Captain Carrot is on the case!

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

The details of the disturbing death of one of the park residents were still hazy, to the point where Carrot wasn't sure what the actual crime here was. Ribbon-chan had been adamant that there'd been a murder, but without the bloody envelope he wouldn't be able to determine exactly what had happened. And he'd need to find Cayce as well, as murder investigations were always difficult when there was no body.

He didn't know these people as well as he knew the people of Ankh-Morpork, and that complicated matters. He'd only met Cayce once, at the same time he'd met Aragorn, and she'd seemed like a pleasant enough person. But he didn't know where she lived, unfortunately. The most reliable system he'd seen in the park for obtaining information was the post, so he decided to start there.



Detective Orcott,

I am sure you have herd of the regrettible disapeerence of Case Pollard from the message bored already. I have atempted to gather informacion regarding this Case, but the detales are stil very mysteryous. As a fellow Officer of the Law I hopped you would share my interest in these Unfortunaet events. As a matter of Fact, Ribbon-chan sade something aboutt another Officer envestigating, and as you are the only other Officer I have met thuse far, perhaps you have alredy beene conduckting an investagacion.

At any Rait, I should be greatful to learn of any cluse or Evidense you mite discouver and Visversa to bee Certane!

You'res Very Sincerly,

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, City Watch (Ankh-Morpork).



Dear Strider,

I am sure you have herd of the regrettible disapeerence of Case Pollard from the message bored already. Iff you remember, Case was the very polit young laddy who made our accaintence at the time of your Arrivle. I have atempted to gather informacion regarding this Case, but the detales are stil very mysteryous. As a Ranger and Conserned Citezen I hopped you would share my interest in these Unfortunaet events. I woud certanely appresiate your help in solving this matter!!

Youre Friend,

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, City Watch (Ankh-Morpork).



Dear Minako-chan,

Hello my name is Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, and, I doo not wish to alarum you but I am afrade you may have in youre possesion some very importent Evidense from a murder envestigation!! You see a woman named Case Pollard was murdered and I am tolde their is evidense to be founde in a bloddied anvelope that was last sceen with you! It is posible that you youreself may become a targete if this Criminal is not aprihended. Therefor, I woud like to meete you in order to ecsamen this anvelop, and, insure that no harme comes to your Persone.

Sincrely Yours,

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, City Watch (Ankh-Morpork).



Dear Setsuna,

I have recalde that you and Case Pollard colaborrated on a Projecte to collecte the names of all the Persones in resedent in this parke. I am envestagating a matter which Pertanes to Ms. Pollard and I was wonderring if you mite bee able to provide informacion that could asisst my Envestigation.

1. Where did Case Pollard reside?
2. Did Case Pollard have any enamies that you are aware off?
3. What people were closist to Case Pollard?
4. When is the last time that you sawe Case Pollard?

Thank you in advanse,

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, City Watch (Ankh-Morpork).

Comments

[warrioroflove.livejournal.com]

Dear Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson,

Yes, I have the envelope. I can bring it to you if you would like. You really don't need to worry about my safety.

Yours Truly,
Aino Minako

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Dear Ms. Minako,

Well your braverey is truly insperational, in the Face of such danger! Still I would prefer to keepe my ayes on you for my owne piece of minde, especialy conssidering that you are a crucal witness in a murdder envestigation! Are you near a safe place in whiche we can meete? I am in Fronteerlande.

Sincerly Yours,

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson (City Watch, Ankh-Morpork)

[under-arrest-d.livejournal.com]

Leon was trying very hard not to let Carrot's spelling affect Leon's judgment on his intelligence. After all, plenty of smart people couldn't spell. He was one of the few officers on the force who actually had a college degree.

Dear Captain Ironfoundersson,

Yes on both accounts. I've questioned Miho already. I'm going to assume that you have no more information than that which was on the board.

I don't feel entirely confident about sharing information through the mail, and I would much rather meet with you in person to go over the facts that we have so much.

I was just about to get in contact with this Minakochan girl. Have you already?

Yours,

Detective Orcott.

[warrioroflove.livejournal.com]

Dear Captain Ironfoundersson,

We could meet in one of the shops, if you would like.

