Prologue: The Worst Day

Lincaro, Cascoss, April 12th, 2006, 8:00 AM

Kevin Heartly woke from his slumber hoping that everything was going to be fine, but what he was currently unaware of was that somebody had put a disastrous plot in motion. One that would deeply affect him. Someone was going to make sure that this day was going to be soaked in tragedy.

Kevin swiftly prepared himself for work, and as soon as he was dressed he took off to work, he took the train as usual, but unfortunately, something caused a glitch in the system and he ended up running late. When he arrived at work, soaked as he was hit by water from a broken pipe just outside the building, he spotted his boss waiting beside Eliane, the girl who greeted and assisted those entering the building.

Kevin felt a cold sweat run down his nape, he was right to be scared, the boss explained that Kevin had missed a very important meeting which he was supposed to be a part of and because of that he had no choice but to fire him, as this was the third instance of this mistake this week.

Kevin went into his office, his letters already arrived and one of them was a reminder that he had to be at court at that time. Luckily he had too much to drink to take his car home and the bar he left it at was a stone's throw away. He packed up his things as fast as a leopard dash and headed off to his car.

 He shortly arrived at his vehicle and entered it. He drove it into Everleason which was basically a stone's throw away as both Lincaro and Everleason shared a border.

Once he was in Everleason he headed straight for the Everleason courthouse. After about ten minutes he had arrived to find a spot had been reserved for him.

He parked in that spot and entered the courthouse as swiftly as possible. Surprisingly he had arrived only two minutes early. It was already 10:28 A.M.

The divorce proceeding between Kevin and his soon to be ex-wife Carol Heartly went by in a flash, before he knew it, it was all over and he had to hand over half of most of what he owned to his wife, luckily he still got to keep his two-story house.

You're probably asking what could have led to this, Carol works as a firefighter in Everleason, and that fire station had two eligible bachelors. One was Robert Ritché, the brother of famed prosecutor Ben Ritché, and Alfred Nuance, of the wealthy Nuance family. She fell in love with the much younger Robert as Alfred was fast approaching 40.

Now that the ordeal of divorce was over, Kevin could finally head home. On his journey, however, one more terrible thing happened. He crashed into another vehicle, his car got a lot of damage and had to be towed for repairs, whilst the car that he had just collided with, which was of a far less cheap make and model than his, had survived with very minor damage, even though it should have been obliterated. The driver of that car was a Linthero from Earth, his ability probably had something to do with protection. But that was none of Kevin's concern, he still wanted to get home.

He finally arrived back at his house at 1.00 P.M.

He started to tidy the house up, he knew Carol would have to return at some point, as some of her stuff was still in his house.

That was when he received a phone call from Robert, even though Robert was the one who cheated on Kevin's wife, he still answered the call as Robert was Kevin's good friend and he was only feeling light despair. After all his now ex-wife has fallen in love with a man Kevin trusts will all his heart.

"Hey buddy, I heard you have had a hard time today, Carol told me about your boss giving you ol' kick out the door."

"Yes! Do you know what else happened today? After the divorce proceedings ended, while I was driving home, I crashed into someone, I might have to get a new car."

Suddenly the door opened, Kevin was surprised. It was Robert. He must have seen Kevin enter the house. Kevin realised he was probably doing some pouty behaviour, such as kicking a small stone around.

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April 12th, 2006, 2:00 P.M

Carol Mandil (her new name as she was just divorced) arrived at Kevin's house, she had rented a moving van which is why she wasn't able to get here earlier as she had to hire a driver and wait for the place that allows you to rent vans to open.

She noticed that Kevin's car wasn't around, she thought that by now he would be home, she knew that he had been fired that day as it was something that was brought up, rather abruptly I might add, during the divorce proceedings earlier. She had no idea however that Kevin's car was involved in an accident.

She was about to use the keys she had for Kevin's house for the last time when she noticed the door was already ajar. She noticed as she was driving toward Kevin's house that Robert's car was parked at the shopping centre across the road. Perhaps he forgot to close the door properly.

She entered the dimly lit abode, all the shutters had been manually adjusted to be closed, a pungent odour filled the air, the scent was gasoline. Carol called out for both Kevin and Robert, but neither of them replied.

She heard somebody exiting through a window on the second floor, Carol was frightened. She quickly called the emergency line and asked for the police, she had a bad feeling that something terrible had happened. She began exploring the house, but she didn't hear any signs of any more buglers.

But to be safe she went to the kitchen and grabbed a knife, she made it around the house, careful with her traipsing. She went into the middle room, which was the tallest as it was the room that contained the flight of stairs that led to the second floor.

What she saw was so shocking she dropped the phone which she was just using to call the police.

Kevin was being hoisted by a noose around his neck, a chair just below him on its back. The rope had been tied to the hook that held the chandelier above her.