When you play with the wrong crowd...
Who: Eddie, OT anyone appropriate
Where: OSI-R's morgue
When: Sunday evening
Most people were skittish in morgues. The faint smell of death and antiseptic, the too-sterile atmosphere, and the flickering of flourescent lights that touched a subtle trigger in the subconscious... Eddie wasn't particularly fond of them himself, but it was here that much of the biological materials examined by the Research department - corpses, that is - were brought for examination. On the table between him and Dr. Manheim was the body of a young man.
"... and while there are no classic symptoms of vampiric injury -- no direct fangmarks -- there are noticeable incisions in the body at various points made with a small sharp instrument, as well as contusions that would suggest the action of a vampire feeding on an already opened wound. Cause of death was likely blood loss," Dr. Manheim said, gesturing at the wounds.
"Most of the injuries are appearing quite small, though," Eddie observed. "That is somewhat the peculiar -- most vampire victims seem to have much more... aggressively injured?"
"Quite right," Dr. Manheim answered. "Toxicology reports indicate he was drugged out of his mind at the time on a cocktail of alcohol and sedatives. Probably didn't even know what was happening to him. Whoever did this wanted to take their time."
"Ah, most the unpleasant. And this body was discovered..." Eddie began.
"By Alpha Patrol, out near the Espresso Pump, UCSD campus. From the look of the body, it had been re-dressed and moved -- likely the attack, if you can call it that, took place in a more private location. Given the time required to kill the subject, it almost had to." Dr. Manheim chuckled, just a little. "At least his last moments were probably pleasant."
Eddie shook his head. "Yes, well, kinky sexy games the nonwithstanding, he is just as dead as if he had not been having a good time. You will be letting me know if you find anything else the peculiar, yes?"
"Of course," Dr. Manheim said. "We've been seeing an upswing in male victims lately... perhaps the 'nubile young thing' market is starting to run low."
"Or perhaps the most prolific killers are not interested in the discarding of nubile young things," Eddie countered, and started heading outwards. He really needed a coffee right about now.
Where: OSI-R's morgue
When: Sunday evening
Most people were skittish in morgues. The faint smell of death and antiseptic, the too-sterile atmosphere, and the flickering of flourescent lights that touched a subtle trigger in the subconscious... Eddie wasn't particularly fond of them himself, but it was here that much of the biological materials examined by the Research department - corpses, that is - were brought for examination. On the table between him and Dr. Manheim was the body of a young man.
"... and while there are no classic symptoms of vampiric injury -- no direct fangmarks -- there are noticeable incisions in the body at various points made with a small sharp instrument, as well as contusions that would suggest the action of a vampire feeding on an already opened wound. Cause of death was likely blood loss," Dr. Manheim said, gesturing at the wounds.
"Most of the injuries are appearing quite small, though," Eddie observed. "That is somewhat the peculiar -- most vampire victims seem to have much more... aggressively injured?"
"Quite right," Dr. Manheim answered. "Toxicology reports indicate he was drugged out of his mind at the time on a cocktail of alcohol and sedatives. Probably didn't even know what was happening to him. Whoever did this wanted to take their time."
"Ah, most the unpleasant. And this body was discovered..." Eddie began.
"By Alpha Patrol, out near the Espresso Pump, UCSD campus. From the look of the body, it had been re-dressed and moved -- likely the attack, if you can call it that, took place in a more private location. Given the time required to kill the subject, it almost had to." Dr. Manheim chuckled, just a little. "At least his last moments were probably pleasant."
Eddie shook his head. "Yes, well, kinky sexy games the nonwithstanding, he is just as dead as if he had not been having a good time. You will be letting me know if you find anything else the peculiar, yes?"
"Of course," Dr. Manheim said. "We've been seeing an upswing in male victims lately... perhaps the 'nubile young thing' market is starting to run low."
"Or perhaps the most prolific killers are not interested in the discarding of nubile young things," Eddie countered, and started heading outwards. He really needed a coffee right about now.