THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[As the Titled wake up in the morning, there is quiet. No crazy electrical smells waft in the air, no burnt flesh sears their nostrils. It's got to be a relief to everyone, as they start to stir.

Or, perhaps it would be a relief, until they look at their phones.

The countdown is gone...]

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Under the right header this time...

[foolishjustice]

[Well, better get started, before someone decides he should help investigate the body. First off, is there anything immediately obvious about the corpse?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Yes.

Torri's throat was slit.]

[foolishjustice]

[That sure does explain the blood loss, doesn't it? So he'll be taking a look at the wound...any way to tell what made it?]

[strangerpeople]

[It looks to be something small, like a knife.]

[foolishjustice]

[Click goes the camera. Anything else to notice right away?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[The wound looks deeper on one side as opposed to the other.]

[foolishjustice]

[Well, that makes sense if she was struggling...a quick slash across the throat would leave the wound deeper where the cut started. Anything else about the wound?]

[strangerpeople]

[No, not about that particular wound.]

[foolishjustice]

[Okay, then it's time to pull back her sleeve and look at the other injury.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Torri's wrist is bruised on the inside of her left wrist.]

[foolishjustice]

[How bad of a bruise are we looking at here?]

[strangerpeople]

[Pretty bad. It's purple in the middle.]

[foolishjustice]

[Click. Anything else obvious on the body?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There's a lot of blood splatter on and around her.]

[foolishjustice]

[Not...surprising. At least she hasn't been moved? He steps back to take a photo of that, then goes back to looking closely. Are we done with the body yet?]

[strangerpeople]

[Some of the blood around her body is a trail of blood.]

[foolishjustice]

[He'll follow it for a short while, at least. Where does it lead?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[It leads to the fainter trail near the entrance of Yotsukoshi.]

[foolishjustice]

[So the culprit went one way, then got bloody again and went the other? He suspects he knows the answer, but any way to tell which way they went first?]

[strangerpeople]

[Into the store, it seems.]

[foolishjustice]

[Which means Yuuri probably died first. Well, as long as he's here, he might as well take a quick look around.]

[strangerpeople]

[What would Akechi like to look at? Aside from all the dresses. Unless he wants to look at them first?]

[foolishjustice]

[Well, first off, let's check - but not follow - that other trail. Is it the heavier one or the lighter one leading in?]

[strangerpeople]

[The lighter one.]

[foolishjustice]

[Well, that lets out the idea that the victim's throat was cut elsewhere and she was dragged up here to die. Which means the struggle would have been here, so about those dresses.]