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Chapter 2: Abnormal Days
Attention everyone! A body has been found! A body! It's in the laboratory room! Hop to it! This is so exciting!
[There's an excited giggle before it cuts off.]
[There's an excited giggle before it cuts off.]
That's kind of... weak...
/She frowns. Maybe she's just covering for him to take the attention away from her?/
/She frowns. Maybe she's just covering for him to take the attention away from her?/
I don't know, that's why I'm asking. Did you know her at all?
Um... no, but... I will talk to as many people as I can.
Oh, wait-- I did talk to Bri, if that counts! I am sure that she did not do it.
Oh, wait-- I did talk to Bri, if that counts! I am sure that she did not do it.
[Brightens suddenly. Is there some useful information?]
Oh, what'd she say? Why're you sure?
Oh, what'd she say? Why're you sure?
She helped me calm down after I had pulled Prudence out of...
[trails off and shakes his head; he doesn't want to say it again]
She came to the laboratory after me and everybody who was there before me, and I'm sure she was in the kitchen until then. You and I and the others who ate breakfast all saw her there, right?
But I'm sorry, I did not think of really asking her. All she talked about was how good her potatoes are and that I am not cool enough to be called Jake.
[trails off and shakes his head; he doesn't want to say it again]
She came to the laboratory after me and everybody who was there before me, and I'm sure she was in the kitchen until then. You and I and the others who ate breakfast all saw her there, right?
But I'm sorry, I did not think of really asking her. All she talked about was how good her potatoes are and that I am not cool enough to be called Jake.
Wait, how'd the body look? I mean...
[Pauses. Actually looking would be a whole lot more reliable than just asking, but...]
[Maybe later, when it doesn't feel like breakfast is about to make a return appearance.]
I mean, her skin.
[Pauses. Actually looking would be a whole lot more reliable than just asking, but...]
[Maybe later, when it doesn't feel like breakfast is about to make a return appearance.]
I mean, her skin.
[distressed stare]
[why can't she check for herself? but then he thinks of Lia and how strangely she reacted when she saw Tony's corpse; maybe this girl can't handle it either]
[... he should really ask her for her name, come to think]
[but first he'll try to answer the question]
...
Well, um. She was hanging inside it because... somebody hit her on the head from behind with the mop.
[makes a head motion in its direction]
At least that is what I think, because the back of her head was bloody, and if she had not been dead when she fell in she wouldn't have stayed there. Right? I tried to dry her face, but...
There were many, um... cracks? Is that right? Bleeding cracks. And do you know how skin dies and f-falls off when you get a sunburn? It was... a bit like that, just... just wet.
[long moment of silence]
But I think it's okay now.
[nothing is "okay" and he knows it, but at least his shirt soaked most of the acid up]
[why can't she check for herself? but then he thinks of Lia and how strangely she reacted when she saw Tony's corpse; maybe this girl can't handle it either]
[... he should really ask her for her name, come to think]
[but first he'll try to answer the question]
...
Well, um. She was hanging inside it because... somebody hit her on the head from behind with the mop.
[makes a head motion in its direction]
At least that is what I think, because the back of her head was bloody, and if she had not been dead when she fell in she wouldn't have stayed there. Right? I tried to dry her face, but...
There were many, um... cracks? Is that right? Bleeding cracks. And do you know how skin dies and f-falls off when you get a sunburn? It was... a bit like that, just... just wet.
[long moment of silence]
But I think it's okay now.
[nothing is "okay" and he knows it, but at least his shirt soaked most of the acid up]
[Stares at the floor.]
Okay... thanks. Thanks for telling me.
[Not sure if this guy's word can be trusted, but it's worth asking anyway-]
How long did you have the acid on your hands for?
Okay... thanks. Thanks for telling me.
[Not sure if this guy's word can be trusted, but it's worth asking anyway-]
How long did you have the acid on your hands for?
Hm...
[tries to remember, but his sense of time was out of order at that point]
Not very long, I think. Bri pulled me away from Prudence quickly, and then I washed my hands in the kitchen. Maybe... five minutes? It felt longer, but... I am not sure.
...
Ah, say... what are you called? I forgot to ask before.
[tries to remember, but his sense of time was out of order at that point]
Not very long, I think. Bri pulled me away from Prudence quickly, and then I washed my hands in the kitchen. Maybe... five minutes? It felt longer, but... I am not sure.
...
Ah, say... what are you called? I forgot to ask before.
Oh...
[Frowns. So there's not really a useful comparison to be made, just that Prudence's body was in the acid for longer than five minutes.]
Saira. And you?
[Frowns. So there's not really a useful comparison to be made, just that Prudence's body was in the acid for longer than five minutes.]
Saira. And you?
[actually his fumbling with her corpse and subsequent struggle to not pass out most likely took significantly longer than the period she spent in the vat - but his unsure report doesn't help clear that up]
Jakub.
...
[he doesn't know what more to say]
[this all is beyond depressing and he wants to be out of this school]
Jakub.
...
[he doesn't know what more to say]
[this all is beyond depressing and he wants to be out of this school]
[http://shslanon.dreamwidth.org/1662.html?thread=894846#cmt894846]
Okay. Jakub... you notice anything else?
[Already guessing not, but does it hurt to put off looking at the body for a few more seconds? Though it sounded less gruesome than what this kid's imagination pieced the sight into from a very quick averted glance, at least.]
[Already guessing not, but does it hurt to put off looking at the body for a few more seconds? Though it sounded less gruesome than what this kid's imagination pieced the sight into from a very quick averted glance, at least.]
Hm...
The girl with the glasses was shouting at Nemo. She screamed that he killed Prudence. But he said he didn't do it, and... when Tony died she said it was the boy with the glasses, and it really was Pitch.
[though he still isn't 100% sure it was really her - she was so nice to him, how could a girl like her-- but no, no, he can't think like that, in the end they are all people]
[he knows well how cruel people are... so why is he so shaken up at the death of one of them?]
...
Everybody else was just very shocked.
The girl with the glasses was shouting at Nemo. She screamed that he killed Prudence. But he said he didn't do it, and... when Tony died she said it was the boy with the glasses, and it really was Pitch.
[though he still isn't 100% sure it was really her - she was so nice to him, how could a girl like her-- but no, no, he can't think like that, in the end they are all people]
[he knows well how cruel people are... so why is he so shaken up at the death of one of them?]
...
Everybody else was just very shocked.
That is okay. You came at least... I wonder where Jonah and Roma and the other boy are. I will try to look for them.
[opens and closes his hands, testing the re-wrapped bandages, and offers a weak smile]
Thank you for helping me with this.
If... if you or I find something new out let us tell each other, okay?
[opens and closes his hands, testing the re-wrapped bandages, and offers a weak smile]
Thank you for helping me with this.
If... if you or I find something new out let us tell each other, okay?
Huh? You mean dead or...?
/confused/
/what did she look like? look like that?/
/her confusion is obvious/
/confused/
/what did she look like? look like that?/
/her confusion is obvious/
That's kind of shallow, isn't it?
/She might not like the way some people look but at least she talks to them and is polite. Sheesh. She shifts uncomfortably./
/She might not like the way some people look but at least she talks to them and is polite. Sheesh. She shifts uncomfortably./
Oh.
/What a bitch. She doesn't want to talk to her anymore./
/And just for that she's taking another photo of her then turning on her heel to leave./
/What a bitch. She doesn't want to talk to her anymore./
/And just for that she's taking another photo of her then turning on her heel to leave./
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