24, 2020 3:39 am
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An eerie feeling of familiarity took a hold of Sato for a second. She could see now that the woman seemed to be a student. She couldn't know her from work, then. Had she seen her at the police station before? Sato couldn't think of anything, but then again it was a small town and she was around a lot.
While she finished her cigarette she sauntered over to the read headed woman.
"Good morning." She said, despite the fact that the scenery behind her clearly told of anything but a good morning. At least for the poor souls under those plastic sheets.
"I'm detective Sato. I'm afraid we had to close off this section of the road. There has been a double homicide. Do you live here, Ms…?"
She let her voice trail off with the obvious question for the girl's name.
For now she didn't tell anything else, didn't ask anything else. Instead she watched for the student's reactions. Was she even a resident here or was she just passing through? Was she willing to help if she could? Did she maybe know the victims?
Sato definitely would have to verify that this one had been away to eliminate her as a suspect. It seemed as if the deaths had been relatively recent, so if she'd been seen for at least two to four hours tops she couldn't have done it. Besides, nothing in this calm mannered girl said "murderer". Yet there might be something hidden, a bit deeper. Might be a good idea to keep tabs on this one for a while.
Finally Sato spoke again.
"The victim's names are Momo Suzuka and Hiro Abe. They lived in the second house, over there. Did you maybe know them?"
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Fri Dec 25, 2020 10:06 pm
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She shouldn’t have looked, but these are things one cannot take back. She has nothing to do with the murders, but she does have her own devious activities that the authorities would look awkwardly at. She can’t escape from this, but she can at least make herself look like an average college student. She has an alibi for anything she may be questioned about, but reflex has her putting her hands behind her back as the detective neared.
Beethoven is acting like the background music of some anime as they talked. Though, it was mostly just the woman coming at her with questions. Weird. The voice is familiar, but also brand new. It’s confusing her a bit, but the questions aren’t hard to follow.
“Elyss. Just call me Elyss, and no. I don’t know them. I live just a few buildings down in an apartment. I’ve never met them personally, but I might have seen them a few times when walking down the street.”
She has nothing she can provide, so she hopes this conversation doesn’t take too long. Second by second, Elyss is getting assaulted by a sickening wave of dejavu. Somethings not right, but she doesn’t know what’s bothering her. Slowly, her eyes would move back to the crime scene, looking past Sato in hopes that it would help her think a bit better.
“...How did they die?” She’d find herself asking suddenly, out of pure curiosity that she had told herself to not have.
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Sat Dec 26, 2020 4:04 pm
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Again this feeling of deja vu, of familiarity. It was so strong, now that Sato could look into this girl's eyes, that she forgot to ask her last name. No, that wasn't entirely true. She didn't forget it. In that moment she was convinced she didn't need the name because she knew it already, although that could not be.
With a nonverbak grunt Sato turned and looked back down the street. Too bad that Elyss didn't know the victims personally. It would have been nice to get some valuable information right at the beginning.
"Well, they died fast." Was Sato's answer to Elyss's question. It was probably a lie, but there was no use in scaring a college student with unnecessary detail. But since it couldn't be denied that there were too many covers for two bodies, she added:
"Seems like there's someone running around with something very, very sharp. If you see or hear anything that could help give me a call."
Sato pulled out one of her business cards, hesitated a moment and then pulled out another one, one on which both her work and private numbers were printed. She handed the second one to Elyss.
"Would you mind telling me where you plan on being the next few hours? Don't worry, it's just a formality, we'll be asking this all residents."
She gave Elyss another look from the side. Again this strange feeling. She'd better shake that feeling, she had a case to concentrate on.
While she was waiting for the answer of the red headed girl, in the distance eyes were watching them. Cold eyes. Unfriendly eyes. They didn't do anything. Just watch. For now.
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Tue Dec 29, 2020 9:02 am
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If one is to die, Elyss would rather it occur quickly to avoid any form of suffering. However, considering the activities that she enjoys, there’s a bit of conflict with that thought. There’s a difference between fighting until you’re unable and murdering someone though. Still, that doesn’t calm her troubled stomach. Someone running around with a sharp object will prove troublesome. What’s the size of the object? Where would they have it hidden? Or is it something easy to see? Questions pop up into her head that seem way too specific for a young woman without any real experience with weapons to ask, so she doesn’t ask.
