All right, listen up!

[mindoirsurvivor]

Word has already gotten out that the NMPD found a body this morning.  For that matter, at least a half-dozen pedestrians saw it too before the forensics team collected it.  Our most recent missing person, Tucker Ellison, who I may or may not have made some insensitive remarks about the other day, has been reported dead due to a drug-related incident, whatever the Hell that means. 

Since I have already spent the morning fielding panicked phone calls -- on an off-shift on my day off -- let me make this crystal clear:  we have no reason to believe Mr. Ellison's disappearance and subsequent death is in any way connected to any other disappearance on the island.  Best guess is, he overdosed on something a few days ago and wandered off to somewhere quiet, and nobody found him until it was too late. 

If you have any evidence suggesting otherwise, or witnessed anything that would  plausibly suggest we've got it wrong, come by the station and let us know.  We don't bite.  I promise.

Otherwise, please stop calling so the department will send me home and let me get some more sleep.

Comments

[expositional]

Thank you for all your work considering.. the festering state outside the station (New Moore garbage collecting is hardly the job of the law enforcement, especially with what has been happening in the last 12 hours).

[mindoirsurvivor]

Yeah, I'll stay in and man the phones for as long as I have to to avoid that job...

[expositional]

They said it would be dealt with tomorrow, apparently.

[mindoirsurvivor]

Until then I can just hold my nose.

So, Detective. Did you go to the big dance last night?

[expositional]

I did, actually.

[mindoirsurvivor]

How was it?

[expositional]

I learned I'm not a very skilled dancer.

(it is canonical that shepard is a shitty dancer and doesn't know it)

[mindoirsurvivor]

If you needed some tips, you could have asked.

[expositional]

Let's not humiliate me on this forum than has already been done.

[mindoirsurvivor]

Not my intention, detective.

Did you at least have fun?

[expositional]

I did. Although in light of recent events I wonder if my night would have better been spent working on this case.

[mindoirsurvivor]

You think it's connected?

[expositional]

I can't say.

[mindoirsurvivor]

... Can't or won't?

[reanimated]

Didn't even know there were things here to overdose on. Good to know. Cheers.

[mindoirsurvivor]

There's always something.

[jenratedanomaly]

You should take a day off, Shepard! I can cover your shift. Well... As long as you show me what I'm supposed to be doing. I don't have much practice dealing with that sort of thing.

[mindoirsurvivor]

Thanks. Tell you what -- if you want to come in early tomorrow afternoon, I'll show you what's what with the filing and the phones, and then clock out early, after dinner.