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[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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@silent

[callada]

I am really sorry I put you through that. Thank you for finding me. I've woken up in the church. Nothing to worry about.

[fogey]

[ before he touches

literally any of that

or, you know, asks about rosinante's well-being ]

Tell me what happened first.

[ he stops himself from saying you owe it to me, but he sure thought it. ]

[callada]

I was just out for a walk on the beach. Slipped and fell off a rock and what I remember was my lantern hit an edge and completely shattered. Base of it broke too, started leaking oil, and there was glass everywhere.

And then I woke up in the church about half an hour ago. You all sure had plenty to say about it for some reason.

[fogey]

[ you know he was going to try to stay calm here but

"for some reason" ]

Gee, wonder why. You ever find a body before, Rosinante? Tends to raise a lot of questions. How'd it happen? What if happens again? What if there's a killer here? [ ha-fucking-ha. there is of course, but that's not quite what he meant. ] What if we're in danger? How can we keep it from happening again?

Little things that you apparently don't care about.

But at least we know now how important the lanterns are. So thanks for that.

[callada]

You know what they say about hindsight.

When I came to in the church, I saw what looked like a hand closing that trap door in the church from the other side of it. Since you all went on about that in here too.

[fogey]

[ what the fuck ]

A hand? Did it look like a human hand?

[callada]

More like the shadow of one. Didn't see it well before the door closed though. Could be anything with fingers.

[fogey]

[ what the hell does the thing down there have to do with any of this? ]

Could you have been down there with it?

[ like, did it bring you back up. drop you off. and then go back in??? like a weirdly monstrous carpool?? ]

[callada]

[The thought of being in that weird dark crawlspace with a shadow person is intensely disturbing, thanks for that.]

I can't assume that.

But I admit the timing suggests it's possible.

[fogey]

[ you're! very! welcome! ]

I assume your lantern is back in one piece.

[callada]

Yeah. The base has a small dent in it I don't remember seeing before but that's no surprise. It's more strange that it's otherwise completely back together.

[fogey]

Good. Try keeping it that way this time.

[callada]

[callada]

That's the plan.