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Events of the 8th of Malachite
"There are too many dead bodies in the Galleria!" stated Captain Ironblood.
"There are two, sir." noted BurnedToast.
"One is too many!" shouted the Captain, "Do we know what happened?"
"They were killed." said BurnedToast.
"That's not what I mean, BurnedToast!"
"I know sir. All we know at this moment is that they're dead and Archibess found them."
"The Hat Maker?"
"Milliner sir, yes. She was taking a shortcut to take a walk around the inside of the fort. Nasty surprise, I should think."
"I should think so. Bomrek is investigating?"
"Yes, sir."
"Does Ostri know?" asked the Captain, worried.
"Yes, sir."
"He's angry, isn't he?"
"Yes, sir. I'm sorry sir."
"Why are you sorry? You didn't do it, did you?" asked the Captain, exasperated.
"Indeed, sir."
"You didn't, did you?"
"Uh... not to my knowledge, sir." replied BurnedToast.
"Well, that's at least you down. I suppose I can trust my closest friends to have had nothing to do with this." starting to walk to his office.
"I should hope so, sir." said BurnedToast, following.
"That leaves something like sixty possible murderers, BurnedToast."
"It may have been other humans, sir."
"Don't make it harder than it has to be, BurnedToast." said the Captain, sadly.
"Sorry, sir."

They reached the office door. A peek inside told the Captain that Ostri the Merchant prince was waiting for him in there. He didn't look pleased.
"The joys of being in charge." he muttered.
"Good luck sir." said BurnedToast.
"You're not coming with me, BurnedToast?"
"I'm sure I have other things I need to do, sir."
"Yes... abandoned at every turn."
The Captain sighed, and opened the door to his office.

There was a lot of yelling.

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