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Episode 1.4: Briefing and Fact Finding
Topic Started: Jul 3 2011, 02:09 AM (18,127 Views)
Adria Stark
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9/9/10

When they started walking, Adria moved to Andrew's other side. She glanced at him when he put his arm around her waist and pulled her in close. She let a smile show when he winked at her. She slid an arm around him and let her hand rest on his hip. Adria let herself relax against him and rested her head on his shoulder. She glanced up at him again, a mischievous glint appearing in her eyes. She turned her head and gently nipped him in a particular spot she'd discovered the night before...all for show of course. At least that's what she told herself. For show or not though, Adria knew full well the physical effect she'd have on Andrew...and she rather enjoyed knowing she could make him react like that. Adria lightly kissed the spot she'd just nipped, a soft throaty chuckle escaping. Her eyes traveled around their surroundings as much as possible while they walked. Adria brought her other hand around and let it rest on Andrew's stomach just above the waistband of his pants.

She tilted her head to look at Jade on the other side of Andrew. "How far is your hovel?" she asked, pitching her voice so it wouldn't carry past the three of them. Her tone was neutral...and a little more relaxed than it had been earlier. Adria figured the hovel couldn't be too far from where the whore was working. Wouldn't do to make customers walk very far to get what they were paying for, after all. At least...that was what made sense to Adria.
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Reverend Lucas Marley
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9/10/10

“How do you figure that, Reverend? I know you wanted to save those girls, but they made their choices. It’s depressing I know, but the truth is you can’t save anyone who doesn’t want to be saved.”

Reverence Marley put his head down on the back of the pew in front of him.

"If only I had tried harder," he rationalized. "Or tried something different..."

He wiped his eyes and looked up at Hutch and Mac.

"I suppose you are here about Rachel," he said. "I just snapped. She wouldn't listen. So, I whipped her."

He sighed heavily.

"Her soul is lost."

Then he held up his hands.

"I am ready to be taken into custody."
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Adria Stark
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9/10/10

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Oh, great. Last thing Mac wanted was the Reverend on her hands again. He'd been a lousy dinner companion the first time around. But since Hutch had put the kibosh on taking Marley in, this time Mac wouldn’t have to care. Small comfort, but she’d take what she could get.

Reverend Marley wrote:
"I am ready to be taken into custody."


“Hold on there, Reverend. No one’s going anywhere yet. You said ‘girls’… plural. Who else died because of you?”

She wanted this over and as fast as possible. She figured she’d manoeuvre him into admitting he didn’t kill those girls himself and she was free to go. Now all she had to do was keep him focussed on her line of questioning and not get distracted by digressions like Rachel. That was probably going to be the trickiest part, keeping him from blubbering his guilt all over her.
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Reverend Lucas Marley
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“Hold on there, Reverend. No one’s going anywhere yet. You said ‘girls’… plural. Who else died because of you?”

The Reverend hung his head.

"Jana, Karen Sue, Alannah, Jill, Rachel..." he said. "All of them. Their souls all going to Hell because I couldn't get it through their head that what they were doing was killing them."

He choked back another sob.

"And I feel sick about Jana and Rachel... I... I... contributed to their fall from grace. I helped Satan damn their souls. I gave in to the temptations of the flesh. I was weak."

He wiped his eyes again.

"At least with the ones that were killed, they had a chance to make a true gesture of contrition. Perhaps, just perhaps, they could be saved," he explained. "It is their only chance."
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ILEV Constable
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9/10/10

Jade liked the way the man held her waist as they walked towards her hovel. She had wished that he would've come alone, but the woman came along. There'll be no fun for her and the man.

When they got to her hovel, they walked inside. The place looked bleak and impoverished. Mattress on the floor, a basin of water in the corner and a table and two chairs. Jade slid into one of the chairs and motioned to Andrew to sit in the other one, leaving Adria no place to sit. A tactic that Jade hoped would make Adria get ticked off and roll.

No such luck.

"So... Do you want the long or short version?"
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Andrew Williams
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9/11/10

All the while Andrew found himself stealing glances between the two, trying to figure out Adria`s meaning. She suddenly seemed a little more open minded towards other possibilities involving this little interrogation. Although he knew as of now how strong willed she was, there was a definite possibility where he could see her actually enjoying a threesome with him. He glanced at Jade. ...But maybe not with a whore. He knew well enough by now her invidious outlook on their choice of career.

It didn`t bother him... maybe Adria had some wild friends.