Love,
Aino Minako

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Dear Minako,

That woulde be for the beste, I beleave. There is a shoppe in Fronterlande, and it is caled the Stage Door Cafe that is very smalle and privatte. It is very neare to the Fort as well as the mountane. Will you meete me in this place? An other Officer may acommpaney me.

Yours very sincerly,

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson

[warrioroflove.livejournal.com]

Dear Captain I.

All right, I'd be more than willing to meet you there. When should I go?

Love,
Aino Minako

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Dear Detective Orcott,

Miho? Is this the girle who calls hereself Ribbon-chan? I have spocken brefely to her but not in Persone. I have conttacted Miss Minako, however, and I entend to meete her at the Stage Door Cafe in Fronteirlande, where we Shoulde have some privacie to revew the contents of the letter in Qestion. Would you like to acommpany me to meete her there?

I have also contacted Setsuna, who I beleive new the Late Case Pollard.

Yours Sincrely,

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson

[under-arrest-d.livejournal.com]

Captain Ironfoundersson,

Yes. Her real name is Nosaka Miho, though all of her friends call her Ribbon because of the ribbon that she wears. I would very much like to accompany you to meet Minako.

Good job. I only met Ms. Pollard briefly, so I can't say I know too much about her, like who she was acquainted with. Though, I do recall her mentioning a friend. Suzie or.. something along those lines. And...

Leon could have headdesked.

Actually, I think I know where she lives. She mentioned it to me when I first met her, I know she did, I just can't quite remember what she said. It will come to me.

Yours,
Detective Orcott

He was severely regretting not writing down the information he gathered on other people, though he had been keeping tabs on what he had learned of the park.

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Miss Minako,

Canne you meete us righte away? The longer we delay the envestigation the grater the Danger!

Yours,

Captain Carrot

[warrioroflove.livejournal.com]

Captain I.,

Of course.

Love,
Aino Minako.

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Dear Detective Orcott,

I am on my waye to the Stage Door Cafe, which is in Fronterlande near the Fort. Miss Minako shall bringe the anvalope.

...You do not meen Susan Sto Helit*, do you? She comes from my Worlde, and is a very sencible and co-oprative sorte. Perhaps we canne speack to her after we meete Miss Minako.

Yours,

Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson

*They're not really close, but Carrot has special knowing everyone in Ankh-Morpork powers XD

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Carrot arrived at the Stage Door cafe first, and quickly lifted three chairs from outside, bringing them inside. The cafe was very small, with no furniture but simply a counter with a kitchen behind it. But it was large enough for three people to meet, and it would be hard to see inside once Carrot closed the doors behind them.

He stood in the doorway, watching for Detective Orcott and Minako, as well as keeping an eye out for anyone else who might be around. Carrot was, by nature, a trusting person, but he was also more realistic than most people would imagine and he took his job seriously. This conversation needed to remain private.

[king-longshanks.livejournal.com]

Captain,

I have seen the message in question, and would be pleased to aid you in any way possible. Name the place and time and I shall be entirely at your disposal.

At your service,

Strider of the Dúnedain

[warrioroflove.livejournal.com]

Minako had been second to arrive. She had run there, both because she knew that this investigation needed to take place quickly, and because she just enjoyed running.

"Hi," she said breathlessly once she had found the place where Carrot had said he wanted to meet, and the first thing she noticed was how good-looking he was. She looked around, and the second thing she noticed was that this was a good place to meet for privacy. "Are you the Captain?" she asked.

Leon, on the other hand, was taking his time more. Though he did realize the urgency, he wasn't entirely convineced yet that this wasn't some sort of joke (his meeting with Miho made him question the seriousness of the crime, even when looking at it without any personal bias. He had dealt with a lot of teenagers making up fake murders for attention, and Miho definitely seemed like the attention-seeking kind of girl. And though he knew that trying to make sense of things that happened here wasn't 100% possible, a ghost killing a woman because of a chain letter and then sending it back seemed highly unlikely. There was no denying that Mickey might have thought this was a good chance to strike, but he hadn't made such a bold move so far...).

Besides, if he was running, he wasn't thinking quite as hard, and at the moment he was trying to desperately remember where Cayce had said she lived. "Tomorrowland... Tomorrowland... Fuck, where in Tomorrowland?"

