Wraps
The cottage lights were all turned on, no doubt another Free Company house. She stopped to observe things she had overlooked on her Second visit, trying to steel her nerves as she approached.
The wooden sign on the lawn swayed gently, probably bumped into by one of the investigators as they made their way in. A murder in the housing district was so rare and unheard of it demanded their attention immediately. A threat to civil safety, one could call it.
Among their bright uniforms she spotted a lone, darkly clothed woman.
"Parember?"
Her voice was soft, barely audible over the discussion taking place in the living room of the house. It had been 2 weeks now, and still nothing. Plans were to begin clearing out the room so the inhabitants of the house could once again return to their abode.
The woman turned towards her direction, blinking a couple times before she stepped towards her.
"You're back? I thought you came earlier with Magnum"
Wisteria nodded.
"I wanted to come check on the situation. They're going to clear the room?"
Parember nodded herself.
"It's been way too long to leave things as is, they kinda need their house back. We're probably doing it tonight..at least with the furniture."
It seemed even the thought of touching the corpse bothered her too, and she rubbed the back of her head in silence.
Wisteria took it as her chance.
"Can I go in? I was worried about her body as well so..i wanted to try to see if I could contain some of the smell and...other things in it."
Parember turned her head towards the room.
"You should be good to go in, want me to go with you?"
The woman's eyes softened in concern.
"It feels like she has ulterior motive."
"You have ulterior motive!"
Her own face hardened at the thought, and she quickly relaxed it to avoid any other concern.
"If you want.."
The other woman called to one of the guards, pointing to the room and receiving a short head motion of approval. She grabbed Wisterias shoulder after, pushing her gently towards it.
"Actually I take it back I don't wanna do this"
"Too late now. Finish what you started."
She swallowed hard as they reached the door. It had been cleaned up a bit, allowing for an easier entrance. Things were put upright, at least until you got to... The back of the room. Looks like no one even wanted to go near it.
"So..what was your idea?" Parember asked, her face wrinkled in sheer disgust.
"Ah..find me some shears first, then I can just..show you.."
She let out a strained sigh, holding her hand over her mouth. After a few seconds she approached Wild, tugging at the loose curtain peeking from under her.
"God..before I even do that"
She reached up above her towards the window the fabric had been pulled away from, smacking its frame to see if it would pop open. It did, with a scrape that hurt anyone's ears, and she pushed it away to let in the fresh air
"Good idea" Parember muttered, starting her search. She rifled through the shelves as Wisteria pulled more on the cloth, causing the corpse to shift more. Something in her giggled.
"You're the worst".
The other woman produced a metal box from her search, opening its rusty lid.
"Aha!" she exclaimed, pulling out some rustic looking scissors, and then setting down the container
"That's perfect."
Wisteria's gaze met her, exhaustion clearly lining her face. She held out her hands for the shears. Once in hand, she turned back towards Wild.
"Hopefully..I can just tie parts of it around her, and at the very least it'll make her movable"
She snipped the scissors a few time, the noise almost soothing, if not in this context. She set to her task once more, bending down and grabbing the bodies legs, pulling her, and the curtain down until she way laying straight.
"Ugh" Parember groaned.
"I know.." She choked back her own tears, sitting on the floor next to her.
Call it divine atonement for what she did.