Sage knocked on the door of Inspector Nillan’s office room. He knew where it was because he had been there before, the day where he had to kill off the corrupted farm animals of the towns people. Blood had gotten all over him that day and Inspector Nillan offered Sage to take a bath at his office and how could Sage not accept the offer after his clothes and sword were stained in blood. Now there he was again, checking on the captured suspect, wanting any updates on the current case. The suspect Sage caught was not of any help during the day Sage captured him, he did not answer any of his nor inspector NIllan’s questions. Inspector Nillan told Sage that he could go and rest while he stay there to interrogate the suspect more. A familiar voice was heard, “come in,” it said. And Sage turned the knob of the door and stepped into Inspector Nillan’s office. He saw Inspector Nillan looking at the ground, his hands were covering part of his face, the atmosphere of the room was gloomy, Sage could feel it and he wondered why. “What is wrong Inspector Nillan?” he asked as soon as he felt that something was terribly wrong. Inspector Nillan could not look at Sage in the eyes, he shifted his gaze to the side of the room. After a few silent moments he sighed and placed his hands on his lap, leaning his back on the chair. “The suspect killed himself.” and with that Sage could feel a sudden electricity running through his body. He was shocked that someone could do something as bad as that.
But because of the suspect’s action, it confirmed Sage that he was the suspect all along. He looked at the side of the room, he still could not believe someone would go to that extend. Then it hit Sage, the suspect must have hidden something and that was why he killed himself, so that the authorities would not have heard about it, or worse, stop it. Then Inspector Nillan spoke, removing the brief silence that washed the room before, “I want you to check his hideout, located in the outskirts of Orichidia, try finding anything suspicious that could give us a lead on the actions of the culprit.” he looked at Sage while speaking, his face was serious. It seemed like this case had gotten worse but they still have not found nay clues on the reason behind its happening. Sage gave Inspector Nillan a small, yet warm, smile, “Consider it done,” he said with a cheerful tone. He was trying to lift the mood a little, Inspector Nillan had faced so much that Sage did not want him to feel bad about something from job. Inspector Nillan then also smiled, it seemed that Sage still got it in him, to cheer others up and sweet talk them. He began to wonder whether it was his face or his words that does the trick.
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WC: 500
T WC: 1000/3000