The seven sinful gifts

[Raven]

Lust smiled. "I went for a walk because it got a little loud. Do you know what that was? It sounded like a pack of giant wolves," she told him. "Anyway, I was just seeing if you were home yet, and now you are."

[Gifted]

Pride nodded. "My father works with crime scenes, so I have a pretty good idea about forensic analysis. I think the flames were made by an accelerant, but without the proper equipment I can't be sure, nor can I tell what kind of accelerant was used. The conflagerations on these bushes and on the road behind us are the same. Our victum shattered a tree, so I think the killer smashed his head into it,. This theroy is consistent with the bits of wood driven into his skull here, here and here, though I'd need to have a proper autopsy to confirm the theroy, which we obviously can't get. Though just by looking I'd say the patternseems inconsistant with the theory,"


"No, I didn't see it," he told her.

[FoxTrott]

Sloth was momentarily stunned by the complex analysis. He quickly regained his composure.

"It would require a lot of force to do that to a tree," he replied, gesturing to the damaged trunk. "What could do something like that? And why?"

[Raven]

Envy rolled her eyes.

"Okay... We should get inside, it's cold," she told him.

[Gifted]

"I'm not my father, but I'm guessing our killer workas out. Someone who can lift 100 pound weights could probably easily do that to a tree," she said. "Especially since that tree was dead anyways. As for why, the options are endless." she frowned. "what's your name, anyways?"


He nodded. Kanon would not do any more hunting tonight. Let the Glut be a warning to the five still out there.

[Raven]

Lust opened the door and stepped inside. She glanced at Kanon.

[Gifted]

He smiled at her. "well, ladies first,"

[Raven]

"I suppose you should know the reason I'm still up despite the time is that I'm an insomniac. And in case you don't know, insomnia is pretty much the inability to get to sleep," she told him, then ducked into her room.

[Gifted]

"Well don't head outside next time okay? This town gets dangerous at night," He told her. Well, it would be soon anyways. He walked in and wandered to his room. "Night,"

[Raven]

"Night," she called. Then she sighed. That hadn't gone at all as planned.

[FoxTrott]

Sloth shifted his glance from the junior police officer to the tree. It's hard to believe anyone could do that, he thought, unless they were some sort of superhuman... Like me, perhaps? He shrugged it off.

"My friends call me Sloth," he lied, (he didn't have any friends) still looking at the tree, "They think I'm a bit slow." Sloth turned his gaze back to the two girls. "And you two are...?"

[Raven]

"Envy," she answered. "My parents have a wicked sense of humor. They named my brother Braxton Smith, so his initials are BS."

[Gifted]

She snorted. "Well isn't this ironic. I'm Pride,"
This was a little more than ironic. She'd lived in this town all her life, and sh'd never heard of anyone named Envy, Sloth, or even Braxton Smith. And she'd never normally have considered calling herself Pride. When she'd gotten her power, it'd just seemed to fit. And now she was with two other people who just `happened`to have the names of two more deadly sins, and she was looking at the most gruesome crime scene she`d ever seen, and Parts of it didn`t even make sense. Like how the prickly plant got all over the road and yet the nearest plant of the same remained untouched. And maybe someone could`ve busted the dead tree, but no normal being could have drilled those holes in the ground or made the marks in the buildings without noisy equipment, and the sound she heard was not one of machinery.
As she thought it over, the pieces started to fit together. There were others with power like hers. One of them had done this. The victum was probably one, which would explain the fight.
And she was standing with two more. Sloth, and Envy. Pride. That meant the victum was either Gluttony, Wrath, Greed, or Lust. The severly obese body had her leaning towards the possibility of Gluttony. That made her wonder who`d done it. Who could outmanuvre another sin like this?

Then she realised being with two other sins put her in danger. It could easily have been either of these two. She'd have to work this case on her own.
She started to wish she'd just sucked it up and stayed at her own place. Least then she'd have her dads help.

[Raven]

"Well, isn't that... odd... Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to be going," Envy said. Then she turned and started to walk away.

[Gifted]

Ignoring both Envy's departure and Sloth, Pride advanced further in, wondering if perhaps the killer was still nearby. walking along the wll of caves and peeping into each one, she heard rather disturbing noises coming up ahead. treading softl,y, she approached Wraths cave.