03 ( voice, filtered to medical and security ) ✂ I CAN'T THINK OF ANY BAD PUNS TODAY

[bloodplay]

[ This is backdated to what may or may not be, depending on your character's sleep patterns, ass-o'clock of the early morning! If it is and this broadcast wakes them up, well. Whoops. ]

The body's gone.

[ It's a man's voice, quiet but more shocked than afraid. The medbabes this is filtered to will probably recognize it! Security, maybe not so much. SURELY THIS AUDIO FORMAT IS THE PRODUCT OF HOW DEEPLY DISTURBED THIS GUY IS. SURELY HE CANNOT TRUST HIS OWN ABILITY TO BE ON CAMERA, HAVING WITNESSED SOMETHING SO UNSETTLING. ]

That's not really specific, it it? Given the circumstances. [ Inhale, exhale. The hysterical edge that was just creeping into his voice gets tamped down again. ] Sorry. The pirate that snuck in here and died a week ago -- Medical, you know who I mean -- he's gone. I just got here to start shift and there was blood outside the morgue, on the floor... I thought someone might be in there, they might need help. Turns out the problem's the exact opposite.

Everything else is still in place. The tag's here -- left it right on the tray. And that's it. I don't know if -- if somebody with clearance took it or what, but the blood looks pretty fresh, and there's... I think some of these might be footprints.

So -- figured one of you might want to hear about it before whoever comes in next, looking for aspirin. I can switch to video if anyone wants, but I'm not touching anything. [ He gives one of those ambiguous short exhales that could be either a sigh or a snort. ] You know, maybe this is just me, but I'm pretty sure this was old the last time it happened.

Comments

[not here]

[secretlabtech]

[ His not big brother, ladies and gentlemen. ]

[wolfinthesnow]

A dead man?

You're sure he was a dead man?

[bloodplay]

Right now I'm not 100% on anything, but -- if he wasn't, it was a very convincing impression. The man was pronounced dead.

[wolfinthesnow]

We need to find him.

[And burn the body.]

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

How much blood?

[voice]

[bloodplay]

Kinda loaded question. It might be easier to show than tell, if you're okay with it.

[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

I'm not squeamish.

voice »

[stacked]

Dead rise pretty easy if a vampire grabs 'em. And I know I saw bites on some of the bodies, just saying.

...the dead dude, he have any?

voice » laughably encrypted

[wolfinthesnow]

In my world, there is a manner of riser known as a wight.

It would be very bad.

voice » laughably encrypted he's as good at computers as she is ...that's sadder for her

[stacked]

Yeah, the racist zombies. You told me.

...shit, I could take one of those things. Kinda hoping for it now.

voice »

[bloodplay]

[ in a way lower tone than anything else in this comment: ] Shit. Nnnnot to my knowledge, but I wasn't actually around the guy much -- you'd have to ask someone else in the department. He was in pretty nasty shape when he showed up, but.

voice »

[stacked]

Yeah, I don't do medical. I'm sure the professor loves it, he'll come poke around but no freaking way with me.

...no offense, I guess.

[ soul of tact, this one ]

voice » locked

[faderbroderson]

Did you?

voice » locked

[stacked]

I just figured somebody called open season on them, the way it looked.

voice »

[chromosomes]

I'm thinking maybe shooting every dead body in the head should be standard. [ It already is, for him. ] Then cremation after autopsy.

What works on vampires?

voice »

[stacked]

...depends. Taking the whole damn thing's a better call, if we're talking making sure nothing gets up and walks around. Not a lot of shit lives without a head.

voice;

[lifewithoutrest]

Dead bodies don't tend to walk away.

voice;

[bloodplay]

"Tend" seems like the operative word -- not that I'm hoping for the walking dead over here, don't get me wrong. But it's not the first time something like this has happened.

voice;

[lifewithoutrest]

Dead bodies rarely bleed excessively, certainly not without help. I'm less inclined to believe we have a dead man wandering our ship than a body snatcher.

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[puppydogeyes]

We'll send someone to look.
Have any of the other bodies been disturbed?

text;

[bloodplay]

Didn't check that thoroughly but not so far as i can tell. No other cell doors opened or damaged. And the blood leads straight out the door, pretty much. Looks like whoever it was didn't want to stick around.
And neither do i, no offense, but i don't want to contaminate anything on my way out. Is there an operating procedure for this kind of thing?

text; locked

[chromosomes]

Not one of mine.

[ He means "from Olduvai". ]

There would be black shit in the blood. But Faith's right, there were bites on some of the bodies. Tried to shoot the ones I found in the head, just in case, but I don't think that works on vampires.

voice | locked to brian

[ironsights]

[ okay, most security people might not recognize that voice but this guy does!!! and he doesn't believe that shocked tone of voice. kazama's going to speak at a very unimpressed, quiet deadpan. ]

... thought you'd be calmer.

SAD TROMBONE GENTLY PLAYS IN THE DISTANCE

[bloodplay]

K?

[ he's genuinely surprised by hearing his voice because let's be real, it would never have occurred to brian that this sullen, perceptive kid would be on sec. but apparently he is??? he was prepared for the general possibility; deb has been talking, and deb will be talking. he just hadn't expected the suspicion to come from firsthand experience.

EITHER WAY he takes that surprise, twists it a little, and lets it color his voice when he says k's "name." he's calm in a way he hasn't been since before showing up on the tranquility, and the control he needs right now is exponentially easier. ]

You'd think.

[not here]

[dearlydeceived]

[ ...mainly because she's not on either of those two filters.

If she had access to this transmission, you'd be hearing one hell of a sarcastic golfclap right about now. JSYK. ]