WEEK 9 - INVESTIGATION

[al2955]

the pygmalion. . . ONLINE CAPTAIN'S LOG: WEEK (9)

friday (?) survivors Friday comes, and with it, another alarm. At 2:30am, a rather mellow song starts up. You might be able to avoid it, up until the mid-way point, where the noise suddenly sets in, as the performer promises at the beginning. Tentatively, you leave your safe haven. taken list profiles setting rulebook ENTER COMMAND_

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[chiseler]

[I'm sorry Luke's useless because he's still just curiously looking over everything. Curious isn't a good word to use, but hey.] You're our resident gun expert. [He remembers Jack's the one who helped during Carta's trial.] There's no way to tell how close-range the shots were is there?

[He doesn't know what to do about the pellet and he shakes his head to look at Totty.] What'd you find?

[todorable]

More blood.

[the reply is for luke, since he can only frown at jack's glee at shotgun wounds, can't we at least pretend to respect bodies every once in a while? in the meantime, todomatsu takes a closer look at the bonus blood, looking for any other details... for example, is it splattered in one direction, versus just dripped straight down to the ground, is it dark and drying or still fresh, etc.]

...How do you think she got over there when the blood trail from outside stops over here?

[al2955]

[ There's no pellets on her wrist or hand (whatever struck them went clean through), but it's pretty clear that whatever caused it was the same thing that caused the shotgun wounds on her chest. Clutched in her hand, though, is a bloodied knife.

As for Luke's question, Jack would be able to tell that the wounds are close enough to determine that Minako was shot point blank.

the splatter is in one place, then the droplet trail leads out the door. If Totty follows it, he'll notice that the door and partially on the wall, a little more than five feet off the ground, is spray from the shotgun. There's also a light smattering of blood, but nothing that looks too serious. There's also shells from the shotgun on the floor. ]

[refactor]

Nahhh, this one's pretty obvious. Point blank, right in the chest aaand...

[ He trails off as he looks at the knife, then pauses before he leans closer to look at it, though he doesn't touch it just yet. Anything of interest about it other than it being a bloody knife? ]

Well, looks like she at least fought back. But she got shot here too. No pellets, though.

[ Once he's done looking at the knife, he'll look up towards Luke and Totty. ]

See any more of those pellets? If not, she probably got shot somewhere else other than here.

[chiseler]

[Hm. He's also going to look at the knife. Does it look like she actually was fighting with it, or is it her hand like it's just planted there? Look it's possible to plant evidence okay. He makes a face at the notion of a point-blank shot, allowing his eyes to look from the body to the blood.]

Well this is gonna narrow down our suspects a bit. And it's not like she's that big. Wouldn't be hard to move her body. [He nods to the wall though.] Where does that trail go?

[todorable]

The trail goes to where somebody got shot. Look at the door, there's bullets and blood and everything.

[he takes a look at the shells--how many are there? is there anything else as he continues following the trail out of the room? or just the trail of blood they'd followed here?]

[al2955]

[ The knife isn't in the hand that's barely hanging on. It's in her other one. The better half, perhaps. It's impossible to tell if the knife was planted or if she actually used it, though — all Luke will be able to discern is that her hand is wrapped around it, as if she was holding it.

There's a few pellets on the ground, but it'll take some searching to find all of them. As for shells, there are two, meaning that two rounds were fired. The trail of blood leads directly to the zero g room. ]

[refactor]

[ Jack stands up, since he's satisfied with his investigation so far. He'll leave the rest for tomorrow, since, well. This one is pretty straightfoward in terms of what's plainly in front of him. As always, he's sure more bullshit will pop up, but for now? A shotgun to the chest, that makes sense. ]

Sweet. At least this isn't some crazy, weird, bullshit setup. This murderer gets an extra point for that.

[ He shrugs as he starts to take a look at the door, but it's only brief before he'll start to head out. ]

Well, unless it totally is after all. Which I would believe. Minus two for that.

[chiseler]

[He tilts his head, still looking at the knife in Minako's hand and the stab wounds littering her body before he also stands up.]

Wait 'til tomorrow, man. It'll be worse. [#helpful. He's looking at the trail of blood and gesturing for Totty to follow.] All in favor of following the blood trail anyway? You know. To be thorough.

[...still too early for this shit, come on.]

[todorable]

Yeah... Better to check it out now than wait until the middle of the trial. Looks like it goes to the Zero G room.