“O-Oh. Well, I have training at a gym near him, and then, I’ll be spending the rest of the evening home.”
She’d take the card, answering the inquiry before looking away down the street. She really wants to head home and get changed. This is putting too many thoughts into her head that she’d rather let flow freely into the dirt while working herself silly. She doesn’t feel right lying to this woman, but she won’t blow her secret late night activities. She knows that she had planned on heading out back to that area tonight, just to watch of course. Partaking in a match is just asking for trouble while she’s still injured.
“Listen, I’ll call if something happens. I should really go and get ready. My training isn’t going to wait forever.”
She’d take a step towards the direction she has to go, reaching to grab her headphones to signal she’s about to zone out again to her music. She’d throw a glance back to the crime scene, and then to Sato before throwing her headphones over her head. It seems she’s done with this, for now. “Take care.” She’d mutter before finding herself quickly walking away.
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Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:28 am
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She waited until Elyss was well out of hearing range before she signaled one of the officers in uniform. He came over while she placed another cigarette between her lips.
"Keep tabs on that girl." She said. It was clear who she meant and the officer had witnessed the prior conversation.
"I don't believe her that she'll be spending the evening at home and I'd like to know where she is. This all could be random, it could be not. Might be a neighbourhood dispute. Until we know more I'd like to have the residents here under surveillance.
She walked back to the second corpse and looked under the plastic. A silent curse escaped past the cigarette. What the hell was this? This one looked like he was mauled to death by something big, with claws and teeth. Like a bear. Only that no bears big enough to do this lived here.
Maybe one of the residents had some animal illegally imported…
Sato knew she was grasping straws and that her neighbourhood-theory did just go out the window. One sliced in half, one mauled to death. Why murder two prople with different methods? Two murderers? It sounded plausible. Maybe even no connection between these two? Too early to say. Besides, the times of death, both about same, spoke against two unrelated cases.
So, two murderers… vigilantes?
She shook her head. She was just too damn tired and her thoughts were spinning wild. She'd have uniforms question the residents, the technicians were scanning the site and the coroner would be doing the autopsies. She had a few hours and really ought to catch some shut eye. Especially because she had a feeling she should keep a close watch on that Elyss girl tonight.
She looked at her pack of cigarettes, it was already half empty.
"Damn, shoulda started drinking instead of smoking." She mumbled to herself.
When she turned to go a really strange feeling came to her. It was like she was...feeling some presence. It passed quickly, but it deeply troubled the detective. It gave her the feeling that something was going to happen. Soon.
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Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:57 am
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Home. Though, she isn’t here long. There’s not much here for her anyway: a small table, futon, the kitchen connected to the living room. Well, she is a college student. No one should have expected anything more, but it still pisses off the redhead whenever she enters. There’s no room for her to practice without bumping into something which is why the gym feels like a second home. So, soon, she’s out of her apartment and back on the streets dressed for her evening activities: black short and sports bra with a duffel bag containing the rest of her equipment. As she told the detective earlier, the gym isn’t far. Ten minutes of walking and she’s inside of the building.
She’s greeted by pretty much everyone. She is a regular after all. However, some throw weird glances at her, mostly because of her wrapped arms and the one patch on her side. Something has happened, but no one seems keen on prying. This isn’t the first time the redhead has arrived injured and everyone has their own ideas about why. It also seems that Elyss trainer isn’t here today. A quick inquiry to the receptionist and she learns that he called out for the night, something about family business. Guess she’s going solo. Fine by her. Her trainer is the only one that bothers her about her late night festivities.
Soon, she’s in the back with gloves on punching away at a punching bag. Her hits are, of course, hitting exactly where she wants. She’s been doing this for years. Everything is pretty much simple conditioning to keep her body from decaying. Though, her injuries do have her a bit stiff. Nothing one can do about that besides show more caution next time. Surprisingly, she doesn’t have her headphones on. She wants her thoughts to be moving and off someplace else. It helps her body learn how to move on its own, whether she’s focused on the fight or not. It’s impossible to not think about the murders after witnessing the crime scene. Is she safe? Can she protect herself? What about everyone around her? So many questions...
