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cass_vaisey ([info]cass_vaisey) wrote in [info]breaking_point,
@ 2009-09-05 08:20:00

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Entry tags:*complete, 2024 09, character: dylan vaisey, character: james sirius potter, dead character: cassius vaisey, dead character: ignatius peakes, former character: eva small

RP: Gathering evidence
Who: Cass, Ignatius, Eva, James, Dylan
Where: Mould-on-the-Wold, scene of the attack
When: September 5, 2024 (early morning and onwards)
Rating/Warnings: Likely high due to gory descriptions
Summary: The Aurors investigate the scene of the attack
Status: Private | Complete


He hadn’t even had time to sit down at his desk when the orders appeared at his desk. Reading them he sighed, having a feeling it would be a long day. He wondered for a second what working with his son would be like, if Dylan would be able to listen to his orders when on the job. He shook the thought off. His son had the makings of a good Auror, those who had worked with his training had told him as much. Hell Harry himself had told him.

He didn’t bother to sit down now, knowing there was no time to waist. Instead he just grabbed what he needed and stuffed it in his pockets before looking up at the others. “Ready?” he asked, then headed for the door.

They arrived at the scene a short while later, the Aurors greeting them looking as bothered as they were tired. “We could stay,” one of them said, glancing towards the house even as he tried to stifle a yawn. “We’ve spoken to the guy who reported it,” the other said. The one missing, it’s a ten year old girl.”

“We could stay,” the first repeated. “If you need us, sir.”

Cass shook his head, knowing that as much as this scene obviously had got to them, they were too tired to be of any help. They’d been on the night shift, and needed their sleep. “We can handle it,” he said, thanking them and sending them off before leading the group towards the house and the crime scene.


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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 12:46 pm UTC (link)
Ignatius had received his orders and prepared immediately, pocketing his wand and picking up a wizarding camera as well as parchment and quill to note details. It was unlikely to be a pleasant crime scene - although crime scenes rarely could be described as nice - and he would need his wits about him to search for evidence.

Apparating to the scene with the rest of the team, he nodded to the Aurors on patrol, noting that they looked exhausted.

"How do you want to do this?" he asked Cass. He didn't think that the werewolves responsible would ever be caught but they had their jobs to do regardless.

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[info]cass_vaisey
2009-09-05 01:17 pm UTC (link)
Cass looked at the area around the house, then back at Ignatius. "H- Mr Potter was clear enough," he said. "You head the inside investigation, Small takes the outside one. You both report to me and I'll move between the two of you and make sure you have what you need to do your job. I'll also handle the onslaught once that arrives, both in terms of reporters and staff." He had no doubt the reporters would be there like vultures before too long.

Turning to Dylan and James, he tried not to smile. "You can move between the two scenes with me if you want, or choose one location and work there. Just make sure you don't do more than you can handle."

"James if you want to stay inside once the media arrives, feel free to as long as you make yourself useful."

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 01:28 pm UTC (link)
James threw a look at Dylan, deciding where to go without even speaking, but then the choice was basically made for him. He hated that who he was dictated what he should do, but he also knew that there'd be chaos once the press arrived. In fact, he probably knew it better than anyone else.

"I'll go inside." He stopped for a moment and then turned to Cass. "But if they get too annoying with questions, I can come out. It'll give them something else to talk about other than the crime scene." They'd talk anyway. It was much easier to do in on his term and gain some advantage from it.

He smiled at his friend. Dylan'd bitch so much about having to work with Cass all day long, but that would wait for later; they had a job to do now. James followed Peakes toward the house.

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 01:57 pm UTC (link)
"Probably best," Ignatius said as him and James walked away from the scene. "Let the other two field the questions. The quicker we can do this, the quicker we can get away and the less time the reporters will have to hound us for details."

He pushed the door open, noting the blood on the floor and the stench of death. Before they went into the main room, he turned to look at James. "If you need to be sick, use the back door to go outside so the members of the press don't see you. This isn't going to be pretty and you don't have to pretend to be brave. Just try and remain detached if you can, it helps."

Ignatius turned back and walked into the room, pulling the wizarding camera out. It was carnage, blood and guts littering the floor. "Jesus Christ," he muttered, surveying the scene. He handed James the camera. "Take pictures of everything before we start to touch or cast spells on things. I want it all accounted for so we don't have to come back to re-do this."

