First Investigation

[airlockedmods]

[It's been five days since the Champions woke up in the space station, and three days since Bolton's first incentive. And this morning, like the day of the incentive, Bolton is not in the library for his morning office hours. Unlike the day of the incentive, there is no breakfast being served either. The space station is still open for the champions' exploration, but there's something eerie about the suspension of routine, like unfinished business hanging in the air.

The Art Room door is ajar. Maybe someone's channeling their inner art student and pulling an all-nighter...?]

Comments

[airlockedmods]

[There's no big, obvious things about the room that aren't being investigated right now. But maybe you could check around a little more carefully? The floor might be a good place to start.]

[cyan_maid]

[The floor it is, then. Are there any scuff marks, bloody footprints, markings...?]

[airlockedmods]

[It looks like there's something on the floor behind the legs of the easels.

Upon closer inspection, it's a few pieces of wood. They're splintered and busted now.]

[cyan_maid]

[Crouching down to get a closer look at that wood...is it a match for the easels? Or could it be from something else?]

[airlockedmods]

[It does not match the easels. Given their condition, it's hard to tell if they're from any items in particular, but the wood's different.]

[cyan_maid]

[Let's carefully pick up one of the pieces. First - does it look like the wood will splinter easily? Second - the feel of the wood, is it rough and natural or smooth and lacquered/stained? Third - relative size, are we talking chunks or small bits?]

[airlockedmods]

[These are several chunks of finished wood. They aren't too fragile, and Jane probably can't break or splinter them with her hands. They're also generally rectangular in shape.]

[cyan_maid]

[So it's not like it's a broken paintbrush or something...how about the way they're shaped into rectangles? Could they, say, have been made that way by a knife?]

[airlockedmods]

[Nah, looks like that's just the cut of the wood.]