Second Investigation

[parasomniacs]

Week 2

Friday

[ You've all done pretty well this week thus far -- this time no one has even seemed to outwardly give the motive much of a blink or two. Given that this has been the case, it probably ran through everyone's minds that no one this week would bother to commit an additional murder based upon motive, especially since it had been already filled with the sea of three bodies added to the pile. Besides, who would kill for something like Power anyway? Psh.

... It wasn't like people had killed their own best friends for power or accidentally unleashed monstrous abominations in their quest for power, right?

Anyway.

As morning dawns once again and people get up...at around 5-6 am or so, for the early risers they may find something quickly, although whether that somethingis something pleasant is another thing entirely. ]

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MAIL ROOM

[parasomniacs]

[Please submit any evidence by 1200 EST December 10th, before the trial starts. This includes information obtained from the suspects!!!]

BODY

[inordertobelieve]

[ After Keenan left him with his camera, it's up to Mikami to develop the pictures they took together. It's close-up shots of the injuries on the torso as well as all of the limb parts that have been severed. ]

TRASH BAG

[respring]

I found this in one of the kitchen's trash bins. The things inside smell a bit like bleach.

- Sakura

[ Presented: a bag of utterly bloody paper towels and plastic gloves. ]

DISHWASHER

[karmauberalles]

[There's a note in Extremely Perfect Script.]

There was nothing of any note on the countertops, the stoves, or in the ovens. The dishwasher, however, was warm and steamy, so it seems as though it had been run recently, but not recently enough to be extremely hot. It was empty, unfortunately.

BODY

[lienhearts]

[Leo will submit a photo of the original scene of the body, and another photo of the pieces taken out for inspection. With it is a note:]

Pieces were sawed off, by a large. Could have been the same knife that caused the gut wound. The victim had wounds on the outside of his forearms. It looks like he was defending himself from the culprit when he was attacked.

Additionally, three cuts of flesh were removed from the victim, including his hips. It resembles the butchering of an animal.

[Another photo is attached.]

STEAK AND ALIBI

[sacrament_of_blood]

[Enclosed is a piece of Grinchsteak and also a written statement.]

Yesterday evening, I first ate dinner then swam in the pool for roughly a couple of hours. After that, I went to pray in the garden and did so for about an hour. I made many prayers, including for the souls of the recently dead. After that, I went to my room and slept.

Merciless.

ALIBI (SAKURA)

[respring]

[ In a neat, slightly cutesy script: ]

On Thursday evening, I took a pocket knife from the convenience store, after Chavez-san's last announcement. I was scared, so I wanted something I could keep with me, in case I needed to defend myself. I spent most of the time taking pictures, otherwise.

At 7:00, I ran into Lowell-san in the ballroom. After that, I dropped my last camera off at the gift shop to get the photos developed. I made dinner, and set it out for anyone who wanted to take it, like normal. Then, I picked up my photos and retired to my room for the night. That was around 9:00. I sorted through my photos and relaxed a little before going to sleep at around 10:00.

I woke up at around 5:00 to get dressed and make breakfast, where I met up with Yurizono-san at the restaurant.

- Sakura

SAKURA'S ROOM

[tibkins]

[There's a bear trap in the evidence tray now. On it, there's a note, signed by Shelley]

I found this in Sakura's room. Looks like this is her object.

[A photo could have been enough, but of course Shelley went the extra mile and brought the bear trap. That's how she is]

MERCILESS'S ROOM

[scythegun]

[There's an unused bottle of chloroform as well as a note, written in elegant handwriting.]

I thoroughly searched Merciless's room and found nothing relevant to this case. This has obviously not been used.

-Yeager

[...The less said about the head, the better. No need to get everyone to freak out and lose their focus!!]

CLEANING PRODUCTS

[karmauberalles]

[Another note in Extremely Perfect Handwriting!]

The mop was thoroughly damp, but appeared to have dried somewhat. I'd say it would have been a decent amount of time since it was used. It also smelled fairly distinctly of bleach. The bleach in question was almost completely empty, and appears to have been mixed with weak hydrogen peroxide given the label on the can.

MEN'S LOCKER ROOMS

[gralsritter]

[Attached is a picture men's shower stall sprayed with luminol. Attached is a note:]

Appears to have been the only stall used in the men's locker room. Sprayed it with luminol and it appears that someone was washing off some blood.

I also checked the women's locker room. No signs of it being used.

-- Kevin Graham

WASHING MACHINE

[gralsritter]

[Attached is a picture of the inside of the washing machine. Once again, attached is a note.]

