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 Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 9:53 pm
If there was one positive thing about having a dad as meddlesome and up to date as his father, it was that Jack from time to time received news that actually pertained to him as far as people--his worst subject, academically and socially. But he was surprised to hear that morning, after squinting at his father's sudden text, that Shun was in this town of all places; it wasn't as if New York had suddenly become a model city. Tell him hello for me, the message read. Read: go visit him immediately.
It was an excuse to leave the apartment at any rate, and he did need to restock his coffee anyway. Slinging his backpack over his shoulder, Jack eventually caught a bus and found himself in front of the police department in due time. He pushed past the front doors and approached the front desk. In the background he heard a phone dimly ring, the shuffle of papers, a caustic curse. "Is," he paused slightly to remember, "Sergeant Kuroda in right now? I'd like to speak with him."
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 10:11 pm
The one at the front desk nodded, first asking Jack what his business was, to sign in, and all that. Eventually he'd be told where he could find the detective. Shun was currently at his desk, 'reading' over some files on his work computer. Some sort of shoplifting case. Real petty. But work was work. He supposed it could be worse. Whenever Jack reached him, he looked up, not immediately recognizing the guy. "...Can I help you?"
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 10:20 pm
And he wouldn't have a real reason to recognize Jack: abnormal height aside, he wasn't quite the same blond haired boy as before. Shun, however, might as well have been a portrait as far as the college student was concerned. He couldn't help but grin a bit as he pulled his backpack back up his shoulder.
"Yeah: start with a 'hey, it's been a while, Jack, how are you?' And I'll say, 'about the same, Shun: still somewhat shitty, but not too bad.'" He glanced at the folder. "Did I catch you at a bad time?"
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 10:26 pm
Shun tilted his head, seemingly perplexed. Jack.. Jack. Wait. "...Jack Hawthorn?" he asked with a bit uncertainty. He looked over the other with a pause, "Your hair is green."Also he was a giant. The last time he saw this kid, he was taller. Did his parents feed him some sort of growth hormone or something?
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 10:37 pm
Jack held out his hand for a shake and replied, "You are as astute as ever." It was still a drawl, but not quite with the bite he normally gave people. "Yes, Hawthorn, and yes, green. Much better than blond." It made him look less like his father and was one of the few independent things he had been allowed to decide for himself. The slight wrinkle to his mother's face anytime she saw it was a bonus.
"What're you doing in this dump, though? Did a perp cross state lines or something?"
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Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 10:57 pm
Turning his chair around now, Shun couldn't help but scoff. "If only. No. I got my a** transferred here. I am with the Ashdown Police Department now. The circumstances of me coming here was not of my choice."All the while, he was as visibly stoic as ever. His tone carried a hint of unhappiness to it, however. medigel oh yeah. Last time jack saw shun, he probably didn't have the scar on his face
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 6:31 pm
"Yeah?" He glanced at the new scar. "I mean, good to see you, but s**t. My condolences. You found us at a pretty weird time. What happened?"
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 6:40 pm
"Weird time?" Shun repeated, raising his brow. He wasn't really sure what the green haired giant meant by that. "I would rather not get too deep in the details," he sighed, "I overstepped some boundaries. Broke some rules. I will leave it at that for now."
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 6:57 pm
"Mm. It's an understatement." Maybe that also applied to Shun's vague details, though Jack left it alone for now. "How long have you been here? You might have missed the whole mysterious fog and missing persons thing that happened just recently." Though if the police were as active about it as he figured, Shun might have already been caught up on that.
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 7:07 pm
"Not that long. Missed the action, it seems. I have heard the reports about both of those, however. I even saw some footage of that fog. If I did not know any better, I would have thought it was a fake."
Fog didn't typically get that thick after all.
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 9:33 pm
"Yeah," Jack said with a small sigh, "it was definitely something else. There's still some people missing too, some before, a few during as well but they--here, let me get it."
He put his backpack down and unzipped it, pulling out a small note pad. Flipping a few pages, he read out, "Adoelle Nashua, Michael Mitchell, Heliodora Winters--now 3 months missing. Zac Bantock and the force's own Jeremiah Mercer went missing as well, but official statement says they got lost in the fog." Probable, but still. "More recently, an Autumn Smith has gone missing as well, possible kidnapping. Officials say a butcher knife and acrylic nails were noted on the scene. Possible kidnapping."
He flipped the pad shut. "There's a shitstorm starting to form down here, I swear. Something's up."
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 9:43 pm
Shun nodded once as Jack started to list off all the names. He had heard about all of that while he was getting acquainted with the happenings of the town.
"Bantock and Mercer are back. As is Smith. Still a lot of missing persons to be going on in a town this size," he commented. He tilted his head after speaking, "What, you think they are connected or something?"
Well. It was possible, he supposed. But as it was, he didn't think it was all that likely. The circumstances for each of the cases were a bit different.
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 10:16 pm
"Connected is....a word for it, I suppose." He didn't want to be branded a paranoid theorist yet, not five minutes into the reunion. "There's been a lot of circulating rumors lately," Jack explained with a tiny shrug. "Weird rumors. I like looking into them when I can, just in case. You never really know."
And speaking of. The pad was flipped back open again, the pen in its metal loops fished out. "Did Ms. Smith say anything when she returned? Was the culprit apprehended, or any suspects named?"
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 10:32 pm
"I think a lot of those rumors can be dismissed as nothing more than ghost stories and urban legends. I was told there was something about a werewolf with one of the cases," he scoffed. He still thought that was stupid as hell.
Shun soon raised his brow at Jack, as a few more questions came in.
"I have nothing there that I can release."
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Posted: Sat May 14, 2016 10:37 pm
Jack sighed through his nose, but it wasn't an entirely unexpected answer. Werewolf, though...He wrote it down just in case.
"The common thread behind most ghost stories or urban legends, Shun, is that at their core there is or was at least a grain of truth," he said. "Why would someone think there's a werewolf involved, though? A mauling? Four legged creature sighted larger than any dog?"
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