𝘿𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚
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ᅟᅟᅟᅟᅟᅟ𝐿𝑦𝑟𝑎 𝐼. 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝑃.𝐼.
I'd argue there is at least a second factor, but fair.
Only because of the lycanthropy.
Something we can relate on then, though I think I maaay be a bit ahead of you.
February 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I'd argue there is at least a second factor, but fair.
Something we can relate on then, though I think I maaay be a bit ahead of you.
My killer's going to be whichever bottle was in my hands the day my liver finally gives out. Easy case.
What'd judgement do?
Oh, unholy beast of the night, I pray the power of the gospels onto yoouuuu....~
( Spitting on the ground )
Ain't my place, just don't make me find yer killer.
Oh, unholy beast of the night, I pray the power of the gospels onto yoouuuu....~
( Spitting on the ground )
Ain't my place, just don't make me find yer killer.
February 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Something we can relate on then, though I think I maaay be a bit ahead of you.
What'd judgement do?
Oh, unholy beast of the night, I pray the power of the gospels onto yoouuuu....~
( Spitting on the ground )
Ain't my place, just don't make me find yer killer.
Oh, unholy beast of the night, I pray the power of the gospels onto yoouuuu....~
( Spitting on the ground )
Ain't my place, just don't make me find yer killer.
I think that's a record for how fast someone comes to that realization around me.
Instinct is important but...
You know what? It isn't my place to judge.
You know what? It isn't my place to judge.
February 19, 2026 at 3:39 PM
What'd judgement do?
Oh, unholy beast of the night, I pray the power of the gospels onto yoouuuu....~
( Spitting on the ground )
Ain't my place, just don't make me find yer killer.
Oh, unholy beast of the night, I pray the power of the gospels onto yoouuuu....~
( Spitting on the ground )
Ain't my place, just don't make me find yer killer.
" I've had a half-a-dozen or so similar to that in the past ten or so years.
We could be on the same trail, but its hard to tell... I'd be willing to share anything except my clients names with ya. "
That of course, she had to keep hush hush.
We could be on the same trail, but its hard to tell... I'd be willing to share anything except my clients names with ya. "
That of course, she had to keep hush hush.
Tension she had in her shoulders released with a smokey breath out.
Not this time.
"... Yeah, somethin' like that. Had to identify a body where the gut was eaten up and the face and eyes had been picked clean to the bone.
Not, uh. The easiest thing on the stomach first thing in the mornin'."
Not this time.
"... Yeah, somethin' like that. Had to identify a body where the gut was eaten up and the face and eyes had been picked clean to the bone.
Not, uh. The easiest thing on the stomach first thing in the mornin'."
Ah, she did notice that.
" Crows? I've made no meaningful connection to them, suppose I've noted the occasional presents of them at scenes.
You're guy brutal? Like could be mistaken for a bear mauling? "
" Crows? I've made no meaningful connection to them, suppose I've noted the occasional presents of them at scenes.
You're guy brutal? Like could be mistaken for a bear mauling? "
February 19, 2026 at 3:38 PM
" I've had a half-a-dozen or so similar to that in the past ten or so years.
We could be on the same trail, but its hard to tell... I'd be willing to share anything except my clients names with ya. "
That of course, she had to keep hush hush.
We could be on the same trail, but its hard to tell... I'd be willing to share anything except my clients names with ya. "
That of course, she had to keep hush hush.
Instinct is important but...
You know what? It isn't my place to judge.
You know what? It isn't my place to judge.
Thinking is annoying. I prefer to be drunk. The rest is just instinct.
Psh, you don't mean that.
Thinking is exciting, I mean look around you; Everything man made started as a thought.
Thinking is exciting, I mean look around you; Everything man made started as a thought.
February 19, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Instinct is important but...
You know what? It isn't my place to judge.
You know what? It isn't my place to judge.
Ah, she did notice that.
" Crows? I've made no meaningful connection to them, suppose I've noted the occasional presents of them at scenes.
You're guy brutal? Like could be mistaken for a bear mauling? "
" Crows? I've made no meaningful connection to them, suppose I've noted the occasional presents of them at scenes.
You're guy brutal? Like could be mistaken for a bear mauling? "
The mention of a being on the case of a serial killer caused Holliday to still, her eyes to go blank as a million thoughts ran through her head in a second. Tipping her hat up finally, she spoke
"... They wouldn't happen to have an affiliation with crows, would they?"
