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Valencia: You are capable of asking whenever you wish.
Valencia: I cannot promise the annoyance will not extend my decision longer, however.
Valencia: I cannot promise the annoyance will not extend my decision longer, however.
✨✨rhiannon✨✨: oh! u know how it's hard to tell someone's tone over text like if they're being genuine or sarcastic or joking etc
✨✨rhiannon✨✨: if you add something like /gen (genuine) or /j (joking) or /s (sarcastic) then people can be sure what you mean!
✨✨rhiannon✨✨: if you add something like /gen (genuine) or /j (joking) or /s (sarcastic) then people can be sure what you mean!
✨✨rhiannon✨✨: that's a good example even if it's not an appropriate thing to say to someone, yes!
Valencia: Well, no promises.
Neuvillette: I also drink water-based beverages and consommé, but water in its natural form is best.
Neuvillette: The purity of water from a fresh spring, free of any additives, and enriched with flavor from the earth and from the heavens.
Neuvillette: Nothing can compare.
Neuvillette: The purity of water from a fresh spring, free of any additives, and enriched with flavor from the earth and from the heavens.
Neuvillette: Nothing can compare.
[ Quite suddenly, a ping in the groupchat: ]
Valencia: F oodland
[ ... but no further responses will come beyond that. ]
Valencia: F oodland
[ ... but no further responses will come beyond that. ]
Neuvillette: Valencia? What happened?
[ He's already on the move, even if she may not respond. ]
[ He's already on the move, even if she may not respond. ]
Edited (ignore the wrong UN) 2024-05-17 01:23 (UTC)
[ There's no response.
The way to Foodland is quiet. ]
The way to Foodland is quiet. ]
I do not wish to jump to conclusions without more evidence, but it is rare for anything positive to occur after cryptic phone messages.
[ He starts searching around the perimeter once they get close enough to Foodland. ]
Please tell me if you spot anything unusual.
[ He starts searching around the perimeter once they get close enough to Foodland. ]
Please tell me if you spot anything unusual.
[ By the time they reach Foodland...
Well, Neuvi'll smell it before he sees it: blood, still somewhat fresh. It's not like he's stranger to Valencia's particular muted campfire scent either, even obscured by blood.
When they finally reach the front, they'll find... a relatively small area of carnage, actually. Most of the mess is from a whole broken down van that's apparently been bodily thrown in front of the entryway doors to the store.
Before it is a messy splatter of blood and bits of gore, hair, and clothing, all shredded apart. There's some strange fur, as well, in places easy to miss. Slightly to the side of all that is a knife-- the newer one Valencia had received from a burden somewhat recently.
There's nobody around. ]
Well, Neuvi'll smell it before he sees it: blood, still somewhat fresh. It's not like he's stranger to Valencia's particular muted campfire scent either, even obscured by blood.
When they finally reach the front, they'll find... a relatively small area of carnage, actually. Most of the mess is from a whole broken down van that's apparently been bodily thrown in front of the entryway doors to the store.
Before it is a messy splatter of blood and bits of gore, hair, and clothing, all shredded apart. There's some strange fur, as well, in places easy to miss. Slightly to the side of all that is a knife-- the newer one Valencia had received from a burden somewhat recently.
There's nobody around. ]
[ Neuvillette does indeed follow the scent of blood to the massacre, frowning deeply as he takes it all in. He wonders if it was the deer woman once more or another threat.
His eyes fall to the knife as he kneels to pick it up, turning it over slowly in his hands. ]
...I saw Valencia with this the day before. Her scent is intermingled with the scent of blood and several other scents.
[ He does not spend enough time around Sett or any of the others involved to match them well. ]
His eyes fall to the knife as he kneels to pick it up, turning it over slowly in his hands. ]
...I saw Valencia with this the day before. Her scent is intermingled with the scent of blood and several other scents.
[ He does not spend enough time around Sett or any of the others involved to match them well. ]
Shit.
[stepping along the edge of the mess, taking in the details as best he can.]
Something really strong got involved. A car...
[jigsaw says he does not notice the fur, tragically, but he is trying to figure out the nature of the incident from the shape of the mess. he's not a forensics guy or anything though.]
Are any of the other scents familiar?
[stepping along the edge of the mess, taking in the details as best he can.]
Something really strong got involved. A car...
[jigsaw says he does not notice the fur, tragically, but he is trying to figure out the nature of the incident from the shape of the mess. he's not a forensics guy or anything though.]
Are any of the other scents familiar?
Edited 2024-05-17 03:12 (UTC)
Only Valencia's, but she was definitely not alone.
[ He uses his dingy phone camera to snap a few pictures of the crime scene before he slides the knife into his pocket to return to Valencia later. ]
I do not know how we can get inside without moving the vehicle, but all those involved may have already perished. We will have to go to the morgue to get any further answers.
[ A few drops of rain suddenly start to sprinkle down on top of Neuvillette alone. ]
[ He uses his dingy phone camera to snap a few pictures of the crime scene before he slides the knife into his pocket to return to Valencia later. ]
I do not know how we can get inside without moving the vehicle, but all those involved may have already perished. We will have to go to the morgue to get any further answers.
[ A few drops of rain suddenly start to sprinkle down on top of Neuvillette alone. ]
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