Realistic or Modern The Strange Occurrence of Blackwood Falls

[Crookie]

The Strange Occurrence of Blackwood Falls

Blackwood Falls is a lost sock: hard to find. Hidden away in the heart of Oregon's pine forest, this town is small, tightly-entwined, and rich in history. Everyone knows everyone, families are bound, and secrets are even harder to keep. Kids walk on traintracks and rip wings off butterflies because there's nothing more to do. Pacific Northwest picketfence America, fathers work long days, mothers make homemade chicken soup, and grandparents rock on the front porch while knitting. Peaceful, quiet as the wind through the trees, not anything stirring has happened in the past 40 years.


Yesterday, Tuesday the 26th of April, 2017, Maya McLeary was found dead on the perimeter of Blackwood Falls, one mile into the forest, away from the town and any civilization. Her body was found with third-and-fourth-degree burns, encompassing 60% of her body, and lacerations across her limbs. She was found in a clearing of trees, but no sign of forest fire or tampering with the area was reported. Foul play and third-degree murder is suspected, but there are no leads currently on the attacker. Miss McLeary had been the librarian at Blackwood's public library for the past 4 years.


This was huge news. The population of the town had found out and were shocked in a matter of hours. McLeary's name was in everyone's mouths, mainly at the highschool: Blackwood Falls High. Even more especially, it being the topic of focus for the Unofficial But Very Fake Official, Cryptozoology/Paranormalist Investigational Society Party of Blackwood Falls High School. Code name: The Weirdos Club. To be honest, Blackwood Falls High is a school of cliche movie cliques (jocks, populars, goths, the sort), and while they may all love some good gossip, no group was talking about the news more than the most hated group of them all: the nerds. And, gladly, the Weirdos Club was made up of just that. Awkward, clumsy, acne-dotted geeks, with no cheerleader girlfriends or football game trophies. Barely any of us even have a plan for college or a career. We just planned on meeting up at the arcade, as we do every day after school for club meetings, and hunt the aliens of Oregon for the rest of our lives.


And that's just what we plan on doing. The police have made no advancement to actually conduct an investigation: as far as we know, they've swept up McLeary, thrown her in a coffin, tossed her in the ground, and wiped their hands. No concern, no problem. Like the whole thing didn't even happen. Why bother going out finding a suspect when there's a baseball game on? Too much work for the cops of this county. So, the perfect explanation is to let a group of 16-year-olds figure out out the truth, right? Of course.



SUMMARY ​

Blackwood Falls, Oregon, is a small town in the woods where nothing exciting happens. But when a shocking crime occurs, everyone but the cops of the town are freaked out. The cops are not looking for whoever committed this murder, instead laying Maya McLeary to rest and moving on like nothing happened: out of sight, out of mind. An unofficial club at Blackwood Falls High, crudely nicknamed the Weirdos Club, has taken it into their hands to conduct their own investigation. No one can seem to understand what happened to McLeary, how she got there, and who could have killed her. To the kids, all clues point to something paranormal. But what they find is even further from the truth.
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[Crookie]

"Fourth-degree burns across majority of body. Lacerations across arms and legs, probably made by some tool or claws. Clothes not removed. Hair not tampered with. Liver and one kidney removed, no surgical stitches - cauterization."

Mulder slammed the newspaper on the flattop arcade console in front of him, acting as temporary table. It beeped back at him as he looked up at the people around, his glasses reflecting the neon lights.

It was the warm and rainy tail-end of April in Blackwood Falls, Oregon -- the day after the town would never be the same. Mulder had bolted from school to get to Arcade Adventure to hold an emergency club meeting to discuss Mrs McLearly's report in the paper. This was huge - an unsolved murder in the tiny, no-good town of Blackwood Falls? News reporters all over the state - even the country - will be talking about this! The arcade's tunes, trills, and beeps alongside the flashing neon lights and blacklight posters weren't helping display the seriousness of the topic on hand. At least it was dark-ish.

"Rest her soul, I mean," Mulder said nonchalantly, switching from his I'm Mulder Pines and you're watching 60 Minutes on CBS voice back to his normal sup dude i'm mulder and 1998 britney spears is the best thing to ever happen to me voice. "I'm pretty sure she gave me a sticker when I was 7 because I actually returned a library book on time for once. She was cool." He didn't add much else, just taking a sip of his overpriced soda and kinda looking to the ground.

