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( INVESTIGATION - WEEK 4 )

Promptly at 7:59 AM, all residents will wake up as if it was any other morning. There's the usual hum from the air conditioner units and the sound of harsh wind blowing against the windows. While the sun may not have ever set, there's no reason to doubt it's time to get up and greet the brand new day.

Despite the usual cold clinging to the residents' skin, it seems like any other Friday morning. Or, at least, it does — until it suddenly isn't.

A large, deafening explosion will rock the motel seconds before 8:00 AM, drowning out the sound of the grandfather clocks and threatening to break the building in half. Those on the motel's west wing will feel the tremors with greater strength, their ears ringing from the volume of the explosion, and just when the walls and ceilings begin to crack... A translucent shimmer coats every room from top to bottom, almost like a shield to keep the structure from falling apart.

Now, it's time to see what surprises lay in wait for the survivors.

Welcome to the investigation log! Please put the name of the location your character will be exploring in the subject header. If you plan on grouping up with someone else for a location, we ask that you keep it to 2-3 characters maximum. Once you're all set and ready to rumble, mods will be here to provide evidence if found and set the scene for investigation events.

Happy body hunting!

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What was that explosion? What's going on?!

[NATURALLY, he is on high alert, every muscle in his body tense. his arm is in his sling, as usual, and he's tugging at the material. fidgeting]

I don't know, but there's no way it meant anything good.

Stay close.

Do you think... the Bomber...?

[She's just as tense, glancing around nervously. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO FIND...]

[Nice casual conversation to have in a room filled with smoke, knocked over furniture, and the telltale smell of burnt flesh. It... smells a little like pork, actually. Nice.

From where they stand, they can hear the crinkling of fire. It's coming from near the front desk, orange light reflecting off the nearby furniture.]

[oh shit. lifts his hand to his mouth and nose]

-- water! We need to get some water!

[fIRE AND BURNT FLESH THESE ARE NOT SIGHTS AND SMELLS AND SOUNDS THAT AKANE APPRECIATES

LIKE SHE IS EVEN LESS INTO THEM THAN THE AVERAGE PERSON]

R-right...!

[And she's running outside to the pool because nope nope nope not staying here]

[AND while Akane runs to the pool to (hopefully) get some. . . sludge water, Kaito is going to shrug off his jacket and slowly venture towards the front desk and TRY TO BEAT THE FLAMES INTO SUBMISSION]

[this will probably not work but whatever, he needs to buy time until the cavalry arrives with water]

[Haha, good luck with that.

The closer Kaito gets, the more he'll realize the source of the fire. It's a dead body, slowly being eaten up by the flames. From the general shape and height, it looks to be one of the taller male residents.

There are blood splatters surrounding the corpse, with a bullet lodged in the nearest wall. Nearby is a trail of blood connecting the outdoor hallway to the indoor hallway, past the Lobby, but it doesn't touch our currently flaming corpse at all.]

[. . . why is this. . .]

[god damn it]

[he wrinkles his nose and covers it with a hand again, trying to block out the scent of cooked flesh, and just]

Craftly! We need a fire extinguisher, or something!

[his voice is hoarse from a little bit of smoke inhalation, and that's when he notices the blood trail and bullet. uuugh]

Damn it. . .

[he can't do anything with the body until the fire is put out, so he bolts towards the trail of blood to see if he can figure out where it leads to]

[It leads down the indoor hallway, towards what once used to be the kitchen. With all the smoke filling up the building, it's ill advised for Kaito to follow the trail.

That, and there's something smudged on the wall leading to the hallway. He should probably take a look.]

[yeeeeeah, it's already kind of hard to breathe, what with that burning corpse. he shuts his eyes and takes a step back, refusing to follow the trail any further]

[he does, however, stop and turn towards the smudge on the wall. what is it. is it blood]

[this is already terrible is it gonna get worse]

[It's not blood, but another kind of liquid. It's almost like half a hand print, like someone briefly leaned against the wall with the side of their hand.

Maybe Kaito should sniff it.]

[. . .]

[metatext why are you doing this to him]

[carefully. . . leaning in, using his hand to brace himself against the wall, to sniff the liquid??]

[It smells like lighter fluid.]

[-- ah]

Then. . . not the Bomber. . .?

[draws his hand away and glances around the area one last time. anything else of note, or should he return to Akane now to identify the body?]

[There's nothing left to see here. Better go back to the corpse, Kaito.]

[while kaito is sniffing wall smudges like a weirdo, akane is running back in to dump a bunch of sludge water? on the burning corpse???]

[Luckily for them, the sludge is enough to put out the fire!

The corpse is thoroughly burned, but not enough to sear off the flesh. Bits of short, brown hair still cling to the scalp... Or what's left of it, anyway. It seems like the head has been smashed in several time, skull caving in and burned chunks of brain lining the floor. The largest pool of head rests directly underneath that area.

Unfortunately, it's hard to identify who the person might have been like this. Their clothes are charred and their features have been twisted by the flames, but something has survived the fire. The person's wristguards, made out of metal, did not receive enough heat to melt. Though one of them is dented, they're still there.]

[trotting back from the blood trail and smudged bit of lighter fluid]

Akane-- [and the fire is out, thank fuck. he crouches near the body immediately, taking note of its poor condition]

. . . oi. Who here wears wrist guards?

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[The fire may be out, but all of this is still bringing back some very unpleasant memories for Akane. She turns away from the body after a cursory look, gagging.]

I think... Kaiba?

[Since she's making an effort to look at everything else EXCEPT the body, is there anything else to find in this fiery wreckage?]

[. . . rests his good hand on her shoulder, sucking in a sharp breath (which results in a cough, because he did breathe in some smoke) when she mentions Kaiba's name]

The blast wasn't what killed him, I don't think.

[he. can't be sure before he gives the body a more thorough examination tomorrow at trial, but. that's his guess]

There's a trail of blood nearby that doesn't quite lead to the body, and some lighter fluid smeared on the wall.

...So they were trying to hide the evidence. I see.

[oh wait she's just remembering what she saw outside]

There's another body outside. Ryou. I didn't get a close look, but I don't think it was the same killer.

-- what?!

[WHY??? WHY. . . WHY DO PEOPLE GO TURBO ON MURDER DAY]

What happened to him?! Did you get a good look?

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[There's nothing left in the wreckage, save the single bullet that's still lodged to the wall.

And speaking of bullets, now that the fire is out and Kaito is crouched next to the body... He will definitely be able to notice this person has been shot in abdomen, shoulder, and heart.

Anyway, they're right. Seto Kaiba is dead.]

[oh hey, you know what he knows a lot about? GUNS]

[because he's a Gosho boy and they know a lot of shit about everything]

[immediately heads towards the bullet in the wall and attempts to remove it to see what kind of bullet it is, if he can]