FIRST INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

To say this week has been intense is, generally, an understatement. Friday dawns like any other day. Some of you may have guessed that something like this would happen. It's not a difficult assumption to make, considering what's at stake. Mayor Fontaine has come forward with clear intent, and maybe expecting twenty-five people to stay strong against it is too much. Or maybe not! You never know!

...For those of you not entirely convinced, however, those visible traces of blood in the elevator might speak differently.

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[kninja]

[Oh what the fuck. Obi books it for the meeting room.]

[bathymetric]

[ No bodies here! A few things off that we'll return to later, but no bodies.

And, before you ask, the hostages are gone. ]

[inaclearing]

[It's not exactly unexpected, but the sight still turns Brett's stomach. He steps back from the elevator and calls back down the hall towards the dorms, a note of panic in his voice:]

Hey, guys?

[dullshooter]

That is not a tone that fills me with confidence.

[hellaethics]

[...Well fork.

Let's, uh, head straight for the lobby, I guess???]

[bathymetric]

[ Nothing weird here! Just your everyday average tacky hotel lobby. ]

[fuckingguy]

[ After staying up way too late to attend the tea party, Nandor has actually slumbered through the night for once! And when he wakes up... ]

Oh! I have more tokens!

[ And out he goes in his tie-dye shirt and jeans to cash them in! Except then, you know... the elevator car comes. And it opens. And his mouth waters. ]

... Shit.

[ This is not a good scene for him, so he's going to do what he does best: run back into suite 1 and start yelling and banging down doors. ]

[howveryglib]

[he was just getting up to start the Morning Routine what is this…]

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Nandor. What is amiss.

[he will remain calm but man! does he have to try and remember the basics of cqc]

investigation

[bootyhunter]

[...It's exactly as he feared.

Dandy's own escapade in the elevator has left him with him with a variety of doubts, but-]

Is there any chance that somebody 'round here just got a really bad nosebleed?

[Much to his chagrin, he will get closer to the trails of blood.]

Closed his eyes and thought of some droolworthy dame? Damn it, damn it, damn it...!

[bathymetric]

[ Hold up, Dandy! There's stuff we can note about the traces of blood, but we're going to save that for after the body discovery! Just know it's not really a trail. You're gonna have to look around other rooms to find whatever's gone wrong. ]

[visiblepattern]

[Forrest tends to spend a lot of time in the garden in the morning, praying to whatever is willing to listen. Right now he really wants to go back to doing that because none of this looks good. How's it going in here?]

[bathymetric]

[ Oh, Forrest.

Hopefully someone is listening to your prayers, because you're going to need to start saying a few more.

There's a body face down in the shallow pool. ]

[capreelcious]

[ Yeesh. Floyd is heading for the restaurant! ]

[bathymetric]

[ There's something to note here, but it's not a body, so let's put a pin in that for now! ]

[allatonce]

[........ Well. Let's bypass everyone freaking out with Obi and go to the library.]

[bathymetric]

[ You can read in peace! You may not want to right now, though. ]

[onemillion]

[...This is going to suck. There's absolutely no doubt this is going to suck, but fine. How's the landing looking on floor 2? Rossiu's destination is the library if floor 2's looking more or less fine.]

[bathymetric]

[ A perfectly normal landing, and a perfectly normal library, albeit all under the sea. You can join Joy to get some reading material before the day goes sideways. ]

[sastruga]

[I'm sure all that blood is fine and someone just spilled their tomato soup or something.

Meanwhile Mafuyu's gonna stop by the gym this morning, like everything's fine.]

[bathymetric]

[ The gym is free of bodies and blood alike! ]

[bathymetric]

[ After a few long moments, your dear mayor's voice comes in over every radio and screen channel in New Rapture. ]

Rough night for the Diamond in the Rough, huh? Not every day you bite the big one.

Now I can't make you do anything, but I'm gonna suggest you take some time and look around for evidence. It'll make the trial easier if you do. I'll give ya word when your time is up and you can head into the far end of the Hall of Founders.

[bathymetric]

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GARDEN (0/9)
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RESTAURANT (0/1)
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ELEVATOR (0/2)
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MEETING ROOM (0/2)
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ADAMAN'S ROOM (0/2)
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GARDEN

[bathymetric]

[ What are the poor pond fishes going to think about this? ]

[inaclearing]

[Brett is gonna walk the fuck away from the body to take a minute, so - is there anything out here that's not body-adjacent to look at?]

RESTAURANT

[bathymetric]

[ Food so good to die for? ...No? No. ]

[capreelcious]

[ Well, Floyd's here! What can he find, oh powerful mods? ]

ELEVATOR

[bathymetric]

[ What do you mean escalate? ]

[buriedstar]

[ What's up here? Or what's down. ]

MEETING ROOM

[bathymetric]

[ There's a joke about meeting about parting but. Seems a little tacky. ]

[kninja]

[Well, Obi's here, and the hostages aren't. Anything else to notice at a glance?]

ADAMAN'S ROOM

[bathymetric]

[ And behind door number 4D... ]

[onemillion]

[Right. So we need to gather evidence. And surely Adaman left something behind that will be important, right? This is also away from the... corpse and the blood and everything else and Rossiu just needs a moment, alright. So. Is the door unlocked? Anything to notice about it from out here?]