The Fourth Victim

[airlockedmods]

[Friday begins as every other day, with sunshine and birds singing and--

wait, no. There's no birds in space.

And you usually don't start your day with an explosion and a blood-chilling scream coming from the Starbucks.



>Investigate?]

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[airlockedmods]

[It's a whistle!

...it's also bloody.]

[motherfucking_ghost]

[Not another one! RIP roomba buddy. Does it look like it might have been anyone's in particular? One of our named, beloved buddies?]

[a10tionplz]

[Okay, it takes s few minutes after his sabotage reverses, but here's the Doctor, no longer the Frogtor, walking back up to the crime scene and tugging on his suit. He clearly put it back on in a hurry -his shirt is untucked, and he's barefoot- but here's at least clothed now.]

[He kneels down by Arianna, gingerly putting a hand on her shoulder.]

Arianna, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

[So, uh. That body. Anything obvious besides the explodedness and leg wound that he might see while trying to comfort the grieving widow.]

[myocordial]

[Oh sure, of course the robot is the one to find this, thanks.

But no, let's look at that in more detail. Someone was messing with roombas?]

[airlockedmods]

[More glass, some smoldering remains of fire... a scrap of shredded paper...

It looks like all the display cases in the starbucks are intact. In fact, the only environmental casualty is a nearby table which has been knocked ass over teakettle.]

[airlockedmods]

[The wounds and burns are mostly concentrated on the lower half of her body.]

[daughterofthemark]

[I HATE BOOKENDS FUCKING FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

...yeah that's the full extent of what she's gonna be able to do now. Ball's in the Doctor's court now.]

[airlockedmods]

[Why do you think I put the warning?

It's more than just a roomba, at closer glance - the chassis of the roomba is just the biggest thing to be seen from a distance.

But it looks like whoever autopsied a roomba was also tinkering with some other small electronic bits and bobs.]

[burninglight]

[All that stuff's probably way too damaged to tell if it had anything to do with the apparent bomb that went off, but he's gonna take a quick look before checking the area near the table just in case.]

[Never hurts to be thorough except, y'know, when it does.]

[daughterofthemark]

[Arianna.exe is not responding.]

[airlockedmods]

[I mean yes but it's not like there's jam coming out of the walls or anything, it's about what's missing, not what's present.]

[airlockedmods]

[Would she notice shit missing?]

[cyan_maid]

[Oh. Well fuck, no, not unless someone took like the entire piano.]

[tokencanadian]

...Arianna.

[Holy shit, she speaks! And boy does this suck.

But she's here now, and seeing as Arianna's sobbing and everything's on fire,
she might as well be here too to try and comfort.]

[myocordial]

[Oh? Any chance of telling what, specifically, they were working with?]

[a10tionplz]

[Anything weird or inconsistent about the damage?]

[everylittlesecret]

[Yes. Especially if it's the harder alcohols. This gal doesn't mess with wine.]

[a10tionplz]

[That's okay, she can reboot later. The rest of them have got this.]

[Also it looks like Pyrrha's here, and probably much more qualified to handle the traumatized princess.]

[shikosuki]

[ UH

WELL

Hearing that voice again makes his blood run cold and he completely freezes. He’s just. Be in the food court a bit while you all investigate and pretend he isn’t now completely terrified. ]

[daughterofthemark]

[Arianna doesn't respond. It's hard to be sure she even heard, ironically enough.]

[daughterofthemark]

[Your efforts are appreciated, Doctor. Or they will be later, anyway.]

[tokencanadian]

[Honestly, regardless of if she's heard or not, you're getting pulled into a big hug here. Cry or try to fight her, just... just don't look at Clarith right now.]

[airlockedmods]

[The only other thing that's really discernible looks like a tablet.

However, there are two other things: some tools, and a book.]

[ratherdoweddings]

What in the world...

[Is this any particular table? did we lose the diorama Wait, first, she'll check that paper.]

Do you think they started a fire with this to set off their bomb?

[airlockedmods]

[Well, you're in luck because someone absconded with a shitton of the liquors.

Perhaps most notably: Firagaball.]