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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[deadlygoals]

[ Smaller feets. Hopefully he won't be defeeted by this.

Is there anything noticeable about them? Is there a limp to them? Do they appear to be running or just talking their time? Is it just these set of prints heading up? ]

[umbralant]

[That pun is awful. Investigation is over.

Taking a closer look at the muddy footprints reveals...it doesn't reveal much. The steps are evenly spaced, but there are two factors that make it hard to determine something from them.

One is that every step has less mud and therefore the trail fades -- in direction of the staircase, but they don't get there before there just aren't footprints left.

The other is that they are...shaped in a way you may not expect: they don't resemble shoes, but they're footprints, that's for sure. You know what that means, Dazai?]

[deadlygoals]

[ It was a great feet what are you talking about

That means it's bare feet? We have some scandalous naked feet around here? Wow. Get the feetish out of the game.

He's going to head up the stairs then and head to the third floor while Raven peeks at the second. ]

[umbralant]

[Dazai is dead by mod decree and isn't allowed in the graveyard. Thanks for playing.

While Raven take a look at the second floor and finds nothing of use, Dazai gets to the observation room on the third floor. The large windows show the night sky, with its moon shining and illuminating around. The cityscape of Krakow out there is beautiful.

But what he may find of interest right away is that there's some dry mud drops on the floor. Huh. Want to come in and take a look around, Dazai? Or would you prefer going somewhere else?]

[deadlygoals]

[ He totally wants to take a look. Let's follow the mud drops. Also, is Elliot's body down below? As in, he could have fallen from this side of the building? ]

[umbralant]

[Once Dazai approaches the windows, he'll find he can't see Elliot's body from where he is. These windows aren't even facing the main square, they're in the other direction.

The mud drops seem to stop in the middle of the room -- but following them you do reach a small lounge from where someone would sit and watch the cityscape outside. There are couches, many chairs, a table, an useless chandelier...a pleasant place to rest at, really]

[deadlygoals]

[ Hmm.

Is there any mud on the couches or chairs? An scruff marks or anything remiss here? ]

[umbralant]

[Other than the mud drops from over there, this little lounge seems to be rather clean, and everything seems to be in place. The couches face the window, the chairs' cushions look comfy, there's something between the chairs but you can't see well what it is, the glass on the windows is clean...

What a nice place.]

[deadlygoals]

[ Time to systematically check between couch cushions, check the chairs, and check between couches and chairs. What do we have? ]

[umbralant]

[Thankfully you don't need that much attention to detail once you see the things between the chairs. Get your hands there and take them out, finding...

...buckets! Two of them, in fact. One seems fairly clean, the inside of the other is caked with mud]

[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? ]

[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!]

[deadlygoals]

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

[umbralant]

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