Second Investigation

[airlockedmods]

[It has now officially been one full week since the first two murders on the station. As the Champions wake up this morning, they'll be pleased to note that nothing is immediately amiss as they leave their rooms. No banging sounds, no blood in the hall.

Still, it might not hurt to look around a little.]

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[karappo]

[Karamatsu's breath catches painfully in his throat. The sight of this body- the recognition of who it is- nearly causes him to fall back, flat on his ass.

Instead, he staggers forward onto his knees, bringing a hand to his head.]

Prompto. Prompto-!!

[HAHAHA THIS IS FINE THIS ISNT FINE HOLY SHIT WHAT]

[titularly]

[Well Osomatsu was in the diner chomping on a hamburger when he heard his brother screaming -- loud and clear and that's. Never a good sign.

So he picks up his burger and rushes over to the pool, only to find his brother (and Yuri) and.. a.... dead Prompto laying on the ground.]

K-Karamatsu, what happened?

[Osomatsu closes the distance between him and his brother, looking at the body with wide, scared eyes.]

[quadjumps]

...What?

[ yuri...he hears that. he hears what karamatsu's saying, and his feet start moving on their own towards him.

it's becoming clearer and clearer with every step that prompto, one of the only people he'd opened himself up to on this goddamn space station, is gone.

yuri feels his hands ball into fists. he kneels near the body...and he starts shaking it. despite how stiff and lifeless prompto is, yuri has to try. ]

Hey... This isn't funny! You asshole--you promised--you promised you were gonna make it out of here!

[karappo]

Hey- Hey, Oi--!!

[Karamatsu moves without thinking. When Yuri takes hold of the body, Karamatsu reaches out to grab Yuri by the shoulders, trying to pull him back off the body.]

Yuri-kun- Yuri-kun, stop.

[He holds onto Yuri while looking back at Osomatsu with wild eyes, at a complete loss. He doesn't say anything else, unable to while he tries to calm Yuri down.]

[titularly]

[Jesus Christ, what a scene this is slowly becoming.

Osomatsu steps back as Yuri takes the body and starts shaking it, and he takes another step back and looks towards the door. He doesn't really want to be in here, he's decided, but when he looks back and sees his brother looking at him with big eyes and no idea what to do, he freezes in place.]

U-uhh... hey. Who wants to go back to the diner and g-get some pancakes?

[Yeahh.. that's the best he's got.]

[quadjumps]

Don't-!

[ yuri tries to pull away from karamatsu, but karamatsu's grip is strong and yuri ends up stumbling back and off of the body. yuri-kun, stop.

there's just--there's just no way someone would murder someone like prompto. yet, here we are. reality begins to set in, and yuri can't handle it.

he sits, face buried in his hands. ]

Who...who the fuck would do this to him....

[karappo]

[Karamatsu isn't sure he would have said that, exactly, but...tactless though it is, Osomatsu is right.

He tightens his grip on Yuri, holding his back against his chest so he won't be able to break free and spring for the body again. Because, really, there's nothing they can do. He's...frozen solid. No pulse, nothing.

He draws in a shuddering breath and closes his eyes, keeping his voice low so as not to stir anyone up further.]

I know...I know. But w...we cannot stay here. We need to go somewhere else, okay? Okay?

[He's whispering by now, hoping that Yuri will wear himself out if he holds him in place long enough.]

[quadjumps]

[ osomatsu, yuri's not doing any of that--he's too shaken from seeing prompto to be paying attention to him, anyway.

that sadness starts to morph into anger, and if karamatsu weren't here, perhaps it'd be rage. ]

I'll find out who did this to you... I swear...

[ and with that, he allows karamatsu to drag him to wherever the fuck they're heading to next. ]

[karappo]

[Karamatsu opens his eyes as he gently pulls Yuri into a stand with him. He doesn't dare let him go, though he can't help but look back down at Prompto's corpse one last time. It's...pitiful, seeing him curled up like his last moments were filled with trying to keep warm. He blinks at tears as they start to course down his cheeks, but he's able to hide them from both Yuri and Osomatsu by keeping his head over the boy's shoulder. He moves to put one arm around him instead of both hands gripping his shoulders, turning and heading for the nearest immediate exit with a nod for Osomatsu to stay behind them, just in case.

He isn't able to speak to anyone else as they come flocking in here, he just moves, getting both himself and Yuri out of the pool room.]

[titularly]

[Well... Osomatsu would actually follow but honestly? He kind of feels like those two need a time to themselves. It's not like Yuri like Osomatsu anyway.. so he follows a little bit and stops as they continue on, and looks back at Prompto and the people looking over his dead body.]

[theundertaken]

[Max was only on his way to the diner, but the shouting draws him pretty quickly to the pool.]

Guys, what's - [He takes in the scene and goes very quiet and still, hands pulling in to knit together in front of his chest.] - Prompto?

[Carefully, he picks his way through the gathered people and goes onto his knees next to the body, reaching out to place his hand on his hair. It crunches beneath his touch.] Prompto?