Bruce relaxes as he takes the card and puts it into his pocket. "I suppose I could call it a trip of discovery," he says. "Few people listen to their opposite sides anymore. I thought it would be beneficial for me to get out of my own echo chamber, to listen to and understand people I may disagree with."

Edited by Boxen on Jul 15th 2018 at 1:04:21 PM

Right. If you wouldn't mind, I think we'd like to have a copy of everything you've got. Especially the witness accounts and such. I imagine there's something valuable in there, we just have to find it.

And, of course, your suspect list. It's a good place to start. Not sure we need the sculptures, though. You probably already dusted those for prints and didn't find anything.

-Turns around and looks at Reed as he walks in-

Hello, Mr. Victors. Could you show me what you have so far?

-Just gives up, slumping by the sink and washing his face-

... couldn't have just listened to me...

-Looks into the mirror, then at Audrey-

Interfacing with my ARI has some unintended side effects. I was trying to keep those under wraps as I was instructed to by the Bureau.

-Looks back into the mirror-

... what a mess... what a complete fuckin' mess...

Receptionist's Office

(that's a lotta plants, but Midoriya doesn't comment)

(he sits down and flips through his notes)

Okay, um... can you tell me if you saw anything strange on the day of the incident?

(having put his phone on silent before entering, he doesn't notice the messages yet)

Lobby

(Bakugo wanders the lobby, having left Jayden to his fate)

(thinking he should probably interview the receptionist, he looks for the old man's office)

BEEP-BEEP

(Bakugo fishes out his phone and scrolls past some worthless messages about a dinner...)

(...and widens his eyes)

Well fuck me...

(he hurries on his way to find the receptionist)

Edited by LatverianBadger on Jul 16th 2018 at 10:33:23 PM

Lobby > Gym

Dia squinted in the direction of the receptionist at his mention of cucumber water but shrugged and just went towards the gym with his directions, starting with a long run on the treadmill, after which she went on a small break and noticed her phone beeping from the amount of messages she had. Machina poked her left cheek, confused at this idea her first thought was that something like this would be more secretive to say the least but she decided to play along for now as she hoped no idiot would try to hack her shit due to her infamy and find this.

Texting

"Blue Ribbon's awesome, hey Marc tell Anny that she should prepare a lot of Atomic Charms for Machia"

Edited by LiorVal on Jul 16th 2018 at 8:07:58 PM

"The only thing I have time for at the moment is ensuring this process goes smoothly. If you had any information, take it to the investigating agents. They'll know what to do with it. Otherwise, I'd advise you to stay calm...and keep your wits about you."

She glanced at the blunt.

"...which would include not addling your own brain."

Coroner's Office

...Oh shit, you mean Katrakis as in the hotel guy?

It literally says that on the document, Cher.

Ahhh hell, I really like him... Nice old man. Here! Lemme—... Aha.

(Prints off about 5 copies of the PDF, handing them out.)

You might want to have access to the digital copy, as well. If one of you could give Cher your email, she could send it to you... maybe CC whoever your handler is. It couldn't hurt.

(Is hugging Dirk.)

You never cease to amaze me, Mr. Gently! What a breakthrough... And yes, we need to keep a very close eye on Mr. Katrakis... So only those who partook in the announcements were hit? What of the other members of city council? What of you, Dr. Glassman...?

...I mean, I'm still alive.

Hospital

Yes, that sounds very appropriate. The police did this too, though maybe you'll hit a spot they missed.

(Starts digging through the file cabinet.)

Hit me with every and all questions, Miss. I'll be a while sifting. Such slog...

deCapp Truck

If you ever find yerself down in Luling, hon, there's a wonderful little restaurant... Here, GraceLyn, show him the sign!

(Passes the phone back to her daughter.)

(Who manages to pull, from the Photos app...)

(Ahhhh! Meme's.)

Their brisket is to die for!

911 Bathroom

Understood, we'll have paramedics there in a few moments.

[1]

WEEOOWEEOOWEEOOWEEEEEEEoooooooo...

(door opening sound)

(footsteps)

...but I'm just saying— if we make the normies THINK dabbing is an ancient teutonic ritual revived by Adolf Hitler to invoke the wrath of Odin, they'll never do it again! We'll never have to see—

>implying the normies would turn loose of something as banal as dabbing. You're hopeless, man.

...don't. fucking. EVER say ">implying" out loud again.

(the footsteps approach...)

Lobby

(Shadow has the privilege of seeing an ambulance pull up and two◊ blokes◊ in scrubs, making their way toward the bathroom.)

(Should he and Bakugo keep poking around, they'll hear Mr. Katrakis' voice coming from an office behind the lobby area.)

