Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele)

Aria Stel (Formerly, Aino Steele)

➮ SPDM Science Teacher, specialising in Pharmaceutical Chemistry.

@LSCC_ONFIELD, DNI. (Same Admin)

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

" Hello fellow teachers of the SPDM, Foundation Staff and.. Laplace.. Researchers. I'm sure if you're here you already know who I am.

If you're one of my student, please ignore this page and get back to your studies.

And if you're here on behalf of investigator Steele? Leave. "

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse ; She stands, files in her arm.. a hand awkwardly lingering on the notebook on the desk for a moment.

" You should really get some sleep, I don't mean any offence when I say this - but you look rough. "

; She decides to leave the notebook on the desk, smiling at Sol.

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

; Aria finds herself standing in the center of Silex's office.. door left open behind her.

It's a pigsty in here, that's how she'd deem it.. Silex would argue otherwise but the fact Aria keeps almost slipping on loose documents tells her all she needs to know about the man.

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[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse ; Aria doesn't seem to notice, too enamoured in the confidential documents stuffed in the bottom draw of the desk.. though the crack in Sols voice catches her attention and she looks up at her.

" ..Just some files of his, seems related - there's some locations noted here. "

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[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦.

𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥.

𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦.

.. Half of the letter is missing.

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘴. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦, █ ████ 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵.

𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸? 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧?

𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘬.

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse drawer.

" Hm. "

; Is all she replies with, pulling out a file with the word 'CONFIDENTIAL' scrawled across the front.

"Ah, not so good at hiding things, investigator."

; She mutters to herself as she starts going through the file, countless transcripts, photos, etc. inside.

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse She glances at it for a moment before shrugging, she can see how old the letter is.. guessing it isn't relevant to what she's looking for.

But, Aria does pull a key from the back of it moments later - making her way back to Silex's desk, fumbling with the key in the bottom
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[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse ; Aria wipes another tear as it rolls down Sols cheek before promptly letting her go and turning back to the wall of crazed scrawl across too much paper to count.

" Yes.. he did mention that in the footage. But where.. God. "

; Aria then begins pulling pieces of paper down.

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse ; Aria doesn't say anything for a long moment, softly sighing as she stands up.. hesitating before she loosely grabs Sols arm and pulls her into a hug - wiping her tears with the sleeve of her dress.

"...Do you have any idea where Silex went, the day he got sick?-"

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse ; Aria sighs, closing the notebook and setting it in her lap as she looks at up Sol.

" You'd don't have to shriek, keep your voice down. "

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" Yes, Ivan is sick. That's why I've been pulled from my work to assist. Keep your composure, Ms. Rozendaal. Fear has no place here. "

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse "Hm. Yes. Silex is learning that now. And his friend. Ivan, was it?"

; Aria doesn't bother to look back up at Sol, seemingly unamused with the notebooks content as she thumbs through more pages.

"I'm trying to get answers for where he went. To help them, Sol."

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse ; Aria looks up from the notebook in hand.

Gaze meeting Sols as she chuckles.

"I'm sure it's not breaking if the door was left unlocked. I have good reason to be in here, even if it means Mr. Steele won't like the fact I am."

; Her tone is pretty flat, gazing back at the book.

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse ; Arias quiet for a few minutes, Sol being able to hear pages turning as she thumbs through the notebook she discovered in the drawers.

" ...I'm not the investigator? what the hell is he on about. No wonder he hid this thing.. he sounds insane. I'm sure psych would love him.. "

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

@Ruminating_Muse ; Thankfully, Aria doesn't hear Sol lurking in the corridor. Too preoccupied with finding literally anything in the junkyard of Silex's office.

" God. He's disgusting. "

;Sol would hear Aria mutter to herself as she sits at Silex's desk - the chair softly squeaking as she does.

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

when she deems them un-useful.

Though, she hits the jackpot, after about half an hour - a tattered and coffee stained notebook in her hands, pulled from the bottom drawer of the cabinet.

[Ms. Aria Stel (NOT Steele) @AStel_Chem]

disappeared to?

Aria decides to begin rifling through the drawers of the filing cabinet lodged in the back corner of the office, just beside the storage closet he has.

The Chemist goes through the drawers, pulling out files and stacking them up on the side.. putting them back