Research
One hour.
He had one hour until Porco and Marcel would pick him up and take him to the Hoover House. He had packed his bag right after he and Gabi got home from the diner. Reiner was curious about the mass murder and decided to do some research. After browsing through a few articles and ordering a few books on the case from Amazon, Reiner went out on a limb and typed “Hoover mansion haunting” into the search engine. A whole bunch of videos and ghost hunter pages popped up. Most of the videos looked fake but one in particular caught his eye. It was a ten minute clip of a ghost hunter wandering around the eldest son’s room. The video was grainy and the audio was not the best. The video must have been shot from a phone. The camera made a sudden jolt and a blur was seen in the middle of the screen. The cameraman must have dropped the phone and ran out of the room as running footsteps could be heard out of frame. Reiner had to rewind the video over and over again until he could get a good look at the blur. It looked like it could have been a person. But there was a way that could have been a person. There was a second person in the room and moved into that position when the camera was facing the other direction and the cameraman could have shook the phone so viewers couldn’t get a full look at the person. A perfect hoax. Reiner watched a few more videos to kill the time until Marcel and Porco could pick him up. Reiner’s phone went off before he could watch an “Unsolved Mysteries” episode on the case. It was a text from Marcel.
Marcel
Hey! I’m on the way to your place. Porco isn’t coming because he and Pieck have a “test to study for.” Armin and Jean wanted to come w me to see how you’ll do.
Reiner turned his computer off and grabbed his backpack before throwing on a hoodie. Marcel pulled into his driveway five minutes later. Armin was in the backseat wearing Subaru’s hoodie from Re:Zero with Jean next to him wearing a leather jacket with a “I’m Gay for Mothman” shirt underneath. Marcel was In the driver's seat with a vape in his hand. “There you are! We thought you chickened out!” Marcel said as he took a puff. Reiner got into shotgun and tightly clutched his backpack. He’d forgotten to take his meds that evening but he sure as hell wasn’t about to pull them out and take them in front of other people. “You ok?” Jean asked from the backseat. “You seem a little fidgety.” He had a small emergency stash in his backpack and wallet. Reiner would have to take them when they got to the house. “I’m fine.” Reiner managed to get out. “So who’s the better waifu? Rem or Emilia?” Reiner asked, trying to change the subject.
“Rem obviously.” Armin replied.
“Neither! Zero Two is best waifu!” Jean shot back.