Fromadistance,LucouldseethatthegiantFerriswheettheamusementparkstoodmotionless.Otherridesalsofrozemid-operation.

        Thepcefilledwiththeroarofmaeryandtheshrieksandughterofvisitors,haddissolvedintoaneeriesilence,brokenonlybythelowmurmurofonlookers''''''''whispering,liketlessisvibratingtheirwings.

        Staffstruggledtopushthecrowdback,butgawkersstillpressedagainstthenewlystrungpolicetape,ingtheirneckslikeduaspit,desperateflimpseinside.

        Beyondthebarrierloomedthehauntedhouse,itsentranceboardedupforseasonalmaintenance.Everyyeararoundthistime,itshutdownforafewweeksforupdatesaheadofHalloween.Now,withabodyfoundihenamehadbeealittletooliteral.

        PatrolofficerswavedLu''''''''steamthroughthebarricade.Forensicsmovedinfirst,yingdownsteppingptesandbeginningpreliminaryevidencecolleoxiandChrisfollowed,readytoexamihebody.

        Afterfirmingwithpatrolofficersandparkstaffthattheamusementparkhadbeenclosedafterthei,andthatnoonehadenteredorexitedsince,Luorderedauxiliaryofficerstostartrecvisitors''''''''informatioainingeveryonewouldbeimpractiddisrupttheiigation.

        Oneyoungofficerhesitated."Whatiftheyrefusetogivetheirinformation?"

        "Pystaff,"Lusaid."Offerpensationfortheruinedvisit.They''''''''llply."

        Lutheiohestruworkerwhohadfirstdiscoveredthebody,alongwiththeparamedics.

        "...Hefellfromthesed-floorscaffolding.Landedjustafewstepsawayfromme.Madealoudthud—wham!Itscaredthehelloutofme,"theworkershuddered."Atfirst,Ithoughtitwasoneofmycoworkers.Imean,we''''''''djustpaihatsethism.Itodrybeforeainuework.Whatwashedoingupthere?"

        "Iwentoverandtookalook."theworkertinued."Itwasastranger.Hisfaceale,likeaghost.Icouldn''''''''teveostare.Hisleglookedtwistedatastrangeangle—definitelybroken.Icalledforanambuncerightaway."

        Aparamedifirmed."...Bythetimewearrived,heshowednosignsoflife.Weavoidedmovinghim.Initialexaminationshowedafracturedfemur,likelyndedfeet-first.Thereweresomeabrasionsonhisbody,butnothingfatal.Thescaffoldingonthesedfloorisn''''''''tthathigh.Normally,afalllikethatshouldn''''''''tbedeadly."

        DeterminiualcauseofdeathwasMoxi''''''''sresponsibility,soLudidn''''''''tpressfurther.

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