week 2 - hermann - friday post-investigation

[completelycrazy]

[It's late when Newt finally finishes playing CSI, but once he does, he goes to track down Hermann.

Who is in the McDonald's, mysteriously. Hm. Weird place to find him.]

Hey. [Newt is obviously tired when he sits down across from his partner, but also they uhh really have some shit to talk about.] So, uh... The bodies didn't turn up much of anything we didn't already know, but it looks like Ranpo might've been done in by a team. Maybe. Tough to say.

[...]

And regardless, that's still four murderers in play.

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[byjove]

[Hermann is sitting with his chin on his hands, staring into nothing.]

Just like that, then? We weren't the only ones to realize, and of course we weren't. But four.

[It's enough to make you sick. And hey, it did! That's why he's here. Because he was using the bathroom.]

That means... [He looks down at the table and begins what is, for him, the agonizing process of trying to add up the number of possible dead. It's frustrating and mildly humiliating but it helps. To have a number and not names.]

If you're correct, we could be looking at nine dead on Sunday. And that isn't counting any partners.

[Finally he looks up.]

We may not have to do anything after all, Newton.