Nightshift 30: Morgue
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Aidou was a lot of things, but fearful of the unknown was not one of them: he entered without preamble, at home in the dark. And the frigid cold. Morgues of this kind were supposed to be cold to preserve corpses, he supposed, but it only helped him if something were to attack. The room was certainly well inclined towards ice at its temperature.
But he didn't see anything out of the ordinary, which was part of his chagrin.
"Come in, then. Looks fine so far," he announced to the other two. He wasn't sure if he wanted them making a clamour out of his sight.
He also didn't smell anything except maybe some antiseptics--not a whiff of anything vampiric. The noble hadn't seriously expected to find his cousin's dead body just lying out in the open, awaiting identification, but the fact he couldn't be sure there was anything related to Akatsuki's case was frustrating and worrisome. Aidou didn't let it impugn on his 'I've got a misson' mask, though. There were other avenues to explore, and while he was here, it wouldn't hurt to see if there really was a corpse and what kind of injuries it had. Multiple stab wounds, allegedly?
Respect for the dead was usually something he'd promote, but not here.
Focussing in on the line of drawers, Aidou marched right up and yanked out the fourth drawer, just as the intercom had said.
Aidou was a lot of things, but fearful of the unknown was not one of them: he entered without preamble, at home in the dark. And the frigid cold. Morgues of this kind were supposed to be cold to preserve corpses, he supposed, but it only helped him if something were to attack. The room was certainly well inclined towards ice at its temperature.
But he didn't see anything out of the ordinary, which was part of his chagrin.
"Come in, then. Looks fine so far," he announced to the other two. He wasn't sure if he wanted them making a clamour out of his sight.
He also didn't smell anything except maybe some antiseptics--not a whiff of anything vampiric. The noble hadn't seriously expected to find his cousin's dead body just lying out in the open, awaiting identification, but the fact he couldn't be sure there was anything related to Akatsuki's case was frustrating and worrisome. Aidou didn't let it impugn on his 'I've got a misson' mask, though. There were other avenues to explore, and while he was here, it wouldn't hurt to see if there really was a corpse and what kind of injuries it had. Multiple stab wounds, allegedly?
Respect for the dead was usually something he'd promote, but not here.
Focussing in on the line of drawers, Aidou marched right up and yanked out the fourth drawer, just as the intercom had said.