the mock investigation

[airlockedmods]

[The week at the space station has trickled by slowly. Friday morning after CECE awakens everyone with her usual cheery announcement over their PIPs it's dead quiet, the oppressive threat to their homes still lingering in the air. There's still hours to go before the deadline but will someone really have the guts to go through with it in such small quarters?

Or is the better question has someone already gone through with it?]

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[curdle]

[ Eating is the last thing on her mind, but she definitely doesn't want to be near the body -- and she cannot sit idle. She finds herself wandering into the cafeteria, slightly dazed, and starts taking inventory of the chairs and tables. Is anything missing or obviously out of place?

More importantly: ]

Ought not we come together to lay hands on... on the body? Each in turn.

[ OK then! ]

[have_a_heart]

[Kanade looks at the body announcement and then... blinks.]

Is that what they do in your country?

[curdle]

'Tis of a custom, aye.

[ She looks truly confused. Is this one of those "only her" things... like not using forks and openly breaking out into prayer... ]

Is't not said that a victim of murder will bleed afresh, when the culprit come close?

[voltrounds]

[Okay so now there are people in the way so Ricky guesses she isn't rushing out just yet after all.]

I've never heard of that.

[curdle]

Well... it works ofttimes. Or so they say.

[ She pauses by whatever the utensil dispensal situation is. ]

I am from England. Whence were you born?

[voltrounds]

I'm originally from America, but lately I've been living in what used to be Japan.

[have_a_heart]

I am from Japan. But I have not been there in a long time.

[airlockedmods]

[As a matter of fact, there is something out of place: some torn open food packets just lying around on one of the tables.]

[curdle]

[ Oh boy!! Are they empty? And is there any labelling that indicates what was in them? ]

[airlockedmods]

[They are empty and the labels say "rice and beans". There are two packets.]

[voltrounds]

Come to think of it, these were already here when I came in.

[Kind of a sad breakfast, if that's what it was.]

[curdle]

If two ate together, it should be easy to divine. Unless one is now no longer with us. [ She pauses. ] Ah, wouldst thou read what they say?

[voltrounds]

They both say "rice and beans." Doesn't sound like breakfast.

[So probably not breakfast, actually. Could indeed be murder dinner.]

Do you think it was the killer and the victim?

[curdle]

I think we cannot know for certain... mayhaps someone dined late?

[ She doesn't sound sure of this at all. ]

But if none confess to it, 'tis likely. What other reason would they have to keep secret?

[voltrounds]

I don't want to just accuse anyone who wants to keep a secret... but yeah.

unhelpful threadjack

[mikooon]

Oh, perhaps I forgot to throw those away.

[WOW... and then she leans closer and grimaces.] Ugh, nevermind! This flavor is disgusting! Whoever ate this as terrible taste.

likely fruitless response

[voltrounds]

[ARGH FOR A MINUTE SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE USEFUL INFORMATION]

You didn't happen to see who it might have been, did you? Someone coming in late last night?

[mikooon]

Hm? Well, I did grab a late snack, but earlier than the time of the murder. I must've missed whoever ate this.

[Drat.] But I'm sure that if they actually like this flavor, we can narrow down the suspect list!

[voltrounds]

...I guess it isn't entirely out of the question that that could happen. [Just, you know, mostly.] Do you think you would have noticed if these were already there when you came in?

[curdle]

[ SHE'S CONTRIBUTING ]

I've not yet eaten one of these, nor spoke to Goodman McCree, [ and I am absolutely just bullshitting that she's heard someone say the name so I can type the words Goodman McCree ] but could it be that he favored them?