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Characters: Hawk and Fuu
Location: The Chrysalis
Time: 30 June, daytime
Summary: Investigations
Warnings: Character death (eventually)

[He arrives a little before ten, standing just at the bottom of the walkway leading up to the restaurant proper. He looks up towards it a couple of times, out of curiosity- but there'll be time enough through the rest of the day, and he can't tell whether anything's off yet. Best to wait for what Fuu can tell him.]

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[She goes a touch slower at his call, but still runs off the path at a good clip, the hem of her green dress catching in the long grass. She then slows right down as she comes to where she saw the shine.]

Around here... do you see anything?

[go go gadget vantage point]

Yes, you've almost got it! Just a little to your left.

Thank you. Ah! Found it! [Whatever 'it' is. She bends down and peers at it - a glass vial with a tiny bit of something inside.
Taking a tissue from her purse, she picks it up and looks at it more closely.]

Hey...

[Walking back to Hawk, she frowns at the vial.]

This... looks like the vial that Nurse Hope showed me, when we found the antidote to the nanobot poison.

Really? [He peers at it.] Then, maybe that was involved in this situation, too… Though that poison affected people quite badly, didn't it?

Whatever's inside it- can we find out what that is? See if it's the same?

[Her eyes glass over for a moment thinking about that time.] Yes, it was quite bad...

You're right though! I'm certain that if we give it to Mister Braxiatel he'll be able to tell what it is by using the equipment in the lab.

[Wrapping up the vial carefully she places it in her purse.]

We're off to such a good start, ne?

He's skilled at that sort of thing, huh? It's good we've got such a variety of talents.

That's great! [He grins.] Hopefully that'll stick with us inside as well! [and turning to head that way]

Sure is! And I hope so...

[Eagerly keeping an eye out for more suspicious things, she follows him to the door. As it opens, Fuu coughs at the smell of rotting food coming from inside.]

Uhhh. It's been... five days since the people left? This is pretty unlucky.

[He fans away some of the smell with one hand, reaching into his pocket with the other.] I'll say… still, with no one looking after this place, I guess we should've expected this. [He pulls out a couple of handkerchiefs, and offers one to Fuu.] Still, let's see what we can find. Maybe we should clean up while we're at it…

[She takes the handkerchief with thanks, and ties it around her face.]

Might as well! They'd probably appreciate it when they come back, even if they don't know who to thank. Let's see if there are any other windows or doors we can open.

[Kicking down the doorstop attached to the door, she takes a deep breath and goes inside.]

[He does the same with his handkerchief and heads inside as well, going for the closest window and working on it to get it open.]

'Good deeds are their own reward', some people say! Personally, I always thought it was the looks on people's faces.

[She laughs at that - then has to abruptly stop when the smell is too much.]

I'll remember that!

[She works her way around the other side of the round room, still keeping an eye out, but mostly just wanting to get the windows open for now.]

[For Fuu, the next several hours passed quickly as they finished opening everything that could be opened, and throwing away all the rotten food. Not that there was someone to take out the garbage, but at least it was outside in a dumpster rather than in the restaurant smelling things up! Then, she set dishes to soak in bleach.]

[After a while things cleared out enough so that she could breathe easier, and concentrate on searching more. But no matter how she crawled or climbed about, she could find nothing else. With a sigh she looked over at Hawk.]

It would be a shame if the vial is all we have to show for today, but at least it's something. Other than a cleaner restaurant!

[It's disappointing not to have found anything, but there's still some accomplishment in having cleaned the place up. Easier to see everything, at least.

Hawk nods, letting the table behind him take most of his weight.] At least it's something. I don't think I'd do this for a living, but I think I have a greater appreciation for people who do!

Shall we be off to take the vial to Braxiatel, then?

[She nodded agreement to both points.]

Yes! I look forward to anything that might give us any more hint than-ahh--

[Sharply inhaling in a gasp, Fuu suddenly staggers backwards. Eyes wide in shock, she stares disbelievingly at the shaft of the arrow protruding from her chest, right through her heart.]

How-

[How could it be the same arrow that she had used in Cephiro? She wants to look for her other self, look for who had shot at her so suddenly, but her vision is so blurry - no, dark; she cannot not feel her body...]

[Fuu collapses to the ground, weakly reaching for the shaft of the arrow. Her expression is shocked and fearful. In a handful of long-seeming seconds, she is gone.]

Fuu! [He reaches out for her, but he's not close enough to catch her.] Who-?

[He looks in the direction the arrow came from, and rushes over that way, looking for signs of anyone. But there's nothing- no signs of anyone making a quick retreat, no flashes of someone's hair, no footsteps, nothing moving back from where someone's pushed it aside. And when he looks back, there's no sign of Fuu's body, either.] What…? [He takes a few long steps back towards where she was, slowly.] Fuu? No…

[How could they do this? How had they, even?

…Her things. She'll need them back, he tells himself, going to pick them up. Braxiatel should get the vial. And he… Hawk needs to deal with today.]

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