He snapped back up. "But - to get back on track here - the police say that they don't have any leads on anyone who could have murdered her. She's widowed, so she doesn't have a husband or any kids. Anyone left from her family is a few states over. So that rules out anyone person we can talk to." He yanked a pen out of his pocket, and began taking messy notes on the newspaper.

"Does anyone have any ideas? The police haven't made any move yet for an investigation, since 'the police force in this area is too small' -- yeah, yeah, or they're just denying the truth! They're either real lazy, or they actually do know what happened, and they don't want people to find out!" He hunched over the paper, now furiously scratching bullet-point notes, talking more to himself than addressing the club members.

"Well, we're sure as hell gonna find the truth. Or I'll die trying."


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[Malice Queen]

It was getting pretty dark outside, but it was usually the only time all the members of the club could meet -- after school but some time before dinner. Today, Clara was running late for the meeting as her Dad decided to be a pain in the ass about sharing quality time with his daughter. Though it hadn't ended in an argument, it was clear that her father was not pleased about her rushing out the house to go meet her weird friends from school -- though to be honest, she didn't really see them as friends...more like friendly acquaintances. The only thing they all had in common was their interest in science and the paranormal or supernatural but this was as close to friends as Clara would probably get at the school.

Clara was the new kid at school for about a month, and to say that she's had a rough time adjusting from the big-city life she left behind would be an understatement. The poor girl had to deal with the drama of moving away from her friends in the big-city and now when she moved to the new town of course she just had to be the only kid in the small-town that liked to dress in black -- or it sure felt that way what with the looks everyone gives her; in a way the club saved her from loneliness.

Clara had just arrived at the club's meeting area in the arcade just as Mulder asked if anyone else had any ideas -- rather winded from jogging her way from her house she took her time to catch her breath and glance over at the newspaper Mulder was furiously scribbling on. Clara knew that he was talking about that murder victim in the paper -- it was pretty fucked up what happened to her, but Clara didn't take it personal like the locals probably did. The corner of the goth's lips would curl slightly as Mulder went on his usual conspiracy-theorist rant, she always thought he was cute when he carried on like that.

"Well, we're sure as hell gonna find the truth. Or I'll die trying."

Clara would adjust the bag that was slung over her shoulder before clearing her throat and finally speaking up,

"S-Sorry I'm late...Dad was being a pain about dinner today. Always wants us to have dinner together."

Clara would shift a bit as her eyes drop to the newspaper and then focus on the colorful reflections on Mulder's glasses.

"Um...Perhaps you're right...You'd think the cops would care about a local being killed in such a manner...I mean most cases like this...wouldn't the cops be jumping to find her killer?"

To be honest, that point had crossed Cara's mind several times. Clara's eyes would widen slightly as she realized she had been speaking for a bit and had not let anyone else speak. The black-clad girl would slink back into the already-dark arcade area and seal her lips to hear what everyone else thinks.

 

[Rosiegold]

Shanti had been leaning against a different arcade console next to the one the club had been using as a table, mostly to not crowd anyone. She had told her mom she was going to go any hang out with her "new friends from school" but left out the part about how they planned to look into the brutal murder of some poor woman. Her mom of course was just happy to see that Shanti was making friends. While Shanti wasn't sure is anyone here would call her a friend or not, she still did enjoy hanging around these guys... Even if the hangouts were to talk about murders rather than going to the mall or seeing movies together as she assumed most groups of friends did.

Shanti look up as Clara came in. “Maybe they're scared... The cops I mean.." She piped up, stepping over to the console table with the rest of them. "I mean that doesn't excuse them from not doing their job but who wouldn't be freaked out seeing this." Shanti muttered as she leaned over the arcade console to get a better look at the newspaper Mulder had thrown down. "Poor lady... She seemed nice." She hadn’t known her, still being new to Blackwood Falls for more than a several months, but she couldn’t help but feel terrible for the victim. Especially after seeing how brutal a death it had been.

“Probably not an animal if it was cauterized, right?” She asked, not really expecting an answer. “My guess is serial killer.” She added bluntly. “Some creep who targets people with no families then does this shit to them. But this was the first murder that’s happened right? So I guess no serial killer unless someone else get killed too which means it would only be a matter of time before-“ Shanti cut herself off, realizing how morbid she had gotten. “…Sorry that doesn’t help does it?”

