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...]

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[incrediblystressedout]

Ah...oh boy. Um.

[She waves her hand to get Ren's attention.]

Mr. Sanzashi? Do you um. Do you know where we can get some gloves?

[steelmagnolias]

Probably the pharmacy.

[ He could go there himself, but without his cane, he's even more slow as balls than usual. ]

[incrediblystressedout]

Okay. Let me just. Get some, and then touching this drawer won't be so completely terrible.

[She'll be back in a minute, if he wants to poke at anything himself.]

[steelmagnolias]

[ Okay then, he's going to have a look at everything else in this place. He's going to look back. Anything wrong in the food prep areas? ]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There is something wedged behind the soda fountain.]

[steelmagnolias]

[ Okay, he'll have a look. Not going to touch it until he gets a better idea of what it even is, but...

Well, what is it? ]

[strangerpeople]

[A bottle of opened sleeping pills.]

[steelmagnolias]

[ Alright, he's going to pry that out and fumble around to take a picture.

Any particular reason he shouldn't or can't stick it in his pocket? ]

[strangerpeople]

[It's on fire.

...Actually, no it's not, it's just hidden there. Pretty easy to get out and put it on his pocket if he wants.]

[steelmagnolias]

[ Alright, he's gonna take that, then!

Meanwhile, anything else around? ]

[strangerpeople]

[There is something glinting beneath that half-open drawer, actually...]

[steelmagnolias]

[ He's going to take a bunch of napkins in lieu of gloves, then.

Careful to touch as little of the blood as he can, he'll gently pull it open... ]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[On the floor, first off, is what looks like a cuff link.]

Re: EVIDENCE

[steelmagnolias]

[Alright, going to snap a picture of that, and then ask Joey to pick it up when she gets back. His back is killing him.

Anything in the drawer? ]

[strangerpeople]

[No, but there is one more thing under the drawer, next to the cuff link.]

[steelmagnolias]

[WHAT IS IT WITH YOU KIDS AND PUTTING STUFF WHERE THE OLD GUY CAN'T REACH

he'll just nudge it over with his foot.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[O O P S

It's a small gold chain.]

[steelmagnolias]

[He'll snap a shot of it and...

Well, no choice but to suck it up and pick it up.]

[strangerpeople]

[Sorry, Pokedad.

Want to do a final check to make sure you didn't miss anything?]

[steelmagnolias]

[Sure, but first, are there any distinctive marks on either jewelry pieces he's picking up? ]

[incrediblystressedout]

[Joey arrives 15 minutes late with nitrile gloves.]

Hey I'm...oh, you just used napkins. Sorry. Was there anywhere else we still needed to look?

going to work now so I'll be back

[steelmagnolias]

Looks like there could be a lot of other stuff around here.

Joey-chan, my back's not so great, [and he'll rub the small of his back as he says this], maybe you can check the floors?

[incrediblystressedout]

Oh! Right. Yeah, definitely.

[Let's just strap on some gloves and get down on the ground to check the floor.]

[strangerpeople]

[Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the chain is that it's braided. It also looks loosened on the ends, as if whoever took it off didn't do so properly.]

[steelmagnolias]

[and the cufflink? ]