Fifth Investigation

[bathymetric]

Friday morning dawns once more as crisp and clear as a morning can be at the bottom of the ocean. There's something hanging in the air, but it's unclear exactly what. Excitement? Dread? There are plenty among you who stand to gain from someone getting away with a murder this week. The "hostages" are all still in their cages, of course, but that was bound to happen until someone gets away with the whole murder thing.

There's nothing wrong in Helios Suites or on the grounds thereof, and there's no literal explosions in the distance, but... there's something off in the air, today. Better go do your civic duty, citizens.

Comments

[inaclearing]

[......well. On one hand, bringing the penguin out with him on a Friday morning has not, historically, gone great. On the other, he's already squawking up a storm and it would suck if he had to sit in Brett's room hungry all day because, you know, something happened.

So early this morning, Brett has a penguin on a leash and he's power-walking to the aquarium to hopefully get some fish before shit goes down!]

[bathymetric]

[ You can sure find some fish! But you also find the aquarium is a mess! In ways we're going to get into later but it's kind of impossible not to notice the frogs all croaking and hopping around? Looks like someone broke some things...

But there's no body. Just signs of something going really, really wrong. ]

[visiblepattern]

[You know what, the lake was nice and Rossiu seemed convinced that we were going to find a body in it, so he's going to just make sure that there is not, in fact, a body in it.

Is there anything in the lake, or along the way, that would catch his notice?]

[bathymetric]

[ There's something...kind of weird in the shallows of the water but that is for later. ]

[capreelcious]

[ Floyd's gonna stumble to the barn in the Nature Preserve! He just wants to vibe! Maybe they won't find anything! It could be a good day! Floyd Friday!!! ]

[bathymetric]

[ Hey Floyd! Here's a question, would you happen to be walking through the fields to get to the barn? ]

[sastruga]

[Just taking a little visit to the fields and seeing if there's trauma to be found or just cows.]

[bathymetric]

[ The fields, huh?

Well. As Mafuyu walks and wanders, she'll find the fields are...very disturbed. Something went through here, with little regard for the crops. ]

[bathymetric]

[ The speakers click on! ]

Wow, look at you go. Keep this up and we’ll end up with a winner by subtraction. Dracula’s Killer Friend, Shooting for the Enemy, and Mom [ Which she decides to just say in a derogatory way. ] are dead. Go get ‘em, gumshoes.

EVIDENCE LIST

[bathymetric]

45/45

NIGHTCLUB (13/13)
- Da ba dee da ba dead
- mood
- No but they should
- Hang on tightly
- Beads but no key, hm
- No one's dumb enough to ruin the nightclub
- Drink up or don't
- For when a dishwasher isn't enough
- What a tool
- they tased him, bro
- Letters!
- the guy loved to write
- Well that's sad, thanks Kat

THEATER (9/9)
- Look at allll those knife wounds
- Like a pincushion over here
- Death in vogue
- Nine Inch (bloody) Nails
- Stylin
- ice just gotta pick your brain
- What has science wrought
- Just use some club soda on those
- Knives themselves are consistent

JONATHAN'S ROOM (5/5)
- Easy way in
- That's one thing that doesn't need to be cleaned
- You're not going to lick it are you
- Hey, that's probably fine
- This too

AQUARIUM (6/6)
- Hopping mad about it, maybe
- Hit the bricks - er, pavement
- Course and rough, etc etc
- Unlocked successfully!
- Now how will you become a crab?
- Substrascribe

BARN (4/4)
- Gonna go out on a limb and say that shouldn't be on
- Even More Neon Pink blood
- Actually fork this
- Those were always there

LAKE (1/1)
- Not the kind of kibble you want to find CW: gore

FIELDS (7/7)
- Some assembly required CW: gore
- Apply force to corpse
- The cow was innocent!
- Maybe you'll get a discount
- Pink and green don't mix
- Eat your veggies, don't walk on them
- "Crushing Pumpkins" doesn't have the same ring to it

NIGHTCLUB

[bathymetric]

[ this is so sad, dj play one step closer from the dracula 2000 soundtrack ]

[visiblepattern]

[It takes Forrest a moment before he approaches the body; he's deeply subdued, and it doesn't take as much this time for him to calm himself before he starts. He questions, for a brief moment, what that says about all of this; he shoves the question out of his head quickly enough.

All right, so let's check him over; quick spot check first. Is it evident what killed him?]

[inaclearing]

[Brett is just gonna sit here and freak out for a little bit, but once Forrest goes to take care of Jonathan...well. He can't just sit here. Still a bit shaky, he forces himself to his feet.]

I'm - I'm giving control up, I'm -

[Yeah the half-singing to himself under his breath is probably normal and fine! Anyway, he was just - he was just here with Jonathan, he was just here -

Anything in the vicinity of the tables? He's looking specifically near where Jonathan was last night, but anything in the area.]

AREA CLEAR

[bathymetric]

THEATER

[bathymetric]

[ this wagner opera got real conceptual at the end huh ]

[fuckingguy]

[ AND NOW... it's time to pay his respects to the milf. Let's start with the stab wounds, I guess?? ]

AREA CLEAR

[bathymetric]

JONATHAN'S ROOM

[bathymetric]

[ sad tubthumping voice OHHHHHH JONNY BOOOOOOY JONNY BOOOOOOOOOOOOY ]

[fuckingguy]

[ HELL OF A WAY TO WAKE UP, FOLKS

but yeah he's dragging himself in here, he's already in the suite! is anything amiss? ]

AREA CLEAR

[bathymetric]

AQUARIUM

[bathymetric]

[ under the sea..... under the sea............... ]

[allatonce]

[walks in fifteen minutes late with starbucks

so where's nemo]

BARN (cw robot gore)

[bathymetric]

[ old mcdonald would be ASHAMED ]

[sastruga]

[We should absolutely not leave this to the traumatized teenager, but also like, no one stopped her, so. What DO we got in here, anyway?]

LAKE

[bathymetric]

[ jaws theme intensifies??? ]

[onemillion]

[Hey gang, even when I'm away from home I can't resist an investigation and I can probably do this one real quick, so!! What's going on with the lake?]

FIELDS

[bathymetric]

[ e-i-e-i-oh no ]

[capreelcious]

[ Floyd frowns as he makes his way back to Misfire... what's the situation over here, doc? ]