slayers_desire: (cloak-vampire form)
slayers_desire ([personal profile] slayers_desire) wrote2011-07-04 08:02 pm
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its a tourist trap

It was late at night in Rome, when April PINpointed from the Nexus to a side alley by the Fontana di Trevi. Things looked quiet and peaceful now. But April knew that looks were deceiving.

She reached out for Clark's hand, listening to the sounds around them to ensure it was safe before exiting the alleyway and towards the fountain.

"No one wants to visit here anymore."

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
The bodies have been here too long to identify the couple completely. The female has a British flag on her torn blazer.

Getting closer, April freezes up again sighting the leather duster on the male. "That is Spike's jacket."

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Clark takes a closer, sharper look at the duster. "But it's not him. It can't be." Which is the one piece of good news here. "The question is, why is he wearing it?" Up close, the smell of death and decay is worse, but he shoves that aside in favor of scanning the bodies and clothing for any trace of... something. Anything unusual.

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"No. It would just be dust. No body."

Both victims were bruised and beaten before their deaths, by evidence of Clark's scan. He also notes several pin-prick holes in the neck of the female.

April glances around the church, seeking answers to her questions. "I don't even sense that Spike had been in this building. It was too... holy."

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Clark thinks about that as he scans the room for more clues, and notes the positions of the explosive charges so they can defuse them. "Someone who knows explosives, isn't affected by holy ground, and likely exited through the bell tower. Both bodies look like they were assaulted while they were alive. And the woman might've been injected with something. Or bitten."

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Moving closer to the woman, April frowned. "They aren't bite marks. Those close enough to duplicate it. It is almost someone wanted to make people believe that she was biten, and he was the biter."

"We should defuse the explosives. We could learn more from them."

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"So, pretty definitely not a real vampire. Trying to frame one? Though obviously doesn't know much about them, or they'd know there would just be dust."

He nods, and moves to the nearest explosive charge, taking a close look at how it's wired. He's not an explosives expert, but he's taken his fair share of bomb blasts. So if he does something wrong, he knows what to do to prevent anyone or anything else from being caught in the blast. He begins to try to defuse the explosives.

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 10:45 pm (UTC)(link)
The explosives themselves are pretty mundane looking, and quite easy to disable. It looks like the killer was going to quantity over quality, because there is a lot to disable.

"Could the killer be trying to frame Spike?"

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Once he figures out that it's safe, the defusing happens much quicker. And before long, the explosives are harmless. "Could be. Especially if the man's wearing his coat. How would someone have gotten that?" He would ask if Spike has any known enemies, but he knows that for a vampire his age, it's a stupid question.

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"It would have been a fight." The jacket is something that Spike treasures. "It could mean he is in trouble."

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"When's the last time you heard from him?"

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Weeks. I have been giving him space." It sounds weak. But in reality April has been scared that Spike left for a reason.

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"We need to find him." But before they go, he takes one last, close look at the explosives, and the surrounding area. Just in case there's something they're missing.

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
She nods. "Lets get out of here. Before someone else figures out that they need to investigate this place."

((working for the next little while))

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-05 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Satisfied that they're missing nothing, he takes her hand and leaves the way they came, retracing their steps so as to not disturb any more evidence, if the police eventually find this place. "Where should we start?"

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
"We could start at the Villa, and see if we can find traces of which way he went. When he left with Buffy. But it has been weeks."

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
"They didn't tell anyone where they were going?" He doesn't expect they did, but it's worth asking. "Is there a chance they're still in the city somewhere?"

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
"No. And I hope they stayed close. But there is so much about where they were going that is unknown."

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
"It would make sense. Whoever's trying to frame him, they would've had to get their hands on his coat and bring it here. It's possible they could've brought it back from somewhere wlse, but it seems farfetched to me."

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
That reminded her. "Should we take the coat with us?"

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
He stops, looking back at the room with the corpses. "I don't know. If the police find this place, it could be seen as tampering with the evidence, if we did. But if we don't, they might connect it to him somehow."

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't want to interfer with the job that the police have to do." April sighed, running her hands through her hair. "But I really don't want Spike to get framed for this either."

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Then we should probably take it, and try to leave the body how we found it." It isn't going to be an easy task. Or a clean one.

"Or... I could try burning it. Make sure that the body's intact, but the coat's not recognizable."

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Both scenarios sound uncomfortable. She doesn't want to disturb the body. And feels really torn about this.

"Maybe they won't get any clues from the coat."

[identity profile] kalel-ofkrypton.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
He doesn't really want to do either one, himself. "Maybe there's another way. Not burning the coat, but going over it really closely and getting rid of any... hair, or skin, or anything else that might link him to owning it. What feels right?"

[identity profile] slayers-desire.livejournal.com 2011-07-06 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
"That feels more respectful. You think you could manage it?"

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