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Tadashi Hamada ([personal profile] the_civilian) wrote in [community profile] legionmissions2017-04-19 10:41 pm

Time For Some (Quiet) Heroics

Who| Miku Hinasaki and Tadashi Hamada
What| Helping out with some cold cases
Where| Cosmopolis, Earth
When| Before "Through the Looking Glass"
Warnings/Notes| Blood, violence

Not everything the Legionnaires do has to be a huge fight against something that might destroy a world or two. Sometimes it's a matter of taking advantage of the new powers they have to do some good.

Which is why Miku is here on Earth now, with an omnicom full of files from the SciCops' cold case drawer. Tadashi is mostly here because he's a big believer in the buddy system and in helping out where he can.

Cosmopolis is an old port city, going all the way back to a time where when people said 'port' they meant 'sea port' instead of 'space port'. It doesn't smell quite the same way that San Fransokyo did, but it's familiar enough to make Tadashi a little homesick.

"Is this the place?"
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-04-20 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Miku nodded, tactfully avoiding some of the gorier stills of the murder scene. "This is it, yes. Ah, I mean, we technically have to actually go inside the building, but this is the right place."

The SciCops had warned them that the series of murders over the last few years had been fairly messy. The scenes of the crimes would all be well and clean by now, of course, but she was glad for the warning.

It would not do to vomit on Tadashi's boots if something became too horrifying. "I'll try to be as clear as possible when I look backwards, maybe it will help us find something." A pause, "And, thank you, really. For coming with me."
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-04-21 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
The smile made something in her chest squeeze sweetly(strangely), and Miku answered his with a little smile of her own, ignoring whatever that was. She could reflect on it, or not, some other time. There were things to do. "I am never really completely ready for this sort of thing, but I'm as ready as we're going to be."

Miku looked down, blew her bangs out of her face in an attempt to calm herself and stepped inside the building. The important part would be to get to the room the murder occurred first. From there, she could back track, maybe find a base of operations.

From there, they could move on to the next case. She just hoped it was as simple as all of that. "If we find the person, or people, who did this, I'm not going to mind the headache that comes from this at all." Miku laughed a little as they started down the hall.
Edited 2017-04-21 16:40 (UTC)
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[cw: blood, torture]

[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-04-24 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sure of it. I don't suppose having two Legionnaires in one's place of business bodes well if they're on special, non-vacationing business." Miku said and looked around. It was a spotless place, if a little rustic in comparison to everything else she'd ever seen.

"It'd be a nice room, if there hadn't been a murder in it," she observed, looking at the bed and tilting her head. The air felt heavier, almost oppressive, and she motioned to the bed. "Go ahead and sit, I'm going to start. Hopefully I won't be long." She looked down at the floor instead at Tadashi's face.

Miku took a deep breath and let it sigh out. The world became monochromatic, and sped backwards until the point of the murder. A little too late, as the victim was already dead. She paled and pushed further back. The worst part about this was having to watch, like some kind of horrible voyeur.

"There we are," she murmured to Tadashi. "I can see her." She was pretty, even Miku could admit that, painting her nails and watching the holoscreen with vague interest. A knock on the door brought their victim's interest into full bloom. "Someone came to see her..." Miku turned slowly, watching the woman move in half-time. "I'll move forward a little bit." Miku watched the next set of events begin and trembled slightly. "I can see her, but I can't see the murderer. They're wearing something... that makes them look transparent. I can only see what they look like because of the... of the... blood."

Their murderer was holding the woman up with one hand and had the other in her torso, Miku didn't want to look. "Oh, God, he's torturing her..."
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-04-24 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
She could hear Tadashi from far away, and knowing she could come out of it gave her a little courage. "Humanoid, but narrow... I don't see any horns or other appendages." The woman was struggling, that made it worse, and then she went slack suddenly.

Miku didn't have to look to know she was dead. But she had to look to see what happened next. She turned and started to walk away from Tadashi, following after the murderer and their victim.

"Four... four digits, spindly... how is he so strong...?" The murderer added insult to injury by throwing his victim against the shower door until to broke, leaving her a mess of bloody limbs.

She swallowed hard, feeling her breakfast protest and roil. She was starting to lose control of the scene, it flickered and jumped. "I think he has red skin, but I can't tell if that's residual blood or not. I can't watch anymore..."
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-04-24 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Miku let out a little sound, something that sounded like she was grateful. She swallowed thickly and felt the color coming back into her vision, shade by shade. When the murderer and his victim had faded, Miku let herself sink to the floor. She groaned quietly.

"I hope he wasn't some kind of shapeshifter... That would make things more complicated."
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-04-24 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
Miku took a little sip of the water, tasting copper and iron in the back of her throat. A more superstitious part of her cried 'blood!' but Miku reasoned it was probably psychosomatic - her brain empathizing with the scene she'd been a witness to.

But just because she could reason it, did not mean she liked it. "I suppose we can do that while we go to the next scene then? I..." she offered him his bottle back, "I can bear this a little while longer -- really."
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-04-24 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
She was still a little unsteady, swaying into Tadashi and quickly away again. "I will. I used to think having experience with something like this before would make it easier, but..."

Miku smoothed out her skirt and turned to Tadashi with a little smile, despite how pale she still looked. "I know all about older brothers, I used to have one."
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-04-24 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Miku shook her head, "There isn't anything to apologize for. I do not exactly broadcast my family situation at home. And it was a while ago, it's OK."

It wasn't, but Miku wasn't about to burst his bubble where Mafuyu was concerned. She had plenty of time to chew on that and her survivor's guilt on her own. "I think I can make it out of here without falling down. Shall we go to the next location?"
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-04-29 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Walking, probably. They expect Legionnaires to fly, don't they?" Then again, she was very pink. "Either way, someone's going to see, don't you think?"

The world was starting to tilt in the right direction again. The tiredness was very annoying, but at least it meant that the experience didn't drain her as much as she thought.
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-05-18 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Why don't we decide what to do when we get to the street?" She smiled, "They may mistake me for a dedicated cosplayer, but you look much more heroic than I do." Miku praised him as they walked out on the street.

"Though it may be your height. Heroic people are always very tall." Even Kubo would likely grow much taller than Miku would.
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-07-01 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
"It is a little... well, you're flying safely, I suppose..." Miku looked down at her feet and sighed. "Let's fly, then. Just... please don't let me fly into the side of a building, or anything like that."
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[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-07-12 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
She hopped up beside him and wobbled slightly. "Maybe a different, matchy helmet?" she suggested with a little smile. They started off towards the next location and Miku kept her eye on the ground. There was a lot of movement below, people going through their daily lives.

It was nice to watch, but she also had to keep her eyes on Tadashi, as he knew where they were going and also she didn't want to run into anything.