THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[It is very early. Very, very early. It's still night, even. Most are probably still asleep.

They will not be asleep for long.

Not after the screaming suddenly starts coming from the voices outside their doors, if they are in the apartment car, in their rooms.]

Oh god oh god oh god-

B____R! FOOT IN MY MOUTH INDEED!

[And certainly not after the big

BOOM

That suddenly rocks the train. There is screeching, moaning, and a flash of great darkness. Everyone, for a moment, is blinded by blackness. There are shouts and screams that echo, no matter where one is. Smoke and begins to fill the hall of the apartment car.

Whatever has happened-it's bad. It's very bad.

And the darkness is starting to clear up...]

Comments

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[He will notice the blood trail coming from the entrance to the luggage car, albeit it's been smeared a bit thanks to everyone walking around.]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[Hm. Gross. And not at all doing anything to lessen the horror vibe.

He'll just carefully not step in that and get a tad bit of a closer look then, shall he?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Very well. As he tracks the blood, he will notice that the spot around where Tali fell natirally has a small pool of blood there.]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[He pauses a moment looking at the pool of blood. Too many have died. Far, far too many...]

...We will find who is responsible.

[Does he mean the killer or the Empress? Perhaps the answer is "yes".

Well, since he's checked the ceiling and floor, is there anything odd about the tables or chairs?]

[strangerpeople]

[No, aside from a missing tablecloth. However.

There is something near the table closest to where Tali was, though.]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[Well, let's take a look at that then. Every clue counts.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[It's a sword.]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[How many weapons is he going to find? Well, he guesses he'll take that too.

...Though now it occurs to him, do either the axe or the sword have blood on them?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There is no blood on the axe.

There is blood splattered on the sword, and on the sharper side of the blade, however.]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[Okay, so the axe may have been attempted to be used as a defensive weapon then, and the sword is the murder weapon. Assumptions corrected there.

Does the sword have any identifying marks?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[The blade is curved, with a brown handle.]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[How about the axe? Anything interesting about that?]

[strangerpeople]

[It's an axe of medieval style, but otherwise nothing remarkable.]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[Alright then. Anything interesting about the walls?]

[strangerpeople]

[Nope. It otherwise looks like RGB found everything he's going to find!]

[technicolourdifficulties]

[Oh, excellent.]