Our Shady Grace

Our Shady, Grace

What do you have?

What have you heard?

I was indisposed at the time of the radio call.

Off-duty?

…Yeah.

Were you here prior to,

Hey, thanks for joining; Sargent Yates.

Agent Vaern…,

Agent Vaern…,

Detective Varghest; V is silent.

Have you briefed?

We were about to,

The Detective was about to fill us in; continue, and spare us the ruin.

…Having arrived on scene…. One John Doe; EMS on scene; One Jane, injured; missing.

Guests returning from venue; VIP list included; rumored John Doe.

Anything else?

Details pertaining to the dissemination, a van,

No need.

Ok.

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Have your men gathered the guests?

Give me a sec; Officer 2367, Sargent, 10-20…,

Have you gathered anything since?

Not much, Sargent spoke to dining,

Flask…,

I’ll pass…,

…, EMS first on scene, is told to have seen our Jane, filed to the alley, led by an unknown.

An,

Sargent, Officer 2367, returning with the last batch, sir.

10-4: All guests will be contained momentarily.

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The alley exits right here; she hasn’t been seen exiting.

The Hotel.

Don’t know, more troublesome…,

What’s that?

No one has details on Jane Doe; no name, zero common description of anything she may have been wearing.

Shock, they may come through,

Worst, they all described the same scarf, and I quote; shadow lead our Jane doe away…;

…, Walk with me.

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You want me,

No, contact the Detective with any added information on the last guest to dining; I’m sure this is just the beginning of our night,

Where was I…,

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Oh, I thought I heard you say a van, earlier…,

Yeah, there was a food service van, right around the corner here; entrance to hospitality I’m told.

Funny…,

What’s that?

…, mind your step there; Before the Yate’s dining experience, I believe I had heard the door you described close.

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Having reached the basement on accident from my fingers stuttering on the wrong button as the door shut as the Yate’s gathering was announced; got back to catch the end.

…, ostentatiously delivered; well, if you were expecting a van…,

No actually; but you were…,

…, I have nothing on a departure out of AO; human or other.

Human or other…; have you worked with the Yates previously?

Indirectly…,

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Coincidental enough, last time was here…,

I seemed to have interrupted the two of you earlier, is that relevant?

…, I’m a Detective, everything’s relevant…,

…, Something’s irking you.

…, As I was saying, last time was here when I worked a scene with the Sargent. With the exception of the befallen, there was a murder-suicide case…,

How’s Yates involved…,

He…, his car was there that night too; unattainable until…,

Who was unattainable?

…, Yates, Sargent Yates; I mistook it for the weather, or the situation…,

Hey, let’s walk through..., hop up,

…, Yeah, yeah alright; Thanks for the assist.

This is the bay door that slammed shut as the doors opened…; like I said, I went back up.

So to review, we; have a missing van, a missing woman, a POI with missing time, …, an EMS to recall the event, yet to be interviewed, and I quote, a shadow; who escorted the woman, our Jane out of AO. Am I missing anything?

…, the Hotel…,

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…, Scratch the walk-through, follow me...,

To?

The ruin that has befallen us.

…, Your eagerness suggests you haven’t seen it.

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Other Detectives arrived to analyze the scene, mind you, they don’t want outside opinions,

That’s why I’m the only agent on scene, at the moment; observation.

Hey, go introduce yourself, tell them you’ve been briefed, Varghest if you, What the…,

…, Hi…,

Hi? Fuck yourself, I pissed myself; move!

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Give me a sec; shit.

I um, …, I was,

Find out if she’s our Jane? God, damn, pants are…, poor…:

…, Agent Vaern, you’ve met Detective Varghest, V silent; were you apart of the…, befallen,

Are you shitting me?! I have been right on that spot since…,

Woah, hold on now…, don’t fall over on me,

What happen?

She started to faint…,

Oh…, let me give you a hand…,

Yeah um, …, where,

Have a second…, can you walk?

Yes, and thank you, Vaern, Agent Vaern,

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Ok, you two, perhaps we should take this aside, the others are listening.

Back to the bay, but, before we head back up, I want to check the scene before the coroners depart.

You should take care of that asap, we’ll wait here; What is your name by the way,

Hope; the pee wasn’t silent.

For f**k sake, I’ll be back; …:

That was funny; smoke?

No thanks, I have my own, thanks…,

Hope…, he should be back in short;

I guess yous are wondering what I saw…,

Where are you attending the event this evening?

The concert? No, not that much glam here…; not to say I wasn’t admiring…, until…,

Got it…, give me a sec I have things I want to write down if you don’t mind, active scene and all,

Feel free to journal your Active scene Detective; this is break, time.

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…, here comes your Agent.

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…, Had different imagery in my mind, of the scene; thanks for the discretion for yourself briefing Detective,

One for experiencing.

Has our Hope added anything new?

About to fill us in; …,

Right, well, ahh…, You don’t have to ask if I saw; You would’ve thought it was part of a show.

Don’t need specifics, who do you recall in the AO, um sorry, scene?

We were just settling in,

We? And what do you mean by settling in?

The locals, we usually, or I should say, I usually, hang around to be star struck; you know?

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You know, swept away by a rock star or Hollywood celebrity, the hotel, the planes, the dream…,

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…, and the locals…,

Yeah, Q and I,

Q…, is there a spelling on that…,

W A U K E E N; only one I know with W; since then it’s been Q…,

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Continue…,

As I was saying, Q and I were talking with a few of the random locals on their way past; they were on their way to work, just stopped for the glitz.

Were any of the, randoms, escorted into the hotel by officers?

It was a blur after…, the befallen; I know Q was heading inside for something…,

It was during this time you were, relieving yourself…,

Yes ‘arghest, I was relieving myself.

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What about our missing Jane, can you tell us what she was wearing?

…, No actually…;

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I mean, I see her in my head, but I don’t recall; It’s like I was drugged.

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…, Drugged?

You say yes to one group of friends then…,

…, you were saying,

Um yeah, it’s like someone slipped me a Mickey,

Why do you say that; do you think this Q may have drugged you?

Ha, no; Waukeen is just a farm animal off the farm, I was speaking of the effects of having been drugged. It’s like the audio is on and you feel as if you are participating…, then you find yourself still peeing…,

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…, Are saying you are missing time?

I couldn’t have; We were smoking a J, Q walked off, I moved behind…, I know I saw her walk away. They seemed to head down this alley; but again, I don’t recall seeing them.

Agent, a moment.

What do you have,

As of midnight, three more days of vacation time,

…, Amazon, Bermuda?

Ha, right; despite our Hope taking flight on reefer, she is yet another disassociated from what may or may not be.

The Detectives up top are baffled by this, excavator; they do have a scarf, perhaps, the one you spoke of, they also sent a few Detectives to the room.

Shit, I want to be secondary; mind taking her to dining,

Hope you ready,

Sure, let me kick my butt; and ya might not want to refer to anything as, “taking flight.”

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