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 02:12 pm UTC (link)
James snorted. He might have not dealt with real crime scenes, but he'd dealt with the press before. "It doesn't work that way. They always find the time and the way to get to you even when they shouldn't."

He followed Peakes, eager to get to work, but as soon as he took in the scene, he couldn't move. Peakes' voice drowned against the drumming in his ears. He closed his eyes. He wouldn't throw up, he wouldn't get sick, his father went after Voldemort at eleven, he wouldn't embarrass him by getting sick on his first scene.

Taking a deep breath, he opened his eyes again. He saw Peakes was handing the camera. He didn't know how long the man had been trying to get his attention. He grabbed the camera. "Pictures, I got it." Not that he would need pictures to remember this. It'd be forever stuck in his head.

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 02:17 pm UTC (link)
Ignatius watched James carefully, noting how pale he looked. He remembered his own crime scene and how sick he had felt looking at dead - no, mutilated - bodies.

"Listen," he said, looking at James. "You want to be sick? There's a bathroom just off the hallway," He remembered seeing it as they had walked in. "There's no shame in it. We're lucky the windows were broken or it would stink in here."

He got out the quill and parchment, making notes on the scene. He would wait until James had taken pictures before going near the three bodies. This was a baptism of fire for the trainee Auror but Ignatius didn't think that James would fail if he was at all like his father. "The press aren't coming in here- Trust me on that one. Now do your job."

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 02:31 pm UTC (link)
James shook his head. "I'm fine," he said stubbornly. He refused to be sick in front of Peakes or anyone else for that matter. He could be sick when he was home by himself.

He started to take pictures. He went at it methodically, covering every stain, before moving onto the next one. It was easier this way, thinking about stains as opposed to dead people.

"They might not come in here, they'll find a way to talk to me, even if they have to follow me home." That had happened quite often after he had joined the Auror department. "It's just easier for me to go out and let them forget about the crime scene," he said as he continued to make his way through the house.

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 02:37 pm UTC (link)
"Of course you are," Ignatius shook his head but moved over to the window and took empty vials out of his robes. He used his wand to transfer some of the blood-stained glass shards still in the window into them, adding the few strands of fur he saw too. He didn't know if they would be able to identify the wizard or witch through it but they had to do their job regardless.

"Do you not have wards? Can you not Apparate directly in?" He didn't envy James's famous family. He had never had family of his own which was perhaps why he couldn't sympathise hugely with the press coverage of the Potters. "They should leave you alone. In the Muggle world a restraining order goes a long way to keeping reporters at bay."

He walked over to the father and wrote down what he saw, noticing the bite marks and the flesh missing. Flesh that wolves had eaten. "Come here when you're done with the pictures. Tell me how many different bite marks you see, how many different sets of teeth- On all the bodies. We need to identify how many wolves there were if possible."

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 02:50 pm UTC (link)
James glared at Peakes' sarcastic remark. What else was he supposed to do? Get sick like some newcomer? However, for once, talking about the press was easier.

"Of course I do, but if they never see me, then they try to get into the house, or talk to friends, follow me to restaurants and pubs. It's much easier to have them think that they are catching me while I'm not paying attention, say something and be done for a few days." James snorted. "I doubt anything would get them to leave us alone. Hogwarts was the only place they couldn't enter."

James put the camera down, and moved closer. The stench of blood and piss made him want to gag again, but he tried to focus on Peakes' questions. There was no way to determine the bite marks without getting closer and he crouched down. He could do this, focus on the job. "I can make out three, but-" There was too much damage, teeth marks on top of each other. He turned his head to look at the other man. "There's probably more but you'd need magic to trace all of them. There's too much flesh missing."

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 02:59 pm UTC (link)
"Restraining orders, fines, interrogation and imprisonment might make a difference to them leaving you alone," he said. "It works fine for celebrities in the Muggle world. You should be allowed to have your privacy as much as anybody else."

He had picked out the three with little to no trouble and Summoned the camera, taking pictures of the three different sets. One was smaller, one had a tooth missing and one was reasonably regular. "Good," he said. "So the flesh is missing on all but the little boy. Apart from his head he appears to be in tact," he said, looking over at the child. Judging from the state of the bodies, the wolves had filled themselves up on the father and mother. "In what order do you think they died?"

