PC CATCHALL WITH NERO

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week 2 post trial

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[Here he is, leaning against a wall somewhere, ice pack to his head - he's got his eyes closed even as Van Zieks approaches, his frown deepening. Irene is in crow form, hiding her face under her wing.]

Ah...how the world spins, Irene. It's almost maddening.

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[Disce mews from right next to him.]

How much did ya drink yesterday?

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[me getting from home: wow i can brain
me calling nero van zieks: i cannot brain]

Ha! [And a shake of the head, a rueful smile.] Nothing at all, my dear fellow. Not a drop.

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[they're both kinda grumpy, that's enough.]

Right, it was... fallin' outta a tree?

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Apparently, yes. I vaguely remember the incident.

[Vaguely.]

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Only vaguely?

[uuuh.]

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Yes, something with...climbing, yes.

[is that]

[is that all you remember]

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[Squints at him.

Sir, did your soul also shatter into a million pieces?]

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Anyways!

[And with remarkable chipper words, he turns to Nero.]

Are you alright? After...well, what I can conclude was a nuisance and a half of a trial.

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Three bodies made gettin' everything together rough.

[TIRED...]

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...Mm. And I suppose this assumes...two killers, at least, have not been found.

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Yeah, that's right. Unless somebody killed two people in one night.

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Do you think thats possible, based on the evidence?

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[He puts a hand to his head.]

I don't know. Don't feel like I got enough time to look through it all.

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Three bodies, possibly three killers...yes. They would offer a boatload of evidence to sort through.

[A frown.]

...Who were the suspects, by the end of it?

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Uh... For one murder: Suigetsu, Tsurumaru, me or Spike.

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Which murder was that? And....why you?

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I matched with the bloody boots, 'n my knife was one that matched with the killer's.

[I lost track of everything as my brain melted out of my ears.]

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[This means...nothing.]

I......don't see, but I have no context for any of that. Agh! Why! Why did I make a misstep-!

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Don't hurt yourself after you already fell out of a tree.

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[POKEMON POISON DAMAGE NOISE]

...You're right. At least its just my head that hurts, not anywhere else. Lucky me, hm?

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[-15 hp/turn]

I'd trade.

[Sometimes a knife runs into you.]

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[...His smile is strained.]

Is it feeling better? Your wound.

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[don't look like that, you didn't get stabbed.]

It's gonna take a little time before it gets better. But 'm gonna talk to a Watcher about it.

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[NO HE'S LIKE. *SYMPATHETIC OOF*]

You're not pushing yourself too hard, are you? Make sure there's not too much for our masked benefactors to fix.