(Well, Doctor Kintobor... Have you ever cracked into an iOS device before?)

Floor SA

INTERESTING... SMALL-TOWN EAST TEXAS ISN'T THE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND WHEN ONE WISHES TO SOUL-SEARCH, BUT I'M NOT ONE TO JUDGE. HELL, I'M LIVING HERE.

(Comes close to smiling sometimes when he speaks, but never quite gets there. Is raptly focused on Bruce, nonetheless.)

Police Station

(The jowly old chief nods.)

I'll have Leah bring the copies after she gets y'all your ice tea. We have dusted them, yes, but I just thought I'd let you know in case one of you wanted to study them or something such.

(Reed nods, pulling the notepad out from under his arm.)

(Revealed is a sketch (which you will pretend is not shitty)◊ of a cowled figure in a heavy coat.)

We only had the one verbal description to go by, but, uh... It was pretty vague, because the lady who gave it had been shot in the chest and later died... Now, we managed to get ahold of some security camera footage from the night Norm—... Mr. Andrews, excuse me— was murdered. It wasn't from within the hotel itself, but a gas station not far down the road, and it's super grainy, but the appearance of the hooded figure roughly corroborates with when the killing allegedly happened, and it was a solid match from the one victim's description.

Receptionist's Office

Mmh, nothing outside of ordinary. All was quiet, saw victim return from outside and retire to room. This floor, where he slept, room 104. Not far from door to outside... and outside, this is where he was found.

Group Text

Ah! That sounds delightful, Miss! Please, if you have any menu reccomendations, do let me know. ˆ_ˆ

kay cool

Pool

(Titters softly, scooping the extinguished blunt up.)

Don't even worry, I'll be taking only as much as I need... I'm sharp as a tack, don't you know? Graduated at the top of my class.

(Playful smirk.)

Edited by MobileLeprechaun on Jul 16th 2018 at 9:23:43 AM

Lobby - Outside Office

(Gesicht politely knocks.)

Excuse me, sir. You might be in danger.

Edited by josh6243 on Jul 16th 2018 at 7:25:24 AM

"And this is where my time on the Deep Web pays off..."

-Shadow glances at the paramedics, raising an eyebrow as he knocks on the office door-

"Agent Shadow, FBI. One of our agents suspects you may be in danger."

He nods and says, "I intend to travel throughout the state."

-koata takes his copy and nods with a precious smile on his face-

We'll try to get them to everyone! And keep Katraki's safe!

-DETERMINATION!!!!!-

Edited by Lilqueendaisy on Jul 16th 2018 at 7:25:49 AM

-Dirk is eager to hug back and revel in the brilliance of friendship-

-Then he looks up at Mark-

Don't go anywhere alone, Mister Glassman. In fact, ideally, you should stay under FBI protection.

Edited by SR3NORMANDY on Jul 17th 2018 at 12:26:25 AM

-Nods at the Chief-

Yes, that'd be perfect. Thank you.

-Then he turns to Reed and squints at the sketch for a moment or two-

Right, right... so, are those, er, nubby horns from the footage and the victim? If so, that might be something. Those look pretty identifiable.

Edited by ramuf on Jul 16th 2018 at 7:29:29 AM

"Mm... Have you noted anything unusual about the bodies while they were working? Anything you may have not recorded?"

Jayden, I used to faint a lot, okay? I used to get really sick. I almost died on multiple occasions. I am not going to just stand around and wait for an answer while people are in the exact same shit.

(sighs when she hears the paramedics, waiting for them in the bathroom)

Just infinite professionalism today, from all parties. Never been more proud to serve our country.

Yeah, I agree. If we wanna err on the safe side— thanks.

-obtain PDF-

Everyone on here should come under protection.

-Takes a good long look at the names in the document-

...or, even...

-Looks up for any of his rational and not-nervous coworkers-

.......

-Weighs the pros and cons of who'll react the worst to the conclusion he's drawn-

......................

-Walks up to Dirk and Park and turns them away from Cher and Mark, holding up the document-

I don't wanna be jumping any guns, but I think we can consider everyone who attended the meeting that day suspicious as well. We can build evidence later, but who else is gonna know who all was going to be there?

Edited by Rivux on Jul 16th 2018 at 7:41:25 AM

Coroner's Office (Aichi)

-Aichi takes his copy of the document.-

"Yeah... There's a chance you and the others in this document will be targeted. We'll need to send agents to keep an eye on all of them..."

-Although... That's a lot of people...-

-Oh! Email... They can send a copy to him.-

"Oh, um... My email is sendoublaster@cray.net."

-What kind of email address is that?!-

-Aichi is oblivious to Shotaro's whispering to Dirk and Park.-

Edited by CrystalMemoria on Jul 16th 2018 at 10:18:24 AM

... We're FBI agents, not fuckin' kids, I-...

