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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[bathymetric]

[ Just the one, opposite of the lovely bite mark Forrest found. ]

[pairtner]

[Opposite arm from the bite mark, alright. Noting that down.

Anything else to be found in this corpse examination? There are a couple things she would like to figure out herself for clarification's sake, but they probably can wait until after the clues have been found]

[bathymetric]

[ General bruising mostly. Nothing too big, like his already noted wounds, but a little on his upper torso and arms.

And... Well, something about the body placement that should be noted. ]

[pairtner]

[Oho! Alright, what's up with the body placement?]

[bathymetric]

[ When Forrest found him, Adaman was face-down in the water. Interestingly, he wasn't far out in the pond. In fact, his shoes are on dry land.

By all appearances, he just kind of fell. In addition, there's no signs of struggle by the edge of the pond. No bruising on the back of his neck or shoulders. Nothing to indicate he was held down. ]

[pairtner]

[Oh, that's indeed interesting. Hm! Definitely remembering that.

Alright, time for a few things, for clarification. Maybe during the trial information about this will be revealed, maybe it won't...but Aiba does it anyway. Turning on her thermograph, she checks Adaman...

...to try to determine the time of death. Would it be possible to get an estimate of how long ago he died?]

[bathymetric]

[ Clever, Aiba!

You can't get an exact time. But you can determine he died somewhere around 2 to 3 AM. ]

[pairtner]

[Alright, the estimate is fine, yup. Two to three in the morning...alright.]

Adaman died in the early hours in the morning. It's unlikely there were witnesses.

[Not impossible, but it's unlikely.

The other thing...Aiba focuses on the bite mark on Adaman's arm, analyzing it, and then looks at Adaman's head]

This feels like an invasion of privacy when it's on someone you talked with.

[She says that because she turns on her X-ray, to look at his skull -- at his teeth.

It's unlikely she will get a match to anyone specific in the group, and that includes Adaman himself. But it's always worth a try and see if she can determine if he bit himself or not. Is that possible? Or is it an inconclusive result?]

[bathymetric]

[ Inconclusive. What she can determine is this bite came from a human mouth, not an animal. ]

[pairtner]

[Well! Good to know Leafeon has been cleared completely from any wrongdoing. Cheeeeeers!

Hah, but yeah, this was all. Time to waddle away and check all areas without clues just to say there was nothing in them. Thanks for the info!]

[giddyundertaker]

Missed all the fun, have I?

[ Drat. He must have overslept. He seems... Well, not particularly upset about missing out on the investigation, but he isn't exactly his weirdly cheery self either.

His tone is a bit more serious than usual. ]

I see you've already finished the autopsy then?