[PRP] A Christmas Horror Story (Chel/Shun)

[Blade Kuroda]

That was not an answer he had been expecting to hear. Shun tilted his head at Chel. Obviously she wanted to visit the grave of a lost loved one (he couldn't think of why else someone would head to a cemetery... unless they were maybe wanting to rob a grave or try to host something else illicit but that seemed unlikely in this case).

He seemed to think about it some, then went to fetch his coat.  

[chiickadee]

Chel, for once, didn't offer much.

She waited for him to get his coat, and then followed him out.

"You doin' anything fer Christmas?" It seemed to be the small talk question of the hour, and she was curious if Shun had some secret family gathering or something going on.  

[Blade Kuroda]

"Work, probably," he shrugged as he grabbed his keys and wallet. Once the boots were on, he headed out the door to make his way into the garage.  

[chiickadee]

"Join the club." Chel didn't really want Christmas off. She'd be invited to her family's Christmas gathering if she had it off. She really didn't want that.

"Car's new." She opened her backpack to make sure everything was in there before zipping it shut and putting it back on.

Once in the car she broke a bit of ice. "You seen Sunny or any of them? I ain't heard nothin' since that night."  

[Blade Kuroda]

"Loaner for when the weather is bad," he stated plainly. The car had a police license plate.

There was a slight pause at the next question. He couldn't really expect Chel to know some of the news considering... news was different now.

"Ascension Shore was apparently murdered," he uttered, "Which is odd because the date of the murder was before the whole incident."  

[chiickadee]

Chel's jaw ticked for a moment.

"Damn. She was alive that mornin'. We saw her." She let the held tension go. "Yer probably all over that now, commander police-guy an' all."  

[Blade Kuroda]

"...Yes. It is my case," he sighed while rubbing his head. Despite the fact that all the notes on said case were apparently made by him, he might as well have come into the case partway through, after having been handed off by someone else.

Shun had to wonder what his thought process had been before.

There was a lot for him to decipher there.

Climbing into the car, he buckled up and started the engine.  

[chiickadee]

"F'you need help, m'always a phone call away or whatever." She had proven that much by now, hadn't she? Hopping in to space time portals and all.

"Or f'you just need someone t'do the shittier stuff. Bein' head boss man probably makes you need t'save face an' stuff, yeah?"  

[Blade Kuroda]

Once Chel was all settled in the car, Shun started to head out to the cemetery.

"If you find any possible leads about the gruesome murder of Ascension Shore, feel free to contact me," he stated dryly.  

[chiickadee]

"How many people you fed that line to?" Chel smirked. "Least you ain't changed," she said idly. "With everything else ... Not sure f'I could stand it f'you was different too."

Her voice was drowned out by the soft lull of other cars on the street. She wasn't sure where the thought was going.

It could all change. We could end it.

Not now.

She pointed to the left. "Just take a left on Benson. S'down a ways."  

[Blade Kuroda]

Snow was drifting down from the skies lightly as he drove on through town towards the cemetery that was their destination for the day.

"Most of us who were in the rift were probably largely unchanged, really."  

[chiickadee]

"Mm," Chel said, not in affirmation or denial, just acknowledgement. She idly shifted her backpack in her lap, careful of the contents inside of it.

"I have yer Christmas present too. Y'want it now or when we get back?" It was a few days before Christmas; Chel wasn't too ceremonious about it because she didn't think Shun would like that.  

[Blade Kuroda]

There was a bit of a pause at the term 'Christmas present'. He shot a glance to her briefly, but his attention was still largely on the road.

"Why did you get me a gift?"  

[chiickadee]

She tilted her head. "Christmas is in a few days...?"

She put a knuckle to her mouth. "Ohhh s**t are you Jewish or something? Do you not do that in yer family or whatever?" Chel had zero idea how Jewish holidays worked as she was raised in a completely ignorant household.  

[Blade Kuroda]

If Shun weren't driving at that moment, he probably would have slowly stared at Chel in silence. The silent part still happened, but his eyes were fixated on where he was going. That was not a reaction he had been expecting.

"... No. I just do not celebrate Christmas really. Never was one for the holidays."