66
It feels as if the City's repeating itself. Curses, murder--an endless cycle. It's tiresome.
The latest rash of murders apparently concluded this evening. Information regarding the whereabouts of First Lieutenant Rip van Winkle or the names of others involved in the murders and Millennium as it currently exists in the City would be appreciated.
Victim's Name: Willow Rosenberg
Location of Body: Alley, City Proper
- Original Video
Cause of Death: Evisceration
Additional: Nearly complete mutilation of the torso. Wall marked with a red swastika (blood). First Lieutenant Rip van Winkle (Millennium associate) is, beyond a shadow of doubt, to blame. Recorded conversation suggests the presence of one or more accomplices (Road Camelot should be considered--please refer to Menolly's death). Van Winkle's apparent motive is the revival of Millennium.
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Victim's Name: Luke Valentine
Location of Body: Mausoleum, Cemetery
- Original Video
Cause of Death: Specific cause unknown
Additional: Cause of death is impossible to ascertain due to the body's condition. Luke is apparently a former Millennium associate. Again, the wall was marked with a swastika painted with blood. First Lieutenant Rip van Winkle admits responsibility.
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Victim's Name: Victoria Nelson
Location of Body: Hall of the Missing
- Original Video
Cause of Death: Total hypovolemia
Additional: Makeup applied to the victim's face is reminiscent of the Jack the Ripper cases (still unsolved). Bodily injuries, caused by a sharp and smooth-edged blade (knife or sword?), don't appear to be life-threatening individually. Red swastika painted with blood is accompanied by the words "Final Act," also written in blood. Rip van Winkle has yet to come forward.
[Private to Police Force // Unhackable]
What's being done to apprehend Rip van Winkle? If we don't do something, I don't doubt that someone else will.
Do we have the ability to hold anyone without a prison?
[Private // Off Network]
I don't understand this City. I don't understand Rip van Winkle, Millennium, or Road's involvement. I don't understand why any of us are here, why some of us leave but not others, why others find it necessary to resort to murder to keep themselves occupied.
It was about accomplishment when we did it. There were philosophical motivations, but first and foremost we wanted to do something meaningful--something that would be noticed. That was one of my reasons. I wanted to leave a mark on the world. It isn't like that here, though. With an ever-changing populace there isn't a collective memory to scar indefinitely. Few people even remember Millennium's previous incarnation.
If Rip van Winkle is seeking immortality for Millennium, she's going to fail. Nothing stays in the mind of the people--not in any world. (Does anyone remember me in my world?) The City's too jaded to respond to death in the way she might intend, as well. Unless the victim is someone close, they're largely ignored. It's a coping mechanism. If we stopped to consider every death--if we allowed ourselves to feel every time someone dies here--we would be overwhelmed. No one can care about everyone here without breaking. Perhaps that's the City's overarching goal... to rob us of our humanity. Some humanity has to be sacrificed to survive.
It's just a body. If you see it as anything but another body, it's too much. I've only made that mistake once, and I won't make it again.
I wish I could think about something other than death and what repeated exposure to tragedy does to the human mind.
The latest rash of murders apparently concluded this evening. Information regarding the whereabouts of First Lieutenant Rip van Winkle or the names of others involved in the murders and Millennium as it currently exists in the City would be appreciated.
Victim's Name: Willow Rosenberg
Location of Body: Alley, City Proper
- Original Video
Cause of Death: Evisceration
Additional: Nearly complete mutilation of the torso. Wall marked with a red swastika (blood). First Lieutenant Rip van Winkle (Millennium associate) is, beyond a shadow of doubt, to blame. Recorded conversation suggests the presence of one or more accomplices (Road Camelot should be considered--please refer to Menolly's death). Van Winkle's apparent motive is the revival of Millennium.
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Victim's Name: Luke Valentine
Location of Body: Mausoleum, Cemetery
- Original Video
Cause of Death: Specific cause unknown
Additional: Cause of death is impossible to ascertain due to the body's condition. Luke is apparently a former Millennium associate. Again, the wall was marked with a swastika painted with blood. First Lieutenant Rip van Winkle admits responsibility.
---
Victim's Name: Victoria Nelson
Location of Body: Hall of the Missing
- Original Video
Cause of Death: Total hypovolemia
Additional: Makeup applied to the victim's face is reminiscent of the Jack the Ripper cases (still unsolved). Bodily injuries, caused by a sharp and smooth-edged blade (knife or sword?), don't appear to be life-threatening individually. Red swastika painted with blood is accompanied by the words "Final Act," also written in blood. Rip van Winkle has yet to come forward.
[Private to Police Force // Unhackable]
What's being done to apprehend Rip van Winkle? If we don't do something, I don't doubt that someone else will.
Do we have the ability to hold anyone without a prison?
[Private // Off Network]
I don't understand this City. I don't understand Rip van Winkle, Millennium, or Road's involvement. I don't understand why any of us are here, why some of us leave but not others, why others find it necessary to resort to murder to keep themselves occupied.
It was about accomplishment when we did it. There were philosophical motivations, but first and foremost we wanted to do something meaningful--something that would be noticed. That was one of my reasons. I wanted to leave a mark on the world. It isn't like that here, though. With an ever-changing populace there isn't a collective memory to scar indefinitely. Few people even remember Millennium's previous incarnation.
If Rip van Winkle is seeking immortality for Millennium, she's going to fail. Nothing stays in the mind of the people--not in any world. (Does anyone remember me in my world?) The City's too jaded to respond to death in the way she might intend, as well. Unless the victim is someone close, they're largely ignored. It's a coping mechanism. If we stopped to consider every death--if we allowed ourselves to feel every time someone dies here--we would be overwhelmed. No one can care about everyone here without breaking. Perhaps that's the City's overarching goal... to rob us of our humanity. Some humanity has to be sacrificed to survive.
It's just a body. If you see it as anything but another body, it's too much. I've only made that mistake once, and I won't make it again.
I wish I could think about something other than death and what repeated exposure to tragedy does to the human mind.