Saturday Afternoon - the alley near Nolita and Wolfram & Hart

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Veronica and Jaye walk into town and Veronica looks for the alley that Rory saw Marty run out of the night of Kitty's death.





[ooc: this isn't locked since it's in a public location - however - I would take it as a kindness if your characters wouldn't interfere with what Jaye & Veronica are going to find. If you'd like to interact with them before or after, that's fine, but please understand that they won't tell you what they're doing or why they're there. Also, the radio can broadcast that the girls were seen in town, lurking in dark alleys or whatever, but please don't mention that they found something - wouldn't want to tip a certain person off to Veronica's activities.]

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[fates_jaye]

"Are we going somewhere specific or are you skulking around for fun?" Jaye wonders as they walk.

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Veronica hesitates. She's not used to sharing her investigations with other people. But since Jaye sought her out, she figures she owes her some explanation.

"This is the alley where Kitty Pryde was killed," she confides in a low tone.

[fates_jaye]

"Oh," Jaye says, suddenly feeling a little creeped out by the place. "We're visiting?"

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"No, we're looking for the message," Veronica says.

She sighs. "Marty Blank told me he lost his digital audio recorder. He was here the night Kitty was killed. I'm thinking maybe he dropped it somewhere around here when he was running out of the alley. Help me look?"

[fates_jaye]

"Yeah, definitely," she says, looking around to see if it was anywhere obvious. "I hope someone didn't pick it up."

[fates_jaye]

*from inside the purse*

Take a swim.

[fates_jaye]

Jaye makes a face, but doesn't say anything. There's nothing resembling water here.

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Veronica raises an eyebrow.

"There isn't even police tape around the place. The sheriff is a moron, I know him from my home town."

She looks around at the scattered boxes and junk that is typical of an alley.

"I don't even know where to start."

[fates_jaye]

Jaye begins picking things up, looking under them, kicking some things around with her shoe rather than actually touch them. "Well, I've never messed with a crime scene before."

[fates_jaye]

Take. A. Swim.

[fates_jaye]

If Veronica wasn't here, Jaye would yell at her lion. As Veronica is here, Jaye tries not to groan too loudly and looks around-

And sees the dumpster.

"Oh, no."

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Veronica glances up from the stack of boxes she's poking through.

"Oh no what?"

[fates_jaye]

Jaye manages not to whimper as she walks over to the dumpster. "Of course it would be in here. Of course. Makes perfect sense."

She grabs onto the edge of the dumpster, trying to climb up onto it. It doesn't work so well.

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Veronica's eyes get very wide as she realizes Jaye's intentions.

"Um, Jaye, do you really think it's possible for it to be in there?"

[fates_jaye]

"Completely, because this is the way my life works," she says. "A little help?"

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Veronica looks skeptical, but goes over to Jaye.

She puts her hands together like a step so Jaye can put a foot in and get a boost.

Veronica is obviously stronger than one would guess by looking at her.

[fates_jaye]

Jaye drops her purse onto the ground, and with Veronica's is able to pull herself up by her arms. Then tips herself into it. Luckily she doesn't end up on her face or anything.

"Eeeeeeeeew," she says to say, making a face at the smell. Nevertheless, she starts poking around. "This is the grossest thing I've ever done."

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Veronica watches Jaye poking around the dumpster, half in awe and half in disbelief.

"I don't know exactly what Marty's recorder looks like," she says, "but I think it's small and silver."

[fates_jaye]

"Small and silver. Got- eeeeeeeew. Those were leftovers," she says. Her silver lining is that if anyone tossed the recorder instead of outright stealing it, they probably didn't put it in a bag first.

Flinging a trash bag out into the alley, she says, "This is much cooler when they do it on procedural dramas."

Another trash bag goes flying out.

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Veronica ducks the flying trash bags and continues searching behind various boxes.

[fates_jaye]

Jaye's trying to hold her breath as she throws another bag out. When she can't do it anymore, she lets it out quickly and takes another deep breath like that works.

"Eeeeew, I don't know what that was, but it's gooey," she says, picking up a crumpled box and tossing it over the side.

There's a tiny little thud of something hitting the ground.

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Veronica turns her head when she hears the thud, it sounded slightly metallic.

She hurries over to the box Jaye just tossed out of the dumpster and picks at it, wishing desperately she had thought to grab rubber gloves.

"Jaye, I think this is it!"

[fates_jaye]

"Is it? Oh, thank God," she sighs, and swings one leg over the edge of the dumpster, putting herself in a sitting position to push herself off.

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Veronica picks up the silver device and tries to play it.

She frowns, pushing random buttons, shaking it, checking to see if there are batteries in it. But she can't get it work.

"Damn it!"

[fates_jaye]

"That doesn't sound good," she says.

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"How are we supposed to listen to the message if the stupid thing is broken?"

She desperately wishes that Mac were still at Fandom High.

[fates_jaye]

Jaye shrugs. "Got a geek handy?"

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"You're a genius!" Veronica exclaims. "I need to get back to the dorms."

She wrinkles her nose.

"You probably want to get a shower and change your clothes. Let's go."

[fates_jaye]

"Quickly," Jaye says, grabbing her blissfully silent purse.