mission ♔ i lost my heart under the bridge

[lissatrinall]

♬ Down By the Water - PJ Harvey

WHO || The Japan mission group (however many of you would like to go!) [Closed]
WHAT || A fresh body surfaces.
WHERE || Under a bridge, Hachiōji, Japan
WHEN || Wed, Mar 21st, mid-afternoon
HOW || Actionspam

It's raining in Tokyo, and it has been, at least lightly, ever since the group arrived a few days prior. The police department's offered to set the Knights up in a nearby hotel, which isn't five star by any rate, but has clean towels and leaves mints on the pillows. Except, of course, that Lis'sa advises 'do not disturb' signs at all times. Housekeeping doesn't need to find any of the Knights' gear hanging around.

There's a great deal of paperwork to sort through, files and photographs and information copied by a very grumpy looking secretary and delivered to them upon their arrival. It takes days to sort through, which is enough to give anyone a mild case of cabin fever, but they're free to go explore the city as well, and follow up any leads they might discover.

It's the next Wednesday that a new body is discovered, and the police chief calls to alert Lis'sa so that the Knights can check out the scene, as well. She gathers up whoever volunteers, and heads out that way.

The rest of you suckers can do whatever else you'd like with your day. (Just feel free to make new threads with a subject line label as to what they are for! Staying in the hotel rooting through paperwork, city exploration, hitting the bar before 1pm, whatever.)

Comments

[lissatrinall]

[ Alainn would be the first to note the strange marks near the belly during her inspection, even if she's not picking up any magical auras of any kind. Lis'sa squats close to it, looking down at them with a slight frown. ] It looks almost like bite marks. [ She points, carefully hovering her finger over the body ] You can see here where something's pierced the skin, but it looks as if it were pulled away sharply.]

[attollores]

[Alainn pauses on her way back by the body, having noted the markings, glad that Lis'sa had thought of bite marks as well. They were in a very distinct pattern, and with the pictures she had taken she was hoping there might be a possible match in their database to compare them to later on.]

Some sort of creature then. Something that preys specifically on human flesh.

[killarevolution]

[Haymitch sets his jaw.] Muttation. [The word's without context and even he doesn't quite know how he knows about them- heard of them, yes, but how he can assume some mauling could be caused by that? No idea.]

[lissatrinall]

[ Lis'sa presses her lips together in a very tight line. ]

Then why didn't it finish the job? Why did it stop before eating it?