Week 6 - May 11th

[cartesio]

Week 6: Investigation

At around 2 in the morning, a steady rain of hail started to cover the town of Cartesio. The night continued, however, with the motel unbothered, aside from the plink-plink on the roof and windows.

This morning, you'll find the weather's started to let up, though the streets are still blanketed by hail. Mercifully, that's all that's outside the motel this morning. No corpses, no robot remains. That alone should make you feel better, right?

But no. It seems...the town's very alert this morning. There's a strange energy in the air, not just from the Sergeant's horrible threat. Something's off in Cartesio, and you probably recognize that feeling. This has happened four times before, after all.

Investigate?

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[quickpersuader]

[Because of the leg wounds, she would like to check his knees to see if there's any dirt that might indicate he was kneeling.]

[cartesio]

[ Nothing to indicate that, no. However, Kino will be able to note a lot about the blood splatter around him, if she's getting in close. ]

[quickpersuader]

[Alright, let's look at some blood then!]

[cartesio]

[ The largest collection would be under Wayne himself, in a pool. It seems to have spread from the wound spanning his shoulder to hip. ]

[quickpersuader]

[Since he was face up, does the pool still look like he was slumped when he bled out?]

[cartesio]

[ Yes, he does. It looks like his body hasn't been moved from this position. ]

[quickpersuader]

[Poor Wayne. Are there any other blood spatters/drips in the area that might indicate what happened with the weapon?]

[cartesio]

[ There's a variety of drips around the area. It's difficult to get an exact sense of what happened, but they're at least around the area where Wayne died.

What Kino will likely find most interesting is the line of blood splatter on the wall and ground behind him. ]

[quickpersuader]

[Is there any way to guess what would have caused a line like this based on the shape?]

[cartesio]

[ It seems to have the same diameter as the largest cut on Wayne. ]

[quickpersuader]

[Does it look like it occurred at the same time as the cut on Wayne, or like it was made because his torso was in contact with the wall? And actually did the cut actually go through his body at any point, that would be crazy impressive. ]

[cartesio]

[ It's definitely splatter and not from him leaning against the wall. Like, something sent this blood flying over here in this pattern kind of splatter.

The cut did not go through his body, no. ]

[quickpersuader]

[Did someone decide to clean their blade with a swoosh or something.

Unless there's anything else eye catching Kino will now be looting the body.]

[cartesio]

[ Kino will find...a lot of nothing! Wayne's jacket and hoodie are discarded near his camping gear to begin with, so there aren't many pockets on his body, but even in those there's nothing in them but lint. ]