chapter word count: 271
noir heart: seven
"You gotta be kidding me." Jack hisses in disbelief. Aster practically pushes him into the room, and mutters sarcastically as he closes the door behind them.
"Do I look like a bloody comedian? Wait, don't answer that. You'll only say 'no, a kangaroo'."
Jack chuckles dryly as he moves to the one-way mirror, and folds his arms as he observes Elsa Black with searching eyes. "Yeah, guess I would. So what happened?"
"Well, she wasn't exactly coherent when she called nine-one-one, and made even less sense when we got there, but the preliminary report is: an unknown assailant broke into their home. During a short confrontation Mr Black was stabbed, his throat was slashed and…well…if he could sing, he'd be 'singing soprano', shall we say." Aster explains matter-of-factly, as though reading from a pamphlet.
"And the early theory is that Mrs Black's husband was another Ripper victim, right?" Jack queries over his shoulder while mentally wincing.
"Right. We don't know much beyond that, as she hasn't talked since we took her in." Aster nods his assent as he holds out the manila folder.
Turning to face it, Jack eyes it thoughtfully while his mind automatically tallies Aster's explanation with everything he's learned from sneaking looks at carelessly misplaced case files – which, admittedly, is not a lot, but it's enough to know that Elsa Black is potentially the only person to have ever witnessed a Ripper murder.
But that is an interesting notion in and of itself, and so his reply is a simple…
"Huh."
whitelunanight: I can't wait to write it!
heartonfire: tehehe I'm making you squeak. That's adorable. Thank you for reading!
kenzojelsa: Well, I hope you enjoy watching it unfold (if I can pull it off properly, that is!)
sara99: Thank you so much! It's nice writing different things. Although, it'll still be dark.
e-teens: boss lady arrives in...twelve or thirteen, I think. Ahaha, some of those questions will be answered much, much later.
kira: well, I'm glad you're enjoying my stories even if they feature a pairing you dislike. :) Who said anything about an interrogation? ;)