WEEK 2 INVESTIGATION

[foundationmods]

Two weeks had gone by, and Friday had once again come.

As always, they woke up, knowing one of their number was now gone...
It was just a matter of finding their body, now.
No matter what the killer had done to it...a killer that was one of them.🗈

They would have to do that trial again...and would they get the killer right, this time? Or would they condemn another innocent person to die yet again?

...No matter how they felt, they had to search, had to find things that they didn't want to see, dodging the shadow of death.

That...was how this game was played, after all...

...But why...did it feel especially foreboding today...?

((OOC: Characters will need to bold locations to look for clues...or the body!))

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[foundationmods]

[There's no response.]

[anonnomnomnom]

[He's going to quickly double-check that there's no more information to be gleaned from the footprints, like size comparisons, as well as check where they lead at a glance.

After all, you never know when 30 people will suddenly show up at the possible-murder window and stampede all over the evidence!

That done, he'll check the window. Any signs of tampering or anything? Is it locked??]

[foundationmods]

[It's pretty hard to tell anything from those footprints. whoever did this covered their tracks.

As for the window, it looks normal...but maybe a little paint is chipped off of the bottom of the windowframe.]

[cryosurgeon]

[Erhard edges over to where Anon is and takes one look through the window.]

No....

[He actually bangs on the window with his fist.]

Ruler! Answer me!

[foundationmods]

[Still nothing.]

[anonnomnomnom]

You should be careful! There's something funny about this window and we don't want to break it yet. Besides, I already tried that.

[Anon does patiently wait for Erhard to finish his banging and then moves between him and the window to check the frame.

Can they tell what chipped the frame, or how?]

[foundationmods]

[It looks like it fell off naturally. Like someone let the window slam down.]

[anonnomnomnom]

Hmm. Okay. Stand back!

[What's he going to do--

He's literally just going to pull a hairpin out of his abundant hair and get to work on jiggling the window lock. Why not. Does he even use the hairpin as a hairpin, who knows.]

[foundationmods]

[Well, okay!

The moment it opens and he slides up the window, an overwhelming smell of blood will hit them both.]

[cryosurgeon]

Mein Gott.

[He's already trying to push past Anon to get in first. He has to help, he has to fix this....]

[anonnomnomnom]

Calm down, calm down! You should watch your step. We don't know what's on the floor.

[He's here to look out for the elderly! No matter how old Erhard is. Whatever. It's fine.

Anon just cocks his head at the smell of blood, before shrugging to himself and shimmying himself through the window first regardless of Erhard's protests. Sorry! Is the footing okay or are we trying to wade in a blood pool. Y'all.]

[foundationmods]

[There's nothing to help.

Ruler still sits in his chair as Erhard comes in, but it's soon clear why it smells so intensely of blood.

There's blood all over, some even on Ruler himself. But more than that, there is a body lying face down on the floor, near the bed...

...Despite everything, it's easy to tell who it is.

Watanuki Kimihiro is dead.]

[cryosurgeon]

[Watanuki can't be dead, he just had a birthday, he's just a kid, Erhard was supposed to keep everyone safe....

Heedless of the blood, Erhard drops to his knees and carefully rolls the poor boy onto his back, ready to do CPR despite the obvious signs of it being too late.]

[anonnomnomnom]

[Since Erhard has the one body well in hand and there is no room-wide blood pool and nobody has stepped on Watanuki's head!!

Anon is just going to head on over to Ruler, leaning down to inspect him and his bloody self.]

Do you think this guy is dead, too?

[Poke. Poke. Prod.]

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He starts at the touch, eyes wide in confusion, as he goes to put his right hand to his head, but before it made contact, he jerks his hand away in confusion, his nose crinkling.

Slowly, he glances around the room, confusion dropping into shocked horror]

...What on...?

[anonnomnomnom]

Wow, you’re a real heavy sleeper today! We knocked on the window for a while and you didn’t even twitch!

Anyway, hold still!

[And he’s just going to examine him before he totally gets his bearings. :D Patdown for injuries, weapons and other weird things go!]

[foundationmods]

[He will find ruler is fine...except that there's gunpowder residue on his dominant hand.

...Actually, Anon will also notice A glock next to Ruler on the desk.]

[improbablenotimpossible]

I... must've passed... out.

[He trails off, his brows knitting as he took in the details, his breath catching in his throat, eyes wide]

[excavated]

[ HEY GUESS WHAT there's loud knocking right here. loud angry knocking ] Open the door right now!

[anonnomnomnom]

Sorry, Syaoran! I’ll get the door in a second. There’s some evidence we have to get out of the way first.

Oh! You can also try the window, if you want.

[That sure is open still.]

[excavated]

[ He's not waiting. He's going to run out the front door and go in through the window. It'll take him some time, sure, but he's doing it. There's no way he's simply just going to stand around when he heard that Kimihiro is dead. ]

[foundationmods]

[Oh, he's long dead, Erhard. Rigor Mortis is in effect, just like it was for Erika.

Not only that, it's clear to see that he's been shot multiple times. Especially in the chest - there are four clear bullet exit holes there, along with one in his left foot, and the one in the back of his head.]

[cryosurgeon]

[Erhard sits back on his heels, staring blankly at the carnage. He can't think, why would someone... oh god, Syaoran can't see this.]

[anonnomnomnom]

Hey, Doc! You know we have a live one over here, right? Maybe once you’re done with the dead guy you can figure out what’s going on with him?

[Anon’s going to come over and prod Erhard on the shoulder. Knock knock anyone home?? Why is he just having to go around waking these guys all morning!!]

[cryosurgeon]

[It takes a while, but eventually Erhard comes out of his daze thanks to Anon's poking. Ruler can't do forensics for this one, Erhard has to take the lead on examining the... corpse.]

... keep an eye on Ruler.

[First is to confirm that the wounds in the front of the body are exit wounds and that they're all consistent sizes.]