THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND INVESTIGATION
(~SK. 10)


[It is freezing. The temperature? Who knows at this point.

Today is a day for blankets and whatever you can grab to keep yourself warm. It truly seems like there is a winter without end, and that eventually everything will wither and die, including you. So bitter. So harsh. So cruel.

It's not fair. Then again, didn't Zero say life isn't fair? Well, Zero isn't freezing his butt off. Really, it's just too cold on the ship to do much of anything outside of keeping warm. Like, say, murder.



Right? Well. There's only one way to find out. So, what are the Strangers doing as they wake up shivering on this cold, cold day, which may or may not be a Friday according to the calendar?]

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INVESTIGATION START

[strangerpeople]

ANNOUNCEMENT

[strangerpeople]

[Once the body is discovered, the D O N G emanates through the ship, and with a schlorrrrrp the screens return, coming to life as Zero's face appears.]

It appears that Mr. Momota took a big gamble that didn't pay off. How unfortunate.

It's time to investigate. Gather the evidence. When you are finished, it will be time to return to the theater. Don't disappoint me.

On a related note, one of you will not be joining the rest of us in the Inquisition. Consider yourself excused, Mr. Kurashiki. I would hate for you to be...inconvenienced in your current condition.

[exequte]

[It has been so cold, and even with all the layers that people have been piling on her, Akane has never been very physically strong.

She's piled under clothes and blankets but still shivering, perhaps with the chill that is creating little puffs of frost when she breathes, now, and possibly due to a fever.

Consequently it's the announcement that wakes her up, and then as she's trying to put together what she heard and comprehend it (no, no, no) her watch buzzes, and there on the screen....]

NO!!!

[She doesn't so much get out of bed as fall out of it, and isn't even in any of her layers when she presses her door open with trembling hands and looks around, eyes fever bright and frantic, and eventually starts to run, because if she can just find him, them, if she can just stop it in time-

But it's hard to know how she'll even find him, because she's blinded by tears.]

[yesorwoof]

[Makima sees this girl about to get more banged up than Ritsu. She saw her leaving without the jacket left in her room (which is gripped in Makima's left hand), or the doll, and thought she'd be cold. But it's too much, Akane's going too fast. Makima run to catch up to her and loops an arm around the woman from behind. Trapping Akane entirely right away would be too startling, but that's obviously Makima's eventual intention.]

It's me. Shhhhhhhhhhh.

[A soft whisper, a voice Akane usually hears a lot in little moments throughout the day but had been quaintly silent last night with quirky gestures in their place at the moment when keeping the pencil in bed would have been too much for Makima.]

[exequte]

No! No, no, no, no, no no no no no

[It's like it's all she can say]

It can't. He can't. Please there has to be a mistake, we have to help him!

[hatesdeerstalkers]

[Makima had woken him up and shown him Kaito's death - and while it took a moment for him to recover, he quickly finds his way to wherever Akane is, wrapping his arms (and cape) around her without a second thought.]

I'm here - I'm here, Akane...

[His hand goes to the back of her head, rubbing gently.]

....I'm so sorry, my dear. I'm so, so sorry...

[exequte]

[She had made it, eventually, to just outside the casino and had effectively collapsed, like a marionette with broken strings.

She was crying too much to see. Maybe that was for the best.

She's too hot, especially in this chilly place, and racked with deep shivers that seem to emanate from the center of her chest, and for a moment seems almost catatonic as he gathers her up, only slowly, eventually, reaching up to twine her arms around his neck.

It's like she can't get the air to breathe.]

Someone killed him. Someone killed him, Daddy. Somebody killed Kaito. He's gone!

[hatesdeerstalkers]

I know. I know.

[For now...he'll just hold onto her, though feeling how hot she is has him worried. A fever, now...? Out of stress, or...?]

But you need to breathe, my dear. Follow my words, if you can.

In five....hold five...out five...

