Police Station [For Cosette, Spencer and Lara]

[tarnishedbadge]

Levi had given Joel the rest of the day to talk to Spencer, just as he said he would. After that he had called Cosette, Spencer and Lara and asked them to come down to the station. The reassurances of "no you're not in trouble" and "we just need to talk to you" or "I can let you know down at the station" were met with various degrees of acceptance. Honestly he would have preferred to conduct the interviews elsewhere but since he was letting them know they might be in danger he thought the security of the police station would be the best place for that.

Also, his relationship with Lara, whatever it was, complicated things slightly. He was fairly certain she wasn't the blonde mentioned in the note but he couldn't dismiss the possibility that it was. Levi wanted to make sure it didn't seem like any of the potential victims were getting preferential treatment.

So he had booked one of the conference rooms, which was a lot less formal than an interrogation room but more private than his desk, to speak with each of them. None of them were under any sort of suspicion but Levi needed to find out if any of them had seen something out of the ordinary lately and then warn them they might be in danger. The order of that was important but it was never fun. People always wanted to know why you were asking certain questions but contrary to what they thought, that didn't always help with the answers. You could always ask the questions again once they knew but you couldn't put that cat back in the bag once it was out.

Setting a water bottle in front of the empty seat across from him, Levi waited for his first interviewee to arrive.

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[tarnishedbadge]

"When we find who did this you're welcome to give them a piece of your mind," Levi said. The weird thing was is that he was getting a sense of frustration from her, not any sort of fear or anything like that. Not good, because some fear in this instance would probably be a good thing.

"We believe they were written by this man, Mark Fuller. Does this face seem familiar at all?" he asked as he slid a picture of Mark across to her. "Keeping in mind he might have altered his appearance some."

[suchgoodluck]

"Oh, I'll give them a piece of my mind," she tells him. "And some other part of me shoved up their, well, probably not something I need to say here." Cosette doesn't get the point of being afraid until something shitty is actually happening. What's the point of fearing until you know?

She leans across the table to get a better look at the picture. "No, I can't say that I've ever seen him before in my life."

[tarnishedbadge]

She had spunk, Levi had to give her that. He hoped that she didn't have so much that she put herself into danger because she was reckless. He couldn't imagine how you'd handle a sea monster but it probably wasn't easy. Still, there was a worry that she wouldn't take this seriously.

"We believe that this man is behind the notes and that he intends to cause Joel harm, whether directly or indirectly. Obviously we intend to catch him before that happens. In the meantime we're urging everyone close to Joel to take a few small, extra precautions with their safety."

[suchgoodluck]

Cosette doesn't think of herself as the sort of person with "gall," as Aunt Jasmine's last shitty boyfriend used to say. She said things the way that she felt them, nothing to it. Some people might not appreciate her for it, but hey, that's life, she figures.

"What kind of small, extra precautions?" Cosette asks, quirking an eyebrow.

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"Checking in with someone, not Joel or Spencer, a few times a day so that they know you're okay. If they don't hear from you they should definitely call us," Levi explained. He didn't have much hope that Cosette would take all the suggested precautions. It wasn't just her, it was everyone. No one liked to think that they needed to take extra measures to be safe because that meant what they did every day wasn't necessarily safe.

"Don't go anywhere isolated by yourself, stick to public areas."

[suchgoodluck]

"Alright, just install the security camera already," she says, rolling her eyes. She realizes he's just doing his job, and also potentially protecting her life, but she can't shake her odd dislike of the police station. "That last part shouldn't be a problem; I'm hardly ever just by myself."

[tarnishedbadge]

"Yes, because I'm sure calling someone every few hours would be such a hardship," Levi said, refraining from rolling his eyes for fear they'd roll right out of his head and onto the table. Her safety was at stake and she was acting like it would be horribly inconvenient for her to try and not get killed.

"At least think about it. At the very least I'm sure Joel would feel better knowing you were being extra cautious."