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?]

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[thisisourfuture]

[He sighs, and boy does it sound exasperated.]

Okay. What sort of phenomenon happened?

...

Tell me it wasn't a jump scare.

[canadese]

<There were unexplained sounds and then the power failed before I encountered the remains. Along with a great deal of blood.>

[Weird, red human blood.]

<After that I sent the head to the medical lab. There was no jumping involved.>

[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]

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

[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]

<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]

<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?>

[thisisourfuture]

I don't know. [They're running in circles. He has to remind himself at least there isn't a looming trial to worry about. Small victories.]

...Whatever purpose is behind it. I think we can agree that it was during or after the power outage that this all started.

[canadese]

<The deaths certainly seemed to have occurred after the power outage. However, I believe that people had gone missing before. I am not sure what the implications of that are.>

[thisisourfuture]

...so what we need to find out is what changed after that power outage.

[Or had something happened on the planet. That reminds him.]

Were you here when the Fleet had everyone go down to that planet? I got here after that. But it's come up twice when I've been talking with people about these murders.

[canadese]

<I was, but I didn't go down to the planet. I can say that all these strange phenomena happened afterward.>