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 03:12 pm UTC (link)
James shrugged it off. He didn't know what the Muggle world was like, but he doubted things would change for his family. "You just learn to deal with it. It's easier than fighting it, and we all have our own way to deal with them." His mother's way was to get the hell away from their family, which wouldn't work for him, because he'd always be James Potter.

"Husband and wife could have been in either order, but the child after the mother. She would have fought otherwise, and they wouldn't have been able to snap the baby's neck so cleanly." He looked around, frowning. "We're missing a body," he finally said. "The pictures around the house all have a girl, but there's no body."

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 05:25 pm UTC (link)
"I think the father first. He's nearer the window," he said, gesturing to the broken glass. "His injuries also look more deliberate and more savage," He pointed his wand at the man's missing throat. "See? They probably would have killed the protector of the family first. The mother looks like she was trying to run and got pulled down. Or maybe she was on her front trying to protect the boy."

He nodded at James's logic. "The Aurors we relieved said that a girl was missing," He looked around at the pictures; the family looked terrified in most of them and were cringing in the corners. "She's not old enough for Hogwarts or I'm sure there would be a picture seeing as there's photos of seemingly every occasion."

He thought for a minute before he frowned, not liking the conclusions he had come to. "If she's not here then she's alive and with them. They wouldn't spare her and leave her to tell nor would they kill her if they had another use for her."

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 05:36 pm UTC (link)
"Wouldn't it depends on how many there were?" James asked. "Given enough werewolves, they could have split up. She wouldn't have been much of a challenge anyway, because she was worrying about the baby."

James straightened up and looked at the pictures. Such a pretty girl and now, she'd be with savages. "Christ, she'd be luckier if she were dead." He couldn't imagine witnessing all of this and then being taken prisoner by the very people who killed her family.

"She's going to become one of them." That felt worse than anything else he had seen today.

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 05:56 pm UTC (link)
"Yes but a pack of werewolves hunt as a pack. Their strength is in their numbers," he said, looking between the bodies before focusing on James. "I don't doubt that some did split to harass the mother but this man's injuries are worse. I'd say he took the brunt to begin with."

Ignatius nodded, his mouth a grim line. He hoped a half-mad werewolf wouldn't turn up at Hogwarts in the next few years but he couldn't and wouldn't be sure of it. "She would but she isn't. Now think... What do they want to turn her for?"

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 06:04 pm UTC (link)
"If they didn't split up, why didn't she grab the child and leave? She could have Apparated away and save herself." It made no sense to him, unless they had gone after her at the same time.

"Because they are sick fucks," he answered without having to think about it, although he was sure that the man was going somewhere with that. "Who cares why? We need to find her and get it away from them before she's so fucked in the head that she becomes on of them." He looked at the scene again. "You don't really expect rational thinking from someone that does this, do you? They are insane."

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 06:15 pm UTC (link)
"She could have Apparated but would she have splinched herself and her children? Besides," He looked at the woman's body again and felt revulsion roll in his stomach. "Her wand hand is missing. Look. Might be you're right. They might have eaten him first but made sure she was unable to escape."

He shook his head, staring at the younger man. "We care why," he told James. "We care why because if we can figure out a pattern or a reason, it might help us find her," He shrugged. "They are insane but they might mean to turn pre-Hogwarts students to turn others at school. We need to know if it was a random attack or not."

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 06:42 pm UTC (link)
"They could have put her back together," he muttered. He might not have the experience, but there had to be a reason why she hadn't left. Nothing else made sense.

James looked at the other man. He knew that it wasn't his place to tell a senior Auror what was what, but that was the most idiotic thing he'd heard yet. He wondered in how much shit he'd get if he told the other Auror how stupid it sounded. "They are still insane. We know who the girl is, and it's not like she will be allowed at Hogwarts without careful control. The same would apply to any new kidnapping."

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 08:52 pm UTC (link)
"They could," he agreed, deciding that James had more aptitude than some of his other trainees. Some of them were that thick that Ignatius didn't know how they'd been accepted into training in the first place. It was proof enough that academics sometimes meant fuck all. "However she might have been too petrified to even think of fleeing. Fear does strange things to people. You've heard of fight or flight? Judging from the wand hand, she might have tried to fight."

