The Murder That Brought Us Together// Klance Castle Au

Act 1

[PRECINCT. BULLPEN - MORNING]

LANCE
Oh, my God. This is quite possibly the worst coffee I've ever tasted. It's actually kind of fascinating. It tastes like a...

[Keith puts his head in his hand while Lance takes another sip]

LANCE (CONT'D)
Hmm. It tastes a monkey speed in battery acid. Try some?

KEITH
Don't you have a book coming out today or something?

LANCE
Yeah. So?

KEITH
So, you are watching me do paperwork. It's creepy. Don't you have somewhere else to be?

LANCE
I like it here.

KEITH
Oh, my gosh. I get it. You're hiding. Your book is coming out today, and you are hiding.

LANCE
No. Hiding would be building a fortress out of my comforter and then downing a fifth of Scotch, but apparently that's considered unhealthy

KEITH
I thought that you don't care what people think

LANCE
I don't. Much.

[Keith's cell rings. Lance takes another sip of coffee and gags]

KEITH (on cell)
Kogane. Yeah. Right. On my way.

LANCE
Dead body? Yes!

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[CRIME SCENE - DAY]

POLICEMAN#1
I've set it up

POLICEMAN#2 (re: lance)
This the guy?

KEITH
You heard, huh?

POLICEMAN#2
Oh, everyone's heard. (to Lance) You really basing your next character on Detective Kogane?

LANCE
Every artist needs a muse.

KEITH
Call me a muse again, and I will break both your legs, okay?

LANCE (grins)
Okay.

PIDGE
Detective Kogane.

[Points to two guys, late 20s, in the apartment]

PIDGE (CONT'D)
Jack Lifford and Hall Morrison. While moving in, they see a rolled-up rug sticking out of a dumpster. They figure it's their lucky day. They bring it home, okay to find there's a prize inside.

HUNK
Dead guy in a rug. Naturally, we thought of you

PIDGE
Yeah.

SHIRO
38-caliber. Close range. Killed him instantly.

KEITH
You got an ID?

[Shiro shakes his head]

PIDGE
No, pockets were empty. No wallet. No keys. No jewelry.

HUNK
We figured a robbery gone wrong.

KEITH and LANCE
This wasn't a robbery.

[Keith and Shiro look at Lance]

LANCE
I rob someone, I'm not gonna stick around to wrap him up, throw him away.

KEITH
Blood spatter indicates he was standing near the rug when he was shot. Where did they find this?

HUNK
East 3rd, about two blocks away

[Lance surreptitiously takes photos of the body and the rug with his phone]

KEITH
Alright. Let's get SCU on the rug. Fibers, blood, identifying marks. And let's get a team down to the dumpster, see if they can dig anything else up. Shiro, you do what you can do about an ID