But to be perfectly honest, the idea of a serial killer running around loose in Blackwoods was scarier to Shanti than any wild animal. But what else could have done it. Her second guess was going to be organ harvester but that didn't explain the burns and what not. Honestly this whole this was unsettling and honestly pretty damn scary. And with the police force whether being too lazy or scared to do anything about it, who would get hurt next. The thought both sent chills up her spine, and made her blood boil.

 

[Tombstone]

The arcade was a small building, located in the same shopping plaza as the towns little movie theater. It had been painted white once, but that color had faded into a dingy sort of beige over the years. Still, the red neon sign on the roof shone bright, letting the whole town know that this building was in fact, an arcade.

Jake steered his old '79 Ford Bronco into the parking lot. He picked the closest open spot to the door, and stopped his truck there. Metallica's version of Turn the Page was playing on the radio, and Jake was nodding his head too it as he unbuckled his seatbelt. Then he looked at his iPhone to check the time. "Shit," he said realizing he was ten minutes late, but he didn't bother to hurry up.

Out of every 10 of the supernatural club's meetings, Jake would only bother to make two or three. Quite honestly, he didn't see how the existence of the supernatural could be logically possible. With that being said, he'd come across what had looked exactly like Bigfoot tracks about 6 months prior. Did he believe that they belonged to Sasquatch, not necessarily, but something had made them. Whether it was the real deal or just some kids goofing off, the people who were most likely to know about it were the supernatural kids. Unfortunately, they had nada. So he checked in every now and then to see if there had been any updates. Somehow, he somewhat became part of the clique.

This wasn't Jake's first time meeting these guys at the arcade, and on the last occasion he'd lean red that they hadn't forbade smoking in the establishment. He reached over and opened the glove box, then retrieved the cigar he'd been storing there along with a cutter and a lighter. Using the guillotine clipper, he knocked off the cigar's cap just above the shoulder. Then he put it up to a light and rotated it so the end would get evenly lit. Sure, since he was only 17, this was all technically illegal, but only if he got caught. Honestly, he didn't care about shit like that. Besides, there were kids at school who did pot or worse. Tobacco was light in comparison.

He shut the engine of the Bronco off, popped open the door, and hopped out. Before Jake closed the door, he grabbed a newspaper off of the dash. He'd read the article about the librarian, and instinctively knew that was what this little pow wow was about. After taking a long puff of his and tasting the smoke, he slowly breathed it out with a sigh. It was going to be a long night.

He headed for the front door and went inside. The dark room was lit up by blinding lights all around of various colors. God forbid an epileptic kid ever came in here. After a few seconds of his eyes adjusting, he spotted the group huddled around a game they were using as a table. Yep, it was as professional that a meeting about unearthly forces could be.

After another puff of his cigar, he walked over just in time to hear the Indian girl, Shanti, speak. Jake stayed silent, letting her finish, and hung back taking a few more puffs whilst he waited. When she was done, he spoke up.

"Sup kiddos," he waved, with cigar in hand, as he took a step closer to the table. "Sorry I'm late to the party." He really wasn't, but said it as a formality. After taking a seconds to meet everyone there in the eyes, he smiled.

"Crazy week huh. Murder ain't a bad guess, but it ain't a great one either. There was no one around her with motive plus there were no signs of it stemming from a mugging. Since she had clothes, that eliminates rape…… and other than that I can think of a reason why some one would kill her."

He put his cigar to his lips and took a long draw to keep it from going out. In many ways, Jake felt out of place. Here he was, dressed like Longmire, standing in the middle of an arcade talking about the unearthly. It seemed to him like he was the odd man out. Jake let the tobacco smoke escape from his mouth and continued. "So if a guy did it, he decided on a whim to hack her up with a machete and pour gasoline on her. But no, that don't explain the liver or the kidney. Those are two specific. Unless were dealing with a cannibal, but why the kidney? Its filled with piss, I can't imagine it tasting anything but terrible."

Jake took another draw from the cigar and let out the smoke with a sigh, "The article mentions burns, but if doesn't specify if its chemical or thermal. That alone could mean the difference in what happened. If I was to take a "logical" guess as to what happened, she got attacked by a bear and tried to fight it off with fire somehow. She fucked things up and ended up burning herself and pissing the bear off more."

