There are five thousand and one Grim Reapers responsible for collecting and escorting souls between the two known realms of existence: life and the afterlife.
Griffin knew his curiosity set him apart from all the other Grim Reapers, but he never und...
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Kingdom of the Red Rose (Episode 5 of 62) Chapter Two: Guardian Angel Nathaniel (Part 2 of 2)
Griffin started looking around for clues. Something told him the last soul was somewhere close by. He noticed a smoking sign next to the door that would have led to the other carriages.
"Emma, how long does this train need to travel from where it started today until the next stop on its schedule?"
"This train only travels between the two main stops of the adjacent countries. It is an express way to cross the border. It takes a little under seven hours to complete its journey," she replied.
Griffin had a plethora of unanswered questions troubling his mind, and the familiar feeling of one of them nagging at his brain was returning once again. He knew he had heard Emma's voice before she became his scythe, but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't remember when or where. Realising this was not the time nor the place to deal with that particular question he pushed it aside and focused on the task at hand. "Do we have any information on the missing soul?"
The scythe turned yellow, searching for information. It then vibrated and changed the colour it emitted to green. "The soul missing is male. In this lifetime his name was Nathaniel--"
"Did Nathaniel smoke?" Griffin interrupted.
"Yes, records show he was a smoker."
"A seven-hour journey can be really long for a person who likes to smoke. How many smoking areas did the train have?"
"Four in total, one every three railway carriages."
"Were these smoking areas open spaces between the carriages?"
"Yes."
"Bring up an image of the train and re-enact the crash. I want you to calculate all possible trajectories for this Nathaniel, taking into account his weight and assuming he was standing in any of the four smoking areas."
A train appeared on the track, but you could tell it wasn't a real train. It was an illusion. Its detail astonishing, but the faded colours and the white light it produced when it came in contact with other surfaces gave it away. The holographic train followed the path of the real train and mannequins appeared with a blue dotted line that marked their trajectory as they launched off the train.
Griffin carefully observed all the lines marked by his scythe's calculations. "Erase all the trajectories from the front three locations. They all show the body fell down the hill, that body would have easily been discovered and the soul would have probably released quickly as it would have been crushed by the train."
