004 - Undercover

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Misaki shows up on the Plane, next to where she left her kitchen table during her first visit. There’s a stack of files and a large, crumpled-up map under her arm; once again, she looks very, very pissed.
She slams the files down and spreads the map across the table; it’s an overview of Tokyo, marked with red and blue dots in eight locations (four of each), and outlined in a grid. She weighs the corners down with a few polished rocks from her pockets and sits, dragging the files toward herself.]

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[theguv.livejournal.com]

[standing behind her, looking over her shoulder and studying the map] Your murderer?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

My murderer. [She glares at the map.] We finally IDed the last victim. A friend of the governor's daughter. The Superintendent General is on my department for results--though of course he can offer no more support than is already available.

[theguv.livejournal.com]

Does the ID give you any links between victims or is it still random?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She shakes her head.] Still random, though I find it hard to believe that picking up a friend of the governor's daughter was an accident. He's laughing at us.

[theguv.livejournal.com]

Hnn. [takes a long drag, then crushes the cigarette under his heel and walks over to look at the map a little closer] And they're all different neighbourhoods. Anything at all that connects the victims? Social class, money, parents' jobs, colour of their hair, anything?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Rubs her forehead.] Not a damn thing, except a blue glow seen at the sight of three of the abductions and two of the body drops.

[theguv.livejournal.com]

So it's like finding a sinner at a Catholic mass, then. Shit.

[contract_star]

[Watching from a distance before he approaches, carefully.]

Anything yet?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Nothing new. [Gives the stack of files a disgusted look.] There's a call for measures I don't agree with, however.

[contract_star]

[Suspicious now.] What kind of measures?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Ones I dislike. [It's sharp this time.]

[contract_star]

I gathered as much. [Looks from her to the map and files and back.] They're stepping up the investigation. Which means more risks. Which means more people at risk.

Which people, Ms. Kirihara?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[GODDAMNIT HEI. She knew she was attracted to him for a reason.]

Having anyone more than is strictly necessary at risk is something I would rather not deal with.

[contract_star]

[He's not the most feared Contracter EVER for no reason :D]

Hm. [Looks away.] I'm having a similar dilemma.

[Looks at her sidelong.] What are they asking you to do?

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[Dino has a cautious respect for Misaki. He figures as long as he doesn't mention anything illegal, things are fine. So he wanders over to peek over her shoulder] Working on a case?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

A particularly nasty one, yes. [Flips one of the files open and considers its contents.] A child-killer.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[That causes Dino to tense. He does not like those who go after innocences] Any leads on him?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

None that have led anywhere. [Rubs her forehead.] I don't think I've slept through the night in a month.

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[Dino glances at the map. He can figure out what it means easily enough] I hate people like this, the ones who go after those who can't fight back. [He reaches for a file. He wants to help, would be helping hunt this guy down if something like this happened in his turf.]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She rests her hand on the files.] Please don't, Dino-san. I appreciate it, but... [She shrugs, looking very tired.]

[buckingbronco.livejournal.com]

[He pulls his hand back slowly] Is there anything I can do?

[madamemoiselle]

Ah~? {Looking over Misaki's shoulder} What's this~?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She closes the file carefully.] A case I'm working on.

[madamemoiselle]

Really? Ne, what kind of case would that be~?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She hesitates a moment, then sighs.] Someone is killing children and leaving their bodies displayed in the most gruesome ways they can manage.