The Fourth Investigation

[airlockedmods]

[Come early morning, the station is still and quiet. Nothing seems amiss in the area around your living quarters. It's a little while yet until C.E.C.E. makes her typical morning announcement, but of course you're still free to move about the station at your leisure.

Maybe you had better look around?]

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[unhappylittletrees]

[mmmmMMM this seems a little sketch but he's going to...reach down and pick that up...]

[airlockedmods]

[A human tongue comes tumbling out as you pick up the cloth. Watch that you don’t get any blood on you!]

[karappo]

[So heeeeeeey Kara's gonna come over and find Jamie once he's done eyeing the garden tools...]

Jamie-san? Are you over here?

[What's goin on buddy everything not terrible]

[unhappylittletrees]

[Oh. Okay. This is Fine.

To his credit Jamie doesn't start screaming again. His best friend's tongue is at his feet, there's blood on his hands and all he can do right now is stand frozen in place staring at it.

Sorry, Kara, Jamie is having A Moment.]

[karappo]

[It takes Karamatsu a moment to like...realize what it is that Jamie's so upset about, beyond everything that's happened today. His eyes travel down, and...

...

UUUHHHH]

What...the fuck.

[At least he has a legit reason to curse as himself now because OH THAT SURE IS A TONGUE ON THE GROUND]

[unhappylittletrees]

..It's Max's. [Jamie's voice is quiet but there's a clear crack on the last letter..] He was in my room last night, he was fine. I didn't know he left. Why did he leave, if he didn't he would've been fine, he'd be-

[He's just quietly rambling, his bloody hands trembling while he tries to wipe them off on his shirt.]

[karappo]

[Oh Jamie...Karamatsu doesn't want to come near that tongue, but he does kneel down next to him. He doesn't put his hands on him, just being a presence so he isn't alone dealing with this.]

I know...I know. We are going to find who did this, and we are going to make sure they face the consequences for what they have done. Okay?

[He didn't see how bad Max was, but given this...god.

God this is so fucked up.]