Week 5 - May 4th

[cartesio]

Week 5: Investigation

You wake to the heat breaking in the morning. It's actually morning, bright. Sunny. Probably all of you are pleased to have gotten through the night with sleep, or at least with no sudden gunshots and impromptu investigation.

Cherish that brief bliss. Enjoy your morning routine, as long as it's in the motel. Once you leave the motel, you see, it's obvious something awful's happened again. Someone has taken the Sergeant's bait.

Because, right outside the very door of the building you sleep in, there's a broken body to greet you.

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[quickpersuader]

[The pains of waking up early each day.

Who have we got here?]

[cartesio]

[ You'll have to kneel down to check properly, because at first glance, what lays before you is Lammy, the large robot Millium calls friend. It's heavily damaged, but still recognizable.

However, the slender arm that pokes out from under it is a tell-tale sign that Lammy isn't the only casualty this morning. Head at an awkward angle and eyes staring into nothing, there's no doubt about the status of the girl before you...even if she wasn't underneath a heavy robot.

Millium Orion is dead. ]

[odasaku]

[ well, if oda looks out the door whos body will he see, ]

[cartesio]

[ Another child. Another loss. ]

[clearities]

[ So let's greet the day with finding out who it is that's outside the motel-- who are we screaming about today? ]

[cartesio]

[ Just go back inside, Sakura. You don't need to see this. ]

1/2

[silvertongueheir]

[Franciscus seems in a rather good mood at he leaves Room 31 in the morning. After a quick trip back to his own room to clean up and straighten himself out, he opens the door.]

2/2

[silvertongueheir]

[And freezes in place.]

Wh-what?

[marmoron]

[There is no amount of sunshine and nice weather that's going to make Keith less tense this morning. What's going on....]

[cartesio]

[ You're not going to like it. ]

[tuffguy]

[ clearly nothing bad will happen if we all never walk outside

no?

alright time to see what happened........... ]

[cartesio]

[ Nothing bad at all! ]

[pecker]

[Seeing the commotion and the broken robot outside, Niwa just stays in for now. There's nothing she can contribute to a scene of heartbreak like that. Her feathers are still ruffled though - she'd plucked a few off her literal cloak in the night, tiring of their stains from the diner ashes, but hearing Oda scream is what really sent a chill down her spine.

Of course, she doesn't need to physically go outside to look. She'll send her birds out searching the town, and meanwhile, she'll just walk around the lobby.]

[cartesio]

[ Well... Her birds seem to notice something this morning. Something's going on, on the roof of the motel. ]

BODY ANNOUNCEMENT

[cartesio]

[The Sergeant doesn't wave, he stays on the edge of the roof, hands behind his back. Once Niwa and later Keith arrive, he speaks. Everywhere in the town, no matter where the tourists are at, they hear his voice, as if it's projected directly into their heads:]

Millium Orion, Azura, and Cian Reikado have perished. In light of the number of victims, I shall give you more time than usual. I'll see you all in court at sunset.

[He sounds kind of subdued, and knowing him, it can't be because there are three victims. Still! His job is done. Without another word, the Sergeant steps over the edge of the roof, letting himself fall off the rooftop. Nobody will find trace of him -- not that searching for him is important. There's three people to avenge!]

EVIDENCE LIST

[cartesio]

TOTAL: (33/33)

Motel: (10/10)

Wire cutters on roof!
That's not a cut, at all
A note from who?
Millium would be so upset
Who would do this to her precious partner
We're going to need a lot more paint
Everything about Millium's body: bruises, broken bones, and Lammy
Hard to miss this on the asphalt

Park: (8/8)

Classic injury
Clearly a beautician did all this
A quick cut
Not surprising given everything else
If it feels like makeup and smells like makeup...
It officially is a wishing pond
Or maybe a slipping pond
The most common blunt object in nature

Hardware Store: (3/3)

And clearly a house painter did this one
Small paintbrush
For wire-cutting purposes

Junkyard: (9/9)

The junkyard is prime ground for fire, apparently
Paint burn!
Fabric burn!
Something that didn't get incinerated
Not wet, it's dry
It's not a mop lance
Jackpot!
It shouldn't smell this badly in a junkyard
Matches are used often in this game


Abandoned Beauty Salon: (1/1)

Good thing someone familiar with the salon investigated this

Hunting Store: (1/1)

Matches you want while you're camping

Community Kitchen: (1/1)

Look at these knives, Gant

MOTEL

[cartesio]

[ This encompasses the ground AND the roof, as a note! ]

ROOF TEAM GO

[pecker]

[After rolling her eyes hard at Sarge's dramatic ass flounce, Niwa turns to the emotional boys with a meeker expression.]

Um. Do ... Do you want me to take care of this...

[clearities]

[ Sakura is the ground level so is there anything besides Lammy and Millium here that she can find at a first glance here? ]

PARK

[cartesio]

[quickpersuader]

[Three...

In the span of a night they'd lost three.

Kino goes silent for a moment. But then, she turns to the body and begins examining it. The way she's done before already.

What's most noticeable, to begin with?]

HARDWARE STORE

[cartesio]

[silvertongueheir]

[Well, it's right down the path from the flower shop...he has picked a few flowers for Hydrangea to wear in their hair while he heads down to take a look there.]

JUNKYARD

[cartesio]

[unfashionably]

[ Cough, cough, nevermind. So after some wandering, let's do the junkyard instead!

Anything immediately off? ]

ABANDONED BEAUTY SALON

[cartesio]

[amburere]

[ For some reason, Dabi's here again. Anything off from the get go? ]

HUNTING STORE

[cartesio]

[carbide]

[Well, this looks like a good place for Olympia to go think about literally anything other than Millium being dead. How wrong is she?]

COMMUNITY KITCHEN

[cartesio]

[protectandselfserve]

[...THAT SURE IS A LOT OF DEAD PEOPLE??? JESUS CHRIST IT'S LIKE JOE DARKE 2.0

Okay he'd like to get some food together so he can investigate proper because his morning swim was rudely interrupted by a body discovery, so let's head inside the kitchen. Is there anything immediately off as he enters?]