"... They wouldn't happen to have an affiliation with crows, would they?"
" Ah that'd have been my second guess.
Private Detective specifically, I specialize in misattributed murder cases. On the trails of a serial killer now. "
Local police, she'd tell to shove it. But a Sheriff from out of town? That could be trusted to share a bit with. That's how Lyra saw it.
Private Detective specifically, I specialize in misattributed murder cases. On the trails of a serial killer now. "
Local police, she'd tell to shove it. But a Sheriff from out of town? That could be trusted to share a bit with. That's how Lyra saw it.
February 19, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Ah, she did notice that.
" Crows? I've made no meaningful connection to them, suppose I've noted the occasional presents of them at scenes.
You're guy brutal? Like could be mistaken for a bear mauling? "
" Crows? I've made no meaningful connection to them, suppose I've noted the occasional presents of them at scenes.
You're guy brutal? Like could be mistaken for a bear mauling? "
Psh, you don't mean that.
Thinking is exciting, I mean look around you; Everything man made started as a thought.
Thinking is exciting, I mean look around you; Everything man made started as a thought.
I hate puzzles. They make me think and I spend most of my life trying to do as little of that as I can.
I like to read like a puzzle.
February 19, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Psh, you don't mean that.
Thinking is exciting, I mean look around you; Everything man made started as a thought.
Thinking is exciting, I mean look around you; Everything man made started as a thought.
" Ah that'd have been my second guess.
Private Detective specifically, I specialize in misattributed murder cases. On the trails of a serial killer now. "
Local police, she'd tell to shove it. But a Sheriff from out of town? That could be trusted to share a bit with. That's how Lyra saw it.
Private Detective specifically, I specialize in misattributed murder cases. On the trails of a serial killer now. "
Local police, she'd tell to shove it. But a Sheriff from out of town? That could be trusted to share a bit with. That's how Lyra saw it.
"Sheriff," Holliday corrects, tugging her golden badge to be seen better.
"But close enough. My turn: obsessive attention to detail, smokes cheap cigarettes, humble life style, and gives a damn enough about a person to give a hand out, even if it is small." 》
"But close enough. My turn: obsessive attention to detail, smokes cheap cigarettes, humble life style, and gives a damn enough about a person to give a hand out, even if it is small." 》
The cigarette in her own mouth being burned slowly down by the intermediate puffs.
" Am I close? "
" Am I close? "
February 19, 2026 at 3:23 PM
" Ah that'd have been my second guess.
Private Detective specifically, I specialize in misattributed murder cases. On the trails of a serial killer now. "
Local police, she'd tell to shove it. But a Sheriff from out of town? That could be trusted to share a bit with. That's how Lyra saw it.
Private Detective specifically, I specialize in misattributed murder cases. On the trails of a serial killer now. "
Local police, she'd tell to shove it. But a Sheriff from out of town? That could be trusted to share a bit with. That's how Lyra saw it.
I like to read like a puzzle.
Why not just say it in a forwards way, honey?
You've never seen the Wolf Man?
Ugly dude turns into uglier wolf.
I'm calling you pretty in a backwards way.
Ugly dude turns into uglier wolf.
I'm calling you pretty in a backwards way.
February 19, 2026 at 3:13 PM
I like to read like a puzzle.
" Oh?
I'd love to piece this together so humor me; Outback in appearance, so not from the city... doing a long ranger style investigation— salary position.
Personal vendetta. The jobs a bit harder... what is country but salary; Law enforcement comes to mind I suppose, Captain? "
I'd love to piece this together so humor me; Outback in appearance, so not from the city... doing a long ranger style investigation— salary position.
Personal vendetta. The jobs a bit harder... what is country but salary; Law enforcement comes to mind I suppose, Captain? "
"Ah, see, I'm doin' my thing for my own, tryin' ti stretch my paid leave and some salary money far as I can."
She rubs her eyes again, letting the cigarette sit otherwise undisturbed between her lips.
"Jokes aside, a nice, long shower does sound pretty good. May have to sequester the 》
She rubs her eyes again, letting the cigarette sit otherwise undisturbed between her lips.
"Jokes aside, a nice, long shower does sound pretty good. May have to sequester the 》
" My client pays well—
So I've got a shower in mine. "
Sarcasm of course, but she followed suit. Breathing in the smoke roughly, allowing it to loosely leak from her nose.
