THE SECOND VICTIM

[airlockedmods]

[It's been one week since Mikaela and Mai died, and so far, it looks as though this week should have been safer than any. Everyone's been bonding closely, and though P.A.L. attempted to hand down secret motivations for murderer, they've been undermined somewhat by your willingness to share secrets.

You've all been doing well.

Nonetheless, something is amiss somewhere in the mansion this morning.]

Comments

[everylittlesecret]

Bruises reveal extreme trauma to the spinal chord... I don't think he would have been walking well or at all with something like this. [Checks the data given.] But I can't tell you without cutting him up if this was done before or after... Anyways.

[Cool to turn the body over now? Or is there more on the back to find?]

[airlockedmods]

[Nope, you're good!

Turning Finn over, there's also obvious bruising on his throat.]

[everylittlesecret]

[Is there obvious striation or a clue as to what could have choked him? Smooth? Rigid?

She'll press against the throat. Is the throat crushed?]

tw: emetophobia

[airlockedmods]

[There are no striations or marks. It's not exactly even, either. Maybe there wasn't a tool involved.

And the throat is not crushed. As you press on it, though, a bit of pink vomit may trickle from Finn's mouth.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

...That's not normal.

tw: emetophobia

[everylittlesecret]

[Good thing she has a strong stomach. She takes her gloves off, puts her hair up and uses another glove as a pseudo-hairband, then re-gloves. She brought a whole pack shhh Time to lean close. What does the vomit smell like?]

tw: emetophobia

[airlockedmods]

[Vom...it...?

And sugar, a little bit, but the smell of vomit is pretty overpowering. Since it is vomit.]

tw: emetophobia

[everylittlesecret]

[HEY SMELL IS IMPORTANT]

Kinda sweet... With this color... maybe some kind of food?

[Is it solid or frothy? From looks. She ain't touching it unless she has to.]

tw: emetophobia

[misanthropicprinciple]

Something he swallowed, definitely. Some vitamins taste sweet, too.

[Well, hey, if she's not gonna touch it.

Junpei borrows a couple gloves from the pack, sets down a fresh sheet of paper, gloves up, and carefully swipes a sample of the vomit to put on the paper, just so they'll be able to bring it to the trial.]

Maybe next week we'll get slides and vials, unless they like making us MacGyver this forensics crap.

tw: emetophobia

[everylittlesecret]

[THANK YOU FOR SAVING HER]

Yeah, but vitamins would come up more frothy if you're chewing the chalky kind. Unless he has other things in his stomach... he would have had to eat a lot of vitamins to get this color.

[Just. Not.... ever going to take vitamins again now.]

That'd be nice, but without the equipment to check the slides out and time that wouldn't do much good.

tw: emetophobia

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Ah. He nods as she explains. It's so nice to have an actual medical professional around.]

Glass would work better than paper for samples, at least.

[Throws that glove the fuck out, though. Once he replaces it, he's going to confirm one thing--Finn doesn't have any defensive wounds. Yes?]

tw: emetophobia

[airlockedmods]

[It looks like there's definitely something going on with his hands.]

tw: emetophobia

[airlockedmods]

[Having gleaned what I have without actually reading any of the Google results in full, I'm gonna say it's solid?]

tw: emetophobia

[everylittlesecret]

[So that rules out a majority of medications and drugs. Okay. She's going to assume it's food based then.

Vomit aside, anything else of note?]

tw: emetophobia

[airlockedmods]

[Oh, if that's the case it might've been a bit frothy? Look, I don't wanna give things away, but you can see there's some missing pills in the evidence list, just.

There's also some pink residue on Finn's fingers. It does not smell or look like vomit at all.]

[everylittlesecret]

[Going to lift one of Finn's hands up and sniff. Does it smell sweet? And does it smear easily if she touches it?]

[airlockedmods]

[Yes to both! It looks a bit smeared already, as if he tried to wipe it off.]

[everylittlesecret]

Weird...

[Does it smell like fruit, frosting, or chocolate?]

[airlockedmods]

[Chocolate.

Actually, I feel like white chocolate has a distinctly different smell.]

[everylittlesecret]

[It actually does due to the different fat content in it and lack of some of the chemicals which gives chocolate that distinct smell okay I'll shut up now-

So white chocolate smell? Cool. Anything else or are we done?]

[airlockedmods]

[When you touch his hands, you'll realize there's also a clear slick substance on them.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

I doubt we have time for a proper autopsy. I barely got out of the shower before the trial last time.

[Writing all this down. He's even drawn a body diagram, because fuck you, PIPs, he doesn't trust you for shit.]

[everylittlesecret]

Didn't miss much. It was a quick check over the body, though... I don't recommend sticking glove-less hands into wounds. Never again....

[misanthropicprinciple]

[With feeling:] Ew.

[everylittlesecret]

[The things you do for science.]