"Now if we take the Supernatural approach, well we could be dealing anything from dragons to demons or possibly even xenomorphs. One body will tell us nothing, but hopefully it will be a fluke. A one time occurrence. Otherwise, we'll need to figure out what it is so someone can Dean Winchester it quickly."

"Oh, and don't rely on the cops. They're too busy giving out speeding tickets to meet their quota to help. Besides, if you want something down right, you have to do it myself. Well, thats my two cents at least."

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[Skylark]

(Sorry I was gone for awhile... So I'll try my best lol)
Skylar woke up early just so she could go somewhere quiet. Shoving her earbuds in her ears and grabbing her things she headed out the door. She walked down a dirty road avoiding any muddy spots so her shoes wouldn't be a mess. Once she got to her special place she began to relax.

Somehow Skylar had heard nothing about a murder yet. The reason she may have not heard was because she doesn't talk to many people. She prefers to just be by herself; At least most of the time. Sky began to pull up her hair and into a ponytail, but before she could someone came over and tugged out her earbud. "Hey Sky!" Have you heard the news?" The girl asked with a questioning face.

"No what news?" Sky asked her wondering what could be news for this small little town where nothing ever happens. The girl looked at her shocked.

"How could you not have heard! Oh wait you do try to avoid people all the time. Ok so guess what. Someone was murdered!" For some reason this girl looked excited. But Skylar just didn't know what to say except for.

"Why is this making you so excited?" She questioned the girl.

"Nothing ever happens in this small town so finally it's something to gossip about!" The girl told her as she finally started to leave. Sky sat there for a moment wondering how and why someone would get murdered.

She finally decided to leave. She began to head into town and see what was going on. Walking down the old dirt road and back into town she passed the arcade. Seeing a group of people she began curious of what was going on. Now Sky normally never goes up to a group of people but with this news that she just heard she had to know more about it. "Hey what's going on?" She asked with a tilt of her head.

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[Aio]

WINNIFRED SANG YU
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Left. Right. Up. Up... Dammit. Winnifred stood over the console of the arcade game, watching the screen flash bright colors across the screen with 'YOU LOSE' smack in the center. Winnifred was never one for video game but it never hurt to put a few quarters into a machine and test your luck. Pushing herself off of the machine she turned to look over at the others.

Cracking a smile when Mulder spoke. It alway cracked her up when Mulder could go from acting like a kid into a candy store to a man of business in a matter of minutes, but that was Mulder. She rolled her eyes and shrugged as she made her way over to the rest, finding a comfy spot on the floor as she looked at all of them.

Most of them were older, which was amusing to Winnifred, believing that one would get tired of chasing the unknown, unless they were Mulder Pines of course. "Oh yes god rest her soul." Winifred was Buddhist and didn't believe in all that father thou art in heaven stuff but why not play along.

"I know what you want to hear Mulder but the cops might be looking at some black market shit. You know I love a good government conspiracy theory but if we're real here the law enforcement here is total crap." Winifred yawned before she sighed and continued. "My bet, she was in the blackmarket and got over her head but if I know where your going Mulder I'll just go with some poltergeist or something like that." She shrugged, having said her share she retreated back into her mind as she listened to the others.

Winnifred listened to the others, nodding every now and then to show she was listening but other than that she kept to herself. They were ll fairly good ideas but she knew Mulder already had his mind set on what really happened. "Aw cut it with that vigilante crap Mulder. No ones gonna die." She mumbled as she looked over at him before opening her bag and pulling out her notebook. Opening it revealed notes she had taken in past meetings. Mainly drawings of things they had spoken about, turning to a new page she went to writing about todays events while the others spoke.

 

[Tombstone]

Jake watched the new girl walk in. Even though the room was dark, he could recognize Skylar Jensen by her pretty long brown hair and bright green eyes. She was a year younger than he, and was normally pretty quiet. Though he'd never personally talked to her, he'd seen her in passing several times.

"Hey what's going on?" Jake heard her ask. He took a puff of his cigar and then stepped away from the game the rest we using as a table. Turning to square up his body with the girl, he smiled politely. The others could continue on with their conversation. He'd talk to the newcomer.

"We are here to discuss a murder most foul. These guys," Jake said waving his hand to the others, "are the supernatural studies club. Basically they just talk about the best horror and Sci-Fi movies and make conspiracy theories. But because of….. recent events," he said trying to chose his words carefully, "well, these guys are having a field day."