" Nightstand had a plug luckily. "
So I've got a shower in mine. "
Sarcasm of course, but she followed suit. Breathing in the smoke roughly, allowing it to loosely leak from her nose.
" Nightstand had a plug luckily. "
February 19, 2026 at 3:11 PM
" Oh?
I'd love to piece this together so humor me; Outback in appearance, so not from the city... doing a long ranger style investigation— salary position.
Personal vendetta. The jobs a bit harder... what is country but salary; Law enforcement comes to mind I suppose, Captain? "
I'd love to piece this together so humor me; Outback in appearance, so not from the city... doing a long ranger style investigation— salary position.
Personal vendetta. The jobs a bit harder... what is country but salary; Law enforcement comes to mind I suppose, Captain? "
You've never seen the Wolf Man?
Ugly dude turns into uglier wolf.
I'm calling you pretty in a backwards way.
Ugly dude turns into uglier wolf.
I'm calling you pretty in a backwards way.
I don't even know what that means.
Ah—
I'm used to being the only weirdo around.
I knew werewolves were real— But I expected more 1940s classic.
I'm used to being the only weirdo around.
I knew werewolves were real— But I expected more 1940s classic.
February 19, 2026 at 2:13 PM
You've never seen the Wolf Man?
Ugly dude turns into uglier wolf.
I'm calling you pretty in a backwards way.
Ugly dude turns into uglier wolf.
I'm calling you pretty in a backwards way.
Ah—
I'm used to being the only weirdo around.
I knew werewolves were real— But I expected more 1940s classic.
I'm used to being the only weirdo around.
I knew werewolves were real— But I expected more 1940s classic.
Right, well, it's real. So are the ears and the clawed hand. And, in some occasions, the rest of me when I transform. Very real, very sharp, very bitey.
Weirdest? No.
Weirder then a toy shoved in your ass? Yes.
Weirder then a toy shoved in your ass? Yes.
February 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Ah—
I'm used to being the only weirdo around.
I knew werewolves were real— But I expected more 1940s classic.
I'm used to being the only weirdo around.
I knew werewolves were real— But I expected more 1940s classic.
Weirdest? No.
Weirder then a toy shoved in your ass? Yes.
Weirder then a toy shoved in your ass? Yes.
You haven't been around the block if you think having a tail is the weirdest thing you'll encounter, honey.
Statistically more likely than a god damned tail.
But— Yeah, I think that is how the saying goes.
But— Yeah, I think that is how the saying goes.
February 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Weirdest? No.
Weirder then a toy shoved in your ass? Yes.
Weirder then a toy shoved in your ass? Yes.
Statistically more likely than a god damned tail.
But— Yeah, I think that is how the saying goes.
But— Yeah, I think that is how the saying goes.
Nah, you made this bed, now you're gonna get fucked in it.
That's not how that saying goes, is it?
You frequently talk to people assuming they have something lodged in their ass?
That's not how that saying goes, is it?
You frequently talk to people assuming they have something lodged in their ass?
No—
Yes—
Lets move past this.
Yes—
Lets move past this.
February 19, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Statistically more likely than a god damned tail.
But— Yeah, I think that is how the saying goes.
But— Yeah, I think that is how the saying goes.
No—
Yes—
Lets move past this.
Yes—
Lets move past this.
You thought it was one of those decorative buttplugs or something?
...
Ohshit—
... I didn't assume the tail was real.
Ohshit—
... I didn't assume the tail was real.
February 19, 2026 at 1:08 PM
No—
Yes—
Lets move past this.
Yes—
Lets move past this.
...
Ohshit—
... I didn't assume the tail was real.
Ohshit—
... I didn't assume the tail was real.
I'm used to dog jokes being aimed my way.
Why would it be a jab—
I just like a good hot dog.
I just like a good hot dog.
February 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
...
Ohshit—
... I didn't assume the tail was real.
Ohshit—
... I didn't assume the tail was real.
||: Lyra is just your classic former-Mormon lesbian. (RELATABLE)
February 19, 2026 at 1:05 PM
||: Lyra is just your classic former-Mormon lesbian. (RELATABLE)
Why would it be a jab—
I just like a good hot dog.
I just like a good hot dog.
