week 1 - investigation

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 1 - investigation ♫ friday On Friday morning, time shifts. It's a strange, twisting feeling reverberating throughout all in the town, even able to be felt by those still asleep, warping their dreams. Everyone's sense of time is back to normal, and the large grandfather clock in the lobby is gone. Which, here, can only mean the mastermind had a change of heart--or someone is dead. >Investigate? cast setting

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[herbgrace]

A normal child shouldn't be expected to know about that sort of thing. [Which, yes, could be another reason he was targeted, but Lithuania doesn't have to like it.] The question is if he was chosen because of convenience or because whoever it was who killed him was at a similar level of ability.

[sisumama]

Oh, no...

[Sisuca's entire body deflates for a moment at the announcement. It's uncharacteristic of her to fall so quiet, so still, so sullen.

But deep down, she knew this would happen. She's going to pull Hinata into a tight hug before they continue searching.]

You're so brave! But right! We'll find everything.

[She probably needs the hug more than he does, but once it's over she'll be moving on.]

[jackhole]

-- Hurk!

[ the, uh, flow stops for a moment as he presses the back of his hand to his mouth so he can sit back and shake a finger at her. uncool, undyne! uncool! ]

D-Don't smack a guy while he's down, man.

[ but then his eyes glance over at the body again and hurf. yeah, there we go. more puke. ]

[vicedirector]

[ There's nothing else of note. ]

[vicedirector]

[ Nope. Just snow as far as the eye can see. ]

[herbgrace]

You should, or people will wonder why you aren't. [Do you want to make yourself look suspiciously like you don't care if they find out who did it. Do you.]

[brawlhalla]

[ ollies out back down to the ground ]

[vicedirector]

[ While the others have the body covered, Inaba can see that there are footprints clustered around the crime scene, and not from anyone present. ]

[detanimetion]

[Okay, that calls for an actual brofist warrior hand clasp of JUSTICE.]

Right! We're gonna show them what happens when they mess with our team! [And clearly all the other useless sins can just sit this one out and let Pride take care of everything.]

[hopefragment]

Wha- hey! It's not bravery, it just has to be done!

[He doesn't protest the hug that much, just kind of awkwardly patting her back. It's nice to console a girl?? But they don't have time for this, so he's going to do his best to extricate himself quickly.

He's marking it all down against his list-! And looking increasingly pale as he does so.]

Benadryl, morphine, cough drops? And a syringe. [He sounds confused because one of those things doesn't seem to match the others, but alright.

Just going to give the place one more look-over for anything else that might have disappeared.]

[sobowtor]

[Poland looks incredibly disinterested.

Mostly because gross, but also a little bit of genuinely not particularly caring.]

Fine...

[herbgrace]

[...Odd. How much of the hair is scorched, and where in comparison to the head injury?]

[vicedirector]

[ At first glance, no. But is he gonna take a look in the cabinets? ]

[vicedirector]

[ Everything else is in order. ]

[dereban]

[ Are the footprints facing in any particular direction? And also, how big are these footprints, exactly? ]

[detanimetion]

Fuhuhu, you've got good taste! [She peers at the bacon and spaghetti sauce for a moment, then shrugs and dumps them all into the pan. The sudden loud sizzling and popping and smoke rising up is clearly a good sign right...]

[vicedirector]

[ The burnt hair is minimal, just a very small handful of his head overall. They're also on the back of his head, as opposed to the side, where the wound lies. ]

[clearasmud]

They might not have thought it was so stupid.

We need to find out what happened and who did this, correct? So... don't underestimate the power this might have had over others.

[ ...She sounds a little preachy, doesn't she? Ew. ]

...I've seen people kill over less, anyway.

[ ........that's kind of a mixed message, youko. ]

[symbologic]

[You betcha! He came all the way here, he's gonna search not only inside the cabinets, but also inside all the washers and dryers. These seem like the best places to start.]

[herbgrace]

Someone who planned this out carefully is different from someone who killed in the heat of the moment. This motive also must eliminate some people while pointing to others. If we can pin down things like that, we narrow the possibilities.

[okuri]

[That's all he needed to hear. Yoite doesn't even bother saying thank you, and promptly turns to run out the door.]

[herbgrace]

Thank you. Do your best. [Please?]

[americanbeauty]

[She inches over to look at what Roxy is inspecting but keeps way more distance. She's pale at even this proximity to blood, no thanks to more.]

That's awful... Who would so much?

[They've only been here for two weeks! And he was a nice guy. It's hard to believe someone hated him THAT much.]

[vicedirector]

[ Nothing in the washer and dryer, but shoved in the very back of the cabinets is a bottle of morphine. ]

[detanimetion]

Hey, I'm just trying to help ya get it all out as fast as possible! [SHE IS A GOOD SAMARITAN OKAY GOSH]

Gross! [Though from the enthusiasm in her voice, she's clearly not that grossed out...] What's the matter, you eat a bad breakfast or something?