Sixth Investigation

[bathymetric]

Another Friday. The air is strangely cold as you wake, potentially wondering if this week will follow the trend of the last two. How can you afford to keep bleeding people like this? Surely this isn't sustainable. One way or another, some kind of reckoning has to be coming.

But before that reckoning, there's one more time you need to go back into the breach. You hope not, but... it was one hell of a motive this week, after all. Up and at 'em, gang. Helios Suites is body-free, so you can grab a breakfast or something before heading out, but... for one last time, there's something out there for you to find.

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[bathymetric]

[ So aside from being a copy of New Moon just vibing out in the open, it's been bookmarked to somewhere near the climax. If "Edward takes off his shirt in public" can be called a climax, anyway. ]

[visiblepattern]

[...Oh no, he's going to sparkle at everyone...

Huh. Okay! Is there anything else odd about the book? Like is anything underlined or written in the margins, or was someone just enjoying New Moon last night and didn't put the book back?]

[bathymetric]

[ The book itself is pretty normal! The bookmark, however, a little less so. ]

[visiblepattern]

[All right - let's check out the bookmark, then. What's so unusual about it? He would have seen it while flipping through to see where in the book they were.]

[bathymetric]

[ It is a folded sheet of notebook paper, which seems to be some sort of inventory! Of the weapons from the armory, it looks like - lots of weapons with tally marks below them. The main things to note are the -2s below the throwing knives and the curved swords - as well as the fact that while the handwriting itself is very impressive, the spelling is... less so. ]

[visiblepattern]

[Oh dear...

All right, got it. Is that all there is about the bookmark and the book itself? If not, he'll keep looking at it until it's given up all its secrets.


...If so, what else is off around here, if anything?]

[bathymetric]

[ Nothing else is off around here, but you get the mysterious feeling it might be a good idea to check Nandor's room. ]

[visiblepattern]

[He will absolutely go do that! He meant to, though it feels kind of weird raiding a dead person's room.

...Actually, is it unlocked, or does he have to go back down to Head Trauma Central and loot the body to find the key?]

[bathymetric]

[ The door is open! Nandor's room has a bunch of weapons mounted on the walls, is one of its more distinguishing features - there's something to note about those, as well as something in his desk, as far as case-relevant things in here go. ]

[visiblepattern]

[Gotcha - let's check the weapons first!]

[bathymetric]

[ So it looks like there's a couple recent additions to the wall - two scimitars, as well as a couple vending machine knives. ]

[visiblepattern]

[Nice, nice... Forrest is in fact a Fire Emblem so he can appreciate a nice weapons display.

What's going on with the dask, though?]

[bathymetric]

[ The surface of the desk is pretty clear! In one of the drawers, however, is a stack of sealed envelopes, one for each person here. Zinda's is on top, and on the bottom is a blank piece of paper with "Guillermo" written on it.

On top of the stack sits a ring, which is recognizably often on Nandor's hand! Currently, however, it is here. ]