week 7 - investigation

[vicedirector]

seven vices case 7 - investigation ♫ friday On Friday morning, the loss of the motive isn't terribly noticeable. As there were no mental effects this week, and everyone had taken their envelopes to at least destroy them, it's almost impossible to tell that something is off. Unless of course you're getting up in the wee hours. Perhaps just to go to the bathroom? Whatever your reason, though, something is noticeably wrong--the power is out. >Investigate? cast setting

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[dereban]

[ ...... welp.

That definitely is a thing. Which is why Inaba's going to go outside of her room with her laptop open as a light source, trying to discern if she can see anything out of place at first glance on the ground. Since there's nothing on the first floor, she's just going to walk into the lobby finding Dhaos and a... hand???? ]

Who--? [ UGH WHY DID SHE HAVE TO WALK INTO THIS WHY she's keeping behind though because ha ha ha ]

[vicedirector]

[ Would you look at that! Despite the poor condition of the hand, its pointer finger is extended very clearly, pointing towards something. ]

[dereban]

[ Okay, fine, she's doing this. Who or what is this hand pointing to? ]

[vicedirector]

[ One of the vents near the floor.

Just Inaba's luck. ]

[dereban]

The fucking vents again?! Ugh...

[ She's so done with this already, but let's take a look! Are the vents open, closed, can be opened or is there anything she can see in said vents at a glance?? ]

[vicedirector]

[ Nothing. The vent is in place, screws tight, and dust undisturbed. ]

[dereban]

[ Well then. Let's move elsewhere since there doesn't seem to be anymore clues here. Since she notice Dhaos went into the kitchen let's see if there's anything in the pool this week. ]

[vicedirector]

[ Ha. Hahahaha oh boy is there ever something in the pool.

The most immediately noticeable is a large mass floating near the deep end. ]

[dereban]

[ Oh thank fu-- okay no, that's obviously not good. She's just going to walk carefully and make sure that her laptop doesn't drop before shining her light towards the large mass.

Who or what is this? ]

[vicedirector]

[ The mass drifts just underneath the water, completely submerged except for an arm reaching up, fingertips touching open air. From a combination of the darkness and the very dirty water, it's hard to tell who it is.

Except, huh, that's way too big of a mass to be one person.

>Get closer? ]

[dereban]

[ Oh no. Oh no oh no oh no.

She's just going to take a few steps closer, shaking but keeping her laptop steady enough to use it as a flashlight as she takes a deep breath in and out before reaching the edge of the pool. If she has to, she'll swim but she's taking her chances right now. ]

[vicedirector]

[ Getting closer, it's easier to see that it's not a mass, or a single person, but two people tied together, the chains binding them glinting in the dim light.

Inaba comes face to face with a bloody stump--the first person is unidentifiable due to missing their fucking head. ]

[dereban]

[ WELL SHIT.

She almost drops her laptop but no, she's fine. She's fine. She won't scream. Just... give her a second she has to deal with this. If the beheaded person isn't identifiable by their head, she'll check their clothes. But who's the other person? Surely they have their head on, right?

And Inaba may or may not be attempting to strip to see if she can't swim to the bodies after attempting to discern who they are. She's not getting these clothes wet, screw that. ]

[dhaosu]

[ Dhaos is going to come in at some point, likely at this time to make sure that Inaba isn't here by her lonesome. It will take him a little bit to reach there, and he's like, at the door, somewhere. Where he can't see stuff. ]

...Inaba? Did you find anything? Do you require any assistance?

[vicedirector]

[ The headless body is wearing masculine clothing, and from what can be gathered, has a masculine build, too, but otherwise no.

As for the second one, its mass of blonde hair makes it more easily spotted.

Alisha Diphda is dead. ]

[dereban]

[ Nice timing, because she was just about to finish the last button before he got here.

Her skirt is off, though. Just let her put that back on. . . ]

There's two dead bodies in there and one of them's Alisha! You need to help me get them out! I can't tell who the other person is, though...

[ But she should at least guess who it isn't by the body compared to Alisha's. How tall is this masculine dude? ]

[dhaosu]

[ Dhaos falls silent at that. Alisha.

Let us say he waits until Inaba is done with her thing.

Then he comes forward easily enough, though, going towards the pool himself, facial expression as it usually was, and he comes close to the pool, to see if he would have to go in to pull them out. If he does, he will take his cloak off, actually.

Surprisingly, because bloody or not, since it's water it's more manageable. ]

[vicedirector]

[ The headless body is taller than Alisha, almost a foot so. ...and not blue-skinned, y'all. Relax for now.

As for Dhaos, he will definitely have to dive in to get them. Looking closely, he can see that the end of the chain holding them together is tied to something at the bottom of the pool. Which probably explains why they're not floating on the surface. ]

[dhaosu]

[ ...Well. Dhaos decides it may be easier to do this if he reaches over to begin to untie them. This will likely make it easier for them to float up and for Inaba to look. ]

[vicedirector]

[ Success. Once the chain unravels, Alisha and Mystery Corpse float up and apart.

What are we looking at first, y'all? ]

[dereban]

[ Well, let's make sure who's handless. Is it Alisha or Mysterious Body B? After that, she'll finally speak up, grabbing her laptop. ]

Can you deal with the body from here? I'm going to tell the others about what happened.

[ And try not to let Certain People In. ]

[dhaosu]

[ Dhaos makes sure to examine what the object the chain was originally tied to first before he rises to the water so that he can very well hear her words. ]

...Very well.

[ He will be moving the bodies next onto the side of the pool so they're no longer in the water, grabbing each as he does so with ease, and following that, taking a closer look at the masculine one first to see if there were any identifying features/or obvious injuries. ]

[vicedirector]

[ It's a...pile of chains. The binding chain's end is literally wrapped around a bundle of the two other missing chains. Together, they're quite heavy.

As for the masculine body, it is indeed missing one of its hands. And generally in bad shape. Really, really bad shape. Someone did not like the owner of Headless Body. It's bruised and beaten to hell and back. ]

[symbologic]

[Okay, so as not to clutter Dhaos's lovely body investigation...Certain People are gonna arrive here and now.]

[Congrats, Inaba. It's like your thought that MAYBE Faize shouldn't go in the pool actually ended up summoning him. Because the door bangs open almost as soon as she finishes her sentence, revealing one (1) pajama-clad elf who looks about two seconds away from a panic attack.]

[At least it's dark and he's on the wrong side of the room to actually SEE the bodies in detail but...he can tell he's just walked in on a murder scene at least, and that's enough to make him stop dead in his tracks in the doorway.]

[hopefragment]

[There's definitely some sounds from behind Faize like someone tripped and fell face-first onto the floor behind him. Thus it's a couple long seconds before Hinata comes up behind Faize, glancing up over his shoulder.

That's also probably when the body discovery announcement happens. This is fine.]