Thread: In Dreams He Came (w/Deviousfish)

Anna smirked and withdrew her hand. Honestly now, she said, shaking her head. I don't think there's any mood of yours that I couldn't handle. All the same, she crossed her arms and cut her eyes over to the desk where he had placed the folders, not pushing the issue. The desk shifted slightly as he leaned casually against it and she watched a pencil roll around in its cup. As casual and unpolished as her friend was, Anna was as stringent and careful. When she first met him, she had scorned his sloppy appearance, thinking him lazy and unprofessional. After a while it had grown on her. It suited him - his style, his personality. He helped to balance her oft perceived coldness. She stopped the pencil's noisy circular journey with with one finger. Leaning over the folders, she opened one on the top and started rifling through it. Much of it did look familiar, but there were details that had not been delivered to the DPI - evidence logs, photographs, notes from first responders. Whether these had been omitted intentionally, or they simply could not be bothered to be thorough with the sharing of information, Anna did not know. There was a great deal more here that would have to be sorted through. She was going to need another cup of coffee. A pattern? she said and raised an eyebrow at his suggestion. I hadn't heard any suggestions like that. Then she looked at the paper with the locations mapped out. There did indeed seem to be a star being drawn. Alone, it might be overlooked, but coupled with the solstice times it looked very suspicious. Regardless, it did seem to indicate a very specific area for these deaths to be taking place. There didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to the crime scenes, otherwise. Some victims where at their homes, others in their car, and others out in public. I think its a little early to be drawing pentagrams on maps, she said gesturing lazily at the paper. But if you're right, it makes our jobs a lot easier. We've practically got an arrow pointing to the next murder location. She traced an index finger to the place where the next point on the star should be. It was a somewhat rural area, right on the edge of suburbia. Mostly woods, dirt, and a few new housing developments under construction. Although, of course, we'd like not to wait for that. Anna still wasn't sure if these deaths were all that suspicious. The economy was down and people got depressed. It was all very sad, but it did not mean etheric forces were involved. Still she had to consider the coincidences of time and geography. It was too much to overlook. If it was suicide, then it had to be coordinated somehow. Maybe some underground cult? Those popped up from time to time. Some sad, ignorant souls got a taste of the arcane and thought that could conjure up some immortality or fame or power. Murder seemed the less likely possibility. Coroners, paramedics, and officers had all ruled out foul play when looking at each victim individually. Of course, when dealing with the etheric, or someone who wielded power over it, there were many, many possibilities. Still, Anna wondered if there was something else that was bothering Leo about the cases. I will say it does seem like to much to be a coincidence... she began slowly. But there's got to be something else about it that's got you so riled up. Anything strange you observed about the bodies? The scene?