After the chair was offered, he ultimately decided it would be safer if he not jump to conclusions just yet. Releasing his hold on Adria, he folded his arms across his chest, ``Long version.`` He looked at Adria then, as if silently saying `your cue.`
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Adria Stark
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9/11/10

Adria smirked a little at the game with the chair. It was entirely too obvious what the whore was hoping for. Adria was actually amused rather than offended. She glanced at Andrew and gave the slightest of nods before looking back to Jade. "Long version, please. As much detail as possible, whether or not a particular detail seems relevant or important to you or not." Adria had dropped the flirty/playful bit as soon as the door closed behind them. She was all cool professionalism now. "The more information we have, the more likely it is we'll catch this hundan." She hooked her thumbs into her belt loops and leaned casually against the wall, waiting for Jade to begin talking.
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Cooper Mandrake
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9/11/10

This looked like a nice longshot, but since nothing by the foot leather had paid off, why not?

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Search Terms:  Serial Murders, Organs Removed, Whores

Record found:  Newton Bay Brothel District
Location:  Newton Bay, Newhall
Status: Unsolved
Case File:  The Organist NBB-73-42678
Date:  2505

Details:  Eight women were butchered from the Newton Bay Brothel District's four houses.  It started with two murders in the Lower House (lower class and less expensive), followed by two each in the rest of the houses, in order of quality and price of the whores.  All of the victims were gutted and various organs were stolen.  All the victims were childless, save the first victim who had a child about 10 years old.  The child was placed in protective custody and later was adopted by local ranchers.

Please select this file for more details.


I punched out the details, specifically looked for the name and photo of the surviving boy. That'd make him 20 now, good age for a nervous hack and collect the parts type. I forwarded what I had out to the rest of the crew. Same killer or a self taught copycat? We had a similiar first victim. hmm.
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Skye MacKenzie
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9/11/10

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Hmm, odd that he’d add Rachel to the list. And there was no mention of Callista, the latest murder. Not that he mightn’t be hiding that from them. Still, Mac found it hard to believe Marley could keep much secret from anyone for long. If he was concealing something, it was a damn good façade. She looked deep into his soul, trying to find some spark of the Butcher laughing at them from its depths that he could lead them so easily astray.

“Reverend, can you tell us what happened last night?” she asked as gently as possible.
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ILEV Constable
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9/12/10

Jade's Hovel - The Wilds

Both the man and the woman wanted the long version of the story.

"I used to whore in a place called Stanfield Row back on Jiangyin. It was set up like this, just not quite as big. There were about 30 girls there. Like this, there were a couple of different rates. We had the Left Row, which is like the Wilds here, the Right Row with is similar to Midtown and above the left and right was the Balcony. The hoity toity girls lived up there. Bunch of stuck up saobis they were."

She flashed a smile at Andrew again and drew a finger up and down his arm.

"At first I thought it was karma," Jade said. "You know when something happens to someone based on what they did in their past? But there was this girl on the Left Row who had a kid. Used to lock her up in the closet all night while she plied her trade? Everyone always wondered why she kept the girl. Kid was about 6 and really cute, some family out there woulda taken her in, but the mom said she loved her."

Jade scoffed.

"Some love. Locked away all night in a tiny closet. Oh well, when they found her all sliced up, organs laid out next to her, we just figured she got what was coming. Although it was a little extreme. I'm just happy that the little girl was away that night. She had gone on a camp out with the kids at her school. Glad to see that the child was spared that whole experience. But anyway, that is how it started. Then when it happened again, it was a little frightening. One of the other Left Row girls had the same thing happen. Over the next couple of weeks, three girls in the Right Row were killed. We were scared, but our Collector there was a brute. A couple of girls tried to leave, but he snapped one of them's neck to make a point. So we all just went back to work as usual.

"Then there was a lull for about a week before it started again. This time it were up in the Balcony. He killed two up there and then he were gone. Poof... Like a ghost."


She shrugged, then made bedroom eyes at Andrew again.

"We called him Jack. You know, after the guy from Earth that Was? I feel bad all them girls that got killed, but the last one? That one was just creepy. I heard him say he spent hours and hours cutting on her. And you know what he took? He took her gorram face. How sick is that?

"Well that was about 8 years back,"
she said. She looked over at Adria. "Now where's the rest of my coin?"
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Reverend Lucas Marley
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9/12/10

“Reverend, can you tell us what happened last night?”

"You want details?" Reverend Marley asked, horrified that he would have to tell. By the look that was on Hutch and Mac's faces he knew they indeed wanted a blow by blow. "Well, we met in Jana's Flat for our regular weekly... meeting. I knew Rachel's place hadn't been cleaned up by then, so it was the most logical place."

