london ♔ ask me why i have all this blood on my hands

[likedillinger]

♬ blood on my hands - danielle parente

WHO || Dean, Helen, Will, Francesca, Sam
WHAT || The Knights investigate several deaths downtown
WHERE || London, England
WHEN || Feb 20th, 2015
HOW || Actionspam

Two bodies have been found in downtown London, likely the victims of attacks by some sort of Shadow creature. To prevent a panic, the police are investigating the matter as a dog attack and a potential robbery, while slipping the case under the table to Wynn and his Knights to look into further. Whatever did this is big, nasty, and seems to have taken down the victims without their even struggling. For now, the team is splitting up to look into the crime scenes more closely.

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the docks ♔ will, francesca, sam

[behindcloseddoors]

[ the so called 'dog attack' took place at the docks, where the middle-aged, white male, Percival Evans, worked. it's about seven by the time they get down there, and things have died down to a settled quiet for now. according to the police report, evans was killed at approximately 10pm. the area is still roped off, a quiet little stretch behind some of the boat houses, but there's no police in sight anymore. a few dock workers can be seen moving between buildings now and again. ]

[familybusiness]

[Sam will just head on in, trying to at least move quietly to avoid attracting attention (move silently 16). Once he makes it to the actual location of the attack, he'll take a look around, trying to get an idea of what happened and see if he can find any clues, but chances are that'll be Will's forte (investigate 22 or search 19?).]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ all sam manages to find besides a few clumps of fur are some claw marks set in the wood of the docks, but none that leave a distinctive trail out of there. ]

[mydesigns]

[meanwhile, will is in his own creepy little trying to imagine the killer world, not talking to anyone and in a trance-like state while he stares at random shit. (investigate 33)]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ the most interesting thing that will would discover is that there are no signs that the victim was running away from the creature. at any point. his steps seem to have brought him to the dock, where he stopped, and remained in place until he was brutally mauled. it seems strange that he wouldn't have ran away if he had spotted the creature, so whatever caused the lack of struggle seems to have happened before that occurred. ]

[familybusiness]

Considering there's no trail, are we sure that the fur and the markings aren't being planted?

[He looks mildly frustrated.]

Either that or maybe the thing can fly, too.

[mydesigns]

Maybe. [will frowns, unsure.] There isn't anything to indicate the victim running away. He came to the dock, stopped in his tracks, and then stayed in place for the whole mauling. Whatever the creature does to subdue its prey must not require physical contact. If he had seen it, you would think there would be signs of some kind of struggle beforehand.

[familybusiness]

Unless it swooped down on top of him before he ever saw it. Even then, there should have been some sign of struggle, unless it somehow got into it's head before he even ever came here, but that kind of sounds like a stretch.

[mydesigns]

Like it planted some sort of suggestion in his head to meet it here at a certain time?

the alley ♔ dean, helen

[likedillinger]

[ 19 year old latino emilio sanchez was found dead in an alley, and it's to that alley that helen and dean head now. the alley itself is littered with trash, and the ground still stained where the murder had to have taken place, blocked off by yellow police tape. dean glances up at the large building beside them, nodding towards a sign on the door back here that declares it condemned by the city of london. graffiti cakes the walls of the building all around, and a knowledge (local) check of 15 is all that's required to place them, which dean nails. ] So what do they call the London versions of the Crips and the Bloods? Because I think we're smack in the middle of 'em.

[daredtobelieve]

[Helen isn't focused on the graffiti until Dean speaks up. Once she does glance at it, she raises both eyebrows in recognition (knowledge local 19).]

Best for us to have our look and be on our way then.

[Search check 20 total? She's having a look around the scene.]

[likedillinger]

They might be able to tell us somethin'. [ maybe now he's trollin'. the thought of making helen interrogate gang members is hilarious ok.

with a 19 search check, dean's about matched with helen for checking out the site. there are still a few patches of fur on the ground, and a blood stain where the body must have been. as indicated, the blood doesn't trail in any direction, indicating that there was little to no struggle - and that the creature didn't try to drag the person away either. ]

[daredtobelieve]

Hmm... [She muses as she notices the bloodtrail... or lack of one, really.] Anything from your past experiences with Shadow creatures tell you more about just what we're dealing with? Or where it went?

[Since he hunts and all]

[likedillinger]

[ he shakes his head, checking the ground as he courses up the alley. ] Thing didn't really leave any tracks. That's the problem with monsters in the city. This much foot traffic, it's hard to cover up. [ he nods towards the condemned building beside them ] Think it's worth takin' a look-see?

[daredtobelieve]

[She gives a single nod of agreement before heading towards the nearest entry point. Condemned can mean boarded up, so not sure if there's easy access to the interior.]

[likedillinger]

[ there's a back door here, and it does open when dean elbows it hard once. he opens it slowly, reaching down to pull the gun from his holster. ] C'mon.

[daredtobelieve]

[With the door open, Helen also reaches for her gun, holding it low but at the ready. She's only a step behind him, trying to take a look around the space but not doing too great (spot 14).]

university of east london ♔

[likedillinger]

[ the closest crime scene is by canary wharf behind the university of east london. jared o'keefe is speaking with some of the officers on the scene, and looks up when they approach. photographs are being taken of what's ... left of the woman's body. ] What's the word? [ jared frowns, shaking his head and looking around.

"Same MO. Mostly bite marks, but that look like claws. A large portion of the body has been mauled - we're lucky a wallet was left for identification. She was a college student here. That was her dorm just up the way." ]

[familybusiness]

No evidence that she tried to fight back?

[As he takes a look around (spot 19).]

[daredtobelieve]

Would you mind if I took a look at the body? [She's a doctor, damnit.]

[mydesigns]

Me, too. [and will is ... will graham.]

[likedillinger]

[ jared nods, pulling the police tape up to let them duck under. dean follows them, and jared nods at the photographer to step away so they can take a closer look.

"Nothing to indicate she even tried to run. I can't say I like where any of this is going, especially if the occult is tied into it."

sam would note the women's personal effects have fallen out of her purse that's dropped beside her, keys and wallet visible. ]

[mydesigns]

Fits the pattern. [and now will is going to stare vacantly and do his creepy thing. you know, staring at the body and thinking deep thoughts. hashtag just will graham things. (investigate 30)]

[daredtobelieve]

[Helen will get all up close and personal with the body while Will does his weird space out thing. She pulls out some gloves and gets to poking and prodding. Not sure what to roll tho. If it's treat injury she got 32. If it's knowledge life science it's 31]

[familybusiness]

[Meanwhile, Sam will do a quick search of the crime scene and the surrounding area to see if he can find any additional clues (search 27 or investigate 30, w/e).]