The Second Victim

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND VICTIM

[It was getting unbearable. The illness, the stress, the threat of death, either by oneself or by another. The worry about finding a cure for a disease that, in this comparatively primitive world, might not even exist outside of the Depths.

However, on Friday morning - or what the Titled could at least conceive as Friday - all the Titled will wake up with the remnants of a very soothing sensation in their throats. Cool and at the same time almost burning, like someone had dropped liquid menthol down their throat while they were sleeping.

They will also find something else, especially if they had been infected: their perception of time is back to normal. Which means one of two things. One of the Titled actually managed to create the potion needed to cure the disease, or...the Titled might have an Inquisition looming on the horizon.

There is only one way to find out.



((OOC: Just a reminder that, due to the nature of the motive this week, there may be references to self-harm and suicide, along with other possible triggers, during this Inquisition, including during the Investigation, and that potentially triggering comments should (and comments by the mods will) be given a trigger heading on those comments.))]]

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[kiddefender]

[Raph is mostly feeling better. There's still that odd tired feeling from being sick, so she's plod along to the Conservatex. It's the closest she's going to get to fresh air.]

[strangerpeople]

[Ah, the Conservatex. The cow is eating grass. The chickens are quietly fluttering around. Above, beautiful moths converge on the tree and its branches.

And beneath the tree, someone laying down on their stomach. Which could be a problem, if they're sleeping.

Check on them?]

[socialhacktivist]

[Not having felt the affects of the illness in the first place, Futaba doesn't really know that anything's changed. Yet she's checking out the laboratory this morning for purely investigative purposes.

Who knows. Maybe she'd rock science and find a cure.]

[strangerpeople]

[The laboratory is clear. Rock the science, Futaba.]

[intercessing]

[There's no strange chimes. No announcement. In fact, the Intercessor is just waking up when they start and let out a shout.

The Order 7 announcement has been hung from where they would have otherwise hung.]

TITLED! QUICKLY!!

ORDER 7 LOG 1

[strangerpeople]

NAME: Harley Quinn

LOCATION: Conservatex

TIME OF DEATH: 2358

CAUSE OF DEATH: Neck dislocation

WOUNDS: Portait

ORDER 7 LOG 2

[strangerpeople]

NAME: Ai Haibara

LOCATION: Workshop

TIME OF DEATH: 2347

CAUSE OF DEATH: ???

WOUNDS: ???

EVIDENCE LOG

[strangerpeople]

FLOOR 1 HALLWAY: 2/2

It is a bit sans-y
Ninty freshness


CONSERVATEX: 7/7

That's one way of leaving your mark
Boil me mash em
Stick em in a stew
That is not how you bend and snap
Somehow this feels like karma
You're as cooold as...wait no you're not
Eric is Mothra confirmed


LABORATORY: 1/1

Clearly the work of a Captain Planet villain


KITCHEN: 3/3

Yummy nummy smells
Comes with French Fried Garrus
You missed the best kegger guys seriously


WORKSHOP: 4/4

I'm not doing any Alica Keys jokes ok
Not doing Chili's jokes either
But I will make fun of Eric JUST TOUCH IT ALREADY
Or let the kid physically half your age do it I guess


BOILERY: 2/2

Just add a 40,000 to the end
Snot, the clue that cinches everything together


AI'S ROOM/BARRACKS ROOM 1: 4/4

Who needs to leave your room when you have Twinkies
Dear diary: C(14)H(18)N(2)O(5)
Only three words ((CW: suicidal intent))
Double double, etc. etc.




TOTAL CLUES: 23/23

[poorlovefool]

[Dragging his feet over there with a bottle of beer and looking grouchily at the Intercessor. All that loud shouting can be such a headache.]

Do you have to do that?

FLOOR 1 HALLWAY

[strangerpeople]

[lightnen]

[ O kay. So it looks like they have another body on their hands but thankfully this time he wasn't one of the first to discover it.

The first place he figures is the best to start with would probably be closer to the rooms, right? So he's stepped into the hallway, looking around to see if anything looks out of place here. ]

AREA CLEAR

[strangerpeople]

CONSERVATEX

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[kiddefender]

[Seeing as she's told some of the others she's going back here to make sure no tampering happens again.

So other than the body, is there anything else here that's out of place?]

AREA CLEAR

[strangerpeople]

LABORATORY

[strangerpeople]

[almightyconflagration]

[Well, McBurn actually hasn't been sleeping through the investigation. He's actually been just trying to avoid it because he's not in the mood to interact with anyone, especially not burnt corpses. Thus until now he'd been in rooms not involved in this.

Well, he had something he wanted to check in the lab, so now he's in here. Anything of note on a first glance?

AREA CLEAR

[strangerpeople]

KITCHEN

[strangerpeople]

[defriendestration]

[Y e a h Papyrus is. Going to see if he can get something to drink for Futaba. Maybe gather up all the bread he made or something.

Maybe the dragon may like his bread if it comes out...?]

AREA CLEAR

[strangerpeople]

WORKSHOP

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[poorlovefool]

[So apparently now he's stuck investigating this fucking nonsense. Thanks a lot Raph, you are such a pal. He gulps down some more beer, before putting it down and ... hesitating in front of the forge.

His heart is not prepared to look in there, is there anything else to see at this scene.

Like, anything at all. Help him out.]

BOILERY

[strangerpeople]

[carries_war]

[Alright, since we're nearby anyway, let's cross the hallway and take a look in here. Anything immediately off?]

BARRACKS ROOM 1

[strangerpeople]

[bythewaves]

[ Careless, Makalaure memory whispers. There was a time when the slightest sound in your room would have woken you. You're getting soft.

He stands outside room 1 and sighs softly, before pushing open the door.

Anything to see?