[He'll keep on rubbing her back at the same time as he repeats that, hoping it'll help.]

[exequte]

[She is still weeping silently, breath shuddering in and out as she hides her face against his collar and her tears soak the front of his shirt.]

I teased him. I told him he wasn't cool, that he was warm. But hes not warm anymore. Because somebody killed him. Now he's as cold as everything else is here. He's dead.

[pegasinister]

[After his investigation, and her time with Makima and Moriarty, Hubert arrives like a shadow. Just... existing nearby]

[exequte]

[NONE of that, sir.

Akane looks up at him, eyes red, still crying, and then rushes over and hugs him--properly, this time, arms wrapped around him and clinging.

And then, finally, she eventually speaks, her voice very low.]

How fast was it, do you think...?

[pegasinister]

... I can't say for sure. But with the amount of blood and what I could see of the injury... he would have lost consciousness quickly. Shock would have been instant, and so I doubt there was much pain.

[exequte]

[She clings, still staining his shirt, too, with her tears. She's still unnaturally hot, especially in this cold, especially when she isn't wrapped up anymore.]

Y-you're right...

But what... what about the other injuries? I couldn't tell, they....

Blood doesn't flow that strongly when it's not being pumped by the heart, but the rest of it....

What if it wasn't?

BASIC INFORMATION

[strangerpeople]

NAME: Kaito Momota

TIME: 11:30 PM

CAUSE OF DEATH: Exsanguination

INJURY CHART: H E R E

EVIDENCE LIST

[strangerpeople]

CASINO (16 clues)

[strangerpeople]

[Please link evidence found in the casino here!]

[pegasinister]

Pink Splatters!
Thick and Sweet
Partially cleaned arc
Sus note, Kaito is the Fab?
Note was altered
Broken Slot machines
Food coloring tubes in pink
Card game
Dead Man's Hand
Cut table
Red Splatter
Blood trail! Actually blood this time

[godspiousjasper]

[ There is mostly a set of very concise pictures for each item, along with a description written in neat, clean writing. ]

Found like this - Kaito's body was underneath a slot? machine with his arm sticking out!
Cause of Death - Very deliberate attack. Clean, smooth cut and VERY deep.
Kaito's watch - Spots of something pink on it that turned out to be his blood! Confirmed by Alastor!
About that arm before - That arm sticking out from under the machine? All his fingers were broken! Who would do such a thing? OH! Also his chest felt swollen, looked bruised and there was signs of a broken rib!
Some assorted items and a wedge? - Found these around the area near the slot machine that was on Kaito. Used to tip the machine over I believe!

C DECK HALLWAY (3 clues)

[strangerpeople]

[Please link evidence found in the C Deck hallway here!]

[voidseeing]

There was a trail of blood and some sort of strange pink liquid leading down the hallway of the C deck from the casino to the spa. There was also a trail going up the stairs, which led to a pile of towels that were stained pink. I'm bringing the towels with me just in case we want to look at them.

SAUNA (9 clues)

[strangerpeople]

[Please link evidence found in the sauna here!]

Re: SAUNA (9 clues)

[valkavian]

Blood trail!
Stuff under the beds!
sword the first
sword swordington
blood
A PILE OF TUBES
smudges
MORE SWORD
NOOOOOOO FINGERPRINTS

SPA (3 clues)

[strangerpeople]

[Please link evidence found in the spa here!]

1 + 2 - TRAIL OF BLOOD + SWEET PINK STUFF

[lovedthemost]

On arrival to the spa, I noticed a trail of what appeared to be blood leading from the door way to the swimming pool. Additionally there was a pink substance that is pasty and gel-like and smells sweet. I have placed this in a container for examination.

3 - CONTAMINATED SWIMMING POOL

[lovedthemost]

I inspected the swimming pool next. The water was cloudy with red and pink. A closer inspection revealed that it smelled, in addition to chlorine, very coppery. There was no sweet smell to speak of.