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Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:56 am
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A few hours had passed and dusk was creeping over the land. It was a very quiet moment when detective Sato was sauntering down the road towards the beige micro van that was sitting across the road from the gym. The man sitting inside was so obviously a cop that Sato would have recognised him, even if she wasn't working with him on a daily basis. He was in plain clothes, but the whole posture, as he was sitting in the car, reading a newspaper, screamed "uniform". Would be a miracle if no one made him.
"Good evening." She said after she had tapped on his window, flashed her badge and he had rolled the window down.
"Anything interesting?"
"Not really. She went in and hasn't come out yet."
"Hm."
Sato looked at the building. It was a boring building, at least from the outside.
"There's a back entrance around the corner, probably for deliveries. But it's bolted shut. There's also an emergency exit, but that one has an alarm. I know the company, of the alarm, I mean. My wife made me buy one for our house. It went off one night by accident and it is infernally loud. So we either see her coming out the front, or hear her going out the back."
Sato nodded.
"I'll take a walk around the building anyway." She said and waved towards the officer.
The alley behind the building was wide but dark. The buildings on each side were high and in some places leaning into the alley. Some bikes were standing there, a few boxes here, a car a bit further down.
In a sudden flash a wave of confusion and dizziness hit her with force. She stumbled and had to lean against the wall next to her.
What a weird dream this was. What in all worlds was a micro van? What were those clothes she was wearing? What was that taste in her mouth? Had she smoked tobacco? And her weapon was gone. Instead she had this small, black…
It was gone. It had lasted only a few seconds and now it was gone as if it had never been there. As if it had been a dream. And similar to a dream Hanako couldn't remember more than an intense feeling of confusion.
Wait, what? Ameko. Ameko couldn't remember anything else. Weird.
She looked down. Why the hell had she drawn her gun? It weighed heavy in her hand, cold and dark.
When she looked up again she realised that she was standing next to the backdoor of the gym. It was a double door, secured with a heavy lock, rusty, probably untouched for several years. The officer was right, no one would be using this as an exit.
Suddenly there was a scratching sound, a gowl and something massive and dark fell to the ground next to Sato. She whirled around, trying to bring her gun to bear on…
She stumbled over something on the ground. That saved her life. The thing jumped past her, missed her, crashed into the door, sheared the lock clean off and smashed the door halfway open. It turned fast as lightning.
With a quick dive, Sato dodged another pounce and rolled on the hard concrete. When she was on her feet again, back towards the door, the thing had come to a halt and turned as well. She saw large claws, deep dark and filthy fur, white bone and nightmarish fangs. It charged.
More instinctively Sato brought her gun up, trained it on the creature and pulled the trigger.
The shot was loud as a cannon, bouncing back from the near walls, deafening.
She fired again.
She must have hit the thing, because suddenly it tried to turn away and change direction. But it was too close and too fast. It stumbled over it's own massive feet and smashed into Sato, hurling her away like a doll.
Pain exploded in her back when she impacted into the door. It gave way. And with a loud bang, accompanied by a cloud of dust and metal fragments, Sato came flying into the gym. She fell hard onto the floor, only a few feet away from Elyss. Her gun came to a halt right next to her. For a moment, Sato was disoriented, hurt, close to unconsciousness. But miraculously, although she didn't realise it in that moment, she had no injuries worse than a bruise...
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Mon Jan 11, 2021 12:35 pm
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And, time. She’s done for the day. Her workout session wasn’t too long, but she doesn’t want to stay out too late considering the dangers that exist now. However, her mind would gravitate towards heading elsewhere but home. That idea is quickly chased away. As much as she’d like to go there, she wouldn’t want to end up on the news in a body bag. Putting what little she had away, she’d turn to exit towards the door. Well, that is until there was a loud clang followed by a bang, a gunshot? A gunshot?! So close? Did someone just get shot? Maybe it’s the killer. Maybe something had happened closeby. A failed murder? Ah, everyone around her went into a panic near immediately. Working out and being able to defend oneself proved futile when a gun is involved.