Reverend Lucas Marley hung his head in shame.

"I tried to talk her out of her whoring ways, but she did what she always does to me. She makes me weak. She knows how to get a guy worked up. Before I could stop myself we were... uh... we were..." he started. He swallowed slowly. "Well, I had sex with her... twice."

He rubbed the back of his neck, frustrated with himself.

"She had me wanting more, but I managed to get out of bed with her. She followed and I tried desperately to tell her to give up her ways, but she wouldn't listen. She just kept touching me...

"So I snapped. I grabbed her, lashed her hands to the posts at the end of the bed, kneeling on the floor. I grabbed my belt and whipped her. Time and time again, my belt came down on her bare flesh, but she wouldn't give an inch. She actually said she enjoyed her life the way it was. It was her cries when the belt landed on her that finally made me stop. I was shocked. I didn't know I was capable of that kind of violence. It horrified me. I untied her right away and asked if she needed a doctor. She knew how I felt and told me to go. I ran out of there, but I couldn't take that belt back here to the commune. It was bloody... and there were parts of her... skin... stuck to it. I didn't want it anymore, so I threw it in the alley and came straight here and began to pray.

"I knew you'd be coming here for me. So here I am. I'm ready to do whatever you need me to."
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ILEV Constable
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9/12/10

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Search Terms:  Serial Murders, Organs Removed

Record found:  House Madrassa
Location:  Sihnon
Status: Unsolved
Case File:  CGHM-467923-Murder
Date:  2490

Details:  Two women were murdered right inside of one of the Companion Guild's largest houses.  The first one was found in her room, tied to the bed with her organs removed.  No known enemies, but reports did show that earlier that day, the victim had a heated argument with a young tradesman in the area.  It was also confirmed that the victim was also pregnant.

The second one happened three days later.  Found in the same way with her organs arranged on bed next to her, but this time, it was especially macabre.  The victim's face had been removed.

The Companion Guild requests that the remainder of this file be sealed and not viewed without proper, Guild approved, credentials.
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Adria Stark
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9/13/10

Adria looked at Andrew and nodded. "Give her the rest of the money" she said. "I keep to my word" she added, turning her gaze back to Jade.

"I just have a few more questions. What's the name of the woman who had the little girl? What's the child's name, and what happened to the child after her mother was killed?" It would be useless asking about the child's father, considering the mother's...previous employment. She asked her questions while Andrew was getting the money out. Adria sort of doubted Jade knew anything further, but it couldn't hurt to ask. They ought to be able to find that information on the cortex. It might not be a bad idea to contact Jiangyin law enforcement as well.
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Skye MacKenzie
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9/13/10

New Hope Commune

Mac listened quietly to Marley’s confession, a blandly neutral expression on her face throughout. He might be into self-flagellation, but she didn’t care to contribute to that. Frankly, she’d never understood guilt in much of any form. Even when her decisions had led to the death of any of her men, she’d not beaten herself up over it afterwards. Feeling guilty wouldn’t bring them back and would probably have kept her from making the right decisions the next time. You learnt from your mistakes and moved on; that was Mac’s philosophy. She couldn’t understand anyone’s need to engage in such a useless waste of time as constant self-blame. But if the guilt made him talk, who was she to interfere?

There was still no mention of Callista. So, she chose to press the issue to get this wrapped up and be on her way.

There was something about a church that always got under Mac’s skin. She wasn’t religious in any realistic sense of the word, but even she felt the need to be hushed inside a building like this. Even had she wanted to, she wouldn’t have been able to grill Marley here. The chapel itself seemed to prevent that. So, while her tone was quietly earnest, the weight of the chapel sucked most of her personality out of her words and she came out sounding nearly conversational.

“Just one more question, I think, and we’re done here, Reverend. Are you aware another whore was murdered last night? And not that far from where you left your belt. So, I must ask, can you verify your whereabouts last night? Do you have any vid or a person who can confirm when you came back here?”
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ILEV Constable
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9/13/10

Jade snatched up the money offered to her, counting it quickly and stuffing it down her shirt for safe keeping.

"I just have a few more questions. What's the name of the woman who had the little girl? What's the child's name, and what happened to the child after her mother was killed?"

"Don't rightly know her name. They just called her Sissy," Jade answered. "I think someone adopted her, but I'm not sure. Wasn't any of my business. She weren't my kid."

Without a beat, Jade turned to Andrew and scooted her chair closer.

"You sure you don't want to stay a bit after she leaves?"
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