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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[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]

[anonnomnomnom]

I mean, we all passed out, but you definitely extra passed out. And I bet you know what this looks like, don’t you?

[There’s an amused gleam in Anon’s eye. He’s going to examine the Glock and if it seems all right, he’ll straight up pocket it for now. Ruler doesn’t get the gun back, friends.]

I suggest you stay at the desk. I’m pretty sure you want to be behind me if Syaoran shows up.

[foundationmods]

[The glock is fine, But the clip inside of it has two bullets left.]

[anonnomnomnom]

[Well, while we’re in this pocket of semi-peaceful time and space before Hurricane Syaoran descends, what does the rest of the room look like? Is Watanuki the only blood pool? Any bullet holes? Anything else weird?]

[foundationmods]

[The rest of the room looks relatively normal, however. There's nothing on the desk beyond the Glock, and there's no bullet holes on the walls...

Watanuki is indeed the only blood pool there.]

[anonnomnomnom]

[Are there bullet holes anywhere at all or any other traces left by the gun besides on Watanuki? Anon is also going to go through the desk itself, just in case, and look under and through the rest of the furniture.

Also the bathroom?]

[foundationmods]

[There's no bullet holes on the furniture, but as he's looking, he may see there's divots in the blood where watanuki was laying. Like...there's holes or something under it...

And in the bathroom, he'll find some faint scuff marks. It looks like someone dragged something out the bathroom...something heavy, if it left scuffs.]

[chaoscontrol]

[Shadow follows the smell of blood to the door... which is still locked.

Good work, guys.

He grumbles and knocks]

Let me innnnn.

[anonnomnomnom]

Just a minute!

[He's going to crouch down and see what information he can get from the scuff marks. We know it's heavy and outward-bound, but is there a size or something else? Does it look Watanuki or Ruler shaped??

Once he's gotten the information from the bathroom and noted the blood divots, he'll go open the actual door.]

Hey, Shadow! There's so many people here, but nothing's getting done. Are you here to help?

[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. ]

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He was still waking up, processing, not thinking of the consequences but knowing some things do not need to be seen]

Don't! You don't need to see this!

[Ruler staggers out of his seat, stumbling before trying to get up]

[byanyother_name]

[Kurama was already outside anyway, at least? So he'll try to intercept the Syaoran guided missile.]

He's right. You were close to Watanuki, weren't you? It's best you don't...

[anonnomnomnom]

I said, sit down.

[Anon’s just going to reach out to push Ruler’s unsteady ass back into his seat.

He’s pretty strong, and also patiently facing the window now.]

[excavated]

No! I have to see him. It's Kimihiro-- it's the person that is the closest to me! Knowing that he's dead is like knowing that I'm dead! I should... I should have been the one to take his place!

[improbablenotimpossible]

[He grunts as he's pushed back into the seat, easily pushed due to his unsteadiness, nearly touching his face with his right hand before he catches himself]

It's not your fault.

[byanyother_name]

That's exactly why you shouldn't be in there, Syaoran.

[Kurama's tone is gentle but definite. He reaches to lay a hand on Syaoran's arm. They might not be incredibly close but Kurama likes Syaoran and he's hurting.]

[excavated]

[ "It's not your fault." "That's exactly why you shouldn't be in there, Syaoran." That's the moment when it all just shatters in his mind and even though he's right near the window he just winds up falling onto his knees, remembering those words from last week. "If anyone gets murdered, out of the two of us... it shouldn't be you. It should be me." "It's not about who should get murdered. You know it doesn't work like that. And it's not like I want to die!" ... He didn't want to die. Kimihiro didn't want to. And he'd said it before. That he didn't want Kimihiro to get hurt. To get killed because he had obvious weaknesses that could be exploited, now that they knew them. He wanted to stay by Kimihiro's side. But he failed in that, too, didn't he? So now he's just going to be on his knees, sobbing. ] Kimihiro... no... Not again. Why does everyone I care about have to get hurt like this again?!

[goldenmaniac]

[Once he heard word of who it was he knew he had to find Syaoran. It took some doing, but here he is.

He knows there's a very real chance he might get attacked but... he tries to pull his friend into his arms regardless]

[excavated]

[ Don't worry, he's not actually moving at all or even bothering to actually say anything as he's just. Crying. Sorry, Takumi, he's really, really upset. ]