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...]

Comments

[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?]

[strangerpeople]

[No outward damage, but looks like it was used. When Akechi touches it, the screen lights up, revealing a pop-up:

PHOTO DELETED.]

[foolishjustice]

[Deleted, huh...are there any other photos? Maybe she managed to get a photo of her assailant.]

[strangerpeople]

[There's nothing else that looks to have been taken the previous night.]

[foolishjustice]

[Figures, that would be too easy. He'll pocket the phone, then turn his attention back to the area around the body.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There is a pile of gauze and bandages near Torri’s neck.]

[foolishjustice]

[That...almost looks like someone tried to help her. He'll bend down to examine them. Do they look like they were used to try to stop the bleeding?]

[strangerpeople]

[They do, but there’s very little blood on them, in the end.]

[foolishjustice]

[But that doesn't make any sense. If they were used to cover a cut throat, shouldn't they be soaked with blood? Unless she was already much too far gone to help...well, that's for discussion at the trial. For now, anything else in the immediate area?]

[strangerpeople]

[Not here, no. Care to look elsewhere?]

[foolishjustice]

[If there was a struggle, it could have covered a lot of the department store, right? So he's going to go see if there's anything amiss between here and the stairs.]