I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY

[strangerpeople]

AND THOUGH THE NEWS WAS RATHER SAD

[Good morning, (good morning, good,) Strangers.

The countdown has been steadily ticking since Tuesday, and despite the crowded nature of the house making it a couple degrees warmer than it might otherwise be, the looming threat hangs cold.

There's a certain disquiet in the air as morning dawns on the residents of 15 Maple Lane – not that anyone would be able to tell, with the darkness of Pluto, of all places hanging outside.

Maybe it's just you? Or maybe there's something up with that? Only one way to find out...]

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EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[As she inspects, she will realize that they seem to be shallow, especially for the amount of blood that has or may yet be found.]

[nolongerasleep]

[Anything else on this side of her, like face, legs, etc? Is her clothing torn or anything else that could indicate a fight happened?]

[strangerpeople]

[No. There are no other obvious injuries, no torn clothing.]

[nolongerasleep]

[To be sure, Lithia will also go ahead and lift her up to turn her over and see if anything is on Inaba's back. She's definitely apologizing softly for disrespecting the dead like this, but she doesn't want to miss anything.]

[strangerpeople]

[Still nothing.]

[nolongerasleep]

[Okay, so it seems like she's done with the body and will gently lay the girl down so that other than the knife wounds and blood she can look like she's sleeping. Then she'll go ahead and look around the body for anything that doesn't belong there.]

[strangerpeople]

[Aside from what Rantaro found, she will probably want to check out the blood trail that led here.

Will she?]

[nolongerasleep]

[She'll take a mental note of what Rantaro found and then go look at the blood trail some more.]

[nightmareofdivinity]

[He’s following the the trail. ... Where does this go?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Well, it turns out it's not just blood. It's a combination of blood and vomit, and it leads to the bottom of the stairs.]

[nightmareofdivinity]

[The smell isn’t great, but he’s not too bothered. Does it go up the stairs at all or just stay there?]

[strangerpeople]

[It's just at the bottom of the stairs.]

[nightmareofdivinity]

[Someone found a lemon before. Does the barf smell like lemon or anything other than barf, or is the stomach acid stench too strong?]

[strangerpeople]

[There's no lemon, uh, scent.]

[nightmareofdivinity]

[Okay, good. He tries to look at the splatter. Does it look like she was going towards the stairs or away from it?]

[strangerpeople]

[Away.]