Week 2: Investigation

[becomemod]

week 2:

investigation

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Early Friday morning, our heroes awaken to the moon setting, and finally, the freedom to leave the locations they fell asleep in the night before. It's a normal morning... if you ignore the sirens echoing through the city streets.

Police and prinnies have gathered in certain locations. With the sight of heroes giving them hope, they call upon you for help in searching for evidence, that we may all learn what happened on Thursday night.

So what are you waiting for? The investigation is yours.

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Welcome, heroes, to your second investigation!

We will be posting top-levels for locations to be searched - one set at 6 PM EST / 3 PM PST and the second at 7 PM EST / 4 PM PST. Each block will run for two hours during which characters can search the locations for evidence related to the events of Thursday night, and each location will have something to find. Please coordinate investigation groups on Discord, as we ask that group threads consist of no more than 2-3 characters.

Once the two hours are up - at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST for block one and 9 PM EST / 6 PM PST for block two - threads will no longer receive mod tags and the investigation will conclude for the night. Whether you find everything is up to you, but don't worry if you don't! Characters will get the chance to revisit locations tomorrow at trial. At 9 PM EST / 6PM PST, an announcement will go up, confirming the victim(s).

If you have any questions at any time, please let us know by pinging us on Discord!

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[doghouse]

[ nods back at rita...

ok you said it's a mess "inside and out" so he's gonna stick to the "out" for now while the other two head inside. what's the mess out here look like? we talking broken glass again, blood, dog food, what? ]

[becomemod]

[ inside the bookstore, the books are all over the place, and not in that fun, neatly organized shelves kind of way. it looks like they've fallen or been tossed in every direction.

one spot on the floor in here appears to be darker.

outside the bookstore, datz will see that a bunch of things have been knocked over down the length of the hallway, including floor signs, some phone cases, and even a sunglasses display from one of the kiosks. rip to whoever works there. somewhere among this mess, he might pick out a bottle that doesn't fit the rest of the mall vibes. ]

[rizomata]

[She's going to go crouch down by the dark spot. Why is it dark. Did something spill here? Is it burnt?

Anything around this dark spot, to give some idea of where it is relative to anything else in the room?]

[querencias]

[ hmm... okay, well he'll step into the middle of the store proper and survey the chaos. this isn't quite a forest, but he's pretty proficient in tracking, so-- assuming the damage is spread out throughout the store, is there any place where it's the heaviest?

if it's uniform: can he tell if it was directly in any way? ex: the books are all collapsed to their right side, or something like that. ]

[doghouse]

[ how far down does this mess go/where does it seem like it starts/stops? between the bookstore and the pet shop? the bookstore and the mall entrance, or some other store?

he will take a picture of whatever's going on with the bottle in this scene and grab that, i guess. anything vague that we can tell about this, like if it's a drink bottle vs a shampoo bottle or something, or are we totally blind to bottles until tomorrow? ]

[becomemod]

[ the spot is over near the window, and it appears to be burnt! we know how you guys love burnt stuff! she'll also find some broken glass, and an odd-shaped thing on the floor nearby.

the damage seems to go around the store, but it's worse near the window where rita is at. none of it's uniform; it's more like someone was slamming into the shelves or something. some of the shelves have moved slightly, but none are fully knocked over.

the hall mess looks like it goes toward the entrance. there is more mess down by the pet store, where datz can see hans and hung are checking things out already.

you are blind to bottles until tomorrow, alas. ]

[rizomata]

[Is the window damaged? Does it look like the glass could have come from there?

She'll reach for the odd-shaped thing. Can she tell what it is?]

[querencias]

[ sonic was here, got it.

he'll go to check out where the damage is the heaviest: is there any blood or other odd debris on the bookshelves in this area? ]

[doghouse]

[ ok, is there anything else of note outside the store? what was around the bottle at the time he found it?

things are knocked over everywhere, but is there anything else to be found on the floor besides the one bottle? any marks on the floor or anything, anything else that might look like it could have been dropped? anything on the walls or on any of the messed up stalls, like any prints or residue or notable damage? nothing on the ceiling ANYWHERE, which he is double checking since he fucking forgot to look up for a giant hole last week? ]

[becomemod]

[ the window is broken! so that's probably a good guess.

it's hard to tell what this weird object is because it is also scorched and crispy. maybe another look tomorrow will be more insightful, who knows?

there doesn't seem to be any blood or debris on the bookshelves.

there's still nothing on the ceiling, nothing on the walls. the kiosks just look slightly out of place, but there aren't any marks. nothing else of note appears to be in this area. is datz staying near the bookstore? ]

[rizomata]

[... Hm. She will take the Crispy Thing.

