THE FIRST VICTIM

[strangerpeople]

THE FIRST VICTIM

[Friday morning is quiet enough.

Everything seems to be normal, as before. Normal and boring, even with the strange things happening around the Depths. After all, no one's killed yet. Why would they? Surely something as ridiculous as a weird fruit and a fleeting promise wouldn't provoke anyone to kill to see if something like that was actually true, right?

Right?

Still, if anyone was worried, they would at least feel justified at being tense. People were told to kill another in return for the safety and life of a loved one, after all. And it included a way out for someone who succeeded in getting away with it. There may be someone more than willing to kill for that chance.

And that's when you don't consider the two empty rooms, one of which was opened and resulted in more strange things happening. And what happened last week? It hasn't been solved, has it? And no one expected that.




Perhaps it's a thought to look around to make sure there's nothing off this morning.

Certainly, it couldn't hurt.]

Comments

ARMORY

[strangerpeople]

[lightnen]

[ After actually finding Laslow's dead body in here, he makes sure Futaba will at least be okay on her own before getting up to explore the room. He was in here a couple times earlier in the week, so is there anything immediately off that he'd be able to pick up on besides the body and the daggers all over the floor?

Surely something will stand out, right? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Well, every single dagger in the armory was covering the body.

Though, that one was probably pretty obvious. Same with the burning smell. However, nothing else is obviously off at first glance.

Keep looking?]

[lightnen]

[ He'll do just that. Starting from the corner of the room and seeing if anything else had been knocked over or really touched recently.

With the dim lighting it'll be hard to tell but it's not gonna stop him from trying to look anyway. ]

[strangerpeople]

[Nothing else has been knocked over aside from the daggers, but speaking of the daggers, he may notice something different about two of the daggers that had been deep in the pile.]

[lightnen]

[ Thankfully, he's been known to have quite good perception of things around him, so when he looks back toward the pile of daggers, it's the two that catch his eye.

Kneeling down, he moved closer so he could try and discern what made those two daggers stand out from the rest of them. ]

[strangerpeople]

[Probably the biggest thing?

Both have blood on them.]

[zephyranthe]

[W o w rude that bell sure woke her up, huh. It's kind of hard to miss the group of people hanging out in the armory so Fie will just stroll on over and peek at that body. That sure is a lot of stab wounds.

If there isn't anything else that immediately stands out about the body in its current position, how about we try a quick frisk?]

[strangerpeople]

[Look again, Fie. There's only one stab wound. The other wounds look like burns.]

[zephyranthe]

[Well the player sure fucked that one up whoops. Although the mention of burn wounds is pretty weird, assuming Laslow wasn't actually like... buck-naked the whole time. Did it look like the fire went right through his clothes or something?]

[strangerpeople]

[It sure did! Laslow is basically topless in the front, save for certain pieces of clothing still attached to his body.]

[zephyranthe]

[Well, looks like Laslow just couldn't take the heat of being in this place. Or something.

But that's cool, if there aren't any other wounds on the front then uh... maybe she'll flip the body on its back and check that before doing anything drastic first. Just in case.]

[strangerpeople]

[Laslow's back is clean of wounds, burns, and possible ripped shirt fetishes.]

[almightyconflagration]

[So after grabbing a bite to eat, McBurn decides to join the group. He's still got some of the food he grabbed and seems to be completely not bothered by the fact that the room smells like blood, burning and there is a corpse here. After all, if there's going to be some lengthy nonsense, he wants to be sure to have eaten.

He's the most interested in the burnt stuff since he's definitely an expert on burning things and all, does there seem to be a source for the smell?]

[strangerpeople]

[Geez, McBurn. What are you eating?

The smell's coming from the body.]

[almightyconflagration]

[Some yummy veggies. Om nom nom.

So as far as the burning goes does it look like it came before or after the stabbing? Also, how severe of wounds are we talking?]

[strangerpeople]

[To someone who isn't as attached to fire, it would be hard to tell when those wounds were inflicted, or how bad those burns are.

However, someone like McBurn can tell that the burn wounds vary even with a cursory look. They are, at most, first-to-second-degree wounds.

As for a deeper look? Comparing the wounds, it would become obvious to someone like McBurn that, with the lack of bodily responses, like blisters, that the burns were inflicted after the stab wound.]

[almightyconflagration]

[Yeah, using fire as a weapon for most of his life certainly helps with being familiar with the sorts of wounds it inflicts.

Now the biggest question, how did he get burned? Is there any evidence of a tool being used to burn him?]

[strangerpeople]

[There doesn't seem to be any sign that a tool, like a candle or torch or anything like that, was used.]

[carries_war]

[Now that the precious cinnamon roll has been steered away from seeing a dead body, let's get back to work. Since Killua seems to have the daggers, he'll look around the room at large...particularly the floor. Any blood trails or anything to indicate the body was dragged in here, since the room doesn't look like the scene of a fight?]

[strangerpeople]

[No. There's no sign of anyone being dragged in or out of the Armory.]

[carries_war]

[Huuuuuh. A surprise attack? Back over to the corpse...wait, he sees two bloody daggers and only one wound. How big is that wound, anyway?]

[strangerpeople]

[Its definitely big enough to have been caused by either of the daggers.]

[carries_war]

[Either, not both? Don't mind him just Literally poking into the wound to see if it looks like he was stabbed multiple times in the same spot or something.]

AREA CLEAR

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