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This scene is bloody, hard to look at

for more than a couple of seconds and

most definitely breaking the average

here. It forced the big and tough chief

Ambers to hurl her lunch all across the

room while Delion tries his very best to

calm Jimmy the bobcat down. Hearing

Ambers hurl which in other perspectives

renders this lady completely useless,

Delion demands. "Get out of here, I'll

handle the corpse." And it might be the

best idea in this case because Ambers is

quite traumatized and would just bring

more work for the detective. Plus Delion

is used to handling corpses or scenes like

this, used to worse actually, so he repeats

once more because Ambers stands

hesitant. "Get out." Now first things first,

Jimmy has to calm down. Delion can't

do anything if this strong cat just keeps

attacking the corpse. Getting a rope off

his shoulder which he has carried up

until this point, the detective pins Jimmy

down and ties its rear legs together.

Thankfully the bobcat didn't fight back.

its claws can for sure cause sudden

sharp pain. Afterwards tying its front

legs as well, with a couple of scratches in

the process but nothing serious, Delion

finally got the cat under control. One

would ask why didn't he just tie one leg

to a strong foundation, well the answer

is simple. This feline has teeth strong

enough to break bones, eating through

the rope wouldn't be so hard. And Delion

needs time to handle this, there are three

big nails on Jingo's corpse and the one

in the skull might take the most time

to pull off. He can't afford rushing this

procedure, the smell is traumatizing

enough. But a hunch of guilt still remains

on the good man, It isn't quite welcoming

to the soul when one ties an animal

down, although he is a hunter. "I'm sorry

boy, but you have to behave for an hour."

Second thing he has to do is find a cloth

that can cover up the corpse. The corpses

this town mostly had to deal with, are

the ones that die on their sleep. This

one is bloody, has 3 disgusting holes in

it and the feline has scratched up the

corpse quite a bit too, Delion is used to

worst, this is a breeze for him but this

sight can * up most of the masses here,

it's traumatizing. The detective found

Amber's fur bed sheet, but this one looks

tad personal so after taking a grip of

it, he lets it go after and spots the fur

rug near Jingo's corpse that's already

fairly bloody... Walking out of Amber's

house, almost head butting the lady

because apparently she was just about

to walk in, Delion lightly pushes her

aside and recites. "The corpse is ready

and I cleaned up the place a little bit too.

Does Jingo have any family who would

want to handle the funeral?" Taking

a good few seconds to think about it,

after wiping off one single tear, the lady

utters. "No, he isn't from Blenar and

migrated here years ago." Not quite sure

how traditions work here since he didn't

drop by often, the detective pitches an

idea that's also a question. "Oh then the

village owns this man a proper grave,

kinda." Not willing to talk about tradition

right now, Ambers cites while stretching

short words, "I'll ask a few men to dig

another grave." "Okay, do you have a

torch? I want to check the crime scene

again." Observing, looking for small

details can help in this matter. Unwilling

to handle these murders anymore, with

little motivation, Ambers speaks out.

"They are near the fireplace, use as

many as you want." It might be useless

to look for clues here considering that

Selia, or whoever had a motive to kill

this man, wasn't slick about it. Through

past murders, it almost looked like Selia

molested her victims before suffocating

them, but the scene here is almost like

slaughter. Last but not least. Jimmy is

acting weird, hissing at the corpse. He's

either scared... or the magician back

in Iron city was right in some unusual

paranormal aspect.... Walking in the

room, seeking the torches and setting

one alight with the aid of the burning

fire, Delion walks back at the spot where

the 3 holes are and spends a few seconds

carefully analysing the view. Hisss...

"Quiet Jimmy, I have to focus." Delion

requests, not lending the feline a view

as he gazed upon the holes, looking for

any sign of struggle. Hisss! "Jimmy...

Delion's tone rose as that one name

stretched for a couple of seconds. Apart

from the feline's hissing. Delion started

hearing something else... Although hard

to comprehend, it echoes like something

roughly sliding. Getting a theory of

what's happening here considering all

of the unusual sights he faced lately.

Delion swiftly turns around and notices

that the rug containing Jingo's corpse, is

slowly sliding across the wooden plank

flooring and heading directly for the

door. Suddenly, Jimmy rushed forward,

apparently he has broken through the

ropes. The feline leaps above the corpse

and a loud crash echoes once his back

paws meet the ground. Analysing the

landing, the detective figures that Jimmy

here has hit something solid. His

Continuing this battle with what the

***** human eye can't capture, the

bobcat starts swiping his front paws left

and right. Delion can even hear it hit and

scratch something solid, although there

is nothing there. Seconds after, they both

can hear countless human sounding

shouts, strong but at the same time as if

it has no language. "AAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Whatever Jimmy is doing, he sure is

winning. The feline finally reduces the

battling attempts and takes steps back,

calmer although still giving a few hisses

Those strange screams echoed a couple

more times, Delion can filter out pain

in their shouts considering experience.

But before the strange screams shunned

completely, one spoke in a language the

detective can understand. "Jingo was

evil!" Without hesitation but yet still

fearful towards the feline, Delion pets his

furry back and utters. "Sorry for tying

you up boy, you saved the day here."

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