>>5741517“Holy SHIT!” Sputters Raj as he falls back into Rodney!
“Eeugh…” Pepper observes before giving the still-fleshy body part a wide berth before continuing. How the <span class="mu-i">hell</span> is she so calm around all this gore!?
“Seen a few bodies before, is all.” The redhead shrugs as you cautiously continue, “Not my first rodeo, skip.”
The answer causes a frown to form on your face. What’s <span class="mu-i">that</span> supposed to mean?
“The uh… <span class="mu-s">ORANGE CLIFFS PD</span> doesn’t really like me hanging around crime scenes anymore.” She explains with an irritated sigh. “<span class="mu-i">I</span> say you aren’t a real reporter until you’ve done a homicide story!”
“Oh yea!” Laughs Raj, “That clip of you being removed that one time went viral on <span class="mu-s">MeTube</span>--good shit, man!”
“It’s not <span class="mu-i">MY</span> fault the coroner’s office just leaves doors unlocked! They should be thanking me!”
<span class="mu-i">This</span> girl…
After you’ve dug through enough <span class="mu-s">MEAT DEN</span> to last a lifetime, you finally emerge on the other side like a moth out of a really grody cocoon! Getting your bearings, you find yourself just inside a thick metal lab door propped open by the den… but in front of you lies something out of a World War 1 documentary!
“Hot <span class="mu-i">DOG</span>!” Exclaims Pepper as she gleefully starts taking pictures, “It’s like a <span class="mu-s">FIELD HOSPITAL!</span>”
You couldn’t have said it better yourself–ahead of you is a maze of tarp dividers with the Hauser Pharmaceuticals logo emblazoned on their dull gray-blue sides!
Peeking inside the nearest one, you find yourself staring at a hospital cot soiled with old brown and black stains… you don’t have it in you to try and find out what they are. Old IV Drips stand like grim statues next to the cots, and atop some old crash carts you notice surgical tools that look like something out of a medieval torturer’s dungeon!
Which reminds you… you’ve gotta set up that dentist appointment once you get outta here!
“See anything?” Asks Raj as Pepper flits from hospital bed to hospital bed like a psychotic butterfly!
“And <span class="mu-i">THEN</span> some!” She replies with a manic giggle! “This whole room screams ‘<span class="mu-i">WAR CRIMES</span>’! It’ll be a front-pager for sure!”
“Pleasure’s all mine, red!” Replies Rodney as he watches the girl bounce around like a creepy uncle at the playground. You cringe–not just because of Rodney, but at Pepper’s rampant journaling. Something tells you Mina’s not gonna be cool with her gathering more dirt…
>CONTD. 