THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

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[Friday is quiet. Seth will find his Champion unitards once again in his closet, Togami will find the collar and baby carrier both unlock to let him take them off, and the ring toss game is gone. By itself, this isn't too ominous; the sabotages were due to end on Friday anyway, and the "motive" earlier in the week had left people in arguably better spirits than they'd begun it.

But there's something...off, anyway. Especially on the second floor. And, well, it's officially been a full week since the last time someone tried to make a bid for escape...

>Investigate?]

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[kingshaming]

Let me check the art room.

[He runs off to look, probably coming back with gloves used to the kiln or for mixing paints]

[fatherofsin]

[ Once he has gloves on, he's going to to look inside her mouth. Anything to notice? Because he has a bad feeling. ]

cw: emetophobia

[airlockedmods]

[There are also burns on the inside of her mouth.

But, more immediately, her mouth smells absolutely foul. It seems as though she may have vomited recently.]

cw: emetophobia

[fatherofsin]

...I think she was poisoned.

[ HE IS NOTICING THAT THAT IS GROSS. But he's. Dealing. ]

...There are burns in her mouth and she... Most likely vomited.

Re: cw: emetophobia

[stitch_in_time]

The case file said asphyxiation. You don't necessarily need a noose to choke.

[It can happen on, say, vomit.]

I'm so sorry.

[Yeah, that last part was directed at Angelica, not you, Seth. Sorry.]

cw: emetophobia

[fatherofsin]

...She didn't deserve this.

[ He knows it probably isn't. But, after a moment, he's going to rather bluntly say something he thinks the Doctor does deserve. ]

Happy now? That I'm showing the empathy you so craved me to be?

[ ...He needs to spit his venom somewhere until he has a culprit. Sorry. ]

That's what you wanted from me, wasn't it? Or did you not think of how that would go when you said it?

Re: cw: emetophobia

[stitch_in_time]

I'm not happy someone else is dead, no.

[Come at him, bro.]

And you can blame me if you want, but that pain's still part of life. You can't get rid of one without the other.

[fatherofsin]

Do you think I didn't know that!? That is exactly why I didn't want to get attached to anyone here! Because we're all either going to die or be killed when we become boring!

[ ...He takes a breath and stands. He needs. A breather. ]

[stitch_in_time]

I refuse to accept that. There's a way out, and not the one the Overseers want us to take! There always is.

[Is he trying to convince himself, or Seth? Yes.]

Detaching yourself too much just means they win anyway.

[fatherofsin]

...Detaching yourself means you remain objective. It means you survive long enough to get home, if you can. ...I'd quite like to return to my children, Doctor.

[ Irina... ]

[kingshaming]

[Xander just makes a soft coughing sound off to the side.

Gentlemen, focus. There will be time for grief and anger later]

Re: cw: emetophobia

[stitch_in_time]

[Well that. Sure is a thing.]

[The vomit-stink alone might not mean much, but the burns-]

[The Doctor's going to fall back on an old standby for a second and check Angelica's hands. Any signs there might've been some kind of struggle, etc etc.]

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[There's no wounds on her hands at all. But it looks like there's something going on with her clothing - there's a run up the back of one of her stockings.]

[stitch_in_time]

What's this?

[Might be nothing, but. No stone unturned.]

[Which leg specifically, and is there anything indicating this isn't just a run caused by stockings being kind of a delicate piece of clothing?]

[airlockedmods]

[The left leg. It kinda looks like it was torn somehow.]

[stitch_in_time]

[Any kind of injury to the leg itself, or just the stocking?]

[airlockedmods]

[Just the stocking!]

[stitch_in_time]

[And one (probably) last thing - does it look like the tear was made moving up or down Angelica's leg?]

[airlockedmods]

[Looks like it was made moving down her leg.]

not here

[voltrounds]

[mr. doctor you pervert!

well it's okay, everyone notices angelica's legs]

Re: not here

[stitch_in_time]

[It's a strictly professional noticing! Please don't slap him.]