Post the Eighth: The Frightful Find

[mysilenceknot]

[Over the years Lemony has stayed mainly the same. He however is more open to friends and has gotten closer to the few he's made here. For the most part though, he's the same mournful and quiet man he always was. However today he sounds panicked as he grabs for the phone]

Hello...hello? There's....something....something terribly dreadful seems to

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[silvestris_mage]

[Daine has just picked up the phone- she has her own horror story- when she hears you.]

Mr. Snicket? What?

[mysilenceknot]

...there. There is a body hanging from my porch...

..It just appeared there this morning...

[silvestris_mage]

...what? I'll be there soon.

[She hangs up the phone, and shortly you'll see her at your porch, examining the body.]

[mysilenceknot]

[He walks out there, trying not to look at the body.]

It just...it just appeared there over night.

[brbpouncingyou]

...I'm coming over there. Please, stay calm. I'll make us some tea and see if I can get the body down.

[mysilenceknot]

...alright.

[He gulps, he should be used to this after being here for ten years and his years at home...but still]

Alright.

[brbpouncingyou]

[[And Allan shows up on Lemony's doorstep minutes later, obviously having run the whole way. He looks a little disgusted.

HE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR THREE TIMES.]]

[mysilenceknot]

[Opening the door, and he looks visibly terrified.]

Hello...

[eldest_hatter]

...A body?

Are you alright? Maybe I should come over?

[mysilenceknot]

A..A..
[He takes a few deep breathes and manages to pull himself together.]

...A body is hanging in front of my house. It's dead.

[eldest_hatter]

I'll be over right away.

[mysilenceknot]

...Alright.

[filtered]

[b_as_a_criminal]

[B's been asked by a friend to gather information on anyone who's died lately, so here he is, on your phone line.]

Where are you, sir? Can you identify the victim?

[filtered]

[mysilenceknot]

I'm at my house...And no...no I...I have no idea who the person is.

[filtered]

[b_as_a_criminal]

I see, thank you. If you don't mind - Does the victim seem like a real person? Or a drone?

[filtered]

[mysilenceknot]

I'll...just a moment.

[There is a long period of time as Lemony forces himself to look at the corpse. Once he does he takes a few moments to examine it. Despite his terror, he's actually had to do this a lot.]

I can't tell. They appear to be wearing the standard clothing of the time period and there's nothing out of the way to assume they're not a drone.

...they appear to have been hit with a blunt object. Judging from the ...wound on the head, I mean...

[2xkonparo]

[Well, this certainly caught her attention]

What did they die of? When'd this happen?

[mysilenceknot]

I...I'm not sure. And I haven't examined the body yet...so I couldn't tell you.

[2xkonparo]

...Why not?

[mysilenceknot]

I just found it.