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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Jul 9, 2010 1:58:35 GMT -5
Minato's eyes widened. Adachi was... beaten to an inch of his life? By Souji!? Souji wouldn't... Souji wouldn't do that. He hated Adachi, but Souji would never try to kill someone. He was never like that... hell, he'd even objected to what would be an entirely acceptable way to get rid of Anpu once because it would end up with Anpu dead.
"...A-Alright," Minato said. He just couldn't see Souji losing it like that. He stepped over the police tape and led the way to Souji's apartment. If the officer knew what apartment Adachi lived in, she'd probably note it was right across from Souji's apartment.
"...That's his apartment," Minato said. He looked toward the door. That was odd... it didn't look like the door was even shut all the way...
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Post by mugenginga on Jul 9, 2010 2:08:51 GMT -5
Ryoji had went to follow Minato, but the officer had held her hand out. The less civilians she had to deal with here, the better. There had been a reason she had framed the words the way she had. She'd never bought into pleas of insanity. She had dealt with the few cases of survivors in and around the S-Prefect of Japan. Whether the killings had been "justified" or not, she hadn't agreed with the decisions in regards to them. Only thing a plea of insanity did was let a ticking time bomb roam free. She guided Minato until they were on the other side of the scene before guiding him into the arms of one of the other police officers.
"Thank you for your cooperation. My friend here will help you back out so you don't mess up the crime scene."
She appeared to be waiting for Minato to go before she did anything else. Friends tended to get pretty crazy, and if this Souji was insane... well, she only wanted to defend herself against one person, not two.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Jul 9, 2010 2:19:45 GMT -5
Minato looked nervous, but he gave a nod. Following the other officer, he made it over to the other end of the crime scene. He just couldn't believe this. Souji'd never seemed like someone like that. Something bad must have happened for Souji to just try to kill Adachi like that... Had Adachi killed "Mana"? That might be part of it... but it didn't seem like that would be enough to cause that.
He stepped over the police tape and walked back over to Ryoji. It was obvious Minato was worried about this.
"You don't think Souji actually tried to kill Adachi, do you...?" Minato asked. He shook his head. "Never mind. A-Anyways, that person who got killed? I think she's Izanami..."
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Post by mugenginga on Jul 9, 2010 2:29:18 GMT -5
Ryoji opened his mouth to answer Minato. Or more precisely, to not answer Minato. But the blue haired teenager shook his head and changed the topic. Ryoji's eyes widened at the words. Izanami? The one who'd tried to kill Atem? The one that Bakura had put his life on the line to stop? The events there were fuzzy, and Ryoji felt a tight pain in his chest as he tried to recall them. He'd purposely... he shook his head and backed against the wall for support. Yeah, he didn't... didn't want to think about that.
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The officer known as Chisaki Nekoi touched the door with her notepad, carefully pulling it open. She looked inside. There didn't appear to be anyone home, but she didn't trust things. She stepped inside before reaching up under her coat to where the gun was concealed. She pulled it out, but didn't take off the safety. No need to pull a repeat of earlier.
"Seta-san, I'm Nekoi Chisaki with the Void City Police Department. If you're in here, come out. I just want to talk..."
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Jul 9, 2010 2:37:02 GMT -5
Unfortunately, Ryoji's reaction to things didn't make Minato's reaction to things any better. He looked concerned and took a step toward Ryoji.
"Are you alright?" Minato asked. Now that he thought about it, Ryoji's only real encounter with Izanami was when she'd tried to kill Atem... and Ryoji had taken his true form to protect them. It wasn't a very pleasant thing to think about.
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There was no response to the officer's request for Souji to come out. For a moment there was silence, and then there was a light groan from the kitchen.
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Post by mugenginga on Jul 9, 2010 2:45:22 GMT -5
Ryoji looked up as Minato asked if he was alright. He shook his head and forced a grin. He was fine. They were memories he didn't like, but he'd never have to deal with that again. Death was gone, Nyx was gone, Minato was here. Ryoji leaned forward and looked past the police tape.
"How long does it take to look through an apartment...?"
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Chisaki tensed up as she heard the groan, and pointed her gun in the direction of it. She was well aware the safety was still on, but it was likely Souji wouldn't be. Both his first and last name were Japanese, and she quite frankly had never heard of one where guns were legal for civilians. After a moment she lowered the gun and took a few steps towards the kitchen. She couldn't hear movement. She was about to ask for Souji again when she saw a bloody knife on the floor. She flicked the safety off and ran into the kitchen. Her eyes widened as she saw the teenager on the floor.
