THIRD INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

This week's promises were a little weird. From a threat, to an opportunity, to... This has been the closest to a full-on bribe Fontaine's gotten. You can't say he doesn't give you taste of what's to come, but is anyone going to take it? Maybe with the group vandalism you all did, feelings are high for sticking it to the man instead of biting at the obvious bait.

Of course, if you try to use the plasmids you'd previously injected, you'll find none of them will work. That's probably not a good sign. Honestly, giving a bunch of people dangerous injectables... What was the Mayor thinking?

Wait. That's the point, isn't it? Better get looking...though you may not have to go far at all.

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[honeyedtea]

[ Because Mielle has basic pattern recognition, she's going to the restaurant so she can have something to eat before inevitably having to investigate a murder!! ]

[bathymetric]

[ No she's not.

Because the instant the elevator gets down to the hotel lobby, she'll find a body laying right in front of it.

He's face-up, so let's not beat around the bush, shall we? There's no mistaking who this is, and from the amount of blood pooling under him, it's impossible to deny the truth. It was only a matter of time, really. Did he think he could escape this a second time?

Yasuhiro Hagakure is dead. ]

[honeyedtea]

[ . . .

I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GOING TO BE SURPRISED IF I SAY SHE JUST FUCKING SCREAMS, RIGHT??? ]

[bootyhunter]

[Guess who's gonna rush in here and be screaming loudly as shit too- BITCH TF SETO?????????]

[sastruga]

[Teen girl squad (rip Penelope gone but not forgotten) is probably heading down together so this is a fun time for all.]

Hagakure... san...?

[She's managed to avoid seeing the corpses of the past two cases so, uh, hey. New... new experience?]

[honeyedtea]

Wh–why– why is he here?! In front of the elevator, who would just leave him here like this?!

[ she's having a moment!!! ]

[sastruga]

Someone very inconsiderate.

[She's just kind of? Staring? At the body???

She legitimately does not know what to even DO here, please hold on she's also having a moment.]

[visiblepattern]

[Screaming is never a good sign first thing in the morning? Holy shit, that's happening.]

Mielle! Are you-

[Oh. Oh, god, no, no she is not okay, that's a body, and it's... He's really upset by who it is but he'll make it.]

Should I, ah... I'm not going to make you handle it, Mielle, I can take care of him.

[bootyhunter]

No!

[He hisses at poor Forrest, collapsed on the floor in absolute shock, but he's forcing himself do it.]

Let me do it.

Don't fucking touch him.

[visiblepattern]

Absolutely not. Not if you're actively upset; we can't risk errors in the trial.

[hotpaprika]

Lady Roscente-!

[Jonathan wasn't going to investigate today, but hearing a scream from a familiar voice makes him come dashing out.

And then he sees Hagakure's body.]

Oh dear God.

[Luckily, he is not as emotionally devistated by this murder, so he's going to place a hand on Mielle's shoulder and gently try to move her away.]

Don't look, Lady Roscente, you of all people do not need to witness this.

[honeyedtea]

[ She doesn't seem to hear his voice until he sets a hand on her shoulder – and it's only then that she jumps and manages to pull her gaze away from Hagakure. Not that looking away now is going to keep the sight from lingering in her mind for who knows how long. ]

Mister Harker...! [ Her voice breaks a bit. ] Is he– is there no chance he could still be–?!

[ They'd had a terrible scare with Drakkon, after all. Could this be another false alarm? ]

[hotpaprika]

[Jonathan stares at Hagakure's body. That was so much blood and he was so still. He can already tell if there was a chance to save him, it's long gone now.

He embraces Mielle gently as he speaks.]

... I cannot lie to you, Lady Roscente, but I fear that we have arrived too late.

[fuckingguy]

... shit, it really was pink.

[hotpaprika]

[He is not going to ask Nandor if it tastes different from human blood but the thought appears in his head briefly and he Hates It.]

[howveryglib]

…

[in fairness the last time he ended up getting off an elevator with a group it ended pretty badly too]

[inaclearing]

Ah -

[Brett covers his mouth, but actually seems rather less affected this time. The pink isn't as visceral, maybe?]

Wh - oh, god. [Do we gotta climb over him to...?]

[dullshooter]

…Guess he didn’t see that one coming.

[ba-dum-tssh but also this sucks]

[sastruga]

Evidently.

[...she should probably be scolding him but she's a little distracted.]

[dullshooter]

Er-

[The lack of a threatening Misfire-san is noted.]

Are you sure you should be looking at this?

[buriedstar]

[ Elbows him but he's stifling a laugh as he does so.

You know. ]

That's a terrible thing to say, Misfire-yah.

[dullshooter]

I’d like to think he’d appreciate the clairvoyancy-based pun, even with the circumstances.

[bootyhunter]

[Oh, but he did.

He and Dandy just didn't realize it at the time.]

[dullshooter]

[You could say he didn’t have a…20/20 vision]

[giddyundertaker]

[ Good news! Our resident mortician is actually up early enough to follow the commotion and investigate.

Bad news... He kind of liked this one. ]

Oh dear... And there's another bit of laughter gone from this world.

[ Why does this keep happening. Are Jonathan, Floyd, or Nandor next? ]