week 3 - investigation

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 3 - investigation ♫ friday On Friday morning, everyone will wake up with all of their (warranted or unwarranted, jesus how many of y'all had shitty lives before murdertown) grief fulfilled. Whatever it is they've lost--they've found it again. Anyone heading out into the lobby will notice that the statue is gone. And that can only mean one thing. >Investigate? cast setting

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[symbologic]

[Faize leans in closer to get a better look at the markings. Does it have anything to do with that gold plate/crystal thing mentioned on his profile? Did those get ripped out or something?]

[Or are these markings more like stab/slash wounds or bruises from a beating?]

[princessantly]

[ SHE STILL HAS HER EYES, RIGHT-- ugh this is a great day, staring into the eyes of a corpse. What's so strange about them? ]

[vicedirector]

[ Youko does indeed still have her eyes, but her pupils are dilated to hell and back. There's also something on her fingers.

As for Zelos, no, they look distinctively like scratch marks. Suitably red and a little bloody. ]

[symbologic]

[Is it possible to tell if the scratches were made by human fingernails or by claws? He'll put his own nails against the wounds for comparison. Just for the heck of it.]

[Also, just to be sure reading comprehension is not failing, does that mean the plate and crystal are both still accounted for? ]

[princessantly]

[ Dilated... Alisha will make a note of that in a little murmur, before she reaches for Youko's hand - and thankfully, she's got gloves - to examine her fingers. Is it blood? ]

[vicedirector]

[ Fingernails look more likely. The crystal is gone, but the plate is still in place.

Speaking of, Alisha will find blood and skin underneath Youko's nails. Theory confirmed...? ]

[symbologic]

[Duly noted on both counts. Though he can't help but wonder where that crystal went. Is it still in the room somewhere, maybe??? He'll have to look later, though obviously he's not going to find it.]

[Faize will check the other intact parts of Zelos's body, moving aside clothes as necessary to see if there are any more scratch marks to be found. And what about his fingernails? Anything underneath them? If somebody was close enough to scratch him, there's a chance they probably had a bit of a struggle before...uh. Organs. Everywhere.]

[princessantly]

Faize-- [ Calling over to him, and if her voice sounds fainter than usual, that's fine. At least it's steady for now, even as she's looking over the rest of Youko's body (or at least the parts that aren't as mangled) to see if anything else looks particularly strange. ]

It looks as though she scratched somebody-- she must have struggled.

[vicedirector]

[ There's also a few scattered red hairs on the floor between them. Looking at Zelos, it's an easy match.

Zelos has a few light bruises in the same vicinity, but nothing big besides Evisceration Power Hour 2k16. Youko also has a few on her arms/shoulders. ]

[symbologic]

Youko has...human fingernails, right? [He's never actually spoken to her but apparently she's some kind of shapeshifting fox? Claws seem like a possibility.] If so, I believe we may have already found the person she struggled with, and subsequently scratched.

[Zelos's hairs go unnoticed for the moment, as Faize has finally turned his attention to inside-on-the-outside organpalooza instead. So uh...if he (gently) digs around in there, is he going to find anything other than organs? Or anything weird on/about the organs?] Zelos's crystal is unaccounted for, as well, though the plate is still here.

[princessantly]

Sir Zelos? [ Wait-- she's not about to go organ-digging (she has Limits), but as she looks around... ] That's some of his hair, on the ground, and she's got some bruises on her arms...

But I don't understand. Even if the two of them fought, I can't see either of them being able to... rip each other apart like this. Did someone come across them fighting and take advantage of it?

[ ... Either way, it's pretty sickening. ]

[vicedirector]

[ They and the surrounding skin are shredded up like deli meat but unless he can identify specific types of wounds, nada.

And there is one more thing, too. Take a look at Zelos's eyes. ]

[symbologic]

[If the wounds were made by a blade of some type, he can! If not, that's gonna have to be somebody else's department.]

[But wow, okay, sure, now you tell me about the eyes. After he already went digging through organs FOR NOTHING. What's up with those? They better not be missing...]

Mmm, no, I don't think it would be possible for them to simultaneously do this to one another, you're right. And I'm not sure we'd have to go to trial if the culprit was...also a victim. [Somehow that just seems really pointless.]

I have no doubt there's at third person involved. Possibly even a fourth, since two bodies means an accomplice actually stands to profit. [A pause.] Though...I suppose technically one of these two could be considered an accomplice. Depending upon how it all played out.

[princessantly]

[ See, when in doubt, it's always best to stare into a dead person's eyes. ]

... Which is what we'll have to solve for ourselves tomorrow. I can't find much else on her, except that her pupils are oddly large...

[vicedirector]

[ Fortunately no, his eyes are intact. But his pupils are also dilated.

Other than that, there's nothing else to be found in the schoolhouse. ]

[symbologic]

[Oh, good!! At least they spared the eyes. Though Faize frowns all the same, because what are the odds both of them had dilated pupils?]

So are Zelos's. [He gets back to his feet and, ugh, really regretting not putting on gloves before he went out. Note to self: do that from now on. This was a mistake.] There are drugs and medications that can cause such a reaction; and for their eyes to have remained that way, even after death, I'd say that's likely the reason why. Though for both of them to have taken such a thing...

[IT'S HELLA FISHY.]

[princessantly]

[ At least blood washes off more easily from hands than gloves, this is going to be a cleaning ordeal... Alisha takes a brief moment to bow her head over Youko's body, before she pushes herself to her feet. ]

Then let's see what medications we can find that might explain it.

[ ALREADY TIRED, MAN. ]

[symbologic]

[Mistakes were made all around. Maybe next week they can let somebody else handle the body poking. Take turns, save gloves/fingers.]

[Faize nods and motions towards the door.]

To the clinic then. [Though apparently all the bottles are hella janky when it comes to labels so they're probably not going to be able to figure shit out at all. Leave it to Lithuania.] I'd like to try and find Hinata at some point, as well...

[Poor innocent weenie.]