[002.video] what else could she do in this situation, she who was always in free fall

[una_persson]

[So Skye wasn't the only one to have an unpleasant morning. Una woke up to a few severed fingers lying on the pillow next to her head. She didn't scream, being no stranger to atrocity—though admittedly she hadn't been expecting it here, and spent a few minutes sitting on the edge of the bed taking deep breaths with her head down. When she got up to examine the room to see if there was anything else, she found the bathtub full of watery blood.

Now that—that got a vocal reaction, and anyone around room 120 that morning might have heard her shout something to the effect of Sodding fuck!

When she switches on the video on her tablet about fifteen minutes after that outburst, she's actually got this slightly grim smile that definitely doesn't reach her eyes, and her voice is calm and controlled.]

If anyone is missing any fingers, do let me know, because someone appears to have gifted them to me.

And if you're the one who broke in—well done, you; I can't find a single sign of forced entry, and you must have been quieter than the proverbial churchmouse.

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[64th]

That's disgusting.

[ You know, just in case anyone wasn't sure what Cash's stance on severed body parts was. ]

[una_persson]

It's certainly the nastiest thing I've woken up next to outside of a war zone.

[64th]

You piss somebody off?

[una_persson]

Not that I know of. If I have, there are so many other ways they could have expressed their displeasure.

[64th]

You have to admit they're real good at sending a message.

[una_persson]

A message, yes, but of what kind? A threat? A warning? Or a prank in extremely foul taste?

[64th]

Probably just to remind us whose in charge.

[unforgives]

Well that's definitely unsettling.

[una_persson]

I can't decide whether to be comforted or alarmed by the apparent fact that no one is reporting any missing digits.

[unforgives]

Really? No one has?

[una_persson]

Not a bit of it. Unless they're ... [and the idea just now dawns on her] somehow incapable of responding.

[unforgives]

That's— do you think it might have been the staff?

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[usedtoit]

I almost hope this is somebody's idea of a sick joke because any alternative seems a lot worse.

[ Thea hasn't received any creepy gory gifts, but she knows it's happened more than once. It's unsettling, to say the very least. ]

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[una_persson]

There really isn't any alternative that's what you'd call "good", is there?

...I suppose I ought to drain the bathtub, at any rate. Unless someone is interested in collecting forensic evidence.

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[usedtoit]

Not even sort of.

[ A brief pause. ] Do you want help with that? The cleaning up part, I mean. It doesn't seem like something that would be even remotely enjoyable to do alone.

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[una_persson]

No, I think I—

Actually, on second thought, I wouldn't say no to some company.

[Because she really is more rattled than she's letting on.]

[Video]

[notafraidofyou]

...Eew.

[He holds up his hands and waves his full complement of ten fingers.]

Not me.

...Kind of a morbid gross question, but, uh. What do they look like?

[Video]

[una_persson]

No, that's—actually an entirely reasonable question.

[Though the look on her face says quite plainly: what is my life that this is a reasonable question?]

Er. Medium skin tone, I think, but as they're ah, bled out, it's a little hard to say precisely. They could just as easily be a man's or woman's, as far as I can tell. Short nails. No particularly distinct identifying marks.

[Video]

[notafraidofyou]

That is so not helpful. [The complaint isn't directed at Una as much as it is at the situation. Why can't identifying dismembered fingers without access to fingerprinting databases be easy?] Any chance that they might belong to a sixteen year old girl?

[Video]

[una_persson]

You mean the poor girl who was murdered? No, I don't think they're hers. There's a chance, perhaps—but I suspect not.

You, ah—you're welcome to have a look for yourself.

[Video]

[notafraidofyou]

No, that's--

...Actually, yeah. Could I? I promise I'm not as weird and morbid as I sound. I just want to be sure.

[Because if someone's chopping people up and putting their pieces in other people's rooms, that's really something Tim wants to know.]

[Video]

[una_persson]

Of course. Room 120.

[Video]

[notafraidofyou]

Thanks. I'll be right there.

[Weird morbid spam?]