THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[The morning starts as...most mornings do. Quiet, calm. In space. Next to a jail.

That, however, changes when screams start to emanate from the entrance.]

RUN RUUUUN!!

AAAAAAAH!!

[Soon enough, droves of people are streaming out of the jail, panicking and screaming and in some cases fainting. They start jamming towards the station in a near-stampede, screeching.]

LOOSE! THEY'RE LOOSE!!

THE ANIMALS HAVE ESCAPED THE PEN!!

[...Oh dear.

Help?]

Comments

[unwittingking]

[So...King feels terrible. The fact that Atsushi is dead now leaves him saddened. What's worse...he feels some relief from it. He hates himself for that, but his family is safe, even if they're still being held captive. It's the only positive emotion he can feel right now, and he hates himself just a little bit more for it.

So, he'll try to make up for it. He'll either whisper to the kid on the floor.]

Either find a way out of here the normal way if you're a criminal, or get on the train so we can talk later.

[What? Either the kid did something big enough to piss of the Empress and get put in space jail, or King has the chance to help another kid that seriously needs the help. Whichever option it is will be a win-win in his book

However the kid reacts, he'll walk to the shower room after that. Hopefully an obvious clue is here?]

[strangerpeople]

[It'll take some time, but yes. She can calm it down.]

l-loooo...

[charmingheroine]

I know. I know, it's awful, but that's being taken care of. Don't look over there, just stay focused on me, all right?

[So she's a native, then?]

[strangerpeople]

[She is, yes.]

Oh...the head...where...

[strangerpeople]

[The neck is waxy, but there is none leaking.

Otherwise, feel free to look elsewhere on the body.]

[charmingheroine]

I'm afraid I don't know either.

[HIS HEAD IS MISSING??????? THIS IS? THE WORST? But she can't show that level of horror outwardly, so....]

Forgive me, I'm not sure I understood - you entered to find him deceased?

[eternaldivide]

[ okay... suspicions confirmed now lets move down to his legs since it looks like there is an injury there as well? ]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There is a pretty sizable wound around his ankles. Like. Large. Almost like someone carved the the majority of wound into him. Somehow.]

[strangerpeople]

Yes!

[sob]

[biddentodance]

[Thaaaat's normal. Okay. Anything....else?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Don't worry, this isn't Polythreme.

The key card isn't going to bite back.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Well, he will notice that in comparison, the body is near the other end, by the wall, where Mithos is now investigating.

Also, he will notice a dent in the back of Atsushi's head. Ow.]

[strangerpeople]

[The kid blinks, then nods. He'll at least try, obviously.]

I'm not a criminal....but. I'll explain later.

[Anyways, onto the showers!]

[dragonmouth]

[ Look she's a princess and all princesses have like, an innate ability to attract cute animals or some shit. ]

...do you know where the others are?

[ Tali no, Tali animals can't talk ]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[No, but this being like Space Quest is also not out of the realm of possibility, and you know how Sierra games are.]

Hm. That's interesting.

[He'll just pick that up and examine it more closely then.]

[strangerpeople]

Loo woo wooloo...

[Very sad sheep is still quite panicked, but it doesn't seem to be able to explain anything. Well, not in human language.]

[strangerpeople]

[It's just a normal key card. A key card that grants access to open the pen and deactivate the force field, essentially.]

Re: EVIDENCE

[biddentodance]

[...a dent. Oh no. How big is this dent, and like where-ish is it? Near the crown? Neck? Off-center left or right?]

[unwittingking]

[He nods in understanding before heading over.

So, first, a quick surveillance of the room. Anything big?]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[So that means that this was intentional, and probably intended as a distraction to mask the murder occurring. He'll just be pocketing that then.

Anything else suspicious around that he can spot?]

[dragonmouth]

I know, I know...

[ What does she know? NOTHING, that's what. She's gonna keep petting that sheep.

After this goes on for a while, is it going to try to move anywhere? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Well, he might notice one of the animals approaching him from outside the pen.]

Re: EVIDENCE

[eternaldivide]

[ okaaayy that is... odd. Around the ankles is not where someone normally sees the largest wounds.

Anything else of note for the wounds? If not Mithos will... move on to see if Atsushi had anything on his person like a pocket or something. ]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There's a lot of wet spots all over the place.]

[strangerpeople]

[No, it's thankfully calming down.

It sniffles with a 'wooloo' and snuggles next to Tali.]