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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[inordertobelieve]

[ He was focusing on the body when walking here, but his scope was widened when picking up all the goddamn papers and thus walking around some. ]

[deadlygoals]

[ they smell funny



with also tears ]

[umbralant]

[ Looked good(?) is exactly the right way to put it.

There's nothing else to note about the accessories, including the makeup! Guess they figured they had all the glam they needed. ]

[youspinmeknightround]

[Wow that's a whole lot of nothing! What kind of shape are we looking at with the space, or is it more like what's around it?]

[psychophant]

[It certainly seems that way... Final question, since I forgot to mention it before - anything off with the shoes?]

[notbymyside]

[Look. He wanted to be sure. Some of the 'criminal masterminds' in his world are anything but.]

And you can guarantee that it is one of the remaining twenty-six of us, correct? Not you, not the Lady, and not any ghosts?

[apothecares]

[Maybe he'll move towards the open clock door then, if that's not the direction Dazai went. He's not going to get more out of the mudral by staring at it longer.]

[umbralant]

[Alright, then he may have noticed that kind of odd, muddy patch at the edge of the stones paving the square, near where some of the benches would be.]

[inordertobelieve]

You're getting ahead of yourself.

When did I indicate I'd give up on seeing the culprit neutralized? I'm merely pointing out the absolutely sub-par working conditions you've created.

What will even happen to the body from here on?

[umbralant]

[Victim: Osamu Dazai
Location: Third Floor -- Clock Tower
Cause of Death: Mod kill
Wound Diagram: ]

[inordertobelieve]

[ Alright, let's pick up the candle and head there. What's it's size? Color? ]

[drydrown]

Either way, I'll leave it to the others to sort it out for the time being. This kind of thing has never interested me, and as I've said, I already have what I want.

[thanks, captain "fuck you, got mine."]

[umbralant]

[ Nope! All the shoes are in order. ]

[psychophant]

[Excellent, then that's all he cares about!! The rest of you guys can sort out the remainder of the backstage here!!!]

[moonfang]

I didn't touch it!! I just touched this bit over here! You can't tell me yer gonna pick up every little piece of brain here?

[but he does back off, at least]

[umbralant]

[ Literally. And what's around it is the way to go here, which is several deity statues. ]

[moonfang]

[ >:T!!!!]

I'm not touchin' the important part!

knife check

[deadlygoals]

[ S'up, here's here with his two buckets.

He's going to be careful though as he steps around the evidence, but Dazai is here checking the knives. More specifically, he's going to count the knives. Does it look like to be the same amount of knives that Elliot had during his peaceful protest in the library? ]

[umbralant]

[You're killing me with that pun, you know.

Nope, this is a different place! This open door leads to the outside, to a small observation deck. Above you there's one of the faces of the clock, and the view around is spectacular.

You may be interested on the view that's way closer to you, though! Here on the floor of the observation deck you'll see two things: one is an object on the floor. The other is something tied to the base of the railing of the deck.

Clues!]

[umbralant]

[Well, it's brown and gross, like you'd expect from mud (albeit diluted after a night of rain). However, it's what it's beside which sticks out a little more; moving closer, it can be seen that there's a football-sized hole in the grass next to the stone, kind of like someone was digging in it.]

[youspinmeknightround]

[a missing statue???? well that doesn't make any damn sense to him, but... how big are these statues anyway? he'll try to pick one up.]

[umbralant]

[More or less, yes, assuming Elliot's protest set wasn't confiscated by Seteth or something somewhere along the way. Either way, there's about 12 such knives from the milk bar, the clergy housing and the opera house restaurant scattered about.]

[twoasone]

[He's exposing the chest, but he has no reason to look at the bare arms.]

[apothecares]

[Don't lie, the only one dead from it is Elliot.

What's the object?]

[deadlygoals]

[ Seteth being the fun police. Good to know. ]