SoulStealer

Word association Game!

Peanutbutter

Word association Game!

Witch

Word association Game!

Grammar

Word association Game!

Dictators

Soul's Search

Bump

Centuries (SoulStealer + evierose)

Milo sighed, closing the files. That third page wasn't just a misprint- he knew it. She dismissed my suspicions, as expected. But Maliyov isn't to be trusted, He told himself. He shook his head. "I want Maliyov off the case before I tell you anything more. You can get the transcript of my words shared with Wilkot if he hasn't told anybody to alter it. If he has, shame on him," And on you, He dismissed that thought, though he knew it was partially true. He stood, taking the files and going to the door. "I'll let you think about that." He stepped out of the interrogation room, shaking his wings with annoyance. He doubted Aqua would take Maliyov off the case, but he would persist.
"He needs to be off. He already knows too much," Milo muttered, starting to roam and get the lay of the land. Something was off about this place. Of the few staff he saw immediately, all of them were on edge. He had heard about King Orthis' murder, but knew that was probably only a small reason for this behavior. He knew the case had been "solved," even if he believed it had been {REDACTED} who had done it. They're not even in custody, most likely. That makes them ten times more dangerous. Ugh. Heavens forbid it was them who killed the king. Heavens forbid, Milo sighed,turning a corner and ending up at a quiet dead end. The quiet was nice, and he leaned against the wall and began to read through the rest of the files.

---

Maliyov now sat at his desk in his little cubicle, working through some paperwork he had forgotten to do that morning. But he was distracted compared to his usual self. He was worried that Milo was being a problem and possibly trying to jeopardize his career. He knows something. Not just about the case... Maliyov thought, pausing in his paperwork-doing to think about it. He had to find out what the angel knew.

Centuries (SoulStealer + evierose)

"I can't tell you much, but I can tell you the bit I'm allowed to share. Though, I must start with a controversial topic that I wouldn't have thought of had I not noticed your files you gave me were missing a page. In the interview with Ava Emri, there are supposed to be three pages. You gave me two," Milo spoke as he placed the files on the table and sat, flipping to the interview. "I suspect one of your detectives, seeing that your friend Maliyov was extremely on edge minutes ago. I may be wrong, but this is what we need to discuss before I can give you the information you seek. This isn't an accusation, just an observation that leads me to believe I cannot trust one of the active case members." Milo knew his words would lead to said controversial topic, but he needed to be a hundred percent sure he could trust the entire team. Maliyov was on edge, and something is off with him. I hate pointing fingers, but I don't trust him, Milo thought, frowning to himself.

---

Maliyov left the transcriptor to do as they did and returned to reading over his notes, erasing and replacing. Milo was a threat to him, and to his career, and the detective couldn't have that. The detective had an issue with angels on a typical day, and he noted that Milo was extremely observant and it bothered him. But he didn't let his worries distract him from his job. He went off to grab a coffee, unaware of the conversation occurring in the interrogation room one over- one that could break his career.

Centuries (SoulStealer + evierose)

Milo was completely calm, having known this happen. "Do you remember that question I asked you earlier? The hypothetical one? Well, it wasn't hypothetical. There was a similar case to this in my kingdom. Wilkot was a suspect. So was Ava Emri. Now, if you go back and look at the transcript of the words I shared with him, you'll notice that I just got you ten times more information than your detective probably did. Like the fact that Emri hadn't shown up to work for the last week and hasn't been accounted for since then, except at school. And that Wilkot worked with Emri, and noticed that around the same time Emri stopped showing up, a five-inch steak knife was missing. That was the same weapon used on the victim, was it not?" Milo spoke calmly, only his wings twitching as they normally did.
Milo knew he shouldn't have done it, and now addressed that. "I know you're mad at me, but considering I've worked with your suspects before, you should be grateful. Go ahead and kick me off the case, if you want. You'll cause a turf war over the suspects." His wings pushed Aqua away, but not in a forceful manner- simply as a suggestion to back up before he decided she was a threat. "How about we discuss this like civilized beings?"

