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.

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[bathymetric]

[ Not actively wet anymore, nope. Ready for that desk? ]

[fuckingguy]

[ He thinks he is, but truly, who can say! Is this something he'll find by opening drawers, or... ]

[bathymetric]

[ It's Jonathan's room key! Sitting right there in the middle of the desktop. See, that wasn't so bad, right? ]

[fuckingguy]

[ Oh, well, that's just fine—






ruh roh ]

[bathymetric]

[ It's fine. This is fine. Everything is fine.

You wanna know what else is fine? The note you can see poking out of the trash next to his desk. ]

[fuckingguy]

[ It's time... to dig through Jonathan Harker's trash! And read it./i> ]

[bathymetric]

[ It's torn and it's got more of those water stains! What Nandor will be able to make out is the following: ]

Heading out to meet up [too blurred to read] if something [another water stain] I'm sorry

[fuckingguy]

[ Is this consistent with Jonathan's handwriting as he knows it? So, like, from meeting invitations and so on.

Also, where is the tear? Does it look like anything he's written has been cut off? ]

[bathymetric]

[ It is, this looks very much like the handwriting of Jonathan Harker.

A small correction here, the note does not look torn, just blurred and water-stained. It doesn't look like the note has been cut off in any way. ]

[fuckingguy]

[ Well, he doesn't love that! Is there anything else to find in the trash? ]

[bathymetric]

[ Nothing else! It looks like he's found all there is to find in Jonathan's room. ]