WEEK 4 - April 27th

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Week 4: Investigation

A late frost has settled over Cartesio. Ice clings to the grass, to the variety show stage, not yet melted by the sun. How could it be, as it's yet to rise Friday morning?

It is only technically Friday, as the planned variety show reaches into its very final hour. Nearly everything on the schedule's been completed, and the cleanup process has begun.

That's probably why no one expects it, not now. Not this early. It's hard to miss, whether you're attending the show or getting some rest. After all, the sound, it comes from somewhere close to the motel. Somewhere close to the show.

Three gun shots ring out at one in the morning, echoing through the park. Something has gone very wrong.

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PARK

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[odasaku]

[ well, oda will do his best to look at the body. he’s upset, but not enough for it to be visible behind his neutral expression.

what sticks out with the body, first and foremost? ]

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[ Probably the positioning. As described at the discovery, Jughead's back is arched, with the majority of it off the ground. ]

[odasaku]

That’s strange...

[ he would think that he would just crumple on the ground from the gunshots? in fact, he’ll check to see how many of the three shots landed on him. ]

[cartesio]

[ All three. They're actually...right at his chest.

Awkward. ]

[odasaku]

Someone has good aim.

[ not awkward at all for him? he’ll turn jug’s body around, looking for any exit wounds. ]

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[ He'll find the exit wounds! But, might want to rethink that statement a little, Oda. You're familiar with guns, right? You'll probably notice, then, that while all of them are in Jughead's chest, none of the shots hit a vital point. ]

Re: PARK

[carbide]

[First of all, Olympia pokes her head out and takes a look at the crowd, on the off chance that Robert is in attendance. It's probably not important to the case, but surely everyone just saw the Sergeant telling the visitors what to do?]

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[ You can't see him. ]

[carbide]

[Typical.

Time to start actually helping, then. Oda seems to have the body poking covered, so do we have anything of interest further away?]

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[ You won't find anything too far from the body, unless you want to start dipping into other areas. However, there's something very suspicious, not too far from poor Jughead... ]

[carbide]

[Olympia's definitely here for something. What do we have here, an unexpected object or the like?]

[silvertongueheir]

[Franciscus is going to look for footprints around the body. The frost should have been disturbed somehow, right?]

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[ No footprints? But...you'll find something a little strange, are those...handprints? ]

[silvertongueheir]

[Well then. About how big are they compared to his?]

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[ They are smaller. ]

[silvertongueheir]

[Oh. Well then. Can he tell how much weight was being put on them? Does it look like the whole body weight or just part of it? Also, what does the "stride" look like? Steady or wobbly?]

[pecker]

[Seriously, Niwa is just looking for any sign of how the killer got through unseen. Her feathers are ruffled.]

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[ As Franciscus will note, there don't appear to be any footprints. When checking with the birds, it seems some of them saw someone coming and going, but they can't identify the person. ]

[pecker]

[Then she'll be paying attention to how the person hid their identity, what kind of build their body was, and what exactly they were doing as they came and went.

In any case, they're very bold. She envies their confidence.]

[cartesio]

[ The person was definitely covered up well. It's cold outside, after all! They were moving kind of frantically. Definitely in a hurry. The build is hard to tell, because of how they were dressed. ]

[pecker]

[would that be like a hat, scarf, big coat, etc?]

[silvertongueheir]

Did they see anyone walking on their hands?

[pecker]

That doesn't seem to be the case...

AREA CLEAR

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