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[thevictoriandetective]

Criminals. I need criminals.

[A pause as his brain is working too fast for his mouth to catch up.]

I need to know any ImPorts who have a criminal history, recent or otherwise. Anyone who's had a history of violence, and/or theft.

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[dirtyredneck]

Figure out who you're looking for yet?

/jumps in here

[acclimatized]

Not yet. But as you can probably tell, we definitely found out she was murdered.

[dirtyredneck]

Your friend don't like talking to me or something?

[That's a joke, said with a twitch at the end of his mouth that gave him half a second of a smile.]

You get a name and a face, you tell me. Wanna know who to keep an eye out for.

[And who to track down.]

[acclimatized]

No, that's it. He's just, uh, occupied right now.

[ translation: he's arguing with a boy detective because this is his life. ]

I will. If an imPort is responsible, I'm letting RISE know as well. The more of us looking out for them, the better.

Private to just John

[dirtyredneck]

You get me a name and a face to go with it, you ain't gotta look for long.

[acclimatized]

What are you going to do?

[dirtyredneck]

Find him.

[Said with brows pulled in confusion like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Then, after a moment, he added:]

I'm a tracker. Know how to find people.

[acclimatized]

Okay, good.

[ because it did come across as a little bit threatening and john would prefer them to face punishment. ]

Is there anything else you need to know? Other than a name and a face? Because whoever this is, they are good at hiding their tracks. We couldn't find anything at the crime scene. No DNA, no fingerprints. It was like no one was there.

[dirtyredneck]

Name and face is how it works. I can look over the scene if'n ya want. Or outside it, but trails go cold fast and if it has, then name and face is the only way ta be sure of finding 'em.

[acclimatized]

That's amazing. Uh, I'm still in Maurtia Falls right now. If you want, I can show you where she lived? Maybe you'll have better luck than me and Sherlock.

[dirtyredneck]

I could try, I guess. She killed at her place?

[acclimatized]

That's right. She was struck from behind, then suffocated. She never got a look at her attacker.

[dirtyredneck]

How'd you figure that out?

[acclimatized]

Sabriel spoke to her. Sally Cunliffe, I mean. It's extremely difficult to detect signs of asphyxiation and the coroner may not have found enough medical evidence to suggest foul play, which is why her cause of death was ruled a heart attack.

[dirtyredneck]

Not hard to find bruising from being struck from behind, though. Shouldn't be.

[Unless they assumed the bruising was from her landing on her back when the heart attack hit. Assuming she did land on her back...]

Was she found lyin' on her back or front?

[acclimatized]

Mm, that's what I thought, but there was nothing noted in the coroner's report. She was found on her back.

[dirtyredneck]

Then she got laid on her back after ta make it look like the bruising came from the fall.

[Frustrating, but whoever did this knew what they were doing.]

And no signs of forced entry, I'm assuming. Fine. I'll come over and look. See if there's anything to sniff out. When can I come?

[acclimatized]

You're very good at this.

[ john's impressed. ]

Uh, whenever is convenient for you.

[dirtyredneck]

[He was a hunter and tracker back before the outbreak and he'd been employing those skills damn near constantly since. He might not have been a detective, but he knew what he was on about when it came to figuring out how someone or something died. But having someone recognize that? That was new. He was used to getting discounted as a dumb hick by most people who didn't know him.]

Could make it out tonight if'n ya want.

[acclimatized]

Okay, that'll work. It'll probably look a bit suspicious if we go in the day time again, anyway.

[dirtyredneck]

Why? Don't investigators follow up all the damn time on shit like that?