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

[biddentodance]

[Oh......he just. Kneels by Atsushi's head. It's not the right procedure, he knows, but he lifts it from the floor, cradling it gently. He's quiet, for a very long moment.

So... What kind of expression is Atsushi wearing, frozen in death?]

[strangerpeople]

[It's...kind of remorseful. Sad, even.]

[biddentodance]

[You and me both, buddy.

Is there anything else worth noting? If not he might just.....sit here, holding the head. For a while.]

[strangerpeople]

[Know, save that the skin where the head's been seemingly separated from the rest of the body is lacking blood. Also...it feels waxy.]

[biddentodance]

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

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.]

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?]

[strangerpeople]

[Near the crown, off center to the right.]

[biddentodance]

[Is it shaped like anything in particular, or just a standard dent?]

[strangerpeople]

[It looks like someone could have smashed a computer monitor or similar size into the side of Atsushi's head, honestly.]

[biddentodance]

[Great, so kinda corner-shaped. Wonderful.

Minato cradles the head a little closer.]

Will find who did this to you.

[He isn't okay with what he knows will happen, but...god. He's just trapped.]

[strangerpeople]

[Pretty much.

Anything else you wish to do, Minato?]

[biddentodance]

[if there's nothing else actually on the head...

Well he'll continue to hold it gently, but look over the area where the head was. Any computers that might have been used to bash him?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Well, there's a computer monitor embedded in the wall.

That might possibly have been it, right?]

[biddentodance]

[Very possibly, yes. Is this to say that the monitor is stuck in a wall, just kinda chillin' a ways off the floor? Like. Clearly not meant to be there, and embedded pretty deep?]

[strangerpeople]

[Pretty much, yes.

It's not coming out any time quite soon-its pretty well smashed in there.]

[biddentodance]

[Well. He has questions. Are there other signs of a struggle nearby?]

[strangerpeople]

[Not anything overt, but there is a desk that lacks a computer monitor. Might be worth checking it out.]

[biddentodance]

[Couldn't hurt. Let's take a look.

...

Yes, he's still carrying the head.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[The computer tower there is unplugged.]

[biddentodance]

[...Curious. Now why might that be? Is there anything else off, here?]

[strangerpeople]

[No. There's nothing else.]

[charmingheroine]

[Following one end of that wire she found leads to the monitor, not the tower. She's just going to hold it up, and look at the... console? Box? and Minato quizzically.

And then blanch when she realizes he's got sort of company.]

You found... him.

[biddentodance]

...Yeah. Was- hit in the head. Probably with that.

[Gesturing toward the monitor.]