Soon after the discovery the villagers called a meeting. They were still somewhat skeptical, but they had seen the prints in the dirt and Gladstone's blood. They didn't find the gun.
"It doesn't have to mean anything," said Mwamba. "So just calm down. Gladstone was in the woods, messing with those traps, probably got himself killed."
"Then where is his body?" said Nero, shakily. "I knew Gladstone, he wasn't mad. What if he was actually on to something, a-"
"Oh not with that watchful protector stuff again," Sentynel complained.
"But what about the prints-"
The argument continued well into the night. Each villager seemed to have their own theory, and each their own unrelated grievance that they wanted to connect to it. Finally they agreed to wait and see what happened next. Most claimed they didn't believe there were werewolves in the woods, but all carried large lamps as they made their way home.
Didier however, had a plan. When he got home he calmly went to his fridge, took out a steak and placed it in the middle of the road outside. He got out his camera and the kitchen knife and hid on his porch. Within an hour he heard a voice.
"Isn't that interesting? Kid wants to trap us." A deep voice. Didier's blood ran cold.
"Bit too simple, don't you think? Everyone knows werewolves only like live animals. Maybe he's got a death wish. Still, I suppose weren't planning on hiding forever." This voice was higher.
Didier shook nervously, eyes searching the darkness. He dare not breathe.
"You will die, but you get to be the one who reveals the truth, if that is any consolation." He couldn't place the voices, but they sounded familiar...
Suddenly a wolf was in front of him, inches from his face.
Didier jumped back and pressed the shutter release. The wolf howled as the flash went off right in his eyes, but the other one tore Didier's throat out.
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As Didier bled out on his porch, he grabbed the knife.
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I keep trying to make these short, it keeps not happening. This is too much fun.
It's vote number one folks, please list PM's as such. Wolves need to send me their guess for trickster and the agent needs to send me a name to investigate. Didier got the hint last time, that vote is gone (shame, but I did try to give you a decent death) and the clue in this story is from Chapter 2.
Any questions?
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