THE FIRST INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE FIRST INVESTIGATION

[Good morning, Titled.

Well, it's mostly a good morning. Those who are waking up in their bedrooms wake up to another boring morning. At least as boring as this place can allow, but even so, everything seems perfectly fine in that wing. Perfectly normal.

However, that feeling of normalcy might not stick around for too long. Especially as people start approaching the stairs going down to the food court...]

Comments

[theirmagic]

[ So considering what Ursula won from excessive gambling the machines, she was very serious this morning about making a repair potion. Which means she does indeed end up heading towards the food court and its many tables with her supplies.

How bad is it? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Well, the first thing that will hit her when she's coming down the stairs?

A very pungent smell. It sure wasn't a thing last night.]

[theirmagic]

[ ... That smell is definitely not her potion ingredients, oh god. Ursula is now very concerned. Is it coming from a specific direction? ]

[steelmagnolias]

[ WELP, Pokedad is gonna get some of the best meal of the day right here.

He's gonna stop over at Anto Jitos to get some food and a cup of hot coffee. Anything unusual? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Aside from the stinky stink, Anto Jitos is actually clear. Have at it before things go sideways, Pokedad!]

[steelmagnolias]

[ ...okay, he's just going to get a pan dulce and a cup of coffee for the road, then.

He's taken to eating his food in the cat cafe a lot of the time, so is the smell coming from there? ]

[byanyother_name]

Well, Kurama was going to get breakfast but that smell is really unpleasant. Not to mention concerning. He's going to go check out the area of the Mosaic and elevator where he set up his target course, because it's the most generally suspicious area in his mind.

[strangerpeople]

[All clear here, actually. Aside from it Being A Thing...]

[byanyother_name]

Then he's going to circle back around just in time to see Ursula run in and trip!

[incrediblystressedout]

[Joey gets to the Food Court for breakfast and really, really doesn't want to deal with that smell. She'll keep an eye on Ursula and Ren from across the way but first can she please get some Cinna-fun?]

[strangerpeople]

[She can! Have your cinnamon bun, if you want it.]

[incrediblystressedout]

[She did want it. But on the other hand, she's...not going to be able to enjoy that with the closest things to friends she's made here poking around in horrible seafood smell land, is she?]

[Just give her a minute...]

INVESTIGATION START

[lifecoach]

[After several moments, the phone lights up. This time, it's the Xamine app that has a message.]

OMG! I can't believe this...it's ok, though, I've got your back!!

Take your time, I'm loading your apps with what you need right now!!

XAMINE APP: BASIC INFORMATION

[strangerpeople]

NAME: Wake Archus/The Feeling

LOCATION: Crab-O-Licious

CAUSE OF DEATH: Electrocution

WOUND DIAGRAM: H E R E

CLUE TOTAL: 25 clues

XAMINE: Crab-O-Licious Evidence (11 clues)

[strangerpeople]

[Leave links to any comment marked EVIDENCE that your character has uncovered in Crab-O-Licious, here!]

XAMINE: Un-Steak My Heart Evidence (6 clues)

[strangerpeople]

[Leave links to any comment marked EVIDENCE that your character has uncovered in Un-Steak My Heart, here!]

EVIDENCE SEARCH

[strangerpeople]

Crab-O-Licious

[strangerpeople]

Un-Steak My Heart

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Food Court

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Yotsukoshi

[strangerpeople]

Kid and Ursula Herding

[scienceofmagic]

[ As soon as Ursula had heard the announcement on the way to the food court for breakfast so she'd made a beeline to quickly grab foodstuff to easily cook. Bacon, eggs, English muffins, a few normal muffins, biscuits... And then she'd made a beeline to the food court. ]

Chariot! Chariot, are you okay!?

[ As soon as she sees Ursula, she heads over to her and pulls her in a hug before herding her into the cat café for animal therapy while she cooks breakfast. She'll make a motion to the kids to join them, because HAHAHAHA you don't need to see this???

And then when Ursula is situated with a few cats around her, she'll go and cook. ]

[theirmagic]

[ She clings to Croix. Doesn't even bother to correct her. ]

I'm--no, I'm not okay. Wake is dead. But I'm not... h-hurt.

[ She's gonna cling for a bit longer, before finally detaching herself and going to get her potion supplies to bring in here, then she sits down with the cats and just... sighs very heavily. ]

Oh, Croix... I can't believe someone killed him...

EXTRA TOPLEVEL: Junior Potion Explorer

[theirmagic]

[ After she's calmed down a bit, Ursula can be found making a potion in the cat cafe. If you're chilling out there, she might even invite you to come on over. ]

Would any of you like to help me make this repair potion? I'm thinking it might come in handy for the evidence, if some thing needs repairing.

[beguiledcard]

[ He's in the middle of running, phone in hand. Until he's suddenly skidding to a stop, that is-- ]

Sh-shit...!

[ He definitely smells something... and being motioned to head into the cafe? All the more reason to... not... want to go, actually. He's managing to keep a somewhat calm expression, even though his hand is tightened around his phone.

Sorry, Croix, he's... giving you a small wave and nod to say he'll be in there in a moment, and then taking a moment to send a text out to a certain detective. ]

Where are you?

[ Boy, is it great to be able to seem perfectly calm over these things.....

AFTER THAT... he's going to head inside. Tensely. He'll be going to both Ursula and Croix, one after the other, to ask them the same thing: ]

Need anything?