prologue, friday, post-investigation w/ veronica

[alchemenace]

[ varian sees veronica on his way back the fuck away from the corpse encased in glass because hm nope after investigation and he jogs to catch up to her ]

Veronica! You're, you're okay?

[ he's. relieved, really. ]

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[asswipe]

[not wanting to get anywhere close to the corpse is such a big mood.]

Varian? [she sounds like she's minutes away from passing the heck out, but she does seem genuinely glad to see him.] I'm— Yeah. I'm okay. I'm great.

[better than gi-gan, anyway. yikes.]

How about you? You're not hurt or anything, right?

[alchemenace]

I'm fine. Physically, anyway, but I-- I guess that's most of us.

[ m...ost ]

[asswipe]

That's... definitely most of us.

[except for, you know, the corpse. :( poor gi-gan.]

I can't believe this is really happening.

[alchemenace]

... Me neither. It's, it's crazy, it hasn't even been a full week?

[ you'd think it would take more than that to murder someone! unless it was just a harmless bleach prank. ]

[asswipe]

I know. The roll said someone would die once a week, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. I thought we would have more time.

[To figure out what they would do, if nothing else. In a more optimistic scenario, maybe find a way to avoid this.

Looks like that ship has sailed, though.]

[alchemenace]

Just because it's written on parchment doesn't mean it has to be real. [ except it. obviously is, so. ] Yeah, I didn't think ... How bloodthirsty are they? Gi-Gan wasn't even... She was nice.

[asswipe]

Bloodthirsty enough to jump at the first chance they got, apparently. How big of an asshole do you have to be to murder an old lady?

[... Nevermind that the old lady also happened to be a badass, but. Her point still stands.]

[alchemenace]

Not just that, they shoved her in a, into a suit of armor, for no reason? That's. Messed up on a lot of levels.

[asswipe]

No kidding. They couldn't even let her keep her dignity as a corpse.

[alchemenace]

...And after all of that, we've only got tomorrow to figure out who did it.

[asswipe]

This is so, so messed up. How the hell is one day going to be enough?

[alchemenace]

The good thing is, it's one of thirty-seven people, so at least we know for sure it'll be someone here with us.

[ only. only slightly deadpan ]

I don't know. I mean, it'll have to be enough no matter what. If we mess this up...

[ it uh. it sounds like a bad time? ]

[asswipe]

Yeah, those odds are in no way unfair or detrimental to our progress. I'm sure this will turn out really well.

[full on deadpan.

she's tired.]

I don't want to think about that right now. It's bad enough that one innocent person is dead, as it is.

[alchemenace]

[ he lays a hand on her arm, face solemn ]

It'll be fine. Trust me, we won't let them get away. It's the only thing we can do right now.