[color=f26522]“This….This is horrible.”[/color]

Akame and Rose stood before the corpse of their friend in the now abandoned apartment. Akame had thought she could stomach the idea of seeing her friend like this in such a helpless state. But now she was having second thoughts, hands trembling into fists as a shudder passed through her body.

It hadn’t been particularly difficult in getting there and sneaking into the apartment. It was a good thing that no one had noticed Emiri’s disappearance yet either; they had been able to lie about their purpose here, telling the Golden Magical Girl’s neighbors that she was merely not feeling well. The sight of Emiri’s eyes staring into nothing was a gross understatement of that fact.

As soon as Rose had indicated that she was ready to go, they had politely left the others without telling them of their location. It was perhaps the best move too as none of them could understand how they felt about their comrade’s death. No, their friend’s murder.

Akame faintly felt the presence of a Primordial across the city but also felt multiple Magical Girls closing in on it as well. She didn’t give it too much mind then and instead focused on figuring out what to do with Emiri's body. It was also a blessing that the damned Contractor wasn’t here. As much as it posed no danger to them, its spoutings about human emotion could get to be grating from time to time.

[color=f26522]“It’s a stab wound,”[/color] Akame confirmed, knowing firsthand since she herself used a blade. [color=f26522]“It can’t have been a Primordial. The room’s too clean and there’s really no signs of a struggle. You were right in thinking it was another Magical Girl Rose,”[/color] Akame said darkly.

She let slip the other girl’s real name because they were alone and because she needed an emotional support right now, as much as she held on herself. She was about to comment more when suddenly she felt another presence. One that had followed them to the apartment, though why it was felt only now, she couldn’t say.

Akame turned away and ran to the front of Emiri’s apartment, peeking her head outside and scanning the area. Her eyes narrowed and it was too coincidental, despite the obvious fact that she was indeed sensing another Magical Girl.

The murderer? Could they really be that arrogant as to return to the scene of the crime? Whatever the case, she would not be killed the same was as her friend. She gave one last glance before returning next to Rose’s side, aware now of Kasumii’s presence.

[color=f26522]“We’re not alone,”[/color] she told Rose. [color=f26522]“There’s a Magical Girl near the apartment and it might just be our killer.”[/color]

Farther away from those two were Izumi and Nanako. The Contractor padded next to them as it too waited for their arriving escort. Chiyo had asked the fluffy white creature to pass a message to them both, saying that she wanted to perhaps go shopping on this night to break the mood and have a little Magical Girl fun.

[b]“It seems Chiyo Kuroke is late,”[/b] the Contractor said, not caring how redundant its statement sounded to the two girls.