WEEK 4 INVESTIGATION

[foundationmods]

Four weeks.

By now, waking up to death on Friday was becoming normal.

Gazing at something that should not have occurred...a death of one of them.
A death done by one of them....which could have been done by anyone.
Even by someone who would seem to have no reason to kill...🗈

Such a thing...was draining.
No, it was more than that - it was preying upon their very souls...
But they had no choice.

No matter how they felt, they had to search, to find the body and find the clues that would bring them to the killer themselves in tomorrow's trial.

...What kind of horror will they find today?

What kind of death did one of their number face?

And what sort of horrible, heart-rending truth....will be the end result, at the end of this week...?

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[cryosurgeon]

[Then he's going to carefully remove the stake to check further.]

[foundationmods]

[As mentioned before, The Stake very clearly didn't cause the injury.

for one, it's blunt. For two, the wound is far too wide and large.

In fact, it looks like he was pierced through the heart by some kind of sword.]

[cryosurgeon]

Double-edged bladed weapon, no tearing of the wound margins implies the edges were smooth rather than serrated. Piercing the heart would've caused him to bleed out quickly, but there's almost no blood here.

The murder scene is somewhere else.

[He's going to check for other wounds.]

[foundationmods]

[Well.

There are clear bruises on his forearms - like ones you would sustain from defending yourself.

As well as that, there's impact bruising around his ribcage, sternum, and solar plexus - Like someone was hitting him in those exact locations.

...Oddly enough, he also isn't wearing any shoes.]

[cryosurgeon]

[Erhard goes silent when he sees those wounds and the lack of shoes, because he's already formulating a theory and he doesn't like it.

Is there anything on the soles of his feet?]

[foundationmods]

[No, beyond some paint splatters due to all the paint around him.]

[cryosurgeon]

[Okay, anything odd on his breath or around his mouth, maybe to indicate possible chemical impairment?]

[foundationmods]

[Nothing.]

[cryosurgeon]

[Checking for head wounds next. Because Natsuno was strong, how could someone beat him in a fair fight?]

[foundationmods]

[There's no headwounds, either.]

[cryosurgeon]

[Can he discern the shape of the bruises, to see if they look like fists, feet, or a blunt object?]

[foundationmods]

[No. It's too difficult to tell, and also hey Erhard YOU'RE STILL KIND OF BLEEDING FROM YOUR WRIST BUDDY]

[cryosurgeon]

[He's wobbling, but he's fine, his lab coat sleeve is soaking up the blood, it's perfectly fine.

Thinking like a doctor, he'll palpate Natsuno's chest to check for displaced rib fractures. Maybe he bled out internally.]

[foundationmods]

[Erhard sweetie, He was stabbed in the heart. He didn't really need to bleed internally at that rate.]

[cryosurgeon]

[He's trying to think... of where the blood could be... if it's not there....

Damn, his head's swimming. But he's being really stubborn.]

[youkaiwatch]

[ i mean okay but it's not like the sleeve is depositing it back into your veins ]

[rikuchi]

[ Coming his way with bandages because he didn't forget the other got cut. ]

Hey, let me help wrap your wrist.

[cryosurgeon]

'm fine... I don't....

[He sways and braces his hand on the floor.]

... not useless....

[rikuchi]

No, you're not. So, c'mon.

[ Riku is not taking no for an answer, moving to carefully set down a bowl of water and disinfectant. So he'll first dab at the wrist with a rag before trying to put the bandage around the wrist, emphasis on try. ]

[cryosurgeon]

[Erhard doesn't struggle, but his attention is fixated on Natsuno's body rather than what Riku is doing. He's still trying to investigate.

He's looking for anything: clothing damage, a torn out lock of hair, even trying to see if Natsuno's fangs were out.]

[youkaiwatch]

You know I can look for you if you want to tell me what to check for, or we can ask Mr. Holmes to do it. You look like you need to sit down.

[cryosurgeon]

....

[His hands are shaking, and when he tries to stop them they start doing his usual stiff-clenching stim thing again.]

I can't think of anything else to check. I... I'm not a forensics expert. He died of exsanguination and massive cardiac trauma. The stake didn't....

[His voice cracks slightly. His walls. Where are his walls? He needs to be blank again.]

I swear I didn't think I was using him....

[youkaiwatch]

[ Actually, let's just double check a few things in case the blood loss made the doctor miss anything...

Just to clarify, the wound does look like it's from a double edged blade? Definitely something like a sword as opposed to a knife?

Aaaand is there anything under his nails? ]

[youkaiwatch]

Thanks.

[rikuchi]

[ He'll nod. ]