INVESTIGATION 4

[umbralant]

INVESTIGATION 4

And the clock ticks down to the end of another week. While the days were no less eventful, the tone set by last Thursday wasn't matched in the same way this time, so perhaps that's a source of relief for some. Looking at it another way though, maybe it was nothing more than the calm before the storm; after all, every Friday has been nothing but bodies upon bodies in some way or another.

So maybe that's why it may be unsurprising to smell something acrid and burnt on the autumn breeze that sweeps through the streets. The bell tolls eight. Time to get investigating.

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[umbralant]

[What route is he using to get to the Tarot Shop? Regardless, the smell will get a bit stronger as he draws closer.]

[deadlygoals]

[ West towards the Jazz bar, and then North. ]

[umbralant]

[There's nothing at the Tarot Shop itself, but if he looks over in the direction of the castle, there seems to be a tram in the distance, in the middle of the street.]

[deadlygoals]

[ Time to head towards that Tram then. We do we got? Is it on fire? Why did people burn his ride? ]

[umbralant]

[Well, the tram isn't on fire, but it's definitely on its side and getting closer makes it apparent that it's actually off to the side of the street away from the rails. Bits of glass and metal litter the ground up leading up to the tram itself with a skid of scraped off paint making the trajectory obvious, and there's quite a lot of damage on the windows and the exterior. What to do?]

[deadlygoals]

[ ...I can't believe someone derailed the tram before Dazai could.

Okay, he's going to go to the tram first to check it out, before heading to the rails. Can he see anything or anyone inside of it? ]

[ortion]

[Dazai isn't the only one miffed by the sight of a damaged tram car. Dist has come up this way as well, and he definitely doesn't look pleased.]

What on Auldrant is this? It had better not be beyond my repair...

[Well. There's always the possibility of using it for scraps later, right?

...

Ah, he should...probably be more concerned about something else, shouldn't he.]

[deadlygoals]

[ Is he dressed all plain again? Did he take the time to apply make-up first? ]

Looks like someone took it out on a joy ride.

[ortion]

[He is indeed dressed plain again, with a minimal amount of makeup. He was planning to do some more poking around on the tram car again...]

That's- That's not how these things work...

[And he thought Dazai was being ridiculous with it yesterday.]

hitting this before moving to the mods response pfft

[deadlygoals]

[ Must be his lucky week if Dist was too distracted to get all pretty up. ]

It probably hit something.

1/2

[umbralant]

[The crunched up exterior and fragmented glass speaks of their pain, as if the shriek of metal was agony itself. Lying on its side, the wounds on its side speak of all the horrors it had seen, bright blue paint even looking duller in light of all the damage. Crimson red taints its front, as if to further mar its once proud face. You've been companions with it for four long weeks, and even if it hasn't been that reliable in the beginning, it was going to grow into its role for the coming days. At least, until this happened.

The tram is dead.



...Okay we're not doing that.]

2/2

[umbralant]

[Meanwhile, as Dist mourns the death of the tram, Dazai can definitely peek through to the front of the vehicle via the cracked windshield. With that said, the glass is pretty tinted so it's pretty hard to see inside, but there's definitely someone in there at the driver's seat.]

[deadlygoals]

[ Oh fun.... he's going to try to climb up the side of the to see if there's any broken windows or if he can pull open the door. ]

Someone is in here...

[Might be where all the OBVIOUSLY CRIMSON RED KOOLAID is coming from at the front. Someone just crashed and spilled their drink ]

[umbralant]

[He can open the door! Which is actually... really easy to pry open because it was already kind of half open to begin with, to be honest. And what Dazai sees can only really be described as a mess.

Twisted metal and broken glass are the themes here, and flipped on its side, the scene may look even more surreal than normal with the dark asphalt of the street visible on the opposite window. To add to the violence of the scene, a figure at the driver's seat lies on their side, half curled over the control panel with various scrapes, bruises and wounds adorning them.

...Well, perhaps just describing it as "wounds" is understating it a bit. After all, that doesn't quite do it justice when the angle makes it plenty apparent that there's a piece of the control panel going through their chest and jutting out of their back, distorted metal dyed dark red with blood. Probably not the most attractive look, but now's probably not the time to rate that anyways.

After all, the cracked glasses that lay askew on his face tell you all you need to know.

Ignis Scientia is dead.]

[deadlygoals]

[ You know there's a joke about how he probably didn't have 2020 vision for this (because they are stuck in 2012 AND because you know glasses

He won't climb in yet. Just going to look inside and sigh. ]

It's Ignis.

[ This place really liked going for the nice ones. ]

[ortion]

[Lack of seriousness over the tram's death aside, Dist falls silent at Dazai's announcement. From that reaction, he can tell it's probably a fatality. He never really spoke with Ignis, but he didn't have a problem with him either.]

I see.

[His tone is somber. So someone really did crash this thing...]

I will do my best to determine the tram's damage.

[deadlygoals]

I'll leave it in your capable hands~

[ He's going to stay up on the side of the tram to watch him look it over, while waiting for some help for the body. Dist is too noodle-y to be of help there and with part of the tram through Ignis... ]

[galrarm]

[ .... hmm well he sure hates this!!

He doesn't say anything, but that expression sure should. ]

[deadlygoals]

[ S'up ]

I might need you to help out in a bit if you don't mind.

[ As in he might need Shiro's help hauling the body out after the tram and his body has been checked out. ]

[galrarm]

Just let me know what you need.

[ he thinks he knows.... body-touching..... yaaaaaaaaaay ]

[deadlygoals]

When Dist is done checking the tram out, we're going to need to pull him out through the front.

[ He wants to avoid messing up any evidence ]

[ortion]

[NO!!!]

I will find use for you...I promise.