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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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[First off, let's start with the steps because that's easier. There definitely are some droplets of blood there, showing some dripping so that they end up hitting the side of the stairs because gravity continues to be a thing especially when trams are sideways.

As for the handrail, there isn't anything there but the door itself has some small smears of blood on the inside part of it.

And regarding what's happening with Ignis, well. From what Dazai can see from this angle (which to be fair, isn't quite the best because this would be all in profile) mostly is just the wreckage of the control board and whatever broken glass Ignis is sitting on here. There's also a lot of blood spatter scattered around the front of the tram, with some of it reaching the windshield but also scattered about on the floor and on some of the non-driver's side closer to the door.]

[ So, looking at all the blood splatter... is it all consistant with the injuries he can see from Ignis, or is there any blood that doesn't look like it's from the accident (blood that looks like it fell when the tram was upright and then dripped/moved from it being flipped kind of thing? ]

[While there's a lot of just random spatter, there's also some that show a pretty linear pattern as well. And while the texturing of the floor makes it difficult to tell, the blood droplets there also show signs of dripping down.

Either way, while there's a bunch of blood at the front of the tram, it's not like it's painted with it either; there's plenty of spaces you can touch without contacting any of it.

Anything more specific to Ignis' body may require a closer look though.]

Edited 2020-01-31 22:54 (UTC)

[ Okay, so hes going to look it over one last time before like turning around and slowly lowering himself in there. He's going to use the railing carefully and the half wall for footing. If there is one of those pole things right there, he will aim for it and then jump to land in the seat behind Ignis.

SO NOW WE ARE HERE. Time to inspect the back of the body and the back of his head. ]

[There are plenty of items for Dazai to use to lower himself into the tram, so it won't be too difficult, probably.

Anyways, the back of the body is more or less straightforward considering there's only two real things of note here. First off is the tip of metal protruding out of Ignis' back, which actually doesn't stain his clothes that badly and we can all be thankful for that because he's wearing a dark-colored shirt from the boutique. That shit's expensive.

As for the back of his head, it seems like it was bleeding quite a bit from what you can see of it matted in his hair. Is he going to examine it closer or at a different angle?]

[ Let's check the back of the head first, while being careful of the metal sticking out. Getting stabbed by a bit of metal already bloodied does not sound like a fun time.

Hes going to brush away his hair to try to get a look at the wound there. ]

[There's still a bunch of blood going on even if it's basically dried by now, so it's hard to get much out of it by looking but at the least it doesn't look like his skull was caved in or anything nasty like that. Some swelling would also be felt as he brushed the hair away. Head wounds sure bleed a lot huh?]

[ Yeah, they do.

Alright, let's try to lean over to check out what he can like this. First he's going to check out Ignis' hand (right). Is there anything there? Also how stuck is he? Would they be able to get the body out or will they need something to cut away the control panel? ]

Edited 2020-01-31 23:30 (UTC)

[While Dazai is checking the body, Dist's voice can be heard from the outside.]

Dazai, I am ready to come in!

[...he's so glad Dazai is already inside to not witness him having way too much difficulty climbing up to the door. He usually has a chair to float up to higher places?!

Getting a better look inside...oh, wow. He didn't think Ignis would've gotten straight-up impaled.]

Is there anything I should avoid coming in?

[ Looking up at Dist and just going to stretch up his hands up to him. ]

There's a smear of blood inside of the railing, so careful of that. Want me to catch you?

All righ-- [wait that was to the first part] I am perfectly capable of getting in myself.

[He says this, but as he starts to lower himself in, he stumbles and...yeah he might need some minor catching.]

[ DIST

Time to catch the noodle. Mostly to make sure he doesn't land on Ignis or all of that glass and chunks of metal. ]

Careful~ We don't need even more blood in here.

[RIP his dignity.

He looks away in an attempt to hide the obvious embarrassment on his face.]

...my apologies.

[For what it's worth, there won't be more klutziness for the time being. Climbing back out might another matter...]

[Psst, those weird daggers stuck on the front side of the carriage seem like the kind of thing to avoid. There are a couple of them, stuck onto the inside of the front of the driver's area. You're unlikely to step on them, but they're still something to avoid if you get over there!]

[Thankfully he doesn't fuckin' fall onto them, wow.

By in the front, does this mean around the control panel itself?]

[Yup, in that general area! That's correct! One is stuck there on the control panel, another is just on the floor. There may even be a third one, stuck deep into the wrecked front of the tram. Who knows how many of those daggers are around]

Edited 2020-01-31 23:54 (UTC)

[How odd...

Do any of the ones they can find look bloody? And does the one in the control panel look like it may have interfered with the tram's operation?]

[None of the daggers Dist finds has any blood on them!

Also, although there are daggers all over the front of the tram, none of them seem to have interfered with the tram's operation. Not even those that are stuck right on the control panel itself seem to have reached the many wires and mechanisms inside]

[???

So this is just apparently a case of OOPS, ALL DAGGERS. All right then.

Dist is also going to make a note of the acceleration pedal as he goes over the control panel area with Dazai. Is there anything else going on with the panel apart from the portion inside Ignis' chest?]

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umbralant - 2020-02-01 01:41 (UTC) - Expand

[Ignis is in the midst of rigor mortis right now, so honestly he's going to be a bit difficult to move, but since his right hand is just kind of flopped across his stomach, his knuckle should at least be somewhat visible from this angle; it's scraped up rather heavily and while there is some dried blood there, it's not much.

As far as how stuck he is, there is definitely enough space to actually pull his body back off the metal; a large reason why the impalement went so far is more because his body was basically bending forward towards the control panel.

Does Dazai want to do that now or check out some other things that look a bit off in the tram?]

[ Let's look to see what things look off in the tram first before messing it all up.

He did play around and studied that manual before. And Dist is now here in his arms or whatever to probably help point out anything weird. What's up? ]

[There are a couple of things to note. As Dazai was moving to check out Ignis' body closer, he may have noticed the faint scent of blood coming from the headrest. Second, considering he looked at the manual before, he would know that the tram's acceleration pedal at the foot of the seat is broken.]

[ ... did someone knock ignis out, break the acceleration pedal, and then like let him nyoom like what happened in V for Vendetta (minus explosions)

And with Dist checking out the rest of the panel, he will now pull Ignis' body back to get him un-impaled. ]

[It is a mystery.

And Ignis is successfully unimpaled! Thankfully it's a pretty clean removal since there's not much in the way of blood that will come out aside from some stray dribbles, although he'll be staying kind of in his hunched over position for a while yet because ty rigor mortis. What does Dazai want to do next?]

[ Let's try to get him out of there.

... some how...

okay what is the state of the front windshield? Also how does everything look around it? He doesn't want to damage any evidence before breaking ti after all. ]