FIFTH INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

Friday morning dawns like any other. There's no sharp indicator whether or not you've all managed to avoid this motive - nothing missing returned, or anything like that. You still have the photos of the Ideal Futures that Jack gave you. The hallway outside your rooms is again clear of bodies. The air is still, the ship quiet.

Still, you can't help the feeling that, well... why would this Friday be any different? You've been in this cycle for over a month now, after all. But... only one way to find out!

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[bathymetric]

[ First off, there's a trail of blood leading from the lounge into the craft room! That would be uh. The cause to look in nearby rooms, mentioned earlier. ]

[cethflayn]

[Oh thank goodness so she wasn't just squinting at the obvious and not seeing it, okay, good to know. But also gonna file that away in the brain for later, there's blood in lounge room to craft room but nothing else is really a mess, got it.

Where does the lounge room blood originate?]

[bathymetric]

[ Well, it... leads from the struggle in here to Plumeria. So that might be where it originates, so to speak. ]

[cethflayn]

[Oh no a struggle

Let's take a look at the struggle area, what can we glean from that]

[bathymetric]

[ There's a bunch of furniture moved around or knocked over! Chairs, tables - one table near Decus's body is entirely knocked over, it's a rough day for furniture fans. ]

[cethflayn]

[Hm, that sure does look like there had been a big struggle alright. If Flayn is careful and kneels down, can she spot any blood or abandoned items in the area that might be of note?]

[bathymetric]

[ She won't even have to kneel down, really - for starters, there's some blood splatter on the wall, next to a pretty serious gash in it. ]

[cethflayn]

[A gash in the wall? Oh boy. This was a fight, huh. Flayn doesn't like that.

Hm...judging by the placement of that gash, would it be possible to tell if the person who made it was taller or shorter than Flayn at all? Also what's the blood splatter position like?]

[bathymetric]

[ The blood splatter seems like it was caused by whatever caused the gash, and as for taller or shorter it's pretty definite that this person was taller than Flayn at the very least. ]

[cethflayn]

[This is not a surprising fact, most of the others are taller than Flayn, but it's good to know anyways. So somebody did a big slash with a blade and left a lot of blood...since the blood trail seems to originate from here, this might have been a severe blow to Plumeria, right here. Flayn's brow furrows as she takes note.

Anything else off about the area?]

[bathymetric]

[ Well, there is something very big and out of place lying next to Decus! ]

[cethflayn]

[Sure let's go take a look at that, hopefully it's not cursed

it's probably cursed]

[bathymetric]

[ It... definitely looks like it might be literally cursed, that's not out of the question. ]

[cethflayn]

...There is no way I can lift this.

[Hhhahahha...so uh...odd question, any blood or bits of wall or signs of recent use on that bad boy of a sord?]

[scythegun]

[Since he's right here!]

I can carry it down for you, if you'd like.

[listen it's fine, he got a cursed sword last week, he can take another down, surely the curses will cancel each other out.]

[cethflayn]

Thank you, Yeager. I would.

[Her noodle mage arms appreciate it.]

[scythegun]

[A nod! He'll handle it, no worries!]

[bathymetric]

[ Well, the most obvious thing is probably the bits of faerie wing caught up in the blades at the top! ]

[cethflayn]

[OH SON OF A BITCH

Oh that's so not good, oh no]

Did he truly...?

[Is that the main evidence on the sord or is there more? Flayn will check it from tip to handle.]

[bathymetric]

[ That's the main evidence, but there's definitely general signs of blood and wear as well. ]

[cethflayn]

[Jesus Sothis Christ]

...Ugh. No, no...he still did not deserve this. He still did not. Not a single one of us has deserved this.

[But still, holy fuck, Decus.

Anything else for Flayn to find or is she good to pray for his soul to meet Alice in the beyond, only because he'd want that to happen.]

[bathymetric]

[ All the other evidence is Decus body evidence! You're good to go, Flayn! ]

[cethflayn]

[Then may Decus reunite with that binch Alice like he so desired, and may they find some reconciliation.]