Malakai's Diary

Bounty #1

[possible TW: graphic description, child murder]

This was my first bounty, I remember it well, being one of the most challenging of my time as a bounty hunter. I had just recently become a rogue and needed some form of income. After looking through tons of jobs and all of their descriptions, I came across a bounty hunter. It immediately caught my attention and after some deep thought I decided to go with it. So, I made my way to the office where all of the bounties were held and entered. After getting signed up and officially becoming a member, I received my first bounty.

"Find this serial killer that's wondering about, he's killed like.. 4 young girls so far. It's horrible." He said to me, shaking his head.

I nodded and went on my way. God, I'm unsure of how many times I read through that bounty, going over every little detail they had given in my head. I was determined to make this one work, but it was going to take a while. Serial killers aren't exactly the type to just reveal themselves after all, are they? It took days at first, going to every single crime scene and deeply examining every little thing. I even went to the police, getting as much information as I could. After all of that was done and over with, there was a nice profile I now had.

Blonde, short, and curly hair.
Elf? Human?
30-40 years old?
Uses daggers.
Some form of brown fur coat.

This was dreadfully vague but honestly it was better than nothing. Now, it was just time to find the dude, which took way longer than I had originally expected. 2-ish months. That's how long it took for me to find this dude. In the middle of trying to find this killer, I had taken up some bounties in between to kill time.

Finally, after two long months, he killed again. Which is dreadful, don't get me wrong, but it was a fresh crime scene that I could definitely get more from. As I approached the scene, a repugnant stench flooded my nose, a stench I knew all too well. Death. It was horrible, another young girl had been killed.

She was young, maybe 10. Long, brown hair that was now messy and clumpy from blood getting in it. Stripped totally down to nothing, luckily I didn't have to view that, an officer just told me.

After the body was taken away, an officer allowed me to examine the scene. He gave me gloves and stuff to be able to move things around. There was blood everywhere, it was a dank and dark alley, smelling of rat shit and sewer drainage. I carefully stepped around, glancing into the blood, checking for possible hairs or anything else honestly. After a minute, I checked inside of the dumpster, the second I opened it, I slammed it back down.

I had to step away, a horrible stench was coming from that dumpster. After heaving and gagging, finally my breath returned and I was able to go back again. The officer gave me something to cover my mouth and nose, I firmly pressed it against my face and opened the dumpster again. It was horrible.

I felt my eyes widen in absolute and utter fear as the only thing I saw was a head staring right back at me. Her eyes weren't there, nothing was. Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, all gone. Only worms filling in and eating away at the rotting head. I slammed the dumpster door shut and swiftly turned away, walking out of the crime scene. The officer looked at me, asking what I saw. I described it to him, the image was now burned in my brain forever. He asked if I'd still like to investigate and I agreed, nothing was going to stop me now, especially after seeing that.

Entering the crime scene again took a minute but eventually I gained the ability. Glancing around once more and being careful of my every step, I didn't want to risk blood or anything on my boots. Eventually after about an hour or so of searching, there were about 5 pieces of evidence.