It's too early for me to try and figure out if that was a jab or not.
Coney Dogs make it worth it.
February 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Why would it be a jab—
I just like a good hot dog.
I just like a good hot dog.
" My client pays well—
So I've got a shower in mine. "
Sarcasm of course, but she followed suit. Breathing in the smoke roughly, allowing it to loosely leak from her nose.
" Nightstand had a plug luckily. "
So I've got a shower in mine. "
Sarcasm of course, but she followed suit. Breathing in the smoke roughly, allowing it to loosely leak from her nose.
" Nightstand had a plug luckily. "
"Consudered doin' the same, but I'm rentin' this apartment that may as well be a broom closet with a bed and a sink in it."
She took a deep breath in through her mouth, burning away some of the cigarette, then breathed out through her nose a plume of smoke.
She took a deep breath in through her mouth, burning away some of the cigarette, then breathed out through her nose a plume of smoke.
" Ah—
Hard jobs will do that for you. I've been in the same case for almost a year now. I just moved a coffee maker into my hotel room. "
Watching her, she'd nod along taking out her own chunky old lighter to light her own cigarette between her lips.
Hard jobs will do that for you. I've been in the same case for almost a year now. I just moved a coffee maker into my hotel room. "
Watching her, she'd nod along taking out her own chunky old lighter to light her own cigarette between her lips.
February 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
" My client pays well—
So I've got a shower in mine. "
Sarcasm of course, but she followed suit. Breathing in the smoke roughly, allowing it to loosely leak from her nose.
" Nightstand had a plug luckily. "
So I've got a shower in mine. "
Sarcasm of course, but she followed suit. Breathing in the smoke roughly, allowing it to loosely leak from her nose.
" Nightstand had a plug luckily. "
Its 8am and I don't have a hangover—
Rare, but not unwelcomed.
Rare, but not unwelcomed.
February 19, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Its 8am and I don't have a hangover—
Rare, but not unwelcomed.
Rare, but not unwelcomed.
" Ah—
Hard jobs will do that for you. I've been in the same case for almost a year now. I just moved a coffee maker into my hotel room. "
Watching her, she'd nod along taking out her own chunky old lighter to light her own cigarette between her lips.
Hard jobs will do that for you. I've been in the same case for almost a year now. I just moved a coffee maker into my hotel room. "
Watching her, she'd nod along taking out her own chunky old lighter to light her own cigarette between her lips.
"Try a few horrid nights in a row.
'Preciate you."
She takes it, fishes for a match in her pocket, strikes it in her boot, and lights the cigarette between her lips.
'Preciate you."
She takes it, fishes for a match in her pocket, strikes it in her boot, and lights the cigarette between her lips.
" Ya either had a good night or a horrid night.
Need a smoke? "
Offering her one out of a super cheap pack of cigerettes.
Need a smoke? "
Offering her one out of a super cheap pack of cigerettes.
February 19, 2026 at 12:55 PM
" Ah—
Hard jobs will do that for you. I've been in the same case for almost a year now. I just moved a coffee maker into my hotel room. "
Watching her, she'd nod along taking out her own chunky old lighter to light her own cigarette between her lips.
Hard jobs will do that for you. I've been in the same case for almost a year now. I just moved a coffee maker into my hotel room. "
Watching her, she'd nod along taking out her own chunky old lighter to light her own cigarette between her lips.
Coney Dogs make it worth it.
You know, I've been thinking about a trip to Coney Island.
February 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Coney Dogs make it worth it.
" Ya either had a good night or a horrid night.
Need a smoke? "
Offering her one out of a super cheap pack of cigerettes.
Need a smoke? "
Offering her one out of a super cheap pack of cigerettes.
Currently rubbing the dark circles under her eyes like it would make them go away.
It doesn't.
It doesn't.
February 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM
" Ya either had a good night or a horrid night.
Need a smoke? "
Offering her one out of a super cheap pack of cigerettes.
Need a smoke? "
Offering her one out of a super cheap pack of cigerettes.
ᅟᅟᅟᅟᅟᅟ𝐿𝑦𝑟𝑎 𝐼. 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝑃.𝐼.
February 19, 2026 at 12:41 PM
ᅟᅟᅟᅟᅟᅟ𝐿𝑦𝑟𝑎 𝐼. 𝑄𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑛 𝑃.𝐼.