[break-in 2] this is a crime and it’s punishable by crime.

[fracturamods]

[reminder for anna to put a meme here later]

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[stressweets]

[ The baby is so much more delightful, but he's on the job............. weighing hands.....

He's gonna be nice and help Kangai look over the woman, especially considering he doesn't know Kangai's about to have a real bad time. ]

[fracturamods]

[Ha ha!

The woman, to Kangai, feels tired. The fatigue is almost bone-deep. There's sadness and hopelessness, but more than that, the urge to lie down, close her eyes, and sleep for a long time. Can't. There's a baby. Always, there's a baby; most of the time it's crying. It doesn't ever end. Even the wails bring a small sense of happiness.

A cackling woman (she's more angular and uglier in the woman's mind, but has on a white dress and a lot of jewels, a sparkly belt) comes to inspect them. This the woman knows because the other woman spends most of the time crowing about how they look, whether they're worth it, what to do with the bodies if they die. They go to the incinerator of course; the woman can still smell the sickeningly sweet scent of burning flesh. The fancy woman gives her a pill, "for pain."

She feels sick for a long time, and she wonders if her stomach will ever stop cramping and rolling. She vomits for a long time, and they have to move her somewhere else. She just feels so tired, even in such short days, that she lies down and goes to sleep. But she doesn't wake up.

Something hard can be felt somewhere on the woman's clothes close to the breastbone. There's a secret pouch, and inside is a tiny, golden locket. On one side is a very small picture of a woman and a baby. On the other side is the name, Delilah.]

[descried]

[god, dying never stops being depressing. his regular reminder that the world sucks really hard.

to tsukasa and lan wangji, it probably looks as though kangai goes into a trance. some moments later, he returns to reality. while tsukasa presumably finds the pouch, he speaks.]

I think she just... died of exhaustion. Or lack of care, from the conditions they were keeping their captives in...

[souheki]

[When can we murder Cruella de Vil]

She is not the first. [He doesn't need any powers to figure that one out. The state of this room is evidence enough. He sighs.] And she will not be the last, if we do not get this child medical care.

[And, y'know. Some way to feed it and stuff.]

[stressweets]

[ Tsukasa rubs the name very gently, lips pressed tightly together, before he closes the locket and slips it back into the pouch. If either of them want to check it out he can pass it over to them, but he wants it back, okay!! ]

Then we should make that our priority, along with giving this woman a proper burial... I looked around, but there's not much else to this place. [ He pauses, then holds up the portable box. His voice is steady, but it's quiet as he continues. ] There was a room with a table, a chair, and this box... Connected to a metal headpiece. It's an electrocution device.

[ kangai should just thank his lucky stars that the woman just died of exhaustion and not of electrocution tbh- ]

Someone scratched five marks into their cage floor, too - I think to mark the passing of time, but I'm not sure - that's all I have to contribute.

[fracturamods]

[The baby holds onto Lan Wangji's finger with both hands, growing more content with this and closing its eyes. It's thankfully not wailing anymore. If he takes the finger away, though, the baby will start crying. She also likes to try nomming it sometimes.

They will find out later it's a girl!

But this is all they find in the warehouse before it's ultimately burned to the ground. RIP. For what it's worth, at least the police know! The people who left don't seem to come back, no matter how long they wait.]

[descried]

[after having to get his tongue cut off three times and choking on his blood? he deserves a not-completely-horrible death once in a while, thanks.

what the heckie are they going to do with this baby, though.]

[souheki]

[If it's a girl then Jiang Cheng definitely can't have her because he doesn't know how to talk to ladies :(

Cannibal Baby can have the finger, though, that's fine. He's got others.]

There is a woman at Yiling Ridge who may be able to care for her. If not, she likely knows someone who could. [Don't come for his bias shut up. Give Granny the baby.

As for the burial... he sighs quietly.]

This woman was likely a Mori. [That's been the pattern, so, y'know.] We should bring her back to Eastside. [He's assuming Tsukasa will want to confiscate the box as evidence.]

[stressweets]

[ He's right about that! Though the woman can have her pouch and locket back; he's against stealing from the dead. ]

...This has to stop. [ more to himself, but he's going to nod and sigh. ] That all sounds good to me. I wish we could find her family and return her to them properly... It must be horrifying to not know what's happened to someone dear to you.

[ At least knowing if they're dead or alive is some type of comfort. ]

...It's going to be suspicious if we just walk around town with her though. [ unless they weekend at bernie's it ]