THIRD INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

It's Friday again. The same Friday, if the calendar is to be believed, that has already brought you so much trouble twice now. Well at least the once, but... you know. Time is already so weird out here.

As you all wake up, there at least aren't any bodies directly outside your doors? But it's still a deadline day for a motive, and, well... even three weeks in, you might have a sense what that means.

But hey, maybe third time's the charm...?

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PARTY ZONE

[bathymetric]

[ Muffled "CHRISTINE" in the background... ]

[ltcommandroid]

[CHRISTINE, CHRISTINE...................

Okay, well. Data's not gonna get cut by any stray glass and he's pretty capable of shifting any debris off of Sylvando, as necessary, so he'll just...walk on over to check this out........

He's not moving anything initially; it's good to see things as they are first. What exactly are we looking at?]

[bathymetric]

[ Well, first off, the body definitely didn't have a fun time when that chandelier fell. Broken bones, cuts... it's in bad shape. ]

[ltcommandroid]

[Yeah, that....tracks....

Is there any information to be garnered from the body's apparent positioning?]

[bathymetric]

[ Positioning not so much? But it is notable that many of the cuts from the glass don't seem to have bled much at all, despite all the blood on the ground. Might be worth looking into. ]

[paucipan]

[Gods. Once the horror wears off, Plumeria is just. A walking fucking fountain of anger at all of this, frustrated beyond belief. She'll leave the body to the experienced people, but how's the room in general looking? Anything interesting stand out?]

[bathymetric]

[ Apart from the chandelier and related horror? Well, there are a few things set out on one of the tables that might be of interest. ]

[paucipan]

[Plumeria is going to go look at those things, then! What do we have over here?]

[bathymetric]

[ Well, there's Sylvando's recorder, two marionettes, a couple hoops made from art room supplies, some pretty ribbons from the craft room...

... and one other thing. ]

[scythegun]

[Alright, fine, he'll be useful instead of accidentally stumbling into evidence. While Data's got Sylvando, Yeager's going to check out the rest of the place. First of all, what's up with the chandelier?]

[bathymetric]

[ Well, that's interesting! See, for starters the chandelier base plate is still in the ceiling, so the whole thing didn't drop? ]

[scythegun]

[??? That's weird... so did someone manage to break part of it to drop it down, maybe? He's not going to go poking the glass if he can help it, but can he get an idea of what happened here from the remains of the chandelier?]

[bathymetric]

[ It looks like, despite the height, someone managed to sever the rope holding the body of the chandelier up! ]

[sivard]

[Well. He'll let someone else handle looking over the body as usual. Instead he'll be looking for anything else noticeably out of place.]

[bathymetric]

[ Well, there's a notebook over on one of the tables! ]

[sivard]

[...huh! Let's take a look at it.

Before he picks it up and flips through it, is there anything noticeably off about it? A name on the cover, bloodstains, a detailed murder plan...]

[bathymetric]

[ Nope! It's open, and features a lot of party plans and performance ideas, as well as information and details on the PARTY ZONE itself. ]

[cethflayn]

[Since there are 16 clues in here WHERE DO Y'ALL NEED COVERAGE Flayn is here with senses that work good and also can keep a relatively level head]

[bathymetric]

[ Well, there's something interesting in the glass! Namely, a single set of footprints, though they're not defined enough to tell much more than that. ]

[cethflayn]

[More footprint evidence for Flayn, and the feet from some mysterious audience member watching Allenby die...goddamn it I don't want shoes or feet to be a Thing for my character again, but here we are.

Couple questions! Can we determine what direction the person who made these prints went? Is it towards Sylvando or away from him, for example? Any indication of blood to see if the person was like, not wearing shoes? And is all this glass from the chandelier?]

[bathymetric]

[ There's no real telling direction, but no blood or other glass is present. ]

[guffawsungraciously]

[...are there, like, any other things to

goddess he doesn’t. He doesn’t know. What the fuck. How. Okay he should probably investigate or something.

What the fuck.]

[bathymetric]

[ Well. There's a vending machine knife in the chandelier wreckage. That's a nice enough souvenir? Right?? ]

[guffawsungraciously]

[Cool! Good thing he put shoes on! Time to go over and see if that thing’s got blood on it!!]

AREA CLEAR

[bathymetric]