Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death [Open]

[detectiveofthewest]

The old Kitterick hotel, long since closed and abandoned, sat silently in its abandonment. At first it seemed that this night would be the same as any other -- one more in the long series of nights spent settling, creaking, slowly but surely marching toward the dissolution that surely awaited it. Yet as evening settled firmly over the streets of Greenwich, something changed in the air.

A long car, sleek and black, rolled up to the front of the building. A woman got out; two men aided her in doing so. Her long dress was bright carmine, spilling out behind her in a whispering pool. In the dark of night, the cloth looked almost black.

"This will do nicely," she said. Her whisper was full of promise.

[This, should you choose to use it, is a catch-all post for the Bloody Countess plot! It's for investigations, encounters, and so on leading up to the main event.]

Comments

[eyeforaneye]

If he goes it'll probably be him that ends up dying.

"I won't. I accept that you tried to make an effort. Now are you actually going to eat anymore of this or are you going to try to force me to breathe more fire until you're satisfied?"

[detectiveofthewest]

"You mean you want me to eat more of the sushi?" Heiji didn't have any problem with that, of course, but... well, if Sasuke insisted. He picked up a shrimp nigiri and ate it without further protest.

Mmm.