Video: Bianca's death - backdated to the 18th

[zelda_hylia]

[Though the broadcast comes from the princess's SFC, it's Guy's body and voice that shows up on the video. Zelda hasn't let the curse deter her from doing her usual patrols longer than a day, and now she's wishing she didn't wait even that long.]

Hello, Vatheon. I have some grave news. When I was on patrol, I discovered another body that was in the same condition as Jacob's - clean incisions, it appears to have been dumped here. I believe it might have been here for a couple of days now. In the chaos of the curse, we must have missed it...

[Behind her is the small, lifeless body of Bianca. She refuses to look at it or say who it is.]

If someone could come and inspect the crime scene, I would appreciate it. I have not moved anything. We must catch the monster who would do something like this.

Comments

[VIDEO]

[applepies]

[Have a serious Asato looking back at you Zelda... Guy... Zelguy ? Guyda ?]

Is there a Tarot card on the scene ?

[VIDEO]

[breaksthefontech]

[Zelda turns back to the scene, looking pained. There is indeed a card on the ground. She finds a piece of cloth to turn it over with, being extremely gentle so as to not lift any evidence.]

The Tower.

[She moves the SFC to show a view of it.]

[video]

[likehell]

[And this is Maka forgetting that she's in Rin's body for a moment.

That's Bianca back there. Another friend got hurt, and what was she doing? Fretting over this latest curse. Some part of her feels angry, like there's something stirring inside of her threatening to burst out, but her shock and sadness overpower it more than anything.]

Incisions...? [She should comment on it more, maybe throw out some ideas that could be helpful, but seeing a friend lying dead on the ground is shutting off her brain. Shutting it off except for the scolding of herself for not being more aware of where everyone she knows is, that is.]

...I...sorry. She's my friend.

[video]

[breaksthefontech]

She is mine as well. Bianca is a kind girl. She doesn't deserve this.

[Taking a breath, she looks back at the body.]

There are incisions, and an intense smell of bleach. She was cut apart and sewn up again, and disposed of out here in a white sheet.

Audio;

[rebull]

[Dualscar's voice? You used to it yet? Either way, it's responding, starting with a thoughtful hum.]

Well shit, and yeah, a curse like this it might be hard to tell... That and I don't really got my commune to inquire to animals who might've been around. [Damn, no commune... That makes this harder.]

I'd be game to help ya out though.

Audio;

[breaksthefontech]

Commune? Ah, Summoner. I am open to any ideas you might have.

[Who would do this? Who would kill Bianca? It just doesn't make any sense.]

[Video]

[trepidity]

...Bianca.

[To say that the body catches him off-guard is a bit of an understatement - Guy looks visibly upset. Yes, the knowledge of yet another murder was concerning. But this was the first person he knew, and for it to be someone like Bianca...?

Damn it. Naive as she was, the girl wouldn't hurt a soul. There was the possibility she just finally stuck her nose where it didn't belong for once, but... she didn't deserve to be slaughtered!

He swallows hard, grasping back at his composure while his voice slips into a firm neutral.]

...Zelda. Have you been able to speak to any of the locals yet? Have they seen anything?

[Video]

[breaksthefontech]

They have been, as usual, entirely useless. We can't blame them, the coral keeps them drugged, but...

[But it's taking all her effort to not be angry at them anyway.]

...I can't imagine the sort of person who would do this to someone like Bianca.

[ VIDEO ]

[oursomalink]

...

[ That... that can't be right, is it? Shing's expression drops into one of uncharacteristic anger as he realizes that it's Bianca's corpse back there... so many things run through his mind right now. Anger. Frustration.

... and an overpowering desire for revenge that he hadn't felt ever since his grampa died.

It's very difficult for him to control his emotions, but eventually he gathers enough wits about him to respond. ]

How long... how long has she been out there?

[ VIDEO ]

[breaksthefontech]

It can't have been more than two days. I patrol regularly, but I admit to becoming distracted with my body being swapped.

[She shouldn't have. It's her job to look over this area, her and Zelos, but they were so caught up with the fact that they weren't in their own bodies that someone like Bianca...!]

[Video]

[double_edged]

[The most Alister had been hoping to have to deal with this week was the curse, and nothing more. The curse was an annoyance, it was tolerable. But... this...

Before had been a grown man.

This was a child.

women men children. kits, lining the streets, irrecognizable in growing pools of blood--

Body be damned, there is now the sight of a little horned boy, crashing to his knees and SCREAMING.]

[Video]

[breaksthefontech]

[Thinking that it IS just a child, Zelda quickly turns the camera away.]

I'm so sorry. You shouldn'tve had to see that...

video;

[battleskirt]

[And just like Maka, Rin momentarily forgets that he's not in his own body right now. He's not as close to Bianca as his girlfriend is, but he knows her and that's enough. He turns on his own video to say something but stops short when seeing the body brings back some very, very vivid memories for him.

Blood, crying, Vanitas' voice echoing in his ears, the sound of his own screaming before he tore the sword out from--

And unfortunately not being in his own body means such a visceral reaction doesn't sit well. Thankfully he has enough thought to turn the video back off while his - well, Maka's stomach decides it really doesn't want to contain contents anymore.

It's a good five minutes before it comes back on, Rin rubbing the back of his hand over his face, a clear sign of tears still in the corners of eyes that don't belong to him but still show every bit of raw emotion he's feeling right then.]

