Slowly Akiba pulled the car up in front of the massive stone building, though neither man moved to get out first. Akiba continued to smoke while Elliott fished out a second cigarette and lit it, both regarding the old building from different points of view. It finally become obvious that Elliott wasn’t going to get out first, and while Akiba knew his partner was big believer in the paranormal he was not going to let himself get caught in the same trap. With a sigh Akiba pushed open his door and got out, leaving Elliott to catch up as he began walking towards the building. On the front steps stood a familiar face, Dr. Tausakou stood there with a grim look on his face while a shorter man lit him a cigarette. At first Akiba thought it was another member of the staff there, but one better look confirmed him wrong. Standing there with the doctor was another familiar figure, and Akiba stopped for a moment to groan. Kozma Dragan was in Akiba’s opinion a blight, not just on humanity but on the police department as well. The man fancied himself some kind of paranormal expert, and had gone to great lengths to annoy Akiba. “
Damn, just when I thought things couldn’t get worse.” He growled to Elliott who’d continued towards the pair.
Kozma had looked back to see the police car pull in, and the two detectives exit it. He would have rathered detective Brent had come alone, considering how lightly he’d seen first hand detective Rapp took these kinds of things. This time he knew it wasn’t a luxury either of them had, “
Ah, good of you gentlemen to make it.” He would still try to be pleasant about this, giving a nod to Elliott as the detective approached them. Akiba though hung back a little ways, not to risk catching the crazy bug it seemed. “
This is...” He was cut off by both the doctor and Akiba at the same time.
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I know who he is.” Akiba nearly snarled at the smaller man, eyes glaring daggers at him as he spoke. “
Dr. Tausakou, I’m sorry to meet you again under such tragic circumstances.” He shook the doctor’s hand, though didn’t offer much more. “
This is my partner Detective Brent.” He introduced Elliott to the doctor before moving on, not mentioning that Dr. Tausakou had come to the Christmas party he and Kae had thrown the year before. “
What do we have going on here?” Dr. Tausakou was a tall man, with a wiry build and fairly large eyes. Akiba had been surprised that the forty-seven year old doctor was so strange, not fond of a white doctor’s coat and often looking slightly insane himself. Instead he was dressed as always in a business suit, though his tie was no where near straight or in place.