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[Skylark]

Skylar looked up at Jake as he was much taller then her. She had seen him also around town. Sky was quiet but observant so she noticed the small details in things like how his eyes can get deeper depending on the lighting but when the lighting is brighter they are a beautiful blue.

She smiled slightly as he talked. "Yeah I just heard about it this morning from some girl..." She remembered as she was walking here she saw pictures in the newspaper about the murder also. "So they think an alien did it or something?" She asked with a giggle that was so small you could almost not even hear it. She looked at the ground and back up at Jake. Come on Sky you're just talking to a person don't say anything stupid or do anything stupid She told herself. Skylar looked at the table and then back at Jake keeping focus on someone was particularly hard for her. Maybe it was because of nerves of just straight up talking to someone. Tombstone

 

[Tombstone]

Jake had caught the girls slight giggle, and the corner of his lips curled into a slight smile. "Yeah, it does sound silly. But who knows, it could have been an alien. Or perhaps a demon. But we all know that murder is the most likely option. Still, this whole thing just doesn't add up completely."

He took notice that there was a trashcan with an ashtray just out of arms reach. Jake took a small side step towards it and crushed out his cigar. It was probably best to put it away sooner than later so the smell of tobacco wouldn't stick to him. What was left could be saved for later.

Then he held out his hand towards the girl for her to shake. It was about time he formally introduced himself. "Carson, Jake Carson. Senior and occasional attendee of the Supernatural clubs meetings."

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[Skylark]

Sky ran a hand through her long hair as he talked. She slowly began to feel a little bit more comfortable around him. When he held out his ran Sky took it and gave a firm shake. "Skylar Jensen, but I go by sky," She replied with a smile. "This whole thing doesn't make sense, I mean this girl was so nice," She said with a small sigh. "But maybe it was an alien," She said thinking out loud. Could it actually have been? Maybe It was? Maybe it was must a murderer.

Her eyes filled with terror as she thought. Wait... Could I be next? Is someone going to kill me? She became a little nervous but being Sky she could hide her emotions. Tombstone

 

[Tombstone]

Wow, she had a good grip. Jake pumped her hand twice and let go. "I highly doubt it was an Alien… more likely some kind of death cult ritual. Or maybe she read from the wrong book and summoned a demon. No, now that I think about it, this could only be the doing of ManBearPig." At this point Jake was just playing. He chuckled slightly, laughing this whole thing off. Skeptic or not, he always believed in one thing for sure.

"Whatever the case," he said to the girl, "there will always be a way to kill it. It might be very roundabout, but there is always a way to put down the monster in the end. That's why I'm here. Besides, its probably nothing more than some psycho. Get yourself a nice taser and you should be fine. He'll get whats coming to him."

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[Skylark]

Smiling at him she listened for a moment thinking he was seriously until he said manbearpig she laughed a little too loud, at least for her she did. She continued to listen until he finished. "Hey would it be ok if I possibly joined you guys?" She asked she was getting a bit tired of not hearing what was going on in the town. She was also trying to just step out of her comfort zone for once. I mean yes Skylar does not really like being around people she doesn't know but the other day she read online about stepping out of your comfort zone. She continued to smile cause she also read online that it makes your mood better.

She stood there waiting for his answer. She anticipated him to say no but she continued to wait Tombstone

 

[Tombstone]

Jake was glad to see her laught at his joke. It was nice that the reference hadn't been wasted. She was a nice girl, he'd make sure to start saying hi to her at school.

It was then she asked if she could join the group. The pour soul had no idea what she was getting into. Jake bit his lip, and thought about trying to warn her that she was in for a bunch of crazy and was at risk of loosing any popularity status at school. He decided not to.

Instead, Jake just shrugged and stepped to the side. "Knock yourself out, I guess. None of us here will have any problems with it....... so long as you are human." He finished in a slightly sarcastic tone. "You ARE human, right? If so, than be our guest." He made a motion resembling that of a butler welcoming someone.

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[Skylark]

Skylar smiled when he said yes, she was so prepared for him to say no that hearing the word yes surprised her for some odd reason. She wasn't popular at school nor did she ever really want to be. When she heard his sarcastic tone her face became straight "No I'm not human," She joked in a monotone voice. "I'm just kidding," She added as she then walked into the group seeing everyone that was around. Jake was a nice guy Sky for sure thought he was going to be some tough rude guy but she was wrong.

