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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[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.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[They are all...very, very wet?]

[foolishjustice]

[Wet...? Ah, right, the victim's power. Snapping a picture of that. Are they otherwise disturbed?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[Aside from the wet dresses, there's water damage on other, clearly dry dresses.

The dresses also look shoved onto the rack nearest to Torri's body, in no particular order or scheme.]

[foolishjustice]

[Like they were removed, then hastily put back?]

[strangerpeople]

[Yes.]

[foolishjustice]

[Not a very good job of hiding the struggle. Anything else around the body, now that he's done with the trails?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There is a phone, several feet away from Torri, on the ground.]

[foolishjustice]

[He'll take a look at that. Is it Torri's?]

[strangerpeople]

[It is.]

[foolishjustice]

[Anything off about it? Cracked screen from a being tossed in a struggle or anything?]