THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE THIRD INVESTIGATION

[As people wake up in the morning after last night's party, and exit their rooms, they will hear something...unusual as they get closer to Yotsukoshi's entrance.

Inhuman screeching.

It actually sounds like an animal of some kind...]

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[strangerpeople]

[eyesofdespair]

[Well, let's start with the body. The app says poisoning, and sadly that's something Loewe actually knows about. So first, anything that might be a sign of the type of poison used?]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[The first big thing is that Ren's skin is pinker than it should be, despite clearly being dead for awhile.]

Re: EVIDENCE

[eyesofdespair]

[Yeah, that is definitely off. The lack of wounds also means it must have been ingested. Is there any food nearby that could be poisoned?]

[strangerpeople]

[Aside from a drink, there is no other food or drink near Ren.]

[eyesofdespair]

[Loewe will take note of the fact that the drink is alcoholic though. So he'll go ahead and move Ren enough to see his face. Loewe will first take a look at Ren's mouth. Any apparent signs of poison there?]

[strangerpeople]

[Yes.

Ren's lips are cherry red...and there is a strange, bitter odor on his breath, mixed with smoker's breath.]

[eyesofdespair]

[Also noted, though most poisons are bitter tasting. Sadly Loewe's knowledge is also more geared towards poisons from natural compounds so it may end up being beyond him but at the very least he may as well figure out what symptoms it caused so they can narrow it down. Next he'll take a look at Ren's eyes. Anything of note here?]

[strangerpeople]

[They are dilated, and blank. And dead.

Aside from the pinker skin, nothing else of note.]

[eyesofdespair]

[And Loewe will be sure to go ahead and close them again. Sorry Ren, but he wants to find who did this and how even if his knowledge of poison is going to make him a potential suspect. So next he'll go ahead and take a closer look into Ren's mouth and just get the most potentially gross part out of the way. Any signs of vomiting here?]

[strangerpeople]

[No. There may be some blood, and drool, but no vomiting.]

[byanyother_name]

[Well, since Loewe seems to have started right in on the body, Kurama will start checking out the counter area for anything that seems strange or out of place.

Truthfully, he's not going to complain much after last week. Yuuri's body was not a pleasant time for him.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There is a half-finished glass of whiskey in front of where Ren is, on the counter.]

[byanyother_name]

[In his drink, maybe? That is a fairly traditional method but Kurama isn't sure how they'd make sure with the resources they have.

For now he'll just take a picture, make a note of it, and keep looking.]

[strangerpeople]

[Where would you like to look next, then?]

[byanyother_name]

[If there's nothing else on the counter, he's going to check the bar area, considering that whiskey sitting there.]

[strangerpeople]

[Some of the alcohol behind the counter has been moved around.

Care to look into it?]

[incrediblystressedout]

Oh God.

[Joey comes back from the restrooms and...does her best not to look at Ren.]

A...anything behind there? I was looking around behind there a while ago and found a book, so someone could probably stash something else in there.

[byanyother_name]

[He does, in fact, care to look into that, shifting the out of place bottles carefully.]

Claire-chan, are you sure you should be here?

[He doesn't sound disapproving, just concerned.]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There is a bottle of aspirin behind some of the whiskey.]

[incrediblystressedout]

[Well, Joey and Ursula were already looking in the Men's Room. Anything there?]

[strangerpeople]

[Nope! The men's bathroom is safe this time.]

[incrediblystressedout]

[And no suspicious jars like in any bathroom she's shared with Jude.]

[Might as well check next door in the Ladies' Room while we're here.]

[strangerpeople]

[Nothing here, either!]

AREA CLEAR

[strangerpeople]