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

[strangerpeople]

[Nothing off about the stove itself, no. Nothing in it, either.]

[foolishjustice]

[Okay then, back to the body. Once he's shuffled it as far away from the tank as he can, let's take a look at those wounds marked on the diagram.]

[strangerpeople]

[Any particular wound you'd like to start with?]

[foolishjustice]

[Might as well start with what he doesn't have to worry about clothes covering, so what's with that head wound?]

[strangerpeople]

[The head wound looks like it's concussive, made by something blunt. It also looks new, what with the small amount of blood.

What next?]

[foolishjustice]

[Taking a photo of that, then working his way downward. What's wrong with his face?]

[strangerpeople]

[There's a bloody bruise around Wake's eye and upper face. It looks like someone or something repeatedly hit him.]

[foolishjustice]

[Click. He'll come back to that after the tank is safe. Now on to that...wire around his neck. Well, it's a good thing he hasn't tried to touch the body yet, isn't it?]

...He must have been unconscious for the culprit to manage such a thing.

[byanyother_name]

I was thinking the same thing. We'll need to get it off and somewhere safe in order to examine the body properly...

[How tightly is it wrapped? Could he unwrap it by holding onto the safe part?]

[strangerpeople]

[Pretty tight. Considering the part that's unstripped, they would have to be either very careful, or have something that could cut the wire off entirely.]

[foolishjustice]

One of us should check the hardware section upstairs. It would be safest to use a pair of insulated wire cutters to remove this.

[byanyother_name]

Agreed. Given that I promised Ursula I'd keep anyone from electrocuting themselves in here and you have more money, perhaps you should be the one for that, Akechi-san.

[foolishjustice]

I was thinking the same thing, regarding that second point.

[Just going to take a photo of that shock collar first, before he pockets his phone and heads for the stairs.]

[strangerpeople]

[Well, while Akechi is gone, is there anything else you want to try and do while you wait for him, Kurama?]

[byanyother_name]

[Since they now know the wire is attached to the body, he is actually going to start to examine the tank while Akechi is gone.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There's lots of dead, dead crabs.

There's also what looks like a radio in the tank, as well.]

[byanyother_name]

[Right. Kurama is going to pick up the non-conductive cane Akechi left there and poke around the tank for any cords or wires that might lead out from the radio or the tank in general. Like to the one around Wake's neck. Or a wall socket.]

[strangerpeople]

[The radio's wire leads to a nearby outlet. There's no sign of any other wires that lead to Wake's neck.]

[byanyother_name]

[Pictures of everything! Kurama unplugs the cord from the wall, hopefully rendering the tank safe.

That's strange, though. A plugged in appliance in the tank should have done a good enough job electrocuting Wake someone by itself. So why the wire around his neck? He's going to follow the wire the other direction to see where else it goes.]

[strangerpeople]

[It doesn't go anywhere else but where Kurama has already gone, unfortunately.]

[byanyother_name]

[So the part of the wire Ursula tripped over was the other end? Are there any signs that the wire is actually carrying a current right now?]

[strangerpeople]

[Not presently, though if Kurama examines the part around Wake's neck, it is a little wet from when Wake's head was dumped in.

Speaking of, the body is currently safe to examine. No dying from touching him now.]

[byanyother_name]

[Wire is not fun to mess with even without current so he is still going to wait for Akechi on that. But the wound diagram did show something on his knees... Kurama is going to check those injuries out.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[The clothing around his knees are also pretty damp, when Kurama starts prodding that area.]

[foolishjustice]

[And this is when Akechi gets back, wire cutters in hand.]

I see you located the source of the current while I was elsewhere.