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Old 03-20-2014, 11:36 AM   #11
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When she arrives she sees a familiar face but not a welcome one. The midlife crisis that walked like a woman. Legend was over a century old when he married her, but the nigh-immortal can have their midlife crises when they get around to them. Blonde, blue eyed, Shawna. Born rich and always willing to pose for the paparazzi she was famous for being famous before Legend hooked up with her and of course she has a flock of media fluttering around her.
Rosie grinds her teeth. It wasn't enough that prissy proletariat blonde bimbo inbred idiot had to devaluate all of Legend's ex-wives by encouraging tabloid journalism, not only had this wonderful-wife wannabe Shawna dragged Rosie's son Legacy into this low brow celebrity scrutiny, but now she was turning the death of Rosie's best friend and companion into a media circus. Hell, this bubbly bi@@h was probably responsible.

Rosie stomps up to Shawna, then realizes anything she does will feed the assembled media. She takes a deep breath but instead of saying anything to the media, she whispers into Shawna bimbo's ear, "lets have a private chat..."

Rosie will escort stupid Shawna to the desk sergeant and ask to go to a conference room immediately so that she and Shawna can have some privacy while waiting for a detective's interview.

Whether or not they are given privacy, Rosie will fight back tears with pumping her rage in blaming questions at Shawna, "where is he? Have you seen him?? How did it happen? How could you let this happen???"

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Old 03-21-2014, 10:19 PM   #12
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Inside the storm drain Nicollette's gaseous form hovers. The body has already been collected but it can sense the signs of violence there. Spurts of blood on the floor and a curious scorched crater in front of the hidden door which can only be opened by a super strong person who knows its there. No sign that the cops realized it was there Outside she can hear the detectives talking. She draws close and sees them approached by a third person. There are a couple of police officers on guard to keep the growing crowd away from the crime scene tape.
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Old 03-21-2014, 11:18 PM   #13
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Nicolette fills the area and examines it for clues as to how this happened and who could have done it. She traces the spurts of blood for their origin points, analyzing the blood spatter trying to determine the force of the blows that bred them. She also examines the scorch marks and tries to determine their origin point as well, and looks for other signs of scorching.

After learning what she can here, Nicolette shifts her perception into the lair and gives it a quick once over to see if anyone has penetrated it's defenses. If it seems to have remained unmolested, she shifts her attention back to the surface and then materializes there at the edge of the police perimeter at it's closest point to the ranking officer.

Like dry ice evaporating in reverse, the red mists roll together and solidify, In a moment the haze is gone and Crimson walks toward the detectives (in costume but not with her shield or vest).
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Old 03-23-2014, 01:31 AM   #14
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As Francine hesitates, unable to think of a story that will work; a welcome distraction appears in the form of a costumed superhero. Maldonado mutters "Oh joy," and turns away, letting her off the hook. "Crimson...Mist, isn't it?",
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Old 03-23-2014, 02:59 AM   #15
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"It's just Crimson." Nicolette says in melodic but somewhat melancholy tones. She extends her hand to shake Maldonado's, her back hair flowed over her shoulders like a liquid as she tilted her head forward "May I ask, who is in charge of this investigation?"
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Old 03-24-2014, 01:41 AM   #16
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"It's just Crimson." Nicolette says in melodic but somewhat melancholy tones. She extends her hand to shake Maldonado's, her back hair flowed over her shoulders like a liquid as she tilted her head forward "May I ask, who is in charge of this investigation?"
"I'm Primary. Sergeant Theresa Maldonado. Do you have anything to tell me, or are you just hoping I'll spill what little I know?"
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Old 03-24-2014, 02:28 AM   #17
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"I'm Primary. Sergeant Theresa Maldonado. Do you have anything to tell me, or are you just hoping I'll spill what little I know?"
"I was hoping we could help each other in this investigation. Are you sure it is really him? I'm sure you know more than I do. I've only just had a look around. The scene tells us he was stabbed with something up to the task or while his powers were somehow suppressed, and then shot with some kind of a high energy beam. That and there was something on the ground when he was shot. Did the perpetrator take it, or has it been taken into evidence?"
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Old 03-29-2014, 09:30 PM   #18
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"I was hoping we could help each other in this investigation. Are you sure it is really him? I'm sure you know more than I do. I've only just had a look around. The scene tells us he was stabbed with something up to the task or while his powers were somehow suppressed, and then shot with some kind of a high energy beam. That and there was something on the ground when he was shot. Did the perpetrator take it, or has it been taken into evidence?"
Maldonado says with a hint of irritation, "We haven't made a positive identification yet. If you knew him personally, you might help with that. We also have a recorded call we'd like you listen to. We don't know what happened with the canister. And if you want a look at one of my crime scenes you ask me first. This isn't the dirty 90s."
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Old 03-29-2014, 09:49 PM   #19
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Rosie grinds her teeth. It wasn't enough that prissy proletariat blonde bimbo inbred idiot had to devaluate all of Legend's ex-wives by encouraging tabloid journalism, not only had this wonderful-wife wannabe Shawna dragged Rosie's son Legacy into this low brow celebrity scrutiny, but now she was turning the death of Rosie's best friend and companion into a media circus. Hell, this bubbly bi@@h was probably responsible.

Rosie stomps up to Shawna, then realizes anything she does will feed the assembled media. She takes a deep breath but instead of saying anything to the media, she whispers into Shawna bimbo's ear, "lets have a private chat..."

Rosie will escort stupid Shawna to the desk sergeant and ask to go to a conference room immediately so that she and Shawna can have some privacy while waiting for a detective's interview.

Whether or not they are given privacy, Rosie will fight back tears with pumping her rage in blaming questions at Shawna, "where is he? Have you seen him?? How did it happen? How could you let this happen???"
(OOC: Shawna is actually a bougeoise blonde bimbo)

"I...I saw him last night. I rented Destine for the night for a nice dinner, but in the middle of it he just does that thing, you know? Where he's like a dog hearing something you can't? So he flies off. You know it feels like crap when you're sitting at the table without anyone else? It's like a million times worse when the whole restaurant's empty except for you and a waiter. So once I'd given him enough time to know he wasn't come back, I went back to my suite, and after I woke up the next day and checked out the morning shows I see this reporter standing there blah-blahing about how Legend's body is in that sewer of his while the cops show up. And stop being mean to me!"

There's...something about about the way she talks about a "nice dinner"...

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Old 03-30-2014, 11:57 AM   #20
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Rosie softens some as "your being mean" sure sounds like a plea for help from this piece of work failure of a human being Shawna.

"In going to apologize just once, right now, for being mean to you today. Know this: I'm ******... And since you were with him last night, I expect you to be helpful in finding out what happened... Who knew you were getting together last night? Was this a special occasion? Did he talk to you about any Hero work he's been doing recently? When he departed, do you remember any pithy farewell verbiage that might give us a clue as to what or who he may have super heard?"
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