Just what the fuck is goin' on... ? Why is this happenin'?! Why her...

video;

[breaksthefontech]

Ah, Maka... I was hoping you would reply. The person who could do this must have a dark soul indeed. Do you think you would be able to perceive them?

[Guess who doesn't know it's Rin? She's just desperately grasping for ways to find the bastard that did this.]

[Video]

[mad_puppeteer]

Clean incisions. Hmmm. Was anything taken?

[Video]

[breaksthefontech]

The stitching seems a bit rushed, though. I don't believe anything was taken, but I haven't touched the body. I'm waiting for someone with more experience in this field to come survey the scene.

[evilisfabulous]

*And Ghirahim surprisingly has none of the glee he would have experienced before. Which is a good thing, considering it would have been creepy to see Link acting like that.*

The same as Jacob...

*he sighs* I never understood why humans do these things to each other.

[breaksthefontech]

We have no guarantee it was a human. But... I do not understand why people hurt each other, either. Especially not someone like Bianca. She wasn't a threat to anyone...

[Video]

[crackpotcrocker]

[Someone is twitching, even if the someone doesn't look familair the twitchy should be a dead give away. Considering the pencil up the nose...]

[Video]

[breaksthefontech]

[Only one person in Vatheon behaves like THAT.]

Mr. Crocker?

[Video]

[blessedbyfarore]

The last time I talked to her... it was the morning I woke up, and she talked to me the whole time I was going to the coral to make sure I didn't fall. And she's dead?

['Dhaos' is looking upset, worried, a hint of anger in his eyes - who would want to hurt Bianca? She never meant anyone any harm!]

[Link exhales, then continues, his voice a little softer.] Do you want me to come over...? So you're not alone.

[Video]

[breaksthefontech]

No. No, I will be fine. The investigators will be here soon. Thank you, Link.

[Does she want Link to see a dead child in person? Absolutely not. Coddling is one thing, this is another!]

[VIDEO]

[terminarcher]

[A murder? Here? Vatheon has seemed so peaceful and boring. Things might just be getting interesting.

Archer is currently in Kimblee's body, so he doesn't look as horrifying as he normally does.]

There have been murders here? This is the first I've heard of it. Has anyone been to inspect the crime scene yet?

[He's a little late to reply to this, after all.]

[VIDEO]

[breaksthefontech]

Hello, Sir Kimblee. Yes, someone is inspecting the body now.

[Zelda... or Guy, rather, looks a little relieved.]

voice

[bufudine]

[Urgh... another one. How frustrating. Even more so that the body has been dead for a while.]

Give me a report on your findings regarding the body and the scene as soon as possible. I will be there shortly.

[To attempt to track the killer down. The trail will likely be cold by this time, but still...]

voice

[breaksthefontech]

The body was found on a white sheet with a tarot card picturing "the tower" nearby. She appears to have been... dissected. I think she was unconscious at the time, the wound on her head was likely used to knock her out. I have an offer from someone to take a closer look at the body once the scene has been surveyed. The entire area reeks of bleach, I believe it was used to cover the killer's tracks.

[For one of the heads of the Defense Force, Zelda can bring herself to be a bit more concise!]

Video

[firesealed]

This is Ky.

I can be there in a couple of minutes.

Video

[breaksthefontech]

Thank you, Ky. I won't let the scene be disturbed, so take your time and bring any supplies you might need.

[ V I D E O | P R I V A T E ]

[cheapshinigami]

Good evening sir. Tsuzuki and I could inspect the crime scene.

[ V I D E O | P R I V A T E ]

[breaksthefontech]

...I certainly hope you are not the actual owner of that body.

[Zelda will never forgive him for snapping Sola's arm.]

video;

[spiria]

[ She can see who it is back there, and she can't help the tears that are welling up in her eyes.

No ... No, not Bianca. She didn't deserve this. Nobody did, but especially not Bianca! ]

B-Bianca ...

[ that's all she can manage to get out. her eyes are focused on her friend's body in the background there, more than she herself is focused on what's being said. ]

video;

[breaksthefontech]

[Seeing the reaction, Zelda shifts the camera away from the scene.]

I'm afraid so...

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie might look like some guy that she doesn't even know, but she's still Selphie at least on the inside, and her new voice comes out soft*

Bianca..

*Selphie stares for a long time, then shouts out in anger*

I'll catch him! Whatever bastard did this...

Video

[breaksthefontech]

[Uhh... Jade? No, it can't be Jade. She's only met him a few times, but he seemed to be very collected. Not like this...]

That is the hope. I have inspectors coming out to look over the scene.

[video]

[foolswords]

_{[Libertà recognizes the girl. It's the same one he talked to at the masquerade.]}

B-Bianca?!

<sub>[But he would've never thought the next time he'd see her would be like this.

This isn't right. This should have never happened...]</sub>

...I'm gonna find the bastard who did this. I gonna find him and make him pay!

[video]

[breaksthefontech]

Try to keep calm, sir. We will find the culprit, but not if we run around at random.

[video]

[boxingemperor]

[What.

What the hell?! How could- How did-]

Bianca?! That's Bianca, isn't it!?

[video]

[breaksthefontech]

[Zelda shifts the camera away from the scene.]

I'm afraid that it is. All the more reason we must catch this murderer.