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Inevitable - Case #0200805

[ CLICK ]

ARCHIVIST

[ sounds of fumbling with the recorder ] Y-you- how did you get in here?

MAN

[ amused and calm ] You don't have a lock, sir. It's rather easy to walk in when there's nothing to stop you.

ARCHIVIST

.... You're.. the man from the statement. Aren't you?

MAN

Oh, yes, yes. I'd be a bit disappointed if you didn't get that to be frank. That is your thing, after all, isn't it?

ARCHIVIST

[ barely audible mumble along the lines of 'My thing-?', before being talked over ]

MAN

I've been waiting for this honestly. For you to get to her case, that is. You always have so many questions. I don't see the harm in answering a few.

[ There's a pause filled with a thick silence before he speaks again. ]

Oh my. Does the Archivist not have questions for once? That's certainly a surprise.

ARCHIVIST

This- [ clears throat ] This isn't... how I'm used to it going. I- Are you here to kill me?

TAM

My... using your first question on only that. No, I'm not here to kill you, Archivist. I'd say you're safe but- well, life finds a way. [ laugh ] You'll be there eventually.

ARCHIVIST

.... Right. So you came here for what? [ tired ] An interview?

MAN

[ agreebily ] That's what your institution is for.

ARCHIVIST

[ deep sigh and sound of him taking time to accept his situation ] So. You've killed Ms. Addens. Or rather, did you take her? [ static ]

MAN

I took her body, yes. [ chuckle ] There's more to my business than just reviewing death, Mr. Sims. [ The Archivist tries to ask something before being talked over ] I've given her a rather lovely rest if I must say so. A beautiful bed with white lilies covering the top. If she was awake, I'm sure she'd appreciate their beauty, too. For now, however, the both of us will just have to wait.

ARCHIVIST

[ waits until he realizes that the man is done ] ... Wait for.. what?

MAN

[ dreamily ] Whatever happens to her. There's so many possibilities... I enjoy preparing a nice rest for my guests in the meantime. There's not much to do with them otherwise. [ chuckles ]

ARCHIVIST

Your guests- those in the funeral parlor? The one in St Davids?

MAN

No, no. I've never been there personally. I'm sure it's lovely there.

ARCHIVIST

But the statement says you were at th-the funeral, how else-?