Being in a group of people was weird for her. But the main good thing about being in a group means that you don't have to do a lot of talking. She began listening to all there ideas and when she thought one was weird she would look up at jake and make a confused face but then soon turn her attention back. Sky could pay attention to people and catch the small details thats the perks about being quiet.

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[HollyLeafForever]

Eva pulled into the arcade parking lot with her '67 Volkswagen Beetle; though only 16 with no license she had no worries because in her heart she knew the small town police force wouldn't bother asking for her license. Quickly she stepped out of her cute little car, almost tripping over herself, and half-ran into the arcade, dark amber leaves following behind her. Rushing into the room she began loudly expressing herself, "I found things! There was so many animal prints around where she was, and there were limited bugs and stuff in the area. Also! Has anyone broke into her house yet?! Cause i feel like that is a mandatory thing !"

Eva had failed to realize she truly looked like a crazy person, her cream coloured sweater covered in dirt and leaves, as well as her hair and pants. She looked like she went for a roll down a hill and landed in a bush. She was a real mess. She held this wide smile on her face as she looked to her brother for some kind of confirmation or response of some kind. Failing to see the looks that strangers were giving her, she made a quick step over to her brother and stood beside him, "Do you think it'd be a good idea to do some sort of house investigation cause im sure i could get a grappling hook or something like that !"

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[Skylark]

Sky was listening to all the crazy ideas until she heard someone running in she turned her head to see a girl she recognized as Eva. She sometimes saw this girl around town. Listening to her ideas. When she heard 'Break into her house' she had mixed emotions on one hand she thought that it might be cool, but on the other hand she wouldn't want to get in trouble.

Being Skylar and paying attention to everything she heard her say something about a grappling hook a small laugh left her mouth. Honestly Sky has probably never laughed as much as she did today. Probably because she tries her best to avoid people... She stood there thinking for a moment Woah wait what am I even doing with myself? Is the reason I'm talking to people because I'm lonely or curious? She tried to figure herself out but she couldn't. Skylar was so complex that sometimes she couldn't even figure out what she's exactly thinking
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[Tombstone]

Well, here came Eva. She was.... interesting to say the least. Who was he kidding, she made Mulder look down right sane, and that was saying something. Jake silently shook his head as she came over.

Her "information" wasn't that great. The librsruan had been found in the middle of the woods, of course there would be animal tracks. If there had been unnatural looking tracks, then yes, that would be something to note. But bugs and deer were to be expected.

When she spoke of breaking in the poor woman's house, Jakes eyes widened a bit in surprise. He shot a nervous glance over to Skylar to see how she was reacting. She had to be thinking that everyone here was crazy. Jake new that he sure as heck did. Which again begged the question; Why had he even shown up?

He tried to reassure himself by donning a feint smile. Jake was way too sober for all this.

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[Rosiegold]

Shanti jumped a bit when Eva came in loudly talking about breaking and entering. Was she being serious there? Shanti couldn’t tell honestly but from what she had known about Eva already she thought it best to assume she meant it. “I don’t think anyone’s checked her house yet. I mean maybe police but I haven’t.” She replied, looking over at Eva. “Think there might be some sort of clue-” She stopped herself from finishing the question, realizing that even though the lady was dead, breaking in would probably still be pretty illegal. But then again, if the police were as lazy as it seemed, maybe they could get away with it.

“That… Might not be a bad idea honestly?” Shanti suggested. “I mean what there was something at her house the killer wanted, or maybe if was someone she knew and it’ll tip us off about who did it. Or really just knowing more about this lady would help generally.” She went on, now seriously considering Eva’s breaking in suggestion. Honestly Shanti normally wouldn’t even consider this sort of thing, but she had riled herself up with the thought of a serial killer, and with the police being useless, she wanted whoever this was exposed asap.

“But not sure if we would need a grappling hook for that… Lock picks maybe but-“ She stopped herself again, realizing she probably sounded a little crazy to the rest of the group.

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[Skylark]

Skylar listened some of these people seemed a little insane. She was not really used to it normally she stayed by herself and minded her own business. Not much seemed to be getting done in this meeting except for some crazy ideas . Running her hand through her hair she looked over and noticed Jake's expression he seemed to think the same thing she was. she leaned over to him and whispered quietly "Shouldn't we be doing something more productive then standing around a table?" She asked him as she then heard Shanti talk to listened and was starting to get convinced that breaking in might be a good idea, but she wasn't 100% convinced yet so she stayed quiet.She turned her attention back over to Jake waiting to see what he had to say about all this.
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[Crookie]

[holy hell you guys post quickly!! i like giving everyone a chance to respond first as we kick in, and i can definitely say we're on a roll. i'm typing my response now!]

