Fifth Investigation

[parasomniacs]

Week 6

Friday

[ Another week, another death... with last week's mistake still fresh in their minds, how will they fare this time around? Will the weight of it crush them or will they find themselves refined into sharp, clear diamonds? An answer is nigh-- because once more an eerie silence fills the hotel. That feeling that something's just not right may be familiar to them by now. They may sense it...

...that someone had decided that there is an injustice in the world worth killing for.

Although it may take them some time to deduce this-- they will find that the source of the ground and first floor levels of the hotel. It is not immediately obvious but some may get the sense that they are being watched. No doubt Sheepy will be watching them during their investigation and making sure things go by the books. ]

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[inordertobelieve]

[ He's... in the first floor residential hallways as literally every morning. Is that... bad for him? ]

[parasomniacs]

[ The residential area is clear.]

ground floor - ballroom

[spatial]

[ She's on the ground floor, heading towards the ballroom to get to the makeshift infirmary. Is there anything out of place as she approaches the ballroom entrance? ]

[parasomniacs]

[ ..........Yukino. There is in fact something that can be seen from the ballroom entrance.

There is a body leaning against the front of the stage. It's legs are crossed and there is blood on it's neck, chest, right glove, and clothes. A bloody sword is propped up against it's shoulder.

You might recognize it.

...Sting is dead. ]

[anindomitablewill]

[ He'd been up early and down on that floor to grab a couple things, running into Yukino as she'd been heading to the ballroom. ]

Good morning, Yukino~! Mind some company?

gift shop

[unlikelyend]

[ Whatever is happening, Duke will wind up probably about to enter the gift shop. I mean he comes to the latter place pretty often enough, so...anything out of place here? ]

[parasomniacs]

[ Going through it's inventory-- it might be noticed that there is a blanket missing. But the room is otherwise untouched. ]

Restuarant

[forthemoment]

[Well, might as well check the restaurant.]

[parasomniacs]

[Nothing amiss in the restaurant.]

Convenience Store

[sacrament_of_blood]

[Merciless is going to go and grab some quick snacks from the convenience store.]

[parasomniacs]

[The snacks are in place! In general everything is in place!]

[nevergraduating]

[Good old murderdays. Well, since people doing stuff with the laundry seems to be A Thing here, how about he goes to check that out? He'll be passing through the pool on the way through from the eastern stairwell, so there's anything weird on the way through, he'll probably see it!]

[parasomniacs]

[ Nothing in laundry or the eastern stairwell and everything in the pool seems normal! ]

[respring]

[ Sakura's going to head to the ice rink this morning. Pls no frozen evidence...... ]

[parasomniacs]

[ No frozen evidence! This floor is murder free. ]

BODY DISCOVERY

[parasomniacs]

It looks like a good few of you have found it now-- Bee-kun has been murdered! Doesn't it sting so bad keheheh.

Anyway-- you have the evening to investigate. Then a trial will be held to allow you to try and uncover the culprit! We've unlocked your suspect's rooms so that you can properly interrogate them and check their stuff! Bee-kun's too.

Gooood luck~!

[The rooms of Yuri, Rean, Mikami, Merciless, and Mitsuko are now open, as well as Sting's room.]

Mail Room

[parasomniacs]

GIFT SHOP INVESTIGATION RESULTS

[unlikelyend]

There was a blanket that was large and conspicuously missing from the gift shop.

- Duke

ballroom investigation results - body

[spatial]

[ Splotches of tears in a few places, smearing some of the ink. ]

- Obvious findings:

Master Sting's body was found on stage, crossed-legged and propped against a sword. Body was cold when found. Time was before 7 AM.

The sword seems to belong to the mechanical cultists we saw during Sir Dio's execution. Note: The cultists are found backstage. One has been tampered with.

Wounds:

There is a neck wound: a cut that extends to his chest. He seems to have been struck twice in the same spot. The cut is jagged near the collarbone, deep, but otherwise it is a clean cut.

There is no bruising. The width of the sword seems to match the gap of the wound. (This was not tested.)

Blood:

Found only on his neck, chest, right glove, and clothes. No blood around the body or trailing up to it.

The room was not in disarray, and there were no signs of a struggle.

[ OOC: Original thread. If asked to elaborate, Yukino will use information from this thread. ]

Merciless's alias

[sacrament_of_blood]

[Merciless's submitted her own alibi this time.]

I ate at six pm. At about half an hour past, I went to the gym and practiced until about nine pm. I then went to the gardens to pray for the souls of the deceased until ten pm, at which time I went to my room and slept.

- Merciless

Mitsuko's Alibi

[forthemoment]

I ate some dinner around seven, had a bath, then took an early rest around eight. I didn't wake up until the alarm went off.

Mitsuko

MITSUKO'S ROOM SEARCH

[tibkins]

[There's only a note]

Mitsuko received a camera from the staff, one of those that can stun people with a flash. It doesn't seem used but what do I know.

She's getting bored with the hotel. Could be important to remember! Boredom can be an incentive to kill for some people!

Oh, and the shower in her room hasn't been used at all

MIKAMI INTERROGATION

[devilsnight]

[What Top Dollar eventually submits to evidence is unsigned, but at the same time it's not anything that hasn't been seen before as evidence, either – he'd submitted his own alibi a few weeks ago, after all. That said, it's a mess? Seriously, he looks like he learned handwriting from Russian doctors and reverse-engineered it back into something pretending to be legible in English, I'm so sorry.]

Mikami said he checked the lower floors starting shortly after nine. He said goodnight to Aki, and then did his rounds - first floor to ground floor and then up to the second and beyond, because he's apparently a man full of rigid-ass habits. Said he didn't see anything weird there or anywhere else as he moved up through the place.

He said he was asleep by ten and stayed that way all night. Started doing checks again at something like 6:40am, quit after the sheep said her piece and went back to his room. (So I'm guessing that's something like, what, 20 minutes to a floor? I'm not going to sit here and do the math for you, that's not my job.) He knew he'd be a suspect because he got one of those items, it ended up being a camera because I guess somebody's got a sick sense of humor.

I asked him about his motive, he said it was private but answered anyway, so it wasn't like he was trying to hide it. I'm not here to play armchair analyst and figure out whether it was worth killing over or not, but I figured it was worth reporting that he didn't refuse or anything when asked about it.

Suspect Interrogation

[parasomniacs]

MITSUKO

[forthemoment]

[This time she's in front of her room. ...if only to keep certain people from taking her things that clearly have no relevance to the case.]

Suspect Room Searches

[parasomniacs]

MITSUKO

[forthemoment]

[Other than the food still in several boxes around the kitchenette area there doesn't seem to be anything out of place this time. No awful smell or anything.]