[Ranma][Fanfic][Urban Legends] Urban Legends 4: Psycho [Act Two: A Day In The Life Of Marion Crane]
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Act Two: A Day In The Life Of Marion Crane
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Kasumi-Jenova was working the front desk when Cologne came in.
"Why, hello, Miss Cologne." said Kasumi cheerfully. Her eyes gave a
different message. The message that if Cologne wasn't careful old age wouldn't
be what killed her after all.
"Good morning, Kasumi." said Cologne, who seemed in a good mood.
Kasumi had been almost positive that Cologne would be issuing dire
warnings about her leaving the populace alone. Perhaps Cologne thought she was
really cured?
"I'm glad to see you've recovered." said Cologne "And now you have a job
too! Impressive."
The look in Kasumi's eyes faded but the evil was still present. "Well,
thank you." said Kasumi.
"In fact I even brought you a gift." said Cologne. She hopped up on the
front desk and pinned the reversal jewel on Kasumi's dress, right side-up.
The evil in Kasumi's gaze almost intantly faded out.
"Thank you very much." said Kasumi in a joyous tone that had not been
heard from her in months.
"I must get back to the shop now, Kasumi." said Cologne "I'll see you
around."
She left the hotel praying that her idea had worked.
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American businesswoman Marion Crane could no longer hold that title. Now
she was American thief Marion Crane carrying over four hundred thousand in
unmarked bills. The money had been part of a cash deal her company had made.
When they asked her to deliver the cash to the bank greed took over. That and
the fact that she hated her boss who made her wear short skirts and grabbed
her ass every hour or so. It was the price you paid for looking good. She
counted herself lucky to be able to get away before he started asking her to
"come into his office". God only knew what would happen then. Now here she
was in Tokyo hoping that no one would find out who and what she was. She sat
in the coffee shop staring out the window at the traffic and the masses of
people on the streets. Of course, being in American business she looked right
at home in a trendy coffee shop that served drinks with names like Tall
Double Java Cappucino Espresso Mocha Latee. At least she had bothered to
learn Japanese before coming here. She paused to look at her watch. It was
getting late. Time to find a hotel. ____________
It was an hour later that Marion Crane arrived at the Bates Hotel. Kasumi
was behind the front desk. She was wearing the reversal jewel. Right side up.
Just as Cologne had planned. The Bates Hotel was a lavish first class
establishment with chandeliers in the lobby, a large oak desk, red carpeting
in some places and marble floors in others. It was elegant, refined, a place
few could afford. Marion Crane, however, could. "Good afternoon, ma'am."
said Kasumi when Marion approached the desk "Welcome to the Bates Hotel."
Marion signed out a room and headed upstairs. Had she recognized Kasumi like
a great many locals would have she probably would have left immediately.
Right now her greatest concern was extradition to the United States.
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Marion's room was a suite on the tenth floor. It was elegant and larger
than a great many American apartments. Marion didn't have much with her in
luggage except what could be packed in the carry-on comartment. Staying in a
hotel like this one would probably not be considered a shrewd move by most
criminals. After all this was a high profile kind of place. On the other hand
the first place the cops would look for her was in the fleabag dives of which
there were very few (if any) around. Besides, what was the point of having
all that money without being able to endulge every now and then?
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Kasumi went off duty five minutes after Marion Crane checked in. She
returned to her own private room to take a shower and change. She found that
she felt a lot different when she was in the shower but was not quite sure
why. Thoughts raced through Kasumi's head back and forth. (That snobby
American bitch.) [What about her?] (Did you see the way she looked at us?)
[What about it?] (Thinks she's so much better than us...Hmph.) [True. But
what can we do about it?] (We can prove to her just how mortal she is.)
[How?] (You know how.) [You're suggesting that we kill her?] (Why not?)
Kasumi turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. As she dried
herself off and got dressed the mini debate over what should become of the
American guest went on.
[Haven't we killed enough people?]
(What are you talking about? We were going to kill ALL the people.)
[What are the odds of that now?]
(Are you giving up? Coward.)
Kasumi absent mindedly pinned the reversal jewel back on her dress. The
debate ended.
(I say we kill her.)
[Sure. Why not?]
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Ironically enough, as Kasumi was getting out of the shower Marion Crane was
just getting into hers. About five minutes after she stepped into the shower
there was a knock at the door. "Who is it?" she shouted over the rush of the
water. "Housekeeping!" came a voice in return. Marion shrugged. Shouldn't
they come in the morning? *Click!* Someone had just opened the door. Who
the hell did this cleaning lady think she was? She ripped back the shower
curtain and screamed "What the fuck do you think you're--" She was cut off as
Kasumi stabbed her in the gut with a rather large kitchen knife. Blood
immediately started to pour from the wound. Marion made a strange gasping
sound. "What the fuck am I doing?" said Kasumi "Is that what you meant to
say? I think the answer to that would be obvious." She yanked the knife from
Marion Crane who immediatly started to keel over. Kasumi stepped to the side
and thrust the knife into Marion's back. AMrion started to gurgle and cough
up blood. Kasumi immediately stepped behind her and put one arm around
Marion's neck in a headlock. She yanked the knife from Marion's body only to
stab it through her breast a second later. Kasumi pressed the knife into her
until only the handle was left outside of Marion's body. Marion struggled
and fought to get away but she was losing blood far too fast. Her body went
limp in Kasumi's grip. As soon as Kasumi realized this she yanked the knife
from Marion's body and let go of her. Marion dropped to the floor with a
dead thud. _____________
Now Kasumi had a real task on her hands. A dead body lying bare ass naked
on the bathroom floor and a pool of blood that may as well be the size of
Lake Erie. Cleaning up the blood wouldn't be a great problem. What to do
with the body was. She contemplated going back to her old method of body
disposal but there was a problem with that idea. She couldn't let anyone
realize what she was doing just yet. She had to make it look like she had
been killed somewhere else. She went back out into the room and started
rummaging through Marion's luggage. The idea was to dress her up, toss her in
a dumpster with the murder weapon and make it look like a random act of
violence. She had also brought garbage bags to cover the body. Kasumi had
gone back to her real job. _____________
End Of Act Two.
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"Look, Jiji, There's the ocean!"
"Big deal. It's just a big puddle of water."
-Kiki's Delivery Service
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