[little does either of them know that he simply prioritised his breakfast over the new murder]
We need to talk to everybody, don't we?
Um... where have you been before coming here?
[tries to mentally track the events back - were Lev and Lia really coming from downstairs when he and Bri passed them by? did they pass them by at all, or did he just imagine that? he was about to pass out after all]
Yeah, I- we should get everyone's story before the trial.
[Nods.]
Had breakfast in the cafeteria with Bri. Then I went to the bathroom, and, uh... you know, there was that announcement. I didn't want to look so I sat in there about seventeen minutes. You?
I ate breakfast too... I remember seeing you. When I had finished I went to my room to take some things to the burner room... um, just small bits of paper and wood I found. I was there when the announcement happened.
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.
[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]
[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.
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uhn
(Anonymous) 2013-08-20 02:05 pm (UTC)(link)[little does either of them know that he simply prioritised his breakfast over the new murder]
We need to talk to everybody, don't we?
Um... where have you been before coming here?
[tries to mentally track the events back - were Lev and Lia really coming from downstairs when he and Bri passed them by? did they pass them by at all, or did he just imagine that? he was about to pass out after all]
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-26 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)[Nods.]
Had breakfast in the cafeteria with Bri. Then I went to the bathroom, and, uh... you know, there was that announcement. I didn't want to look so I sat in there about seventeen minutes. You?
no subject
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-30 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)[Tempted to ask about why he was burning paper, but it probably isn't relevant. Probably.]
...Did you ask anyone else?
uhn
(Anonymous) 2013-08-30 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)Oh, wait-- I did talk to Bri, if that counts! I am sure that she did not do it.
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 12:04 am (UTC)(link)Oh, what'd she say? Why're you sure?
no subject
[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.
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 12:32 am (UTC)(link)[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.
uhn
(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 12:45 am (UTC)(link)[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]
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 12:59 am (UTC)(link)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?
no subject
[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.
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(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 01:19 am (UTC)(link)[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?
uhn
(Anonymous) 2013-08-31 01:33 am (UTC)(link)