MPC 38: In Training, My Dear Watson (61X)

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Shino had been excited to come on the scene, expecting this evening to be just a fun game. But of course it came off more as work. She normally wouldn't of gone for this kind of things but she wanted to try and be more sociable with others than behind a computer all the time. She was a hacker, not an inadept social person-- or at least it was what she told herself.

She was dressed rather presentable, nothing too fancy. However, as she tried to enjoy the spread of dinner they had laid out, people were complaining some of the food had gone missing. She rolled her eyes, knowing exactly who was responsible for THAT mystery.

Camoflagued via his unique skin-texture was Commandramon, aka Vector. The little soldier dinosaur had always gotten used to blending in around humans and was near invisible unless you knew where to look. So Vector chowed down as easily as any rookie could-- snarfing down food whenever no one was looking and hiding under tables.

"That dumb dino... if he blows his cover I am not gonna save his butt this time..." she grumbled, trying to put him out of her mind.

Out of the corner of her eye, Shino spotted it. A girl a year or so older than her, but holding a strange little 'stuffed animal' or so it appeared. It was dressed oddly, out of character with its appearance. Shino adjusted her glasses but kept seated. "It couldn't be... " For the moment she just regarded her gently and left her alone. No sense approaching her about a Digimon when she didn't have to.

The festivities were about to begin -- but then is when they heard it. Shino nearly coughed at her juice, and Vector was stuffing his face when the scream went off. His cheeks were swollen like a chipmunk when he went, still camouflaged and they went to the room.

Shino felt shocked and frightened by the sight of the blood and the grizzly murder that occured. It brought up bad memories of a certain night, and how she had to deal with a similar matter, seeing all that blood. She took a few deep breaths, trying to process it all. She felt the warmth of something behind her-- it being Vector hidden from sight. The little Dino knew when to be quiet and close when it mattered as they saw the grizzly scene.

"Don't tell me its a ..." Shino gasped.

"A Vampire! I always wanted to hunt one!" Vector chirped aloud, but still invisible. Naturally people would want to know who said such a foolish thing, but Shino just froze and tried to act ignorant.

... At least, after she gave a small, swift kick to the invisible presence behind her. The sound of an "oof" could be heard, but not seen as Vector got her message to not talk right now.

WC( 482)

To woman with the small creature in her arms was the one to look quickly into the scene and inspect things. She was smart and aware not to touch anything that could compromise the evidence. The stake there, the circle, she was smart to assume they could of been ploys. to throw off the trail of the culprit.

"YOu... seem to be familiar with all of this? It would help if we actually knew who the victim was. Though don't you think we should just call the police? " she asked her, not bbringing up the whole digimon thing.

"DO NOT FEAR! FOR I SHALL SOLVE THIS CASE!" a loud voice boomed from behind Shino.

It was then Shino wish she was the dead woman there from the embarassment that she felt as she dared to turn around.

There was the little digimon she knew as Vector-- but he had changed, due to him tossing on comedic, cartoonish methods of a costume. He now lost the military helmet to wear a classic late 17th century detective hat. He wore a 'beard' meant to disguise his digimon dino-like features, a matching cowl to cover his body-- and finally he traded in the rifle he had for a magnifying glass in his little claw. He also added to his look by having an odd pipe in his mouth for extra flare.

Vector looked utterly ridiculous. Even worse now that he was visible to them and not camouflaged.

"Vector, what are you doing?" Shino asked, restraining the urge to not make the night a double murder.

"The game is afoot, my dear Watson. " Vector said as he waddled his way towards the body. "Detective Vector, is on the case. Let us begin with checking the room for clues. You two, find any shoe prints and things out of place here. Data, data, data. I cannot make bricks without clay. "

In character for 20 seconds and he was already barking orders at them. If Shino had the energy she would of knocked him on the head. "Okay you been watching Robert Downey Jr. Films way too long." she replied, getting his recent interest from watching the Sherlock Holmes movie.

With his magnifying glass, the little dino began to circle the room in a spiral pattern. He would hop over books or furniture and follow everything through the scope of his eyeglass to see anything around him. There would be no doubt if Victoria would question what the hell was he doing. It soon came to a hault as Vector ended at the outskirts of the body, seeing the bloody drawing and supposed murder weapon.

"The stake was definitely NOT the murder weapon. The amount of blood loss suggests a far sharper, steely object. The amount of blood on the stake doesn't fit. Perhaps the victim used it in self defense. Now-- we must dust the body! " Vector declared proudly.

"For prints?" Shino asked.

"No! It's filthy." Vector replied with a squeak.

Shino moved in to give Vector a good punch to the head-- unless Victoria would move to restrain her.

(WC: 516)

Vicktoria was quick to find the murder weapon. A knife hidden in the adjacent bathroom outside of the study. "Excellent snooping, Wattson!" Vector said as he took the bag that contained the dagger. "SO we now have three crimes!"

"Three crimes?" SHino asked, trying to not let Vector's craziness affect her.

"One, the murder. Two, fleeing the scene via the window in the bathroom... and finally..." Vector waved his paw in the space in front of his nose. "FOr that god-awful smell afterward. What died in here?!"

Shino ran a hand over her eyes as she tried to not lose her mind-- too much was going on here for her to really process the murder and her crazy digimon partner.

We must pursue the culprit. Onward! " Vector cried and charged out the room holding his magnifying glass. SHino just looked at Victoria, speecheless of the insanity no doubt the Sheer Madness, this night would produce.

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