...Suicide!?
"Shit shit shit shit!" Chisaki had the sense to kick the knife away and position herself between the counter and the teenager. Even while she was doing that she was yelling out to the hall, "Someone call an ambulence now! We've got an attempted suicide!"
She was down on her knees in a second and yanking her jacket off. She grabbed the arm Souji had sliced (left arm, and the position of the knife indicated he had done it with his right hand) and wrapped the coat just past the wound, pulling it tight. It would function as a tourniquet for the time being. It didn't look all that much like the boy had been that serious, but it was possible he'd meant to do worse and just had bad aim. She used her arm to hold Souji's injured arm against the wall while still holding the jacket tight. She looked him in the face.
"Wake up god damn it! I am not letting you get out of this by killing yourself!"
They were going to have a fucking field day with this at the station. With the recent events, she'd already been having trouble convincing people there was no god damn curse. Now a dead miko and an attempted suicide? Fan-damn-fucking-tastic.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Jul 9, 2010 3:16:29 GMT -5
Minato was starting to look a little more worried as well when Ryoji leaned to look past the police tape. Just how long did it take to look through someone's apartment? It wasn't like there was all that much to look through in there...
But as he heard the yell from Souji's apartment, his eyes widened and he started running toward the apartment. One of the officers still investigating the scene managed to grab him and keep him from running through the scene and to Souji's room.
"Let go of me! That's my friend in here!" Minato yelled. Souji had... tried to kill himself. No way. No way. This couldn't be right. Souji wouldn't do that, he'd never do that.
Another man was busy dialing 911, though he seemed nervous himself. A miko's death and an attempted suicide... this was too similar to that curse...
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Souji didn't respond to Chisaki's yell for him to wake up. After about a minute, he opened his eyes just enough to look up at the woman. He still felt dizzy... probably from the bloodloss. He was fighting to stay conscious as he gave a smile.
"Oh thank god. Someone who knows what they're doing."
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Post by mugenginga on Jul 9, 2010 16:23:37 GMT -5
Ryoji was almost knocked over as Minato jumped up and tried to run towards the apartment. He was caught by a police officer, but the blue haired teenager was still struggling. Ryoji looked down and seemed a bit distant from the group. He really didn't know Souji all that well, but Minato did. Quite frankly, Ryoji didn't know any of the group all that well. But Minato was panicking, and at the rate it was going he was gonna mess up the crime scene. Souji had attacked Adachi? Ryoji didn't know the specifics of that but...
Ryoji shook his head and stepped forwar. He looped his arms between Minato's arms and his chest, grabbing him about midway and stepping close. It was an embrace as much as anything else, meant to calm Minato down as well as comfort him. He pulled his head close to Minato's. He tried to speak firmly, but he was also almost whispering.
"Minato, calm down. They said attempted suicide, he's alive..."
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Chisaki looked up towards Souji as he mumbled out the words. Someone who knew what they were doing? She passed her hand in front of his face quickly. The eyes didn't really follow. He wasn't all that awake. She pulled tighter on the makeshift tournequet and grabbed his chin with her other hand.
"Do you remember stabbing yourself in the arm?"
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Jul 9, 2010 17:07:28 GMT -5
Minato flinched as Ryoji suddenly embraced him. At Ryoji's words, he slowly relaxed and drew away from the crime scene. What the hell had happened here? Izanami had been killed, Souji'd nearly killed Adachi, and now Souji had tried to kill himself...? This was insane...
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Souji winced as Chisaki pulled tighter on the makeshift tourniquet. The room was still spinning, and he felt like he was going to puke. Again, probably from the blood loss. He looked up at her as she grabbed his chin and asked her question. A fun one, too. He couldn't tell her about Izanagi; she'd never believe him. If he told her he remembered doing it to himself, she'd think he'd tried to commit suicide, which was just what Izanagi wanted.
It was about then it hit him that this woman was a police officer. In his apartment. And for that matter, how had she even gotten in? Teddie should have locked the door on the way out...
"...No, sorry..." Souji said. "...Who are you and why are you in my apartment...?"
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Post by mugenginga on Jul 9, 2010 17:13:53 GMT -5
Ryoji didn't relax much in response to Minato. He removed the grip so the blue haired teenager could sit own. He gave a nervous look towards Minato, and then focused it on the crime scene. They actually looked almost done here. What had been going on with Minato since he showed up on the Island. He was so out of the loop... had all this been going on when he'd been surrendering to his fate? Had he been that self-centered and blind...?
