INVESTIGATION 1

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INVESTIGATION 1

The clock strikes eight. The intermittent showers that dominated most of yesterday had, at some point during the night, escalated to a complete downpour that drenched the streets. Maybe that's why the morning might almost feel refreshing today—while it can't be said that the birds are chirping and the sun is shining brightly, the breeze is cool without being frigid while the sky is bright with the half moon.

Nevertheless. The deadline for Tuesday's motive was laid down as Friday, and amongst the pleasant earthy smell of the rain may be a tinge of something else.

Well now, how shall you spend this morning?

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MAIN SQUARE

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CLOCK TOWER

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CLERGY HOUSING

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[youspinmeknightround]

[It's as plain as it is plain to see. Suzaku keeps his distance. Keeps his anger in check.]

OPERA HOUSE - BACKSTAGE

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[twoasone]

Yes, thank you.

[He's forgotten his own sketchbook in his haste, so Mikami's being rather generous.

He begins his work at once, drawing a few warm up sketches on the back of the page Mikami drew on before starting to sketch the body on the fresh page.]

I might have to examine the body closer for detail sketches. Hopefully you won't mind?

[youspinmeknightround]

[ok yeah no anger is not in check]

What would you know about justice?!

[inordertobelieve]

Try to avoid touching it before you're done. We're going to have to move him eventually to get the details, but we want the position at the time of the crime noted down as precisely as possible.

[ But he'll move to the side so Shin can lean in better. ]

[raventhaw]

[ well, seeing as the corpse is being handled appropriately, raven's going to look inside of the clock tower. is there anything off on the first floor at a first glance? ]

[deadlygoals]

[ He'll let the others handle the body, time to head inside of the clock tower, following Raven. Is there anything noticeably different when you first walk in? Any blood or signs of a struggle? He's going to head up the stairs first to check since it looks like someone might have fallen from a height. ]

AUTOPSY FILE

[dominioned]

Ah, and we have another gift for you. Not everyone is a medical expert, and even those who are can leave much to be desired. In the lobby of the opera house, you'll find something to aid you.

[ In the lobby is a stack of 26 pamphlets containing the following: ]

AUTOPSY REPORT

Victim: Elliot
Location: Outside the clock tower
Estimated Time of Death: 12 AM
Wound Diagram: x

[bawcock]

[ He was on his way to the post office when he heard the commotion and the, uh, "announcement." Thanks Raven...? But also, no way.

Is somebody actually dead?

He heads over to get a look and his heart drops in his chest. He didn't know Elliot, not really, but he didn't wanna believe someone would actually listen to those jerkbags.

He should've known they would though. This is how the world really works. ]

[baitless]

Ah, yes, making us play amateur sleuth to a murder you orchestrated. I am not sure why I didn’t expect it.

[time to angrily flounce on off.]

[inordertobelieve]

[ Alright, so while Shin is taking care of sketching the body, Mikami is going to take mental inventory of all the stuff that is around here. Where around the body are the books and knives located? ]

[ortion]

[Well, that happened. Overwhelmed by both relief that the incentive is no longer hanging over his head and trepidation for what else their hosts could have in store for them, Dist heads back to collect his thoughts... But on second thought, he should probably get in on the investigation too.

He'll go ahead and check the common areas by his room first. Anything to be found in the storage area?]

[dominioned]

[ angryzaku. ]

We're acquainted, naturally. [ Like that answers anything Rembrandt. ]

Body Check

[twoasone]

[It takes a few minutes for the main figure sketch to be completed. There's a considerable amount of detail for something done on the fly, but it's a lot better than Mikami's stick figure.

With that, he holds the notebook under his arm for a moment as he kneels in for a closer look.]

[deadlygoals]

[ Let's gank this before mad-dashing after Raven to the clock tower. ]

[umbralant]

[Perhaps it's because there's a body just over there, on the main square, that it feels like everything in the surrounding areas is going to be tainted and involved in that murder.

While it wouldn't be true in most cases, in this one it certainly is. This clock tower has something glaring right away:

Footprints! Jackpot, Raven!]

[baitless]

[whatever. MYSTERY TIME. He might go back to the housing to scream into a pillow or something first, though, unless something catches his attention on his way inside.]

[pr159]

[ hey fuck you too pal ]

[dominioned]

We're not making you play anything, Setheth. You are free to do as you please, perhaps you can go pray to your God in plea of your daughter some more?

[raventhaw]

Footprints over here.

[ she'll call out to dazai. if he wants to come down he can; if not, he has the information. raven's going to follow their trail, first of all. where do the footprints begin, and where do they end? and what do they appear to be made out of? ]

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[No blood or signs of struggle around here on the ground floor, Dazai. Raven did find something very noticeable, and you will be able to see something near them:

Drops of something thick, Drops that seem to be dry by now. A closer look reveals...

...this is...mud?