WE ARE THE LAW

[vapidus]

The weather's sunny in the park, with a gentle breeze blowing in off the sea. It makes the sight in front of them that much more jarringly incongruous.

Vanitas never liked Eraqus, but that didn't mean he ever expected this to happen. 'This', being his body impaled through the chest upon the helmet of the verdigrised bronze statue in the Imperial Park. Ventus's gaze was currently fixed on it. So were a large number of phone cameras, behind the cordon.

Only a cursory check of the internet was needed to know this was already going viral. The who wasn't really mattering or known just yet from what he could see, but this was a popular tourist spot, and that was enough to cause ripples on it's own.

A statue of the samurai Kusunoki Masashige. Famous for overthrowing the Kamakura Shogunate on behalf of the Emperor in just six short years. He relayed in summary, because while there was more detail it was both boring and probably irrelevant, and then snorted. Then he died and they put this up at some point. Interesting choice.

He took the opportunity to start scanning the situation for later reconstruction, prodding at Ventus's thoughts while that ran in the background.

Still there, Ventus? His tone was offhand and idle, but so had been the person whose skull he was currently in.

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[vacantis]

Where else would I be?

[ He'd gotten the call beforehand so it wasn't a total shock but...well who could be unmoved seeing their mentor dead and strung up gruesomely? All Ventus wanted to do was run up to that statue and rip Eraqus' body down, so he didn't have to see him.

But no. He had a job to do. ]

I'm surprised you don't have a smug comment to make. [ A slight smile tugs at his lips as he puts his hands in his pockets and with a shamefaced gait, walked past the holographic tape and towards the crime scene. ] You two never got along and now...

We need to find who did this. I mean... I know Master Eraqus won't rest in peace until we find the truth! We're the only people who can help him now.

[ It might be irritating to others to hear Ven parrot the word master about a work superior like some sort of toddling apprentice, but Eraqus had been a very special person. He'd made Ventus into the young man he was today. ]