---

Maliyov blinked, startled to see Aqua so irritated. He went to check on Marcus, who was just calmly sitting until the detective entered. The agent stood slowly, starting to pace. Maliyov sighed. "Please sit, Marcus. What did Milo want with you anyway?" Marcus sat, scowling a bit. "He just asked for a bit of information you never asked for. The kid's good, I'll give him that. He did record our short conversation, so yeah. He's a smart kid from another kingdom that's already interrogated me once. He knows what he's doing better than-" "Alright. That's enough," Maliyov sighed, cutting the suspect off. He didn't want to hear excuses on the angel's front. The angel probably had done better than he had, but he was more thorough about it instead of taking two seconds. He left the interrogation room and went to speak to the person doing the transcripts.
"Wipe any useful information the angel got from Wilkot. Wipe everything. They must not know," He told the transcriptor, who nodded and did just that.

Centuries (SoulStealer + evierose)

>:]

Centuries (SoulStealer + evierose)

“Milo. Milo Ikan,” He clarified as he noticed Maliyov and tilted his head slightly. If he was correct, one of the suspects would be Marcus Wilkot, coworker and close friend of Ava Emri- an undercover agent of the ABIL (Avalon Beauro of Investigation and Legal Matters). His kingdom had already touched both of those bases, and Ava had been their closest lead until the second murder- then Milo had been cut off from his kingdom’s case and shipped off to this incompetent mess to set order. Milo was never the best at following orders. He glanced at the file he was holding and noticed that the pages for the interview with Ava Emri went from Page 1 of 3 to Page 2 of 3 with no third page. He could have just dropped it, but it didn’t seem like it had been such a neat wrap-up. They didn’t touch bases on her hair ties, her place of work, her relations to Mathew- the victim’s brother- or why she acted like she had done this once before. This is sloppy. I need to set them straight, without causing a turf war. It wasn’t such a clean wrap-up. The alibi may have been good but… it probably wasn’t. Somebody is hiding something, be it an intern who forgot to print the page or the detective interviewing Emri is corrupt. Who gave her the file anyway? Milo thought, shaking his head. He glanced at the interrogation room door and debated slipping in to speak to Marcus Wilkot, but decided against it for a moment. He could speak to Marcus later, or perhaps request the files from his kingdom to help solve the case. Things wouldn’t be so simple, he knew, but perhaps solving this was worth jumping threw a few chains of command. He cursed himself as he ducked inside the interrogation room before anyone else could stop him.

“Marcus.” He said quickly. “We don’t have long but I need you to tell me what you told us in the other kingdom,” Milo spoke as he turned the recorders on. Marcus scowled but nodded. “Fine. Can you get them to let me out?” Milo sighed. “Not now, Wilkot. We can discuss later.” “Right. Sorry. I work with Ava Emri on my final shift- from four to seven in the evening. She hadn’t been showing up to work as she normally did so I called her to check in. She was in disarray. Told me, I quote, I messed up, Marcus. Real bad. I don’t think she meant the girl, or Fallon Roycroft- the girl who turned up dead in your kingdom. Yes, I was told about this,” Marcus spoke quickly but clearly, watching Milo and the recorders. “The other kingdom does better. I also noticed that one of our steak knives at the restaurant was missing. The five-inch one. Still haven’t found it. If somebody would give me my phone, I’d ask her what she did. She trusts me, you see. But anyway. She hadn’t shown up for work and answered me in a panic, then the knife was missing. She did it. It all adds up, really.” Marcus finished with that final statement and Milo nodded his thanks. “Thank you, Marcus. You always have done us well,” Milo turned off the recorders, knowing his and Marcus’s words would be transcribed later and that he would probably get in huge trouble on his first day. But he’d just done what Maliyov probably didn’t do in about two minutes or so.

All fingers point to the Emri girl. But since I can’t use my interview with her in my kingdom here, we’ll have to run it again or run from blanks. But Marcus is always good at working undercover for us- even if it means getting accused of two murders in the same week, Milo thought, slipping back out of the interrogation room and preparing himself quietly to face the consequences. The last time he had pulled something like that, he’d gotten transferred to this case. Of course, the angel could read people like a book, and knew Wilkot wasn’t lying with a word he said- Wilkot had no reason to lie. Well, this will be fun. Ugh, Milo thought, knowing the reprimand which was to come.

Maliyov nodded to the young angel, then turned to Aqua. "Nothing yet-" He noticed Milo but chose to ignore the angel mostly. "Our young friend clearly knows something we don't."