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Possibilities [Moscow Fire Department] - Cor - 09-18-2025
Cor stood outside, a cigarette dangling from his lips as he took a deep inhale. People thought it odd or even ironic that a firefighter was a smoker. There were more of them than most thought. It was a stressful job and people often found nicotine relaxing. Strange since it was a stimulant. Oh well that didn’t matter.
Cor removed the cigarette and blew out the smoke, deep in thought. The Blackthorn fire still on his mind. In the end, it was ruled as an accident. Cor was sure it wasn’t, but he couldn’t prove it. Things just weren’t adding up. The damn house went up too fast, and the CCTV in the area going offline just reinforced that. But technically it was all circumstantial evidence. There was nothing else to go on overall. So it went down in the books as accidental.
A final inhale on the cigarette, and Cor blew out the smoke as he snuffed the cigarette out. He placed the butt in the receptacle next to the door before heading in, leaving his door open. Unless he was meeting with someone, his office door was open. The crew was sitting down, playing cards it seemed. It wasn’t a heavy day, but he knew they would all drop whatever they were doing if the call went out. They waved at Cor amicably as he entered, and he returned it with a smile as he entered his office. The Blackthorn Fire had him thinking of a lot of possibilities. Possibilities that he decided he wanted to discuss with someone else - just to see what they thought. He was about to call for someone when the door to the department opened. A brunette wearing a paramedic coat walked in and was about to join the rest of the crew. She would do.
”Raikov, come in here. Want to chat for a bit,” he said, smiling inwardly. She had taken a long lunch today. He didn’t care, but the use of her last name might make her think she was in trouble. At the very least it would get her attention.