INVESTIGATION 2

[umbralant]

INVESTIGATION 2

Sometime during the late hours of the night, the clouds rolled in with their load and let loose upon the unsuspecting streets down below. It's the end of another week in Krakow, another week in this unending night and another week where The Lady's motive lay in wait. As the bell tolls seven, the rain continues to soak the city below as fog crowds the air, although it's not nearly as suffocating as the kind found blanketing a large portion of the city.

Are you awake this fine morning? And if you are, just where are you hanging around today?

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[umbralant]

[ Shin's paintings sure are coming along! Nothing out of place here other than artistic clutter. Oh. And Shin is here too. ]

[deadlygoals]

Considering the mood you were in...

[ A pause as he checks him over. How is Suzaku looking? ]

Looks like you've snapped out of it.

[umbralant]

[The fishiness definitely gets strong as Raven gets closer to the aquarium, combined with something in the air that smells burnt and coppery all at once. And while it's still dark as get out here, there's still some other cues she can make use of; the sound of dripping water is one, so make sure to watch your step because there's a sizable puddle by the entrance.

As usual, the rest of the tanks are decently, if dimly, lit by tritium lamps at their lids, but there's one by the entrance that... well, isn't lit at all.]

[raventhaw]

[ well that isn't suspicious at all. raven's going to look closer around the area by the tank that isn't lit to see what's going on there.

if this proves to be fruitless, well, she's going to check by the t-rex! as well as all of the other exhibits. why not take a stroll, right!!! ]

[youspinmeknightround]

So you could tell that much...

[Well he's out in the rain, so he mostly just looks wet. He nods, though.]

[umbralant]

[Well, it's clear the puddle is definitely coming from the large tank that isn't lit considering that's where the dripping sound is coming from, and while the whole area is super gross smelling and fishy, it seems like this area is definitely ground zero. Whatever light Raven is using will probably also make it obvious that there are some cracks and the like in the glass, even if the contents are still not clear.

And I mean literally not clear, because the water looks pink and turbid.

What do.]

[raventhaw]

[ UHHHHHHHH.

okay. okay, this is fine and not disgusting at all, but there's gotta be something going on here. sorry, fish, but raven's going to have to break open the tank.

she gets out her gun sword, and using the hilt of the sword, she leans back before charging forward and smashing the glass open with it.

she runs backwards to try and avoid as much of the gross water as she can, because that tank is pretty broken. probably. ]

[p_q]

[He’s up and heading for the clock tower which seems to be just a general haunt of his. If there’s nothing on the way there except rain and Raven making it rain indoors, he’ll just walk through the downpour to head for the highest floor.

Investigation, what investigation.]

[umbralant]

[ Is the clock tower now Hollow territory? There's nothing on the way except the aforementioned Raven making questionable life choices. But hey he has a good view of everything from here, and solitude.

...for now at least. ]

[umbralant]

[WELL ALRIGHT THEN.

Thankfully it's a big tank so like, all the glass doesn't shatter completely or anything but now there's like a hole there and a bunch of water pouring out??? It all smells just as fishy and gross as you can imagine and there may be some like. Chunks of something on the floor now too.

This is going to be a good experience for any body toucher, I can feel it.

And I say body toucher, because it's pretty obvious that someone was lying there at the bottom of the tank. Is Raven going to check to confirm?]

[raventhaw]

[ well that's fantastic, great job raven. she is definitely going to check to see who that someone is once the water drains out enough...while also trying to avoid stepping on those Chunks. ]

[deadlygoals]

You aren't looking like the world is ending for starters.

[umbralant]

[Whoever it is, they're lying facedown on the bottom of the tank. Still, knowing that this tank is around 6 feet in length tells you a little something about the person in there, considering they aren't even close to spanning that distance. And though their clothing is completely waterlogged, it's still plenty apparent that their frame is rather slight--almost dainty, really.

Other details pop out, like the purple of their clothing, and the long silver hair plastered to the top of their head, visible portions clearly painted pink with bloody water. If they got up now and looked over at Raven, it might not be hard to imagine that their eyes would be a match for the color of the water dyeing the floor.

Lysithea von Ordelia is dead.]

ANNOUNCEMENT

[dominioned]

[ Guess who's shouting from the Clock Tower again? ]

The early bird catcheth the worm, ah, or in this case a fish. A good morning to all of you, except poor Lysithea von Ordelia who is no longer among us.

I trust I don't need to walk you through the same steps as I did last week, we'll reconvene at the Opera House when your investigation is concluded. And while I am tempted to leave you with nothing, you will find an autopsy report similar to last week waiting for you in the Opera House lobby. I do hope you appreciate the extra detail I put into it this time.

[raventhaw]

[ god dammit it's because you hated the ball pit wasn't it.

well...raven certainly recognizes her immediately from her hair and the clothing. it's such a shame. she had potential.

raven lets out a sigh, not going for the eye-closing this time since some people are very adamant about not touching the body!!! clothing drenched in putrid water, raven goes outside to do another informal body announcement. ]

Lysithea is dead. If you're curious, check the aquarium. I'm going to change my clothes.

[ it's a good thing she has tide pods!!! ]

[youspinmeknightround]

[he. he doesn't know what to say to that.]

...Thanks for trying to cheer me up.

[maybe now they should head inside?? unless dazai's armed detective senses want to steer them toward the fishy body instead]

AUTOPSY FILE

[dominioned]

Victim: Lysithea von Ordelia
Location: Aquarium
Estimated Time of Death: Friday, 7:00 am
Wound Diagram: x

AREA INVESTIGATIONS

[umbralant]

AQUARIUM

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[deadlygoals]

[ Snagging one before he heads on to investigate. ]

Why did it have to be the only cute girl?

MUSEUM EXTERIOR

[umbralant]

OPERA HOUSE - BACKSTAGE

[umbralant]

[deadlygoals]

[ Since he's already here, Dazai is going to check it this out. So what do we have here? Anything jumping out on a first glance? ]

[psychophant]

[Well, he was already headed this way after checking out the church aaaaaand apparently Lysithea's dead in the aquarium and he's not going anywhere near whatever mess is in there, so!! Let's check around out here - is there anything immediately noticeable that's off?]

[baitless]

[goddess, what a fucking night. Alright time to check and see if...

...

Wh...]

...so, someone drowned her in the-

[he’s going to rush on into the scene because he wants to confirm it for his own damn self, this should not be...

...well, guess it is.]