13278/Not the Spook You're Looking For

Not the Spook You're Looking For
Date of Scene:	05 November 2022
Location:	Small town outside of Gotham
Synopsis:	No description
Cast of Characters:	Hellboy, Detective Chimp

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Hellboy has posed:
    The BPRD has handled supernatural threats all over the US and even all over the world. Most of what they handle is in the tri-city area, but it's still refreshing when something they have to take care of is nearby. Hellboy arrives surreptitiously in what looks like a garbage truck. He gets out of the back and pats the side of the truck twice so it can make laps or whatever the drivers do while he's on the job.

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp was called in about the case, and got a ride to the area, and a cab once he was local. He pays the cab rider having had to explain himself a few times on the ride. Once he is here, he is stepping out of the cab and looking about heading over towards where he expects to meet the big red.

Hellboy has posed:
    At first, Hellboy looks like he's not there, but in a few moments after Bobo Chimp shows up looking for him, there's a 'psst' from somewhere dark nearby the established meeting place. Ember eyes glow in the darkness from the height of perhaps a seven-foot person.

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp does not jump to his credit. He looks over and nods his head a bit in return to the eyes. Chimp does have senses human's don't he may have known the man was there or maybe not. He does pull a cigar out, and walks over towards the other supernatural detective "So what we got?" He asks as he lights the cigar.

Hellboy has posed:
    "Sketchy reports of supernatural activity in the area," Hellboy says. "Sounds like a ghoul of the corpse-eating kind. Scanners haven't picked up anything, but sometimes, these undead have wards. I got a funny feeling about this one, if I'm honest." He does offer a Right Fistbump of Doom to the fellow detective.

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp does reach up to give the return fistbump. He hmms and nods a bit to this and says "So, we head to the graveyard to see what is digging up the dead. Any patterns in the corpses, all fresh, old or gender or anything?"

Hellboy has posed:
    "No hard connection," Hellboy says. He rubs the back of his neck with his left hand as he says, "We're looking at missing corpses more than any hard evidence. Unless it's the coroner, or he's in on it, or he's exceptionally bad at his job, the missing corpses don't get as far as the morgue."

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp hmms and scratches his chin a bit at this and says "Well lets check out where the last killing was and see if we can track where the corpse was taken from there." He offers. "How long ago?"

Hellboy has posed:
    "Fuzzy," Hellboy says. He holds out his phone which has a picture that was taken of the report. Black bars have been drawn in what looks like MS-Paint to redact the photo. "Tracking a chupacabra is easier than this case so far."

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp chuckles a bit and says "Well creatures are a bit easier at times, you generally can figure out their motives, where when you start getting to thinks that think more than react, well thats when it gets fuzzy."

Hellboy has posed:
    "I've been looking into missing persons reports," Hellboy says. "There's a chance a ghoul who's good enough at this might turn to murder. Trouble is, if it's good enough to know to, it's also good enough to pick people who won't be reported missing for quite some time."

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp nods his head a bit to this and says "Could just be some garden variety sicko, have you checked to see if all the corpses have been picked up by the same person, or supposed to have been taken to the same ME?

Hellboy has posed:
    "Like I said," Hellboy says, "things are all fuzzy. Nothing's gotten that far. That's why I'm investigating missing persons and even unsolved murders." Flipping through his phone with his left thumb, he eventually holds it out again, showing another, unredacted document. "Last animal-attack victim who was largely consumed was 1975. It's possible our perp has been at this for 47 years and was just sloppy at the beginning, but it's the most solid lead I have at the moment."

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp nods his head a bit and says "Well, lets go check out the scene of latest one it is a place to start at least. Maybe someone the cops could not question saw something."

Hellboy has posed:
    Hellboy nods and steps out of the shadows. "Lead I planned on looking up was an elderly woman," he says as he starts down the street. "She doesn't get out much, but she also hasn't been seen leaving the house for a couple weeks, even for groceries." He swipes along his phone's pictures until he comes across a still frame from security footage. He holds it out as the pair walk together. "Alice Brown," he elaborates.

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp hmms and nods his head a bit to this and says "Any chance she might be a cat lady? If So even if she is not there, I can talk to the cats, and see what they saw." He says as he looks at the picture. He studies the woman and the area around her a moment looking for anything out of the ordinary.

Hellboy has posed:
    Hellboy just walks with the chimp. After a couple blocks, he taps the detective's shoulder and says, "This is the one." He pushes open the gate and walks up to the front door. "No lights on," he says. He huffs out a sigh. "Alright, I could pick this, but let's get the obvious out of the way." He raises his left hand and knocks three times on the door. He waits a few moments, then almost forgets himself as a light turns on in the house. "Uh," He manages just before the door opens. The elderly woman, definitely Alice Brown, recoils with a start as she sees a demon and a chimpanzee in a suit at her door.
    Hellboy, thinking fast, looks into the eyes of the terrified woman and reaches into his nebulous coat. He pulls out a bible. "Excuse me, miss," he says, holding up the book with a cross gilded onto the front of it. "Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior Jesus Christ?" Alice hastily slams the door.
    Hellboy pockets the bible. "Okay," he says in Latin. "I did not expect that."

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp will places his hand over his face and shakes his head a bit to this and says "Ok. " He raises his voice, and says "Ma'am we mean you no harm, we just need to ask you a few questions where you might be able to help us." He opens his wallet and holds it up to the window, where she can see his shield id if she looks.

Hellboy has posed:
    Hellboy takes a couple steps back off the porch. Alice barks out, "Go away! Halloween was days ago! I don't have any candy!" She then mutters, talking to herself about what had she done to deserve lucifer coming to her door.
    "Come on, man," Hellboy says, still in latin, banking that the woman couldn't speak it. "She's clearly not been eaten. She's not exactly in the demographic that reads my comics, so I suggest we bail as late-night mormons and not as SHIELD agents."

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp sighs a bit and nods. He does put his wallet away but takes the time to look around the yard, and see if he sees signs of animals or deliveries made tot he woman.

Hellboy has posed:
    There's nothing, though the lawn hasn't been mowed in a good long while. The white fence feels like it should have a 'beware of dog' sign on it, but there's nothing of the sort, nor is there sign of any domesticated animals on the premesis.

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp hmmms and says "If she aint been out of the house, and aint any signs of doordash or insta cart, how is she getting food and such?" HE asks the other.

Hellboy has posed:
    "Food hoarding?" Hellboy suggests with a shrug. Something seems to dawn on him. "What, you think she's the guy?"

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp says, "Well, makes me wonder, I mean it could be she had stores, but it could be someone came along ate her, took her appearance, and been eating corpses and not thinking about keeping up on the lady's daily stuff."

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp says, "Though the line about thinking your lucifer, sorta undermines that.""

Hellboy has posed:
    Hellboy scratches his head with the Right Forefinger of Doom. "Yeah, I don't know," he says. "Can't you smell magic or something? You tell me she smells even a little bit magical, we'll follow this lead as far as it will take us."

Detective Chimp has posed:
Detective Chimp shakes his head and says "Na, I am pretty much your normal unaging talking chimp." He tells the other man, He does sniff the air though seeing if there is anything odd on the air.

Hellboy has posed:
    Uncut grass, old lady smell, mildew, a little mold, and her breath smelled like it would had she just pulled her dentures out of the glass next to her bed to answer the door in the middle of the night.
    Hellboy looks around as well, though he's possibly less equipped to detect than Chimp is. He can sense hot and cold, sure, but everything is cold compared to hellfire. His Right Hand of Doom also is essentially a dextrous but numb replacement, to say nothing of the fewer fingers connundrum.