audio | un: mansbane

[bravelyrunsaway]

An outside mystery for you all! The wolves here aren't natural, and where the village children leave supplies at those cabins in the woods — around there smells of wolves, children, and adults. Human adults. Ever seen any venture out that way? I haven't.

If you care more about domestic mysteries, here at the estate the fireplace and feasting hall stink of bloodshed and all the emotional reasons one might have for it.

Not related, but terrible nonetheless, Julien refused even the idea of himself and his prince joined by a third in the bedroom. Pulled a Wrath and everything, cold, snippy, jealous, downright possessive. Which can be fun under certain circumstances, but might be a warning to all of you who've only seen his apparent sweetness.

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un: ut malum pluvia | audio

[somebadnews]

[ Did he... but no, Five is just going to gloss right over the implication he tried to make that same arrangement with Wrath and Emilia. He's never going to understand what's wrong with him and he doesn't care to.

If it weren't for that, he might have earned more credit for taking the initiative. ]

You do all your investigating by smell? [ He's only just noticing. ] How exact are you?

[bravelyrunsaway]

Fine, thanks for asking!

( ... and that's what he answers, sounding deeply amused. )

What about you?

[somebadnews]

[ He can take a wild guess how he is. (You can't just change a subject when you're the one to bring it up!) ]

Could you trace the scent of the adults in the cabins? [ And because who asks a question and waits for an answer: ] Or the blood? Anything useful?

[bravelyrunsaway]

Away from, you mean? ( he makes a noise of speculation. ) No. Pretty firmly around there, doing thing human bodies do. As for the blood, it's old, and gone, and missing, you want more than that, talk to the people who deal with death. Don't we have a number of those?

( he seems more idly suggestive than particularly caring that anyone at all be asked, but his nose is not some miracle reader: he can't say more than what he detected happens, and isn't driven by curiosity. it kills. )

[somebadnews]

[ He knows they do, but it's time to call him on this. ]

Uh huh. [ Most people would have some natural curiosity, so what the hell? He can't just be lazy. ] You discovered it and now you want nothing to do with it?