Elyss felt the urge to run back home, but she also felt the urge to see what had happened, a battle between her own contradicting morals. She’d not have time to consider either however as she’d watch someone familiar fly in from the backdoor, a gun soon sliding near her feet. Huh? It’s the detective. What’s her name? Sato? Her mind would scream to leave and preserve herself, but her feet carried her forward, picking up the gun along the way before kneeling next to the downed officer. Ah, the woman looks barely awake. Talking wouldn’t help at all. A quick look to the door would make her wonder what just happened. Isn’t that door usually locked? How did Sato come flying in so violently, violently enough that it broke the metal door off of its hinges. Elyss’ eyes would move towards the empty space that led outside.
She feels strange, like an out of body experience. She rose, but she’s still kneeling next to Hanako. Hanako? Sato… Wait, who? Ah, she’s dressed in black now, her fists clenched, a dead expression on her face. She watches herself step courageously towards the door, no fear evident. The next thing she knows, she’s actually at the door, gun in hand. Someone had called her name causing her head to turn. It’s the desk attendant trying to warn her not to head out that door. Yet, she does as if moving like an automaton with orders to check the situation out. In the alleyway she’d stand, looking around for whatever had caused this. It couldn’t have been a person, right? For some reason, it doesn’t feel like a person had caused this. She’d open her mouth, her fear palpable despite her brave actions.
“Who’s out there?”
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Tue Jan 12, 2021 1:28 pm
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Sweet nothingness tried to lure her. A warm, cozy black blanket she only had to draw over her to shut out the pain for a little while. But she couldn't do that. There was something she had to do. If only she could remember.
"Haaaa….naaaa...koooo." she heard a faint voice whisper and for a moment she saw a misty foreyt before her eyes.
No, she had to fight that back. There was something she had to do.
There was a snarling sound.
Before Elyss was a bulky dark figure. Black, shaggy fur and a head like the skull of some wild animal. Large claws scratched the ground. It growled and advanced slowly, so that Elyss could see it. It seemed to wallow in the fear of the human in front of it, seemed to totally ignore the weapon in her hand.
Hanako fought hard against unconsciousness. No, Ameko. Ameko Sato.
'Keep it together!' she screamed at herself in her mind.
She looked up. Her vision was blurry. She saw the beast, it stood right there, a mass of shadows, ready to pounce. And in front of it was Elyss. She saw her as a smudged figure, only recognised her because of her red hair.
Only half conscious she got up to her feet, stumbled forward, threw herself at Elyss. She felt the thing hit her side, heard the metal of the torn door screetch behind her, while she tried to shield Elyss with her body.
She tried to prepare for the inevitable attack.
It didn't come. The beast crept up to the women until it almost touched them, it's grotesquely huge skull of a head so close to their heads that they heard it sniffing them.
It made a low, gurgling sound as if it was laughing. It was an eerie sound and it made Sato's skin crawl. The it turned away and departed.
For a few seconds Sato waited, listened, but the alley was dead silent now. Finally she gave in, let the darkness embrace her and welcomed the forgiving unconsciousness.
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Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:00 pm
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Well, look at this ugly boy. If she wasn’t looking directly at its bony face and massive black body, she would have thought it just a mangy mutt. However, calling it a mutt felt wrong. Calling it anything natural felt wrong, yet, she knows it’s nothing but natural. This creature before her is something that should exist but also shouldn’t, not from a natural standpoint, but from a moral standpoint. This feels like her first but also not her first time seeing something like this, and she hated the feeling of anger and fear that washed over her.
The gun in her hand would rise, but she already knows it’d do nothing, so it’d begin to fall back down, pointing towards the ground. She feels immobilized by fear but also felt the strong desire to simply punch this thing. The conflict within her would cause her to grind her teeth. The gun was about to be thrown away until she’d notice the detective out of the corner of her eye.
“H-Hanako!” Wait, no. “Sato!” Wait, also no. Wait.
Her eyes would flash with confusion for a moment, but she’d quickly snap out of it as she’d move to catch Sato as the woman fell over. The beast was gone just like that. In the moment that Elyss found herself confused, it had simply left them. Little time is wasted before an ambulance arrives on the scenes. Hanako had been taken to rest on one of the mats in the gym as Elyss would find herself being questioned by officers that had appeared on the scene afterward. All she could tell them is that there’s some sort of really big animal on the loose. And, now? She’s back at home wondering about what all just happened, unable to get any sleep until real late.
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