The washing machine has appeared to be used very recently and was once full of something that had a lot of blood on it.

--Kevin Graham

ALIBI (CROW)

[nevergraduating]

At about 6 PM, I had dinner in the restaurant and met up with Rean at the bar to take a stroll around the premises with him and Alexia until 9. After that, I went up to my room to grab a couple of things before going to the gym for about an hour. I guess that means it was about 10 PM when I got back to my room. I just hung out there for the rest of the night before sleeping.

- Crow

ALIBI - KEENAN

[caineraisingproject]

Around 6-7ish I was drinking with Father Ghrahm Graham, splitting his bottle of port and making some bar food for us so we wouldn't be completely wasted. I went back to my room an hour or so afterward, did some reading and writing, and went to bed.

- Lt. Caine, Pilot 04

CROW'S ROOM

[vigilantims]

[ dropped in the evidence bin from crow's room are the following:

- bear trap
- fire poker
- USB. Just one.

With them is a sloppy note by Yuri. ]

none of this looks like what we're looking for but i'm not letting him keep a bear trap in his room

[ look who has your back crow. ]

GRINCHSTEAK PHOTO

[olivefuranotherday]

[Nepeta submits a photo of the Grinchsteak in the freezer. The wrappings it was in originally are visible in the background. On the back of the photo Nepeta wrote a totally valid note.]

:33 < Grinchsteak photo!

Kitchen-Knife

[ecdyses]

I found a chef knife in the kitchen that smelled like soap. Curiously, the blade was dull as well-- meaning it had most likely been used recently.

--Hazama

CONCHITA ALIBI

[voracitas]

I tended to the garden until 7PM, when I went to eat. At about 7:30 I went to bathe. About an hour later, I believe, I returned to the gardens for tea and relaxation. I make it a habit to return to my room thirty minutes before the designated weekend curfew. I am always asleep before then, just in case, and when I awoke walked straight to the tea house for morning tea where I met Father Kevin.

To be clear, had I been the one to kill this creature there wouldn't have been a body left to find. I do not leave food behind when I eat it. I was raised to eat everything placed before me, and it has become a compulsion once I do begin to actually eat.

Banica Conchia

KITCHEN KNIFE

[atlasrising]

I found another chef's knife in the kitchen that didn't look right. It was with other knives but it was still kind of wet, like it had just been washed recently. It was the only one that stuck out in the middle of all the other ones though.

LAUNDRY ROOM (DRYER + DETERGENT)

[valimar]

[ Attached are photos of the detergent and the lint trap found inside the dryer. ]

Crow and I had a look inside the laundry room. We found a bottle of detergent sitting on top of the washing machine; I'd say about a quarter of it was actually used.

We also had a look at the dryers and it looks like someone's recently used one of those as well if the lint we found inside is anything to go by. The last time we checked was right around when I helped Alexia with her laundry yesterday. As for the washing machine itself, Father Kevin had a closer look at it so I would check with him on that.

BUTCHERING: OPINION

[voracitas]

The killer is likely someone who has a good background in actually cooking. There seems to be some degree of skill to the butchery, although how much I cannot say for my own lack of experience with anything except the results of such. Perhaps the murderer has a background in hunting or butchering.

STRIP SEARCH RESULT ;; CONCHITA

[anindomitablewill]

[ There's a note here, written in decisively neat script: ]

I conducted a strip search on Lady Conchita and she bore no evidence of any physical injuries whatsoever. Nothing else about her seemed overly amiss, either.

-- Vanitas

STRIP SEARCH RESULT: CROW ARMBRUST

[valimar]

[ Well, after finding out he just stripped his senpai for absolutely nothing, he'll post the results (the link included below which is also rather spoilery as a heads up) written in neat handwriting below. ]

So, I went ahead and conducted a strip search on Crow. I didn't find anything out of the ordinary; he had no injuries or marks on him that looked recent or relevant to the case.

- Rean Schwarzer

KEENAN'S ROOM

[devilsnight]

[No photographs or anything, just an unsigned statement.]

Typical teenager crap everywhere. Comic books and figurines and stuff.
Some injuries on the kid, but nothing more recent than a few days ago.
Said he got jumped on by Nepeta on Tuesday. Checked with Nepeta afterwards to see how true that was. She confirmed the story, said it was part of a game she was playing.
No blood on any of his clothes.
No weapons in the room, makeshift or otherwise.
Nothing else of value or interest anywhere in the room.

KITCHEN: APRON

[ecdyses]

An apron was missing too!