How broken are we talking -- like a hole punched through it, or is the whole window shattered? Does it look like the window was broken from the outside, or the inside, judging from the glass? Any marks or debris other than glass on/around it?

If she goes up to look outside, is there anything of note on the other side of said window? Or just a view of a parking lot?]

[querencias]

[ time to go shaking down some bookshelves down then:

if he pushes against them, how heavy are they to move? he's the strongest man in the world after all you read my app i dont need to clarify here. aside from that, he'll go through the bookshelves where the damage is the heaviest just to see if he unearths anything by going through the books. he's not being gentle about it since time is of the essence and who knows where someone might have tucked something... ]

[doghouse]

[ no, he's checking out this whole hall! like i said, he came from the pet store and looked at everything along the way, and he's looking at everything along the destruction path. and if that's all covered, he can check out the rest of the mall where there ISN'T blatant destruction too.

where else can we look? outside the kitchen store? the purikura booths? the movie theater? he will look around outside all of these and anything else i'm unaware of that isn't listed on the mall locations for anything that stands out? ]

[becomemod]

[ rita acquires one (1) Crispy Thing!

the window looks like it was broken from the outside. kind of like if you throw a baseball through the window? so it's not totally shattered, but there's a decently-sized hole in it. outside, she can see... the parking lot! wow.

adlet, digging through the books, will find several books, including the children's animal encyclopedia! most of them look fine, except for the paperbacks being bent and pages ruffled, but this one has something in it?

datz follows the mess back towards the entrance! nothing seems to go toward any particular store; it's all just in the hallway as if someone was moving fast. along the way, he'll notice a few more odd things on the floor, scattered among the standard mall items. ]

[rizomata]

[Is anything else burnt or damaged around here, looking at the things making up this mess, or is it just the one crispy thing? Does anything else stand out amidst the mess?]

[querencias]

[ score! what's in this book? he'll be careful not to touch the object directly first. ]

[doghouse]

[ ok! he is looking closely at everything around here, so what are these odd things he's noticing? he'll take pictures of all of them first. ]

[becomemod]

[ some of the books are a little crisp around the edges, but nothing else of note appears to be affected.

whatever it is looks to be pretty embedded in there... but if he looks closely, adlet can tell that it's a bullet!

as he digs around, datz will find... an arrow! and another arrow! they are not super far apart. a little further down, he'll find what looks like a bullet. ]

[rizomata]

[Hm! Okay, she'll step away from here and take a look around the rest of the store. Anything on the walls or at the checkout counter that stick out?]

[querencias]

[ his ye olde hasn't failed him! okay, he'll take that bullet out by ripping a spare page out of one of the other books first so he's not touching it directly.

does he know what fingerprints are??? debatable, but the strongest man in the world is cautious so this is what you get. he's gonna need to ask for help on identifying bullet characteristics later, but that's fine.

is there any blood on the bullet, or the book for that matter? ]

[doghouse]

[ by "a little further down" do you mean the bullet is more toward the mall entrance, with the arrows closer to the bookstore? can anything be inferred about what direction it was fired from in terms of like, which way it's oriented after landing or whatever? is it actually embedded in anything or just sitting on the floor like it fell there?

where is the entrance relative to the stores we have listed in locations, btw? like, what is the shape of this mall? (if you want to just come back with this part at the end of invest so i'm not slowing things down that's cool!) ]

[becomemod]

[ there may be a little bit of a scorch mark on the wall near the window, just on the edge of the radius rita already inspected. nothing seems off about the other walls or checkout counter.

no blood on adlet's bullet and the book itself looks fine.

datz can enter his mind palace and realize that the mods did not think that hard about mall architecture, i'm sorry. we don't have mall blueprints it is just a mall.

but yes, the arrows are a little closer to the bookstore, the bullet a bit farther away, toward the entrance. the arrows aren't embedded in anything, nor is the bullet, but he can tell that the bullet is bloody and that the mess keeps going. ]

[rizomata]

[How big are these scorch marks -- the one on the wall and the one on the floor? Is there any shape to them?]

[querencias]

[ okay, well he's pocketing the bullet carefully for now:

a last spot check where he found the bullet, was the bullet placed into the book like a bookmark, or was it embedded into the book like it was lodged there? ]

[doghouse]

[ the mess keeps going to... the entrance, you mean...? can he go check the doorway to see if anything's up out there? ]