voice/text | 2/24 evening | un: aximili

[canadese]

<I have discovered another body in a corridor near the general commerce area. I have sent the remains to the medical bay for examination. I will update once they have been identified.>

[A pause.]

<And if anyone has information regarding Marco's whereabouts, I would appreciate hearing it.>

[TEXT UPDATE, forward dated to 24 hours later, 2/25 evening]

according to the lab data the remains are those of ukoku sanzo. my condolences to anyone who knew him

[He's skeptical, though. Who says the data is true?]

Comments

[hellshot]

[Love you too, Ax.]

So far.

That aside.

What condition was the body in. Last few ones to be found weren't exactly just lying around peacefully.

[thisisourfuture]

[Had that been taken literal? Well, if it was he can explain later.]

So not only is whoever is doing this picking people off intelligent, but evidence points towards a purpose behind the killings. We're meant to see them. But why none of us know.

[That much was obvious but it bears repeating in his mind.] ...Was the blood there before the power failure or was it there after? This is my last question.

[canadese]

<At our expense or the victims'?

In truth, I doubt their motives are so simplistic, if they are truly intelligent.>

[canadese]

<It was a head in a sack.>

[bayarm]

Both, I suppose.

I'm not sure intelligence precludes simplistic motives like that, but it could definitely be something else.

[genice]

No, it shouldn't be discounted. None of the possibilities should until we know otherwise.

[hellshot]

...

[Gross.]

And the rest of the body is missing?

[estrayer]

okay. so i guess we’ll wait and see

[ Sounds fun. This must be terrible for anyone who has a friend missing. Selfishly, Jace finds himself feeling glad that it’s not Clary. ]

thanks for the intel, i appreciate it

[canadese]

<It appeared afterward. I am not sure how.>

[canadese]

<If what they really intend is to scare us, then there must be a reason why they want us afraid. Or at least we must assume there is. In my experience, it is never a good idea to underestimate your enemy.>

gently sets this up

[canadese]

you must admit is is more likely that the same source is behind all of the missing

also it occurs to me that the deaths have only happened since bringing the refugees onboard

purrs

[genice]

Implying what, precisely? Neither the Fek nor the Trilk are particularly subtle. Let alone well familiar and versed with the ship.

However, their world was also destroyed, and not by us. The murders have also happened after that point in time. They might not be entirely unrelated.

[canadese]

<I was unable to locate it, so I assume so.>

[Someone's testy.]

[canadese]

you are welcome if you would like i will update you when i have received their findings

[bayarm]

Yeah, you're definitely right about that.

[thisisourfuture]

That's probably not something we can find out, for now. Thank you for talking with me about this. I wish I could say it gave me new insight...but I guess it at least confirmed a few facts.

Something is better than nothing.

[canadese]

that is simply what i wish to investigate i find the timing rather suspicious

[genice]

I don't disagree that the timing is suspect. For various things, and so yes, one of those possibilities is as you mention.

[canadese]

<What facts did it confirm? I am interested in investigating these events as well. It would be better if we shared our findings.>

[thisisourfuture]

I completely agree. [There's a short pause as he takes a breath.]

Each murder scene seems like a different part of the body. Part of remains is on display or meant to be drawn attention to.

...it also seems like the displays are getting bolder. Or I guess, more upfront. I don't have enough evidence to guess if the killer is watching us collect the corpse or not. But it seems like they had to have had something set up in advance for the blood.

[canadese]

you interact with the fek a great deal do you not

[genice]

Myself, Yuuri, and Eichi are their liaisons with the ship at large, so yes, I do.

[canadese]

perhaps we should ask them what they know

[genice]

I'd be glad to do that. Would you like to come with? Set up something semi-formal? They're a telepathic species, but they don't communicate outside of their own species telepathically, so we'd be speaking through an interpretive technology.

[canadese]

<That is the only way I can think to explain what occurred, though I can't imagine the purpose behind it. If it just wants to scare people, then why?>