FIFTH INVESTIGATION

[bathymetric]

Morning dawns on Friday with the same sense of horribly mundane not-quite-dread it must by now, everything normal as you wake to leave your rooms and yet... well, the weeks haven't been kind to this usual favorite of days, have they? It's been over a month now since your last normal Friday.

But maybe this one will be different. Maybe you'll all find that despite everything, you've all finally made it to the end of one of The Professor's motives. You've outlasted him, and can see what happens when you all do so.

Or maybe not. Only one way to find out.

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[bathymetric]

[ Nothing else thrown in, but... this is actually definitely not all of her gem. Not even most of it. Nothing else mixed in, though there's something on some of the shards. ]

[ladygeryon]

[And what's that?]

[bathymetric]

[ Blood! :) Just a few drops. ]

[ladygeryon]

[Hm. Does it look like the blood was splashed on the gem, or more like the pointy ends of the shards poked someone and drew blood?]

[bathymetric]

[ The former!

Maybe the regain machine sword nearby can explain that. ]

[ladygeryon]

[Is there any blood on the sword? And does the sword have any damage that might suggest it was used to shatter a gemstone?]

[bathymetric]

[ Let's take those questions one at a time - first off, there's some blood on the blade, yes, but not much. ]

[ladygeryon]

[Is it closer to the tip, the middle, or the hilt? Might as well make that clear too.]

[bathymetric]

[ Tip/middle! It's hard to tell because there's also some light damage to the blade, possibly from hitting it against a rock!

Annnnnd that's all you're going to find, clue-wise! ]

[ladygeryon]

[Alright. And now...so according to this a masonry drill bit is supposed to be hard enough to scratch quartz. Can she find one in the workroom?]

[bathymetric]

[ Gotta figure out if Rose is faking it, I suppose. It's not hard to find an equivalent, but it's not gonna scratch these gem shards! Big hm. ]