(is strongly tempted to loot Travis' body)
(but isn't stupid enough to become a suspect)
(although she may have already become one by leaving her prints all over his phone)
...
(picks up his phone again and decides cleaning it a tad with a handkerchief would be the wise course of action)
edited 18th Sep '13 10:04:50 PM by LatverianBadger
"Shake the dust." - Anis MojganiTravis
(It's kind of cramped and stuffy. A faint ray of light creeps out of what appears to be a doorway, at the top of some stairs, and it is just enough to make the shape of a water heater visible. This appears to be a basement.)
Peacock Investigates
(It's all streaky now, but at least it's less obvious that she was fooling with it.)
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019-Bleh, internet-
-Sighs-
Right. Come on. We're not leaving him here.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Well, it's either that or I call your dad for help and you have to explain what you were doing with a dead body in the middle of the night. But I imagine you'd want this to stay between us.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?Call the cops? I doubt they've magically returned.
-Refuses to look at the body, knowing he'll lose his composure-
We have nowhere to put him, nowhere to take him and nothing to carry him in.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?(The child, a boy of about twelve, does not respond immediately. But he slowly begins to turn his head, and just when Travis can get a glance at his face, which bears an expression of wearied anguish-)
(Blammo, things change again, and Travis is treated to a frantic, distorted flash of the events that led up to him shooting himself.)
make it through this year if it kills you yet | 2001-2019It's not what I'd like, but it's all we can do for now. We—
-Words catch in his throat-
-Dammit, not in front of the kid. She ain't crying, so neither are you-
We can get him properly... later.
What if there’s no better word than just not saying anything?

-He looks at the SICK-ASS LASER SWORD-
{....Huh? Hey, that's pretty awesome!}
-He turns to look back at the man-
{Do they have laser swords in Hell? That's pretty bada-}
-.....And the realization slowly dawns on him as he gets a closer look at the man-
{.....Holy shit...}
edited 18th Sep '13 9:51:14 PM by MacDuffy