OOM: When You Bury the Past, Bury it Deep

[lupintrois]

The next step in Albert's plan is conducted completely off the grid, no chance of messages being diverted or erased by Lupin's pet hacker. Zenigata receives an message by courier mail sending him out to a town in rural France. Once he's there, anonymous notes left in his room and a package sent to his hotel by mail will guide him to a smaller town, and then a graveyard with a specific hill that overlooks the valley and is lit beautifully when the sun begins to set. It's old and the stones are all worn down with centuries of rain and wind, save for the grave on the hill. When asked, the old gravetender will say he he has no idea who's buried in that grave, but he will have some intel on the strange man who comes to visit it every couple of years and lays lupines at its base, then pays in cash to make sure it's maintained.

If Zenigata couldn't put it together himself, a few more items he finds in his room upon his return will clarify the matter - one or two photos, some signed notes, a newspaper clipping about a routine juvenile arrest of a young would-be thief.

When the man who is now Lupin the Third killed and buried his old self, he didn't know the term for the identity you left behind would one day be known as a 'deadname'.

She'd gotten him this far, after all. A lovely view and a clean headstone was the least he could do for her.

[ OOM: The Authentic Self ]

[zenigatcha]

[ After discoveries and disclosures in Jura, France, Zenigata returns to Paris, and then Lyon. Albert is waiting for him -- but he's not expecting Lupin and Zenigata's next move.

The only way to win this game is not to play. ]