LU 173 - Dr. Thornberry 44

I was shaken awake by Mira today after passing out from the tree fights. I looked around me, remembering what had happened the night before. 
I wanted to continue sleeping on the floor, but Mira looked anxious. Something was wrong. I looked down at their feet and… there was a body. Specifically Chizzy’s body. I quickly knelt next to her, putting my fingers up to her next to check her pulse. Nothing. She was dead. 
”Mira.. what happened? Chizzy was alive just yesterday-“
She explained that her and Sytamni found Chizzy dead in her home. I looked down at the body. It was covered in moss.
”Vice.. I was wondering if you could take a look at her.”
I quickly nodded, and after informing Mira my lab was the only sanitized area, we took Chizzy and ran. 
It was sunset by the time we got there, and I opened the doors to shower light into the room for the first time in months. I led Mira down the stairs and into an operating room. She was placed on my table and I took a look at her. There was moss still activity growing on the body, down her arms and face. 
”I can’t believe this- she was at the meeting yesterday too…”
Mira nodded and handed me a book instead of a response. 
”It’s her research journal. It has information about the disease.”
I quickly flipped through the pages, though there wasn’t much in it, as most of the pages had been ripped out. 
She most likely caught this from her dead uncle, while staying in a cave. Interesting...
But what had caught my eye was one sentence, detailing Spaces expression when Chizzy had told him about the illness.
’Space’s face was worrying, it almost looked like he had some. Plan.’
I cursed under my breath and threw the book back to Mira. 
I then took a sample of the moss from Chizzy’s body, and put it away to study later.
I got Mira's permission to keep the body in my lab for the time being, and moved into the common room to have a word with her.
”Mira, you know as well as me that Space is good at hiding his emotions. And the fact that Chizzy was able to see threw that- it’s really bad news.”
We both knew we were fucked.
”Just act normal.”
We nodded in unison, and she began to step towards the door.
”Mira- one more thing. I know everything that happened at Insight hurt, and loosing another person after that- Feel free to talk to me whenever okay? I’m here for you.”
”Thank you Vice.” I smiled, watching her walk away.
(She might not trust me, but I’ll help her. At any cost.)