 

[Crookie]

Mulder flipped his wire glasses up to the top of his head like a pair of sunglasses, and rubbed his eyes, heaving a sigh. He was playing this "police detective from a late 70s television crime drama who hasn't slept in 3 days" role quite well.

"I do see how that could be likely," he motioned a hand to address Shanti, continuing the motion to toss a wave and smile to Clara. "But what they should be scared of is the furious family members and townpeople wondering what the hell happened. If I were them, I'd be terrified to just be sitting around."

He scribbled "scared fuzz?" in the margin of the paper. On cue as he looked up, Jake approached with his two cents, and Skylar followed close by. He almost forgot for a moment how big the club was growing.

He perked up at the mention of beastly attack. He jabbed the pen in his hand in Jake's direction. "I was thinking a bear attack too -- but that doesn't really take account for the 'surgically' removed organs -- but the ground where her body was found wasn't tampered with. No marks or trails, no cuts on trees, and not a speck of blood. Squeaky clean."

Mulder made a face at Winnie. "Now that's even more unlikely that sweet ol' Mrs McLeary was involved with sketchy black market antics while reading books to little kids. And as for my friend Casper - him and none of his ghost friends are in dire need of an old lady's kidney and liver." He jumped to childishly scribble "OVERRULED" at the top of Winnie's notes.

And just as he was doing so, Hurricane Eva made her grand appearance. Her appearance, indeed - the Pines brother reflected his twin's wild smile, as he noticed the miscellaneous forest memorabilia stuck to her sweater and in her hair. His eyes made a sweeping roll and she bounced to his side.

"I would love to see you with a grappling hook and trying to not hit yourself in the face with it, sis. But - you don't make too bad of a point. It would almost probably maybe definitely get us into trouble, but we could break in to her house. Not like anyone's using it anymore." He patted Eva's head, and gently removed a twig.

"If we are planning a break-in, though," he leaned back over the newspaper, eyes flicking up to nod approvingly at Shanti and her suggestion - she did kinda look like the type who would know a thing or two about breaking into places, no offense meant; Mulder assumed that all bad-asses in small towns broke into places for fun. "It may take a bit to get prepared, and to know exactly what we're looking for, but we would have to jump on that before the police do. Considering that they actually do want to clean the place out."

 

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Skylar brought up a very good point, one he agreed with entirely. But all he did in response was shrug. "I'm not running this show, Sky." Jake whispered back, "Mulder over there is the guy in charge. It would be nice if he could get to the point though...."

And a point was never found. Mulder didn't give any clue as to what had happened or why. Better yet, he was seemingly willing to go through with the whole breaking and entering idea. "Im not gonna break into the woman's house. That place will be watched by cops for several days on the off chance the killer decides to come back and retrieve something. I'll have none of it. I think we should investigate the scene of the accident, 'cause I'm doubtful that Eva really knew what she was looking for. I hunt these woods all the time and am fairly familiar with the area, so maybe I can come up with something more."

Jake sighed. Maybe Skylar would back him. Maybe not. Either way, it sounded like he was getting in way over his head. This whole finding out what's killing people thing was not what he was good at. He'd leave that to the others. His role was taking what was learned, applying it to a weapon, and putting it down.

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Skylar listened to Mulder and then to Jake. She didn't exactly know what to do both points had ups and downs. For Mulder's they could possibly find some things but get arrested by doing so while Jake wanted to look in the woods and find clues that did make lots of sense but what if they also had clues in the house. Sky looked at the group. She was thinking if she should say something or not. She went over what she would possibly say over and over again in her mind. What about if we just split up? N@o that sounds too stupid and obvious.... What about some people try to sneak into the house while the others look through the woods. That's a little better. She finally decided that she would try and say something. "What about if some of us attempt to go into the house while the others go around town. Then we meet up around a certain time to share if we found anything," She said. She stopped for a moment. "I mean it's just an idea..." She added nervously she hated saying the wrong thing. The look she would get if someone disagreed or the look where someone thinks she's stupid. She completely hates it.
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