Third Investigation

[airlockedmods]

[The incentive this week was a pretty intense one. But spirits seemed high at yesterday's party - even Blaze Dudely participated, albeit in a weird, oblique and pretty Mozu-centric way. Maybe this Friday will be different from the last two?

Everything seems quiet, at least.]

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[airlockedmods]

[Oh, Mozu. Things in the greenhouse are very not okay.

One body is lying near the door, face turned upwards so that you can easily see the blood staining his shirtfront and pooling beneath him. It blends in, a little, with the red scarf around his neck.

Mako is dead.]

[andneversaydie]

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

W-why does this keep happening!?

[tuskenlancer]

[ CT hears the cry from where she's warily exploring the license plate factory. With a sinking heart, she rushes over, only to freeze, staring. ]

Is that -

[ No. No, she'd just talked to him the other day. They'd sparred, and he'd showed her his fire "magic."

He can't be dead. ]

[neverheardofhim]

[Well. He was hoping to find more vegetables to start up a nice stew but... shit.]

Shit.

[Don't mind him, he's absolutely rushing to see if he can't stop the blood flow or... hope against hope that he's still alive.

He's lost too many people this week.]

[andneversaydie]

I'm. I'm...!

[LOOK. IS THERE ANYOJNE ELSE IN THIS FUCKING PLACE DEAD!? DID ANYONE ELSE GET MURDERED IN HER GREENHOUSE.]

[neverheardofhim]

Go to the infirmary. Get bandages or -- Andraste's chapped ass -- Get me something, Rosie.

[But mostly get out of here, you poor sweet thing.]

[andneversaydie]

Okay! Okay, I'm...

[......................]

What if somebody has their head ripped off again!?

[airlockedmods]

[It looks like there is someone else on the ground further in.

They did not respond to your screams.]

[andneversaydie]

...ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!

[WHO IS IT WHO ELSE IS DEAD]

[airlockedmods]

[She seems to have met a similar fate to Mako, blood staining her princely clothing around the gut. She, too, cannot be saved.

Cheryl is dead.]

[andneversaydie]

[holy fuck no no no no no no no no no NO NO NO]

...

...

[she turns around and walks the fuck outside the greenhouse.]

[neverheardofhim]

[Welp.]

CT. I'm going to need you to... investigate Cheryl.

[tuskenlancer]

[ CT's face is looking a little bloodless, and she's hardly said a word. She looks up at Varric's words, then nods, sets her jaw, and...approaches the body.

She starts with the blood, trying to determine just...where the wound is. ]

[neverheardofhim]

Thanks, Soldier.

[He sets to his own task which.... presumably will wait until the scope of this fucking shitshow is revealed.

TO BE... CONTINUED?]

[tuskenlancer]

Yeah.

[ She glances at him, briefly, and then back, forcing herself to focus.

She looks scared. ]

[neverheardofhim]

Whatever happens... [He looked to his friend, laying on the ground, and swallowed back another curse.]

We'll all get through it. We'll find out who did this. I promise, CT.

[tuskenlancer]

[ CT isn't so sure about that. She shakes her head, not looking away from the body. ]

We won't all get through it.

[neverheardofhim]

Yeah...

[And after the motive this week... who could blame them?]

I'd say we'll get better next week but...

[So far, they'd only done worse.]

[neverheardofhim]

Mozu --

[Looks to Mako. Looks to the back of the greenhouse.]

Shit.