Dark*Matter: Discovery, The Chicago Ripper

[Friadoc]

Cade will lend himself to Meredith as a physical blocker, which basically means that he'll impose himself in between her and the other reports, casually, while they both do their jobs. It's a security method that works a lot for bodyguards, but instead of a bullet, Cade is stopping direct vision or camera shots of Meredith.

While doing this, Cade will organize any information given to him by the local authorities and give it out to the various members of the group - basically, he'll be a data Nexus. Also, just to see how it works, he'll try out the motion sensor on his PDA, just to see how it handles a large populated area.

 

[kinem]

Diego stares as closely as he can at the body, for a moment almost seeming to be in a trance.

"Any ID found on the stiff?" he asks.

 

[Falkus]

The lieutenant stares at Larry with a gaze that could melt through steel. Her nametag indicated that she was one Lieutenant Valerie Quinn. "I don't have much of a choice, do I?" she said. She snapped her fingers at one of the detectives. "Jonathon. Get the Feds here our case files."

"No ID yet," one of the detectives tells Diego. "We did a quick search of the body, he didn't have a wallet or anything else on him. Once we're done here, we'll run his prints, see if we got anything on file about him."

Friadoc
[sblock]The detective uploads the case files to your PDA. The police don't have much, and they're waiting on the autopsy reports of the two previous victims. There were no witnesses, and no patterns they could identify linking the crimes to any other known serial killers.

The motion tracker function so far seems to be working. It looks like it's indicating all movement within about six meters, with no anomalous reports.[/sblock]

iwatt
[sblock]There are some vague physical similarities, but that's about it.[/sblock]

Shayuri
[sblock]As you poke around the crime scene, you find some interesting damage on one of the brick walls of the alley. Two, small circular holes, about a foot apart, in the center of one of the larger blood stains, like something smashed into the wall. Beneath the holes, on the ground, you find what appears to be a chip of bone.[/sblock]

industry
[sblock]The hieroglyphics on the wall, now that you can get a closer look at then, are almost certainly magical in origin. You can't think of any other way that they could have burned into the wall in such a short period of time. They're definitely part of the spell from the two photographs, and you can now recognize the ritual as being a demonic, blood ritual, though the exact one eludes you. Demonic blood rituals, from the studies you've been making over the last month, are the most dangerous, often summoning a dangerous entity from another plane of existence, as well as being relatively easy to perform. No magical talent is needed, just the ability to commit murder and read froom a scroll.[/sblock]

 

[iwatt]

Well, that is about all my contribution here. Just act the part. The young man adopts a pensive frown as he walks around the crime scene, getting close to each of his team for a short conference and then moving on. Mostly he justs acts as the boss, staring down anybody who tried to get to close.


OOC: Larry's pretty much all flash, no substance in this situation. Feel free to use him as a mouthpiece for any requests for the police. I see his BS abilities as a communal property

As a side note, Larry noticed some vague physical similarities between us and the victims so far. Nothing very conclusive, but it was six of us against Akentanen last time.Probably coincidence, but worth checking out. he mentions it to each one as he does his rounds.

 

[Shayuri]

"Nick," Meri calls, waving him over. "Get a shot of this."

She shows Nick a pair of holes in the brick wall, about a foot apart from each other, and right in the middle of a large bloodstain.

She waits for him to photograph the holes and the chip thoroughly, then picks up the bone fragment with the tweezers and slips it into an evidence baggie. She then carefully probes a little into the holes with the tweezers to see if anything is lodged inside.

"Bullet holes maybe?" she asks, not really believing it.

 

[industrygothica]

Nick takes the pictures that Meredith requested, and studies the holes for a bit himself.

Can he tell if it is Akentanen that is being summoned from the spells, or something else entirely?

 

[Friadoc]

While running his data, Cade will walk over to Diego, once the cop has moved on, and asks him, "You doing ok? You look like you've seen a ghost."

 

[kinem]

Glancing around to make sure the cop's out of earshot, Diego replies softly in Cade's ear. "I ... I'm fine. Ricky's dead, is all. I'll have to look up some old acquaintances."

 

[Falkus]

A man in a medical uniform entered the alley, and talked to Lieutnenat Quinn. She nodded, and then turned back to Larry. "Meatwagon's here. We're going to take down the stiff and send him down to the morgue, like the pathologist see if he can find anything," she said. "If that's alright with the Federal Authorities, of course," she added with a mocking tone.

Shayuri
[sblock]Checking the inside oof the holes reveals blood and bone detritus. This suggests that the holes were created by something that had punched it's way through a human body that was right up against the wall. Given the depth and smoothness of the holes, it was something that punched it's way through at a force stronger than any human with any weapon could conceivably achieve.[/sblock]

industry
[sblock]It's possible. Though it is somewhat unusual that his name only appeared at the second sacrifice.[/sblock]

 

[iwatt]

"Look Quinn, I'm sorry we got off on the wrong foot. Believe me, all I want is to catch the sicko responsible for this. Me I rather be out catching bank robbers or terrorists, instead of hunting the latest psychotic who likes how blood looks in the moonlight. But it's my job, and I'll be goddamned if I let this frak get someone else on my watch. There's a reason we get called in for this crap, and it isn't because we play nice with the local authorities. It's cause we get the job done. Now, the only way we're going to get this solved is if we all, feds and C.P.D., work together." Getting close to the Lieutenant, he adds in a softer voice. "The sooner we catch this jackass the better. Every victim starts eating you from the inside, making you torture yourself with self-doubt. You start wondering what you could have done differently, what mistakes you made. Help me, and I promise we will catch this guy."

In a louder voice he adds, "As soon as we're finished here, we'll go to the Morgue."

OOC: I was thinking of hitching a ride to the Morgue, but I'm not sure who to take with me.