Week 2 - April 13th

[cartesio]

Week 2: Investigation

The Sergeant's deadline is tonight. An offer to get in contact with people you know, yet also a threat. Given how fed up he was, it's unlikely he's joking about the kind of cruelty he's willing to go through for the sake of getting what he wants.

That's why it may not be so surprising that, early in Friday morning, there's this air of tension, despite the bright sun in the sky. It doesn't help that a firetruck and a couple patrolcars race through the streets, passing in front of the motel and going west. The reason why is clear after a single glance:

There's a thick column of black smoke emanating from somewhere inside the Junkyard.

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[doublelammy]

[Sirens.

Again.

She's following the cars this time. To the junkyard.]

[pursuitofdeath]

[Oh hello Millium. You didn't ask for an adult so-- good, because you aren't really getting one. But he's joining you all the same.]

[carbide]

[Hi Millium, are you tired of Olympia yet? Too bad, she's following you. (Or, you know, you're just both going to the same place.)]

[linearcrash]

[ He's following behind all wet cause the noise disturbed his shower. ]

What the hell is going on?!

[odasaku]

[ haha well fuck

oda is also going to go to the junkyard! gotta make sure millium doesn't do something stupid. ]

[robitussin]

[junkyard crew has one more member!!]

...This can’t be good.

[cartesio]

[ When you arrive at the junkyard, it doesn't look like the police or firefighters have dug into the scene too much. Probably because they seem too baffled to?

Something very wrong seems to have happened here, evident by the burning, broken-down car they're stopped in front of. That's the source of the smoke, but it looks like...there's something inside it, as well. ]

[pursuitofdeath]

[Oh. Hmm. That seems fine! What's burning???]

[cartesio]

[ I believe they call it an automobile. ]

[saladandeggs]

CAN’T A MAN GET SOME SLEEP AROUND HERE?!

[Frasier Cranium emerges. Tired. Cranky. Stumbling towards the smoke.]

[cartesio]

[ Fraiser suffers so much. Maybe even as much as this poor soul. ]

[protectandselfserve]

[Well, that sure smells like trouble. To the junkyard!]

[cartesio]

[ It sure does! ]

[icariot]

[ at the first sign of trouble, Hawks takes to the air. When he sees the smoke, he's going to head direct to the smoke stack. Is there anything noticeable from the air?]

[cartesio]

[ Well, there's this sight here, Hawks. You'll also notice the scene is taking place near a rather high stack of junked cars, but let's save that for a little later, shall we? ]

[pecker]

Hawks-saaan! Do you see anything suspicious?

[She wants to check all her birds in the area to see if they can notice anyone running away. They're outside, and smoke stack doesn't just start by itself, so there seems like a good chance. But then again, they might have flown the coop at the first sign of that. So someone who can look themselves, possibly more reliable.]

BODY ANNOUNCEMENT

[cartesio]

[Among the firefighters still astonished at what happened, among the commotion of finding a car on fire in middle of the junkyard...comes the Sergeant. He's sitting on top of a pile of scrap, watching the visitors]

About time this happened. I must say, when I ask for a murder, it seems the killers don't do this half-assed.

[And he likes that. He seems so satisfied about this crime!]

As you can see, Moloch von Zinzer is dead. Your duty now is to uncover his killer. I'd explain to you the procedure, but I suspect a certain trio already took care of that for me. I'll call you to the trial room when it's time.

[And he doesn't stay long to confirm if that's true or not. In a moment, before anyone can do anything, the Sergeant rolls back and vanishes behind the pile of scrap, nowhere to be seen]

EVIDENCE LIST

[cartesio]

Junkyard (9/9)

That's a stash of motor oil!
Quite the unusual material for a circle
Blood over here!
A footprint with no info
That's not coffee
So that's where blood comes from
They left so many matches
If only it had worked
One mark on the floor

Diner (1/1)

Nobody's going to clean with this anytime soon

Gas Station (2/2)

Motor oil in a gas station? Say it ain't so!
So much work for getting rid of a ball of duct tape

Motel (1/1)

Someone needs to clean up after themselves

Park (1/1)

Stick your hand in blindly, why don't you?

JUNKYARD

[cartesio]

[icariot]

[LETS INVESTIGATE that high stack of junk cars Hawks noticed earlier, shall we?]

[pursuitofdeath]

[He's here already so he'll examine the body of our dear Moloch. What are the preliminary findings here looking at him?]

DINER

[cartesio]

[kingbomber]

[ Alrighty, definitely not getting too close to the disaster, so what's going on here? Anything strange at first sight? ]

GAS STATION

[cartesio]

[protectandselfserve]

[Well, let’s sleuth around in the gas station, shall we? Been a while since he’s had to do the detective thing himself. What’s going on in here?]

MOTEL

[cartesio]

[relieable]

[Osomatsu books it back to the motel, letting the rest of the people investigate the junkyard. he kind of wants to curl up and just hide. but he might as well look around here. he'll start with the lobby. anything out of place here?]

PARK

[cartesio]

[linearcrash]

[ Let's investigate here. Who's tagging along? ]