-Stops, looking down-

... Thanks for your concern. I'm gonna be fine and I'd rather... rather not go to the hospital over this. I'll try to be more... communicative in the future.

I wonder if this means we'll have to um, group up more, so all of us have an eye one somebody while we look for clues.

-checks his phone-

haha will do 😛

-wonders inwardly what on earth an atomic charm is-

-then peers at Meme's-

Hmm! That's gotta be authentic Tex-Mex, huh? I'll remember that.

Receptionist's Office

...Mmh? Yes, come in? Having interview.

(Doesn't get up, but the door is unlocked.)

Snoo—PINGAS—usual (around someone else's iPod)

(but what will you do, kintobor... are you man enough to hack some weeb's mp3 player?)

Coroner's Office

Wh—... Ahh, fuck me, I was just there to tell them about the fucking traffic light... What kind of lunatic kills someone for talking about a traffic light?

I wanna kill you every time you fuss about that light, Mark.

Oh fuck off.

(Giggles impishly... Then starts to giggle even more when Aichi gives his email.)

...Ehehehe—! Hee— sorry, uh... so that's... Blaster S-E-N-D-O? at— eheheee... Cray like crayfish, dot com? oh my goodness these young guys...

…

(Nods solemnly to Shotaro, leaning in.)

Excellent point... If someone wasn't just an, erm... unusual and masochistic person who religiously read city council documents, then it's likely one of these very people. We must keep sharp, yes?

Police Station

The victim certainly described it in her final gasps... "cylinders on the head", I think was the wording? Now, the camera footage, that's a bit dodgier. In one frame, it looks kinda like there's a nub coming off, but it's just one lousy pixel... It's the best I've got so far, though. We have nothing more concrete yet, but I'm hoping you guys can scrounge something up that we may have missed.

Hospital

All oddities were swiftly recorded... Mm, and one of them~!

(Yanks out a file, leafing through.)

William Robert Robert-Williams, he was strangled. One of his neighbors tried for ten minutes to do CPR on him— hoho, bless them, that must have been very unpleasant. The sculpture left was a chain, and the trauma is indeed in line with an asphyxiation... Yet, I wondered, how could they get it around his thick neck like they did? Look at this photo!

(ooh jeezus◊)

Thick, thick neck, nasty! Would take some work, I think, some grit and sweat!

Bathroom

(A regular Lone Ranger◊ and Tonto◊ bust in, clad in paramedic scrubs and a thin layer of Nerd Grease.)

DID SOMEONE SAY FBI???

Holy shit, wow! oh my god a PRETTY LADY agent oh my god what do I say oh my GOD am I THINKING OUT LOUD UHHH

(Takes a moment to hyperventilate, regaining his composure.)

Uh. Um. Who's having a syncope, now. I'm here to, uhh—- save you.

Floor SA

DEFINITELY MAKE A STOP IN SAN ANTONIO, IN THAT CASE. HAVEN'T BEEN TO TOO MUCH OF TEXAS, BUT IT'S A MEMORABLE LITTLE LOCALE. THE ALAMO'S SMALLER THAN YOU'D EXPECT, BUT I THINK YOU CAN STILL APPRECIATE IT.

Truck

Please do, sir, I wouldn't want you t' miss it!

(The truck PULLS UP to the station.)

(And GraceLyn goes even quieter than she was before.)

(Some bucktooth loser nerd can be seen carrying a little tray of iced teas through the building.)

Ah, here we are... thanks for the ride, ma'am. And you too, GraceLyn! I'll be sure to stop by the diner later tonight.

-hops out of the car, walking smartly to the police station-

Coroner's Office (Aichi)

-Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd now Aichi is extremely embarrassed and is beet red. He has his head down now.-

"...N-Never mind..."

-OK, this actually hit him pretty hard. He feels like he massively screwed up by telling them his email.-

-He wants to go crawl in a hole and never emerge.-

-It's clearly visible that Aichi's beating himself up over this, but Koata can probably identify that horrifyingly embarrassed look on Aichi's face the best.-

-Aichi has regressed to his junior high years.-

-He has become... Shychi Aichi.-

Edited by CrystalMemoria on Jul 16th 2018 at 11:14:39 AM

-Shadow just waltzed on in-

“One of our agents found a lead that suggests you may be a target.”

-Meanwhile, Dr. Kintobor has skulked off to some abandoned closet(?)) to produce some very sketchy looking device that he’s hooked up to the iPod-

“Alright, unidentified media player...get a load of this!”

-Commences hacking-

Main

Thank you... (opens the door for the others and waits for them to enter first.)