Ignatius allowed himself a small smile when James looked at him incredulously. "Good. You're thinking," he said. "So tell me what the next stage is. How would you find a pack of werewolves when they only transform once a month and may or may not be registered with the Ministry?"

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 08:57 pm UTC (link)
Even with the grim scene around them, James couldn't help but grin at the statement. "She must have been a Gryffindor, then." However, he could see how she would have stayed to protect her family. It was stupid, but he did understand that instinct to step in front of anything to save someone you love.

James sighed. "Let's see. The logical assumption would be that they aren't registered, but there might be a semi sane one amongst them, so that's not a given. This seems too-" Brutal, gory, sickening, he thought, but it wasn't what he was getting at. "Clinical, too methodical for beasts. Most likely they were using the potion, so our best lead would be to check with both the apothecaries and illegal sources of the Wolfsbane."

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 09:11 pm UTC (link)
Ignatius snorted, just about able to keep the smile off of his face. "That's entirely possible," he said before looking at some of the stains on the carpet. There were blood stains, urine stains and... Unidentified stains. Ignatius was fairly sure that those stains were semen but he didn't want to think about what that meant. Sick bastards. "We need to take these stains to be analysed so label them with numbers. Cut the carpet into a square around it and put it in one of these," he said, taking out clear plastic bags which could be sealed and demonstrating what he meant with a urine stain.

"I think you're right. This is too methodical with the father's throat missing and then the wand hand of the mother missing," Ignatius replied. "I doubt you'll find every illegal source of Wolfsbane. However the apothecaries are a good place to start. We need to see if they have any family. If the girl manages to get away, she will hopefully head to a familiar place."

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 09:22 pm UTC (link)
"Okay." He found this part boring, although he understood how valuable it could be. Also after this crime scene, he wouldn't complain about things being boring for a long time.

He did as he was directed. The blood was easy to spot. It was darkening already, brown in colour. The urine was distinctive with its smell of ammonia. When he saw the third one, he cursed under his breath. He really hoped that little girl was too close to death to survive.

Under any other circumstance, James would have been thrilled about being right. "It also means that they are rational enough to make some logical decisions, which means less mistakes than a nut job would make." He stored the evidence bags, sighing. "That's a big if, isn't it? I'll look around and see if I find anything that can tell us how to get in touch with the family."

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 09:30 pm UTC (link)
Ignatius looked around the house as James took samples of the stains. He knew a lot of Aurors didn't let trainees touch the crime scenes but he was a big believer in involving them and letting them do most of the work. It was the only way to learn without feeling daunted.

It was also the only way to cope with the scene in front of them.

"It also probably means that if they were planning this, they would have gotten their potions from somebody who didn't know them or used somebody else to get it for them. They wouldn't want to leave a trail or they wouldn't if they were smart," he replied. "We won't know any more about that until we check with Eva and Dylan."

Ignatius nodded, a gut feeling telling him that the girl wouldn't be making her way to her aunt or uncle's house any time soon. "More of a 'never going to happen' but either way the family need to be informed. They won't find out about this through the Prophet."

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 09:39 pm UTC (link)
"But we still need to check." Which would be a drag, but then criminals made mistakes, because let's face it, they weren't the smartest people in the world, or they'd find better ways to live their lives.

James started looking around, and then he thought of his grandmother and went straight for the kitchen. He opened and closed drawers until he found what he was looking for.

He went back to the other room. "Has to be hers. Look at the handwriting." He flipped it open. On the first page, out of any alphabetical order there were a list of names. "These have to be family members."

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[info]aurorpeakes
2009-09-05 09:43 pm UTC (link)
"But we still need to check. Isn't being an Auror fun?" he asked sarcastically as he checked they had everything. "We need to arrange for the bodies to be bagged up and taken to St Mungo's to be examined and analysed."

He looked at the book and nodded. "Looks like it. One second though," He summoned a child's book from the bookcase and opened it. Ignatius didn't know why but children often seemed to write their names in the book, as if claiming them for life. "The last name matches so some of these must be relations to the father. We'll take it with us."

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[info]simply_james
2009-09-05 09:48 pm UTC (link)
"Lots of fun," he said looking at the bodies again. It was easier to think of them as cases instead of people or the urge to vomit returned with a vengeance.

He sighed, a little self-conscious. "Do you want me to wait here for the mediwizards? I can stay out of sight, or- I can probably distract the press for a while."

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