x - 0009 [Medusa]

[call_me_spooky]

[ Viewable to Police Force // Those investigating the stonings]
Case File: X - C0009
Known Victims:
    1. Eden McCain
          Interviewed an acquaintance of the victim. Although an attack like this is potentially possible in her world of origin, neither I nor Dr. Suresh feel this is a likely explanation for the rash of stonings.
          Ms. McCain's discovery was filmed and posted to the Network.
    2. Artemis Fowl
          Victim returned to normal after a time; evidently the spell lost its effectiveness.

[addendum:]
    3. Reno
          A video on the Network seems to have been taken immediately after the incident.
          It's worth noting that there is a link between this man and one of the stabbing victims, Reeve Tuesti.

Further examination suggests that the effect is in fact magical, although the precise cause has yet to be determined. Victims report feeling an intense cold prior to their petrification, which might point to a link between these attacks and the rash of as-yet unexplained stabbings last month.

Video of the stonings is currently being analyzed in the lab in the hopes that we'll find more information, I'm not sure yet what's come of that-- we got a report yet, Vincent?

If there are other victims I'm missing, or if anyone else has more info on what's here, let me know. I'm sure this is by no means comprehensive.
[ /Filter ]

I'm glad I got away without having to enumerate my near escapes; I wouldn't have had time to listen to the stories the City wanted told.
I thought, once, that I remembered dying, though often I can't tell what I've seen from what I've dreamed. November twenty-sixth. Someone told me that souls mate eternal; that though we don't recall, in some inscrutable way we stay side by side through the years, the lives, the deaths. Born sisters once, mother and child a second time, lovers third; and yet some lives we meet only in passing, lonely and disconnected, seeing for an instant unknown faces that strike a chord deep within us, though we know not why.
We aren't the damned, or the saved, who have fallen down this rabbit hole. Perhaps it's but a dream from which we'll wake, some shared unconscious memory lying at the root of all realities. Perhaps there's no rhyme or reason behind it; a land where dead men walk with figments of dead men's imaginations, where dreams and nightmares mingle with reality.
Is this merely the logical end of a long journey, a walk through darkness begun with eyes open wide in naive fascination? A restless search for a truth I couldn't comprehend, only longed for with a child's stubbornness? Here so many truths lay bare, so many are handed to me, unsuspected-- and questions raised for which there are no answers in sight, questions I could not have asked had I not been pulled off my path.

[ooc: The count for investigators I'm working with is Harry Dresden, Molly Carpenter, Carlos Ramirez, Karrin Murphy, and Vincent Valentine, as lifted from Harry's filters, but if your char has been involved with the investigation feel free to assume they're on it too? ^^;]

Comments

private\\unhackable

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

This (http://elevatorwarrior.livejournal.com/7332.html) is a recording of a stoning incident that occurred a week ago. The victim is Reno, a college of mine from the same world I come from. When talked to, he aid he experienced a drop in temperature.

A few of us feel it might have been connected to this (http://community.livejournal.com/tampered/697338) incident because of the similar sensations felt by the two men. Reeve had been murdered and as far as we know, his assailant hasn't been caught. His roommate reported the murder here (http://commieleon.livejournal.com/1605.html) which I figure is about a half hour between the time of the occurrence and when he was discovered.

Both men worked with the same company at home but a difference in opinion and ethics caused a split between them inside the company. The company itself has been destroyed due to outside forces so only a core group of people remained. If any information is needed about them you can ask myself or Vincent. We're trying to figure out what happened and hope the struggles from home haven't been transferred here.

private\\unhackable

[call_me_spooky]

Thanks for the info. I've got the records on Reeve's attack but I hadn't heard about your colleague's petrification, or about the link between them. For what it's worth, if it's any comfort, I suspect that these incidents aren't related to the struggle in your own world-- if only because in both cases, individuals from several worlds were targeted. Though it's quite possible that there is some quality linking the victims, world of origin isn't the defining factor.

