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The distance was killing him inside -- though he knew Celeste wouldn’t know he was gone, Raven still was worried about her. He could only hope that with him not around her for a while, she’d be safe from the ripple effect from his own actions. He tried not to look at the picture in his wallet no matter how much he wanted to; deciding to rather put his focus on the people he found himself surrounded by on this chaotic night.
Wait? What happened here? He was so lost in thought, Raven was so confused when he saw people screaming and pulling their phone out to call the cops. They gathered around something near an entrance of a narrow alleyway combined with murmuring and citizens calling for help from the police. Shoving and pushing his way through the crowd, Raven had to get a good look at what had everyone so shaken up.
The body not only looked like it was drained of all it’s skin color, but the way it’s arm was twisted made it look like they struggled -- and whatever they struggled against, it sure as hell didn’t like it. He crouched down near the body, not caring for the bystanders glances and gasps; the plague doctor get-up was already strange -- he’d have been accused almost instantly even if he didn’t intervene. His gloved hand brushed against the head, turning side to side to see what happened until he felt something along the neck that sent chills up his spine.
“A...Are these.. Holes? Bite marks even?” he muttered to himself. Quickly standing up, Raven’s eyes scanned the crowd trying to parse out who could’ve done this. When it was clear that he couldn’t figure it out, he glanced back down at the body and noticed some drops of blood that lead into the alleyway. Acting on the barest of evidence and instinct, he ran down deeper into the dark narrow alleyway to see if he could find the culprit and to get away from the suspecting gaze of the crowd. It split off into two different directions and he’d have gone the wrong direction had he not seen a faint figure at the end of the exit to his right. Not giving it the chance to escape, Raven sprinted faster.
“HEY! YOU! Whatever the hell you are, get back here!”