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

He smiled pleasantly at Minako, and ushered her inside, oblivious to her train of thought. "Yes, I'm Captain Carrot. I'm glad you came, Miss Minako." Fortunately, no one suspicious looking was around, but he still felt much better once she was safely inside. And it wasn't long until Detective Orcott arrived.

"Detective," he nodded, ushering him inside, and closing the doors behind them.

[under-arrest-d.livejournal.com]

The detective was cute too, Minako noticed right away.

"Captain," Leon said as well, not at all surprised to discover that Minako was also a teenager, though she did look much more serious than Miho had. "Minako-chan, I'm assuming?" He shook her hand, and she nodded.

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

"All right," said Carrot seriously. "Let's see the letter."

[warrioroflove.livejournal.com]

Minako nodded, and pulled the letter out of the bag she had brought with her, laying it on the table. She had worked very closely with the police in the past (though, she wasn't about to say that because of her age), and she had known to keep it in rather good condition. Unfortunately for everyone, she hadn't dealt with too much evidence, and hadn't realized that it was ketchup on the letter.

It was something that Leon noticed nearly right away, and he groaned loudly.

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Well, aside from the fact that blood didn't really look much like that, ketchup was a very important dwarfish food, and Carrot recognised it right away. He touched a finger lightly to the stain and then tasted the ketchup delicately.

"Yes. That's ketchup," he said frowning. "What does the note say?"

[under-arrest-d.livejournal.com]

Leon picked up the letter, and frowned at it. "I have it written without the misspellings in here," he said, opening his notebook and handing it to Carrot. If Carrot chose to anything other than the letter, he'd find the entire meeting detailed in jotnote form (except what Miho said, which was written word for word in shorthand), as well as his various theories about what could have happened which he had written after the fact.

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Carrot read Leon's notes on the letter, frowning. "And she sent this to Cayce, and it came back splattered in ketchup? Why would anyone do this?" In Ankh-Morpork, where most people were guilty of something or other, it would be unheard of to risk attracting the attention of the Watch for the sake of a prank.

"Did Mickey really give her this letter, Detective? Did you ask?" He frowned. "We should probably go check on Cayce Pollard. If this letter is the only proof that she's dead--"

[under-arrest-d.livejournal.com]

Minako, needless to say, felt very stupid. She should have realized that it was ketchup. Still, she listened to the officers talk.

"It's possible that Miho did it as a prank to get attention, she seems like the type. It's also possible that Cayce sent it to her as a joke, but didn't actually expect her to take it seriously. It's almost certain that Mickey didn't give it to her. Where I came from, there are things called chain letters that are very similar to this, not to mention that Miho mentioned that she had 'created' the ghost. I think it's best if we do go find Cayce though. She lives in Tomorrowland," if only Leon could remember where exactly. "It's possible that she doesn't know any of this is going on. It's also possible that something did happen to her. Apparently, people have gone missing in this park."

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Carrot nodded in agreement. "Too many strange things happen in this place for us to write this off. We should find Cayce."

He turned to Minako. "We'll need to keep the letter as evidence. But thank you for your cooperation." Carrot is completely serious when he says this, ketchup or no. "Where can we find you if we need to ask any more questions?"

Tomorrowland wasn't very big, and Carrot had explored it enough that he was certain he'd be able to find Cayce in it.

[warrioroflove.livejournal.com]

"I live under Tarzan's treehouse, in Adventureland," Minako said. "If you would like, you could just write to me as well."

Leon found that, out of all the teenagers he had met so far, Minako was by far his favourite. He gave her a bit of a smile, before he stood up and went to wait right outside of the door. He was confident that once he saw the place, he'd remember where exactly it was where Cayce lived, though he was still mentally running over the different buildings in his mind. Then, quite suddenly, he said "Oh! I think she might live in Starcade."

[kzadbhat.livejournal.com]

Carrot said his thanks to Minako and followed Leon out the door. "The Starcade?" he replied. "Do you mean that room with all of the games that blink?"

He'd explored that area before, too, and he'd noted that someone was living there, although Cayce hadn't been home at the time and he'd thought it rude to go in uninvited.

He turned past the Stage Door and began to walk towards Tomorrowland. "Well, perhaps we'll be lucky and nothing will have happened to her. After all, most of the missing people have gone missing with no warning at all."