INVESTIGATION 1

[umbralant]

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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[umbralant]

[His hands basically look scraped up and there's some skin peeling off but not much as far as blood goes. It's pretty much all around his hand, on his palms, knuckles, etc. Some of the fingers are also twisted oddly like they're broken too.

His legs look like they fared better because there's nothing obviously broken or anything, although he's been lying out in the rain for who knows how long so his pants are probably kinda dirty.]

[umbralant]

[ Well...

You can't really appreciate opera aesthetic without admiring the wigs can you? ]

[drydrown]

[That's...good to know, actually. Huh.]

Some of my fellow Survivors lack enough ambition to understand that removing the useless from our ranks would be a good thing, yes. I knew that already.

[Bruh.]

[deadlygoals]

[ Here he was hoping to find a poison tipped knife or something. this better not be a homestuck thing

Guess he has buckets of evidence :D. Is there any hand prints or anything noticeable on these buckets besides one being caked in mud? He's going to take them and give another glance around. Is there anything else odd here? ]

[psychophant]

[Of course not! So how are these wigs looking? Did someone steal one to accessorize with their dress and scarves...]

[inordertobelieve]

Have you ever seen a real autopsy report?

[ Look, his hands are dirty from pavement paper and he's in a shitty mood. Let him complain. ]

[dominioned]

Plenty. [ He's practically ^_^ here. ]

[umbralant]

[Nope! The one that's clean seem to be kind of wet inside, but other than that there's nothing noticeable about them. Your bucket examination has been successful.

Nothing else about this observation lounge stands out, Dazai!]

[notbymyside]

[Yes hello Rembrandt, Ango has a question.]

Do you already know who did this?

[twoasone]

[After he's done sketching the hands, he's gonna feel around the legs to make sure nothing's broken before turning his attention back to the broken torso. He'll have to remove some clothes to check the body for any sign of external injury.]

[dominioned]

Out of your lips, not mine. [ But it's readily apparent he agrees. ]

And in that case, we both know how this unfold. Perhaps with a candlelight vigil and all, it's certainly more fitting in this instance.

[inordertobelieve]

Then you know this is an insult to the term.

[ Look, the time of death is nice, but pretty much worthless coming from their captors with no reasoning cited. ]

To start with, there has yet to even be an autopsy. And likely, there will be no resources to have one.

[inordertobelieve]

[ He's going to stick with Shin on the body end for now! ]

[umbralant]

[ A wise place to look.

Because regardless of how familiar Suzaku is with the backstage area, it's pretty obvious that there's a large empty space where all the props are arranged. ]

[drydrown]

Oh, I really do hope not, if we're going to pretend to go the justice route. Criminals should be punished to the fullest extent that we're able, in that case, and if anyone decides they're going to be emotional about it after the fact then they're more pointless than I thought.

[apothecares]

[Alfyn approaches next, his own critical eye turned to the wall!

Can he recognize anything in it? A map? A diagram?]

[umbralant]

[ Bingo, there's space for one more wig where there wasn't before. Whoever this thief was, they sure were a fan of accessories and opera fashion. ]

[deadlygoals]

[ You could say he has a bucketful of knowledge. ]

[dominioned]

Of course. [ He almost sounds offended? ]

[umbralant]

[The legs seem fairly intact. Is Shin stripping Elliot's torso completely?]

[dominioned]

[ Another chuckle. ]

I suppose we'll see shortly, hm?

[psychophant]

[One missing wig too, huh... Well, at least this murderer looked good(?) while they were killing??

Anything else to note about the accessories here? Anything off with the makeup?]

[umbralant]

[Np! Although just asking: was Mikami 100% focused on the body as he made his way there or was he looking around a little bit...]

[dominioned]

Is my faith in you misplaced, Teru Mikami? Or rather, my trust in your pursuit of justice.

[umbralant]

[Alfyn's critical eye reveals...

...still nothing. Looks like this particular abstract thing's meaning is an enigma that won't be able to be solved]