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

[charmingheroine]

Let's just get you out of here, all right?

[She's going to gently but insistently pull the woman with her as she stands.]

I promise you, we're going to find the person who did this.

[Just. Shepherding her towards the door... Being cried on is fine....]

[strangerpeople]

[Just...sobbing hysterically, don't mind her.]

[charmingheroine]

[She's going to keep making sympathetic noises and try to be comforting as she leads the woman away, but a thought does occur...]

I do have one last question, I'm afraid. Were you trying to find your way out, or did it sound like someone needed help?

[strangerpeople]

I...I saw the monsters were loose and everyone was crowding the entrance! So..so I was trying to hide in the room...and...and then...

[charmingheroine]

You're safe now, at least. Here, we're almost to the station....

[She'll make sure the lady is settled there, and then head back to the computer room. So before she actually goes in, is there anything off about the door or doorframe?]

[strangerpeople]

[Nope, but she might notice something on one of the walls. Well, one that isn't a smashed computer monitor.]

[charmingheroine]

[What is it? Please don't be a message in... wax....]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[No.

It's a wire connected a table right next to the wall. However, it's clearly been cut.]

[charmingheroine]

[Okay, that... gets photographed. Where does that wire seem to lead? Are both halves visible?]

[strangerpeople]

[The other half of the wire is connected to the computer monitor Minato is investigating.]

[charmingheroine]

[So the other end just goes to the wall?]

[strangerpeople]

[Basically, one half is still connected to the computer-and the other half is tied to a table by another wall.]

[charmingheroine]

[Wait, tied? Not plugged in somewhere, but tied to the table?]