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Chisaki frowned. So he didn't remember stabbing himself. Which meant it was entirely possible someone had done it to him. If that was the case, they were either very sloppy or actually hadn't been trying to kill him. She didn't remove her hand from his chin.
"Can you understand clearly what I'm saying?"
She couldn't press charges here. Not when he was half-conscious like this, she wouldn't be able to read him his rights. At least she could once he was stabilized at the hospital. She didn't want to explain anything to him until she got a grasp at how coherent he was. He seemed to be answering questions well enough...
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Jul 9, 2010 21:05:29 GMT -5
Minato sat down on the stairs again. Every now and then, he'd glance up and look toward Souji's room, and then toward the stairs leading to the first floor. The paramedics seemed to be taking their sweet time getting there... Souji was possibly dying in there, and they weren't there yet... Dammit, what the hell had happened?! Minato couldn't see Souji doing something like this. Had Izanagi forced him to try to kill himself? Or worse, Izanami? Dammit, what had happened?!
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"Sort of... I feel like I'm going to be sick..." Souji said. In truth, he'd been injured worse before, but there had always been someone on hand with their Persona to heal him. Not this time. At least the bleeding had slowed...
He was still wondering what this woman was doing here. She was obviously a police officer. Was this about what had happened to Izanami earlier? He supposed they'd naturally ask whoever the witness was about it...
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Post by mugenginga on Jul 9, 2010 21:38:57 GMT -5
"My name is Nekoi Chisaki, I'm with the Void City Police Department. I'm here for your involvement in the murder of Tadoru Mana and the assult of Adachi Tohru."
She looked at Souji. No, he couldn't walk like this. Not without more support than she wanted to offer on his own. She was curious if he believed in curses, but she sure as hell wasn't going to ask. People tended to jump to conclusions with the slightest of stimuli.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Jul 10, 2010 0:27:08 GMT -5
Oh. Oh. Souji looked down. That was... that would explain it. He'd attacked an officer, after all, and Adachi wasn't overly fond of him. Even if he had been, Souji doubted Adachi would have dropped things there. This really was his fault. He'd lost control and now Izanami was dead and Adachi in the hospital.
"....I see," Souji said. He looked up slowly as he heard what sounded like ambulance sirens. "...Haha, that must be my ride, huh...?"
Now that he thought about it, his head kind of hurt, too... He must have hit his head on the way down earlier. If he ever got his hands on Izanagi again, he was going to strangle him-- wait, no, he couldn't do that... he'd just be in Adachi again.
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Post by mugenginga on Jul 10, 2010 0:43:53 GMT -5
Chisaki narrowed her eyes as Souji chuckled. She was not in the mood for the teenager to flip. She had a firm grip on her gun with her free hand. If he attacked her, she would shoot. However, he seemed to be too weak to fight back. She kept a critical eye on him, aware of the sirens but choosing not to move from this spot. After he spent some time recovering (and under strict observation, she told herself) she could formally charge him.
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The ambulance pulled up quick enough. The team was different than the one who had carted Adachi off a little earlier. There were no unnecessary words exchanged. The call hadn't been clear the condition of the patient, only that he had tried to kill himself. The grabbed the stretcher and went inside.
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"Minato..."
Ryoji had sat down at the wait for the ambulance. He was sitting very close to the blue haired teenager, and looking at him. He wasn't going to break was he? Ryoji was trying to find words when the door at the bottom of the stairs flew open. He jumped into a standing position as the paramedics made their way up the stairs.
Meanwhile, the other cops had filtered away from the crime scene. The police tape was still up, but the evidence they'd needed had been gathered. All that was left was for the cleanup crew to show up and handle things. Still, they didn't intend on letting the bystanders by. But the paramedics could get through easily enough.
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Post by Firebreath Fishslap on Jul 10, 2010 2:13:07 GMT -5
The paramedics moved past the crime scene and to Souji's apartment, where they wheeled the stretcher into the kitchen. Two of them managed to lift Souji onto it before they took the stretcher out of the apartment and started taking it back down the hall again.
Minato had stood up as well when the paramedics came up the stairs. He was staring directly at Souji's door, and his eyes widened as he saw them bring Souji out on a stretcher. There was a makeshift tourniquet around his left arm, which had been sliced open pretty badly from what Minato could see.
Souji opened one eye as he passed by the stairs. His vision was blurry, but he could almost make out Minato and Ryoji. He gave a small smile toward them in an attempt to reassure them, but it didn't do a very good job. Minato just looked even more concerned.
"...We should follow them," Minato said to Ryoji.
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