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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EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[One of the cafe tables has flakes of some kind on it.]

[theirmagic]

[ Ursula notices that, and is gonna take a closer look. Does it smell like anything in particular? ]

[strangerpeople]

[Yes.

They look like tobacco flakes.]

[theirmagic]

[ Ursula wrinkles her nose. ]

Croix? I found some tobacco... well, what's left of it over here.

[scienceofmagic]

Huh?

[ Coming over to seeee. ]

[theirmagic]

Let's see if there's anything else. This was probably... from a pipe or a cigarette? I can't tell.

[ Checking the other end of the cafe, behind the counter. Anything there? ]

[beguiledcard]

Neither can I...

[ H-he's here!

Also, yes, he's frowning as he starts to help. ]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There is a mortar and pestle out on the counter. It's pretty clear someone used it recently.]

[theirmagic]

[ Let's look closer at that, Ursula knows these things well from making potions. Has it been used recently? If so, what might be inside it? What's it smell like? She's going to check all these things. ]

[scienceofmagic]

...Was someone making a potion...?

[ ...WELL WHAT ELSE DO YOU USE IT FOR??? ]

[strangerpeople]

[It was, and whoever was using it didn't think to completely clean the bits of seed they were grinding.

Said seeds, by the way, smell faintly of bitter almonds.]

[theirmagic]

[ She... won't touch it, but she will sniff it, and then recoil. No, she knows what this is. The first thing you learn is never to grind up apple seeds because they can make a potent poison... ]

... I... these are ground up apple seeds. Someone was making cyanide.

[strangerpeople]

[It's not just apple seeds, if Ursula cares to look closer. But in any case.

Where else would you all like to look?]

[theirmagic]

[ She's going to go get a spoon from the area and look closer at the seeds to see if she can pick anything else out. What else is in here? She'll wait on exploring more until this mystery is solved! ]

[strangerpeople]

[It's all seeds, but Ursula, how familiar are you with fruit seeds?]

[theirmagic]

[ Pretty familiar, a lot of witching stuff has to do with flowers and nature and potions in particular teach that sort of thing, plus you can turn seeds into something beneficial if you're doing advanced work, so...

Familiar enough to know what's what, as long as it's not super obscure. ]

[strangerpeople]

[Then she'd know that the other type of seed present here looks like apricot.]

[theirmagic]

[ ... Aren't apricot seeds also not recommended for human consumption? She frowns deeper.

Then snaps a picture, making sure both seeds are visible and the pestle. ]

... Apricot seeds. These are dangerous, too. Both make cyanide...

[scienceofmagic]

[ While Ursula does that, Criox is going to look around the immediate area, including under things. Anything? ]

[beguiledcard]

[ He trusts Ursula with the poisonous apple seeds, and will be helping in looking around for other evidence. ]

EVIDENCE

[strangerpeople]

[There is a fake nail with powder blue polish on the counter, near where the pestle is.]

[scienceofmagic]

This is...!

[ She's going to take a photo of that!? ]

[beguiledcard]

[ How...?

There's a pause as he stares at the nail before he glances up to Croix. This one is feeling a bit... odd.

Is there anything else on the counter? ]

[strangerpeople]

[No.

Anywhere else you want to look, Akira, Croix?]

[scienceofmagic]

[ She's going to go look around and poke in the food/drink prep area??? ]