#decasterize

[narrativeobsession]

@decasterize saw something odd

There's something wrong with the body.

It's not so much the cause of death that's odd, someone cut the dead man's throat and he bled out. The cause of death brings no mystery. What does bring mystery is the peculiar way that the killer then partially dissected the body-- taking only the lungs and then restitched the body shut.

The dead man, someone travelling through, not a local by any means, was discovered two days after death, and thus Jonathan was called in to see the body off the street. But before the body of the man can be taken in off the street, someone else strides into the crime scene. The man, very tall, gray hair slicked back, frowning, looks from the body to Jonathan, and quirks a brow.

He's not local either, the man who has now appeared with the quirked brow and slight frown on his face. His voice is accented, but the accent is difficult to place, though certainly not American.

"stinks." He nods to the body. "you are removing it, aye?"

[morality-or-chains]

Closed starter for @decasterize

From time to time Cheshire gets the idea that she needs a doctor. Chatty knows he means the best, even if there's nothing wrong with her so she never argues when someone new comes into the house to take a peek inside her head. She's a good sister, and she never wants him to worry.

She slides into one of the sitting rooms, yellow dress flowing around her, like water, like ripples, as she settles into the chair across from the new doctor in question. He's the seventh one she's had since she ended up in Wonderland. Alice leans back, arms on the armrests, legs crossed and smiles. "Are you here to crack me open and see what's inside, Doctor?"