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]

[ Mikami is here because he wanted more candles but... this isn't happening now. He'd already wondered what Raven was looking at, but with this call he's instantly moving over in quick steps. ]

Don't touch the body.

[ He places his own candle on the floor some respectable distance away and instantly takes out a notepad to draw a sketch of the body position.

He should probably be taking time to mourn or so, but he's not really in the mood to get sentimental. ]

[twoasone]

[He looks over Mikami's shoulder.]

You know, I do happen to be good at anatomy sketches if you need something more detailed.

[inordertobelieve]

[ Shin. His profile says he's an artist with an interest in taxidermy. That's... not exactly respectable, but presumably gives a good qualification for this matter specifically. After a moment of thought, Mikami nods.

His own image currently looks much like a rough placement stick figure and he flips the notepad to a new page to hand it to Shin. ]

If you would, then. Photography would be ideal of course, but we work with what we have.

[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?

[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. ]

[twoasone]

Of course, I wouldn't want to ruin my own drawing...