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[eye_and_heart]

Once again, Henry Lascelles is dead. His body, now cold, has been left unceremoniously in a hall in one of the Mansion's upper floors, as full of holes as Swiss cheese. A pistol lies at his side, where it fell from his limp white hand. His blood will probably leave a stain on the carpet, too

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[not_snake_bite]

Steerpike wanders over and spots the body.

He lets out a curse - can't people die in cleaner ways? He certainly knows how to kill clean.

And because the corpse is on the way to the attic, and he can't fathom subject the woman he loves to this sight, he begins to clean up.

[eye_and_heart]

As for Lascelles...well. He continues to be dead.

Sorry. We could also mention that his eyes are closed, not staring widely; that his face is frozen in an expression of anger, indignation, and disgust; that his pistol is of very high quality, though emptied of its bullets, and might prove a useful acquisition, in these days of Plotholeless foraging. (His coat, however, is past looting, but there is a gold watch in his pocket, untouched.)

Other than that, though - yeah. He's dead.

[not_snake_bite]

Steerpike isn't taking anything - this is a chance to make himself look like a hero, and that's what he did best in Gormenghast (except for that unfortunate library incident).

He is, however, also looking for indications of people that might need telling about the stiff, and indications of said stiff's identity.

[ofthewildwolves]

Firekeeper is padding through the halls following the smell of blood when she scents Lascelles as well as blood. She blinks, and then snarls and follows it the rest of the way only to find him very dead. Examining his body quizically, she sits down and considers her wolfly urges and decides they are unnecessary before moving on. After all, it's just the Lascelles.

[abitofboth]

Childermass smirks. He doesn't quite stoop to anything like kicking the body... but he's undeniably amused.

[not_snake_bite]

Steerpike looks up. "You know the man?"

[abitofboth]

"I did, yes."

[not_snake_bite]

Well, that's a start.

"What was his name?"