[text] @five [open]

[fogey]

[ well, there's no way to say it, except to say it, so: ]

One of us died today. Big guy, blond hair. I don't know his name. I found his body.

[ that's his schtick, isn't it? finding bodies. ]

What I do know is that he fell on some rocks near the beach. Looks like an accident, no foul play. The fall shouldn't have killed him.

[ could've, if the bastard really were that unlucky, but it's unlikely. besides: ]

But it did break his lantern. Seems like Winters was telling the truth about that after all. Before anyone asks:

1) No, I didn't see it happen.
2) Yes, I checked for a pulse.
3) No, I didn't do it.

[ juST COVERING HIS BASES THERE ]

One more thing. I had to step away to get my tablet. When I came back, both he and his lantern were gone. No one else was here, I'm positive. They just vanished into thin air.

[ ooc | so as of today, rosinante (callada) is dead :C feel free to threadjack in this post and use it for discussion or whatever! ]

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@priestess << voice >>

[voktys]

Was he dressed in a strange, feathered cloak of sorts?

[ her voice is warm, though she sounds like a woman who already knows the answer, really. she's seen the tall, friendly fool tumble down once already. ]

text: un: warlock

[necromantiae]

Well, that's impressive. I didn't even know someone could die twice.

( most of the bodies that he'd seen were dead and gone permanently. unless you were his auntie. )

Morticians don't tend to get out to bodies that fast. We're good but not that good. Either he was playing dead very well or something else took him.

@carol

[starforce]

You know that "No, I didn't do it" is exactly the kind of thing that someone who actually did it would say, right?

[but seriously, this is

disturbing af]

[fogey]

You knew him?

[ answer enough ]

[voktys]

In a manner of speaking.

[ it's been only so many days, really. ]

His name was Rosinante. I wonder if we should do something in his honour?

[fogey]

Obviously. But someone would've asked sooner or later; might as well get that out of the way

[fogey]

My money's on something else. But I didn't see or hear anyone else around, and I wasn't gone for long either

[fogey]

Rosinante.

[ he'll remember that, when answering the rest. ]

I'll leave that to you and those who knew him.

@helsing

[kungfuey]

Someone should keep an eye on the church then

[fogey]

How's that?

[ why... ]

[starforce]

There was probably a way to phrase that to make you seem less suspicious. Would've saved you some questions.

[kungfuey]

For when he comes back

[fogey]

If you want to accuse me, just do it. If not, this is pointless. We've got bigger problems

[fogey]

What are you talking about?

[voktys]

Fair enough.

⟪ She hums, and then goes on. ⟫

He stood at taller than nine foot. Whatever took his body must have been gargantuan.

[kungfuey]

The fact that dying doesn't always mean dead.

So I hear.

[fogey]

Invisible, maybe. But silent, too. Something that big would make a lot of noise. Not to mention leave footprints in the sand.

[voktys]

Or be able to take flight.

⟪ Almost as disconcerting a thought, really. ⟫

[fogey]

Do you plan on actually explaining what you know and where you heard it, or are you going to make me ask? I'll remind you that one of us is dead, again. This isn't the time to be coy

[necromantiae]

Bit of magic, then? Teleportation wouldn't be too hard. Grab a part of the body and poof, away you go. I've done it before.

( which sounds...hmm. )

I didn't take the body, just to cover all bases. No need for it.

[fogey]

Or we could have another person -- or creature -- around here who can teleport.

[voktys]

Who can do what?

⟪ 'five' can't possibly mean what she thinks they mean, right? ⟫

[kungfuey]

We're all dead. One of us just repeated the process.

I talked to the pretentious one. He's surprisingly chatty when you get him away from a crowd.

I already told you what I heard. Go to the church. Sometimes the dead come back and that's where.

[fogey]

Disappear from one place and appear in another, in layman's terms. More like bending space to create the shortest distance between two points.

[fogey]

Which suggests the possibility of a third around here who can teleport. Not sure I like the sound of that.