Knockin' On Heavens Door

Chapter 6: Searchparty Day

I hate waking up this early, the sun is just rising over the crest of the horizon from the east. From where my house is located it's rising over the sea and the slim road outfront.

"Let's make today A day of searching for answers!" I announce still sitting upright in bed. Nirvana is reading one of the magazines I have by my bedside table. I don't know if she is reading it or just scanning it over as she turns each page after a 20 second glance.

" That's fine with me, should we talk to Reimi Again?"

" Yes! That would be a good start as I never finished my last conversation with her. Should we get ready to go to the gravesite?"

Nirvana shakes her head " Don't need to when we have me around." Flames in her hands. ' Oh right,' I note " I'm an idiot' She snaps her fingers, the blue flames light up my eyes and I leave my body for the sky. It's still a weird feeling once I make it up there. You have no sense of touch anywhere.

" I hope she doesn't mind me in my pajamas."

" I don't!"

Shook, I spin around and there she is.

" Ahh god you starled me," Chuckling " It's fine though, I've come here to talk about the killer. "

She nods and we settle down in the clouds.

" I did not see much so I'll tell you what I know that I have not told you already."

I pull out a pen and pencil that I had grabbed right before ascending.

" For one the killer is a man, of average/tall height. He likes hand and most likely kills with his stand somehow. I've looked around and can safely say he has been a resident of this town for years and may have even grown up nearby."

I keep scribbling down her thoughts as she goes, it had occurred to me that he has killed quite a few people in the last while yet it never gets news coverage, so even the police are unaware of his strange behaviors. This may be harder then it seems to do this alone. But I'm not close enough with anyone here to ask them to help. Guess we are just going to have to wait till it catches their attention too. Unless it already has.

" Is that all you got for me?"

" Yeah, thanks I got it all on my notes here, I assume you can see me from here so have fun watching me drive round town or whatever."

She just laughs a bit and then waves me on as I descend back to my bedroom. Quickly I change, grab my backpack and Nirvana meets me in front of my house by the sea. Vespa parked right outside my fence.

" Here are a few locations I want to stop by," unfolding the map of the area " our old apartment building in the center of town, the salon, the gravesite obviously and that park nearby the cliffside Aoi and I used to hang out at."

While driving the cool air is nice against my face and the sweaty helmet. Then again living right by a cliffside you get a good breeze all the time. But it's nice to hop on my Gleaming Yellow Vespa and drive into Morioh and slowly leave the seaside marshlands where I inhabit outside the town. To the Tune of Japanese punk rock like the Pillows, or Mass of Fermented Dregs. The Vespa speeds round the mountain roads and when at the bottom starts a narrow street entering into town, more and more houses line the sides of the road the further in we go. Nirvana follows behind me, she apparently does not get tired out from running unless it's combat based. We stop on a street not too far into town. On the corner of the curved road is a fairly large apartment building of 2 stories.