I take it that the effect wore off Reno after a time? Or did you succeed in finding something to reverse it?

private\\unhackable

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

Where I come from, it's not unheard of for groups of people getting focused on because of shared abilities, talents, or qualities.

It did. About three days. If we had any soft on us, or an Esuna, we would have tried them first.

private\\unhackable

[call_me_spooky]

Oh, there's a pattern, probably. It's just a matter of finding it.

I'm not sure what those are, but all right. Thanks for the information, though. If he remembers anything else that might help, or if you find anything else out-- or obviously, if anyone else you know turns into a rock-- lemme know, okay?

private\\unhackable

[cloudsinstrife.livejournal.com]

Mm. That's the fustrating part.

Common materials we use for curing status effects. One's just more specific than the other.

I will. I'm also giving the information to Vincent Valentine since it's more his sort of thing.

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[caf-pow-girl.livejournal.com]

Um...You're missing the Reno one.

[ooc: Abby is the only member of Forensics so my assumption is that she'd be involved in all of this.]

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[call_me_spooky]

Yup, I just heard about it-- it's been added. Thanks, Abby.

[ooc: of course! ♥ only reason she's not listed specifically is 'cos i know she's on the Police Filter anyway ^^]

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[caf-pow-girl.livejournal.com]

Okay cool.

Got any new info for me to look through?

[ooc: Okay! That makes perfect sense!]

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[call_me_spooky]

Not as of yet. Vincent Valentine said he spoke to you, or was gonna speak to you, about taking a closer look at those videos-- any luck on that end of things?

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[caf-pow-girl.livejournal.com]

He was over at my lab not that long ago. We pretty much found the same things I already found though.

Definitely going to need clearer video and question sessions with the victims.

[chicagosbest.livejournal.com]

I'm still new to the City, so I don't have any information networks. But if you need an extra pair of eyes or someone to back you up, let me know.

[call_me_spooky]

Sounds good. You've got law enforcement experience, I take it?

belated reply is belated

[chicagosbest.livejournal.com]

I used to work for the Chicago PD. Will again if I ever get out of here.

ttly okay <3

[call_me_spooky]

Gotcha. I'm FBI myself, though I'm on the Soul Activity unit here.

yay! <3

[chicagosbest.livejournal.com]

So you have to find a way to explain the spooky stuff to the bosses too?

[againstgod.livejournal.com]

Soul mates?
Even reincarnated, the person is no longer the same from its original self.

Unless there is a curse fallen on two particular spirits.
They wouldn't feel the same attraction.

[call_me_spooky]

I'm just repeating what she told me. The relationship isn't the same-- I wouldn't argue with that-- nor is the person the same. But the thought that we stay together as we go, that the ones we've loved once become the ones we love again, albeit differently-- is that so hard to believe in?

[againstgod.livejournal.com]

It's possible.
Disturbing, unhealthy and obsessive.
Given my personal experience, it happens.

[call_me_spooky]

That's a cynical way to look at it. I'd think most would find it comforting, the thought of not being alone-- of loss not being permanent.

[goodnightjulia.livejournal.com]

Have you dreamed of dying often?

[call_me_spooky]

No, not often. But is it a dream, or a memory of someone else's life? I thought I knew, once, but I'm no longer certain.

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[a-dinozzo.livejournal.com]

Nice. Keep up the work, eh?

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[call_me_spooky]

I do what I can.

By the way-- did the girl who blew up her apartment in Building 5 say what she'd been doing, or why she did it?

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[a-dinozzo.livejournal.com]

She said she was building a bomb. I have the tape of the interrogation here, if you wanna have a listen.

(ooc; In other words, mun has no idea.)

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[call_me_spooky]

Fantastic. I'd move, but with my luck I'd end up with atom-splitting upstairs neighbors.

Well, things seem to have been repaired pretty quickly, and no one was hurt... We might wanna keep surveillance on her, maybe?

[ooc: ack no worries, he's just curious. ^^; sorry to put ya on the spot <3]