FOURTH INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

Friday morning and, well, you all wake up hungry, I'm sure. Even the vending machine isn't dropping food anymore, apart from sticks of butter, and one cannot live on that for very long. Another week has passed on this ship, and despite the fun communal activity of Accidentally Summoning Calypso, Goddess of the Sea last night, there's a tension in the air that cannot be dispelled or explained by the presence of some supernatural entity.

But hey, relax! The hallway outside your rooms is clear, at least! Most of you are around! And look, there's breakfast in the good ol' Jimmy Buffet!

... Wait, breakfast in the buffet? But that would mean...

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[scouserer]

[Okay, well, he's definitely not asking for help from Jack, which means--]

OI! JONESY! The bloody ship's on fire! Get in 'ere and do something about it!

[thekeyofsea]

[ Jones proceeds to... you know, it might explain why you never see him walk the halls to see him step directly out of the wall, leaving a slightly discolored patch behind. ]

... So it is.

[ He looks at the fire, and the air does the same thickening sort of thing it did when first he arrived. The fire shrinks down, over the course of a long few seconds, until it is out. ]

As you were, Mister Constantine.

[scouserer]

Ah--

[UM. Well! Constantine jumps a bit, glancing between the now extinguished fire and Jones.]

Could--Could you always do that? [A pause.] Nevermind, don't answer that. Cheers, mate.

[Christ. Okay. Hopefully, things should be easier to investigate without the imminent threat of the whole ship burning down. Is there any evidence as to how the fire started or what was being burned?]

[bathymetric]

[ Well, the sheer number of candles in here should work for a start. And the smell of essential oils, as noted to Filbo below. ]

[scouserer]

[Hmmm. Presumably, everything is still pretty hot so he's going to start poking around the ashes with his foot.

Does it look more like the fire started due to being unattended, or did someone purposely set it up?]

[bathymetric]

[ It looks more like it was a case of "someone set this up very carefully and then got into a fight." They left something behind, though. ]

[scouserer]

[Huh! Constantine's going to kneel down and take a look at what's been left.]

[bathymetric]

[ Looks like the slightly-burned remains of a sketchbook! There are some drawings of pretty much everyone, as well as the kraken in here, if you take a proper look through what's left in it. ]

[scouserer]

[Huh. Well, that seems like it's important. Constantine's going to gingerly pick it up and start rifling through the pages.

How beat-up does this sketchbook look? Could he maybe make a guess as to how long the fire was burning?]

[bathymetric]

[ It's in rough shape, but managed to not get completely burned? Though it's hard to tell how long the fire has gone, it doesn't seem to have been burning like. All night. ]