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Cough: Chapter 2
Chapter 2
The File
I sit here in my office, pondering the yellow folder. Another day at the office, great a new case, as if that wonderful "sludge beast from the basement" case didn't already decrease my lifespan... Another scare like that and I'll end up in the infirmary.
I bravely clasp onto the folder. "Here we go again." I mumble.
The large caps letters "CONFIDENTIAL" mark its cover. I flip through the file, page by page, browsing at the photos and the paragraphs little by little. And we have another missing person, Nancy Paradoux...
If there's one thing I learned from this kind of work, it's in the details, that's where you find the mask or the totem or the pyromaniac that sets people ablaze with his thoughts. I got used to looking at details because I had an encounter with one unforgettable detail...
The File
I sit here in my office, pondering the yellow folder. Another day at the office, great a new case, as if that wonderful "sludge beast from the basement" case didn't already decrease my lifespan... Another scare like that and I'll end up in the infirmary.
I bravely clasp onto the folder. "Here we go again." I mumble.
The large caps letters "CONFIDENTIAL" mark its cover. I flip through the file, page by page, browsing at the photos and the paragraphs little by little. And we have another missing person, Nancy Paradoux...
If there's one thing I learned from this kind of work, it's in the details, that's where you find the mask or the totem or the pyromaniac that sets people ablaze with his thoughts. I got used to looking at details because I had an encounter with one unforgettable detail...
