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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[relieable]

[okay, crazy. anything else around here, aside from the scorch marks and weird lamp thingy? how about on the floor, where all the damaged books are?]

[cartesio]

[ Mostly just a lot of sad damaged books.

You've got most everything that would be around the body, but if you branch out a little, you'll be able to find more evidence around the rest of the children's section.

For example, a ways from the bookcase you'll be able to see something glinting, in the light. ]

[relieable]

[yeah, he's definitely moving elsewhere, since Keith is turning over the body right about now. yikes. time to check the rest of the children's section. why was Dazai here?

when he looks up, he catches the glint out of the corner of his eyes, and he makes his way over to that area]

[cartesio]

[ It's glass! In fact, as he moves, Osomatsu will find a few spots of glass, surrounding the bookcase in a rough circle. ]

[relieable]

[UM. OKAY? he crouches down to get a better look, muttering something about how this is a messy crime scene. save him.

anyway, is there a way to tell where this glass is from? it is surrounding the bookcase, but it must lead from somewhere, right?]

[cartesio]

[ It actually doesn't lead anywhere, except for in a circle. In fact, it seems to cross over with...well, more glass that also lays spread out, around one of the few still-standing tables. ]

[relieable]

[hmmmm. might as well follow the glass trail. he'll take a piece from the circle, and a piece from the floor by the table to compare if they are from the same thing. he still doesn't know where this glass came from, and it only makes the scene more jumbled in his mind.

looking at the bigger picture, too, was there more furniture knocked over?]

[cartesio]

[ This separate "trail" he'll also find in a circle. It's honestly very confusing, but at least this one's around that table.

A lot of furniture was knocked over, Osomatsu. Tables, chairs... Someone put up one hell of a fight here. ]

[relieable]

[a fight that ended in the children's section, then? geez. he needs to make a list of all this evidence. there's something really off about the way the glass has fallen, but he can't put his finger on what it is. he does glance up near the ceiling to see if any lightbulbs fell down.

and then he's continuing to follow the mess]

[cartesio]

[ To clarify, the fight seems to mostly have taken place in the children's section. It's centralized here, though some overturned chairs and tables lead from the front of the library.

There's no evidence of falling lightbulbs, no. However, in following the debris he'll find something near that still standing table! Something in the wall. ]

[relieable]

[no falling lightbulbs. what a mystery this glass is. he looks around the area a bit more and finally spots that thing on the wall. that's... weird... he gets closer. what is it?]

[cartesio]

[ A bullet hole! It's actually right behind one of those oil burning lamps Osomatsu loves so much...though this one is also broken, both top and base smashed. ]

[relieable]

[FANTASTIC. Osomatsu pales at the sight of the hole, but he's at least looking at it. he doesn't know anything about bullet holes, or sizes of bullets, but he will look around for more, or casings, or things like that.

he'll also pick up that broken lamp and check it over. maybe that's where the glass came from]

[cartesio]

[ Let's cover other bullet holes first. Osomatsu will find one other hole in the wall, about five feet from the ground. It's a few feet from the table, still in the children's section. ]

[relieable]

[yeah, bullets first! this is so grim. guns, and broken glass, and fire in the library. in the children's section. fun for all.

that's two bullet holes. is he going to find anymore? what about the sizes of these holes? are they roughly the same?]

[cartesio]

[ He won't find anymore holes! They are the same size, both of them 9mm. ]

[relieable]

[HMMM. okay. great. anymore bullet-related things around here? what's next?]

[cartesio]

[ Let's go back to that lamp.

It sits shattered on the table, right in front of bullet hole #1. Since Osomatsu is looking so closely for the source of glass, he may take note of the fact that there is no glass among the debris, even though there was clearly a spot for a bulb in this lamp. ]

[relieable]

[why is this so confusing. did someone remove the bulbs and throw them? he's just going to have to leave the glass mystery (glasstery?) up to the Pros. and by pros, he means smarter people.

if there's no glass among the debris, what else is there?]

[cartesio]

[ Just the ceramic of the lamp itself. It was a very nice lamp, before it shattered. ]