SECOND INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

It's easy to think, with how much... less this week's motive seems to be than the last, that perhaps nothing will happen. But then again, someone was poisoned yesterday, so perhaps you're already on edge. No one could blame you, in this place. Even on the brightest days, New Rapture is dark.

There's no blood in the elevator, at least, but... your radios are all pretty quiet, this morning.

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[bathymetric]

[ There sure are! Taking the shirt off is probably for the best, but it is not pretty under there, as his torso has sustained multiple wounds. Like, someone-just-went-to-town-on-him multiple wounds. They're all much deeper than they are wide, consistent with stabbing.

Additionally, for ease of access, there's one wound a little ways away from the others, on his left side that looks like it'll need its own special attention. Which would you like to look at first, the cluster, or the outlier? ]

[visiblepattern]

[The cluster first, such that he has something to compare the outlier to!]

[bathymetric]

[ So! We've got three stabs in total. All of these are centralized around the same area, which is Obi's torso. They're closer to the chest than the stomach. ]

[visiblepattern]

[Do they look like they could have punctured anything vital? I'm not going to try to claim that Forrest knows where a human liver is located or anything, but he knows where the lungs and the heart and the general Bad Places To Get Stabbed are.]

[bathymetric]

[ It's a close call on the cluster, it's all kinda in there? But it's not in the right place for the heart and lungs. He would know that it's in the area that's just...still pretty Bad To Get Stabbed, it's safe to say this is where most of that blood comes from.

Don't count the heart and lungs area out just yet, though. If you're ready to move on, we can address that, if not, we'll put a pin in it. ]

[visiblepattern]

[Let's go for it. Heart and lungs, here we come.]

[bathymetric]

[ In notable wound area #2! ...Which is unfortunately not the last notable wound area, I'm so fucking sorry Forrest-

This is the one that got the lung. It's another that's consistent with stabbing, and it's on his left side. ]

[visiblepattern]

[Does it look consistent with the other stabs? Like, was it done by the same weapon, judging by size of the blade.]

[bathymetric]

[ Same weapon, yes, but it's a little... The angle is weird? The angle is different, from the other wounds. ]

[visiblepattern]

[How so?

...Is this one from an underhand stab, because that's where my mind went immediately. Does it look like it came up from below, or is it something else?]

[bathymetric]

[ That's a big yes on up from below. While the cluster stabs all seem from above, this wound slants upward, indicating it was made from a lower vantage point. ]

[visiblepattern]

[All right, excellent. ...Not that it happened to Obi, but. You know what I mean.

Another question regarding the appearance of the stabs, I'm so sorry: how do the wounds themselves look, as in do they seem to have clean edges or did the skin tear? Was the blade visibly serrated, basically. And are all the wounds consistent in this regard?]

[bathymetric]

[ We're saying not serrated! The wounds are all consistent. ]

[visiblepattern]

[Okay, thank you!

...Now, uh. You mentioned other wounds that are notable?]

[bathymetric]

[ I did! I'm sorry!!

Thankfully the grisly ones are out of the way. All of these can be found on Obi's arms and hands. They're little cuts and bruises, things that caused him discomfort but not the same grief as what we've already looked at. They're all on the outside of his arms and palms, consistent with defensive wounds. ]

[visiblepattern]

[Good on you for fighting back, Obi.

All right, duly noted! Is there anything else about Obi's poor half-dressed body that he should know about?]

[bathymetric]

[ One last thing, and um. It's kind of cursed? All of the apologies in the world are not going to make this up to Forrest.

There's a rope tied around his foot. It may very well still be partly floating in the water. ]

[visiblepattern]

[...

why.

Is it just standard department store rope or does it look like it came from something else?]

[bathymetric]

[ Yeah. Just a standard department store rope, tied around Obi's foot and left here. ]

[visiblepattern]

[what in the almighty sinnoh is this.

but all right! i take it that's it, because i see the area clear down there - thank you!]