A Dame Worth Fighting For - a Noir RP (private)

[AJbestpony]

Earth had seen many turbulent periods in its long history, but perhaps no period was more chaotic than the first half of the 1940s. Nearly the entire planet was locked in what would be the deadliest war in human history. Although the fighting never extended to the America mainland, there was conflict there just the same as everywhere else. Each city still saw its fair share of crime. Naturally, that included San Francisco.

[toxic34]

While fears of invasion from the Japanese and the problems of the war as a whole certainly gripped the city by the bay, there was also the same general problem of crime as a whole. Especially the work that the police couldn't handle.

[AJbestpony]

Fortunately, the police and their allies were vigilant as ever. One among those numbers was 25-year-old Michael Harris, an aspiring young detective whose services were always in high demand. Normally, he would have been drafted into the armed forced, but his older brothers were already fighting in Europe and the Pacific, so it fell to him as the youngest son to stay home and do his own duty there.

[toxic34]

Here, in the PI office he'd rented, he was waiting for cases to emerge.

[AJbestpony]

His secretary, a kindly middle-aged woman named Yolanda, knocked on his door. "Mr. Harris, someone to see you."

[toxic34]

"Send them in," Michael said, prepping himself.

[AJbestpony]

Yolanda held the door open for another woman. She was younger than the secretary, but she appeared to still be at least a few years older than Michael. She wore a long coat and a hat, which held a string veil over her face. She also carried herself with a most stern and icy expression.

[toxic34]

"What can I help you with, ma'am?"

[AJbestpony]

"My name is Carrie Boyd, Mr. Harris," said the woman, speaking somberly yet still extending her hand, "I would like you to investigate my uncle."

[toxic34]

"Your uncle," Michael said in an even tone. "For what?"