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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[airlockedmods]

[That depends, does a small tool box count as weird?]

[almightyconflagration]

[It certainly doesn't belong with the food. Now as much as he does tend to be a lazy ass, he does actually know not to leave fingerprints. He's had quite a bit of training in how to be an effective criminal after all.

So he'll look first to see if there are any towels to grab this with. If not he'll improvise with some of the food packets to ensure he doesn't leave his own prints there. Then first he'll look on the outside it. Anything on the outside like blood? Also does this look like something that anyone could have found in the station somewhere?]

[airlockedmods]

[There are some paper towels lying around if those will do.

The outside of the box is clean and does indeed have the same sort of aesthetic as the rest of the ship. Definitely originated on the ship.]

[almightyconflagration]

[Okay, he'll grab some paper towels and use those to lay the box on the counter and to open it. So what's inside? Hopefully no blood or guts because dang McBurn would like to enjoy some breakfast sometime today.]

[airlockedmods]

[Nope, no milkshakes in this box. Just a small assortment of tools like a hammer, some pliers, a small wrench.]

[almightyconflagration]

[So any obvious empty spaces? It does seem a bit odd for this toolbox to be lacking a screwdriver after all. But since Natsuhi laid the screwdriver found in the drawer on the counter, does it look like that screwdriver belongs to this tool box?]

[airlockedmods]

[That screwdriver looks like it fits perfectly with this toolbox.]

[almightyconflagration]

[Well, that sure is interesting. Why leave it here and not put it back where it was found so it wouldn't draw notice? Obviously they have a rather stupid murderer here.

Anything else of note in the toolbox? He's not going to put the screwdriver back in it quite yet since the fact that they were separated may be relevant.]

[airlockedmods]

[Nope, nothing else of note in there.]