The Fourth Investigation

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[This week, you didn't even have to wait until Friday to see bloodshed.

The shock of Kip's sudden death has only just started to wear off, perhaps. Even in a place like this, no one really expects to witness something like that in the middle of a party. But this morning, everything seems calm. Life in the Fantasy Sweet goes on.

........or does it.]

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[plugout]

Let me friggin' see what's happening!

[ He shoves her aside and... ]

I'm gonna kill whoever did this.

[everylittlesecret]

[Wow, that is rude as fuck, but she doesn't hit him again.]

.... you are going to leave this room and let me do my job. Then we can figure out who you can kill.

[plugout]

You gonna find out for sure, kiddo?

[ He doesn't quite look at her. ]

[everylittlesecret]

Don't fucking call me kiddo, and yes, for fucks sake, we always find out.

[myocordial]

[Hey, hey, Rhys? So after you've been kicked out of the room and after the announcement and all, you'll spot Heart. Because he rushed straight upstairs after hearing who died. Because no. Not Angel. No.

He stops in his tracks when he spots his roomie, though.]

...Rhys. Is it-- Is she really...?

[Like he doesn't already know PAL wouldn't lie about that.]

[plugout]

She's really friggin' dead, kiddo.

[ He's also not looking at Heart. Weird, huh? ]

[myocordial]

[It is weird. So's what Rhys just called him. But that's too much to react to all at once and, straight away, the one thing that eclipses all of it is the confirmation that she's really dead.

Lost on what to do, he just turns slightly and punches the wall full force.

It doesn't make him feel any better, to be honest.]

...I'm sorry.

[Because he can't even imagine how hard this must be for Rhys.]