sixth investigation

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[It's Friday again but as of today it has been a full two weeks since someone has lost their life. The mansion is quiet, almost peaceful.

But we all know peace can only last so long in the Fantasy Sweet.]

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FIRST FLOOR REST AREA

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[misanthropicprinciple]

[WELL while he's here touching a body, let's check out that neck wound! Awesome.]

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[Neck wound, best wound.

There's a very neat slice across his throat, which is where all the blood on Junpei's hand (and every where else) came from.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Single blade wound to the throat. Very neat. Looks professional.

[It's automatic to talk. Thank god Ardyn's there (said no one ever) to take notes and make him not look like a crazy person. He'll move down to where that X is over Nishitani's heart as well.]

[scourgingstars]

[ardyn is helpful, said less than no one ever]

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[He'll have to unbutton Nishitani's misbuttoned shirt to find it but x-marks the spot right over his heart in black marker.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Huh... he fucked up buttoning his shirt...

[But, uh. Okay. What the hell?]

Or someone else did.

[To clarify, there's just a marker X over his heart? Not a wound?]

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[Not a wound! Just a sharpie X right on his skin.

But on the subject of his clothes (the magenta suit, the dark grey shirt, even the hot pink tie) they all look a little mussed. Buttons missed, his pants a little creased and wrinkled, his tie pulled a bit loose away from his neck.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

...That's strange...

[He curls a robot finger--it's his clean hand--on his chin.]

Sometime after this... was written on his chest, he must've gotten dressed in a hurry. Getting a little rumpled wouldn't be out of place if there had been a fight here, but that doesn't explain the buttons.

[He'll push Nishitani's sleeves up to check for defensive wounds. After all, that X wasn't really a wound, and it ended up on the chart--maybe something got left out?]

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[There are no defensive wounds on his body.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

No defensive wounds... What the hell, Nishitani-san.

[He clenches both fists, then shakes his head sharply.

Anything else on the body?]

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[There's something colorful clenched in both his hands.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

[Nani the fuck? Gently tries to unclench one of his hands enough to get it free.]

[serrata]

[ Alright, while Junpei's doing the actual body touching, Yuuri's going to investigate the actual crime scene. What's fucky, mods? ]

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[The room itself looks surprisingly undisturbed. No signs of a struggle anywhere, just the usual untidiness of several people coming and going over the week.

But there is a bloody knife on the floor near the body.]

[serrata]

[ MMmmmMMOKAY JESUS CHRIST HAHAH THAT SURE IS A MURDER WEAPON

Just like last time, she's going to slip off her cardigan and wrap it around her hand before she picks the knife up by the very end of the handle. Is it one of the knives from the kitchen? What kind? ]

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[It's one from the kitchen, a thin, sharp fillet knife.]

[serrata]

[ Speaking up for the detective and the note-taker: ]

I've-- th--there's a knife here. One of the fillet knives from the kitchen. It's bloody, so it... I think it's what they used.

[ Anything else out of place in the rest area, apart from the MURDER KNIFE? ]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Makes sense, given the appearance of the wound.

[He is never going to be able to use that kind of knife to cook again.]

[serrata]

[ THANKS FOR RUINING FILLETS FOREVER, ANONYMOUS MURDERER ]

It, um... it doesn't look like there was a struggle in here, either. I'll keep looking but I'm... not sure he put up much of a fight.

[ Which is fucking weird, she's sure she doesn't have to say. It's Nishitani. ]

[scourgingstars]

...It's Nishitani.

[someone had to say it.]

[misanthropicprinciple]

Weird as hell...

[Because Junpei's actual title is Champion of Saying Things That Don't Need to Be Said.]

[serrata]

Exactly. And-- who here would be able to not only sneak up on him but actually manage to make a cut that neat? All without getting caught and fought off?

[misanthropicprinciple]

...

I still remember his list. Of people who'd be stronger than him.

AREA CLEAR

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