Second investigation

[letsplayamod]

[Friday has come once again, Typhon’s deadline for the carrot of a motive dangled in front of their faces. Temptations abound and, when the godlings stir in the morning, the air feels thick in a way it hasn’t before. Thunder rumbles outside and the sound of sheets of rain pour down but only ends up pounding against Athena’s protective barrier. No one could ask for a finer umbrella.

There's no more monstrous cyclops threatening your morning. The horses were corralled back to their stables to wind down from the frightening excitement of last Wednesday. From then on, Typhon's threats have once more grown quiet. Everything seems to be... fine.

Still, something feels off.]

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[rockymountaindie]

[ Of course something feels off. Something always feels off. Especially with a fucking storm. There's always a fucking storm, isn't there?

Hairs on the back of his neck standing on end, Alex decides to descend the stairs because ya know what, the armory really unsettles and confuses him. ]

[letsplayamod]

[Ohhh boy.

The sound comes first, an abrupt clattering of falling metal just as a booming crack of thunder rips through the air from upstairs. Then comes the panicked whiney-ing and stomping of hooves as a stampede of frightened horses and pegesai burst from their stables and out into the open floor.]

[rockymountaindie]

[ The booming crack of thunder. Oh. Is that what he...?

Alex hesitates for all of a split-second. Then he takes a few quick steps forward, not to get in front of the horses or anything like that, but to try and get a better look, to see if he can figure out what the hell happened, or if any of them are hurt. ]

[taintedfayth]

Alex. You should not go alone.

[Because yeah, he's getting some bad vibes right about now.]

[rockymountaindie]

Then c'mon. Keep up.

[ He doesn't ignore when the universe says something. ]

[phototraces]

I agree… something is wrong.

[Hi boys she’s tailing you.]

[fillets]

[ Yeah I would truly love to say "well Alex is having a Time!! she's going to take a stroll elsewhere" just for greater coverage but unfortunately she wants to see how that premonition of his plays out so she's zeroing in on that upsetting energy signature and will also show up following the three of them! ]

[sweetsynergy]

[So, uh. Anything off in the eatery? If someone were beelining there for some reason.]

[letsplayamod]

[The Eatery itself is all good!]

[sweetsynergy]

[What calming, non-suspicious phrasing! But assuming that means we're clear here, how's the kitchen look.]

[catsgothistongue]

[Call it hunch or nerves or whatever, but with it being a week since the first, Ranma leaves first thing in the morning to head to the kitchen. Just to check... and breakfast, assuming there's not another death to kill their appetites.]

[letsplayamod]

[No bodies but there's a very strong chance there's some relevant stuff here for later!]

[catsgothistongue]

[This is fine. That's fine heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey what's the noise??, Ranma's bolting to the sounds of commotion soon as his ears pick up on it--]

Investigation START

[letsplayamod]

[Once more, to the horror of anyone still outside, red overtakes the sky.]

Parting in such sweet sorrow. It would seem that your “God of Life” has left you. Such is the curse of death, none may escape it, not even the puny gods themselves… None but I.

Go. Find your evidence. I shall call upon you once more when it is time.

[And you're left alone again, with a body, and far too many questions.]

[markofnobility]

What... but this is not a murder!!

[letsplayamod]

Can you be so certain?

Evidence

[letsplayamod]

Total: 28/28

Stables:
- BYE BYE, LIL SEBASTIAN- I mean, Alex.
- Every stall is open now.
- Non-traditional kitchen raid.
- Ropes and twine
- Alex is 5000 candles in the wind
- The door to the paddock has been closed.

Crafts Room:
- Damn, like it just happened 5 minutes ago.
- Straight to the point.
- Battered and bruised.
- Owie sandwich.
- Scoot scoot.
- Something missing...
- Slip 'n' slide.
- Almost but not quite sawed through.

Hallway:
- Slip 'n' Slide part 3
- The Winons are going to have a time buffing out these floors
- Equines. Equines everywhere.
- Can you hoofprint a horse the way you fingerprint a human?
- Two of Them.
- At least it's not mannequins.
- That's SUSPICIOUS. That's WEIRD.

Lift Room:
- Even in here it's greasy.
- Scoot scoot part 2.

Training Grounds:
- Where rope?
- Snip.
- ...something found.
- QuarkCork?
- One mystery solved but still Creepy As Hell.

Kitchen:
- That's...that's alota olive oil.
- The cookware is the real victim here
- a candle and matches and twine, oh my

Crafts Room

[letsplayamod]

[No culprit, Alex only, Final Destination]

[necromants]

[Well. He's already here. If we're expected to carry out another trial for our lives, then he may as well pitch in. Besides, most people would probably be upset about examining Alex right after he died, but Zvei...? Well, he's Zvei.]

I don't mind if you want to stay, but I'm going to examine him.

[That's said to anyone who wants to hang around, just so they aren't surprised when he starts poking and prodding. So! Let's talk Alex. Lay out the scene for me, mods. He's been pierced by several sharp chisels, do the exact locations matter?]

[cannotunravel]

[Misane doesn't like that Typhon has decided this is a murder. Well, looking at the corpse won't help figure anything out -- the cause of death is crystal clear. So...there's one thing to figure out:

Is this a murder?

So Misane moves to where the shelf used to be, intending to examine the place it had been attached at. She has to figure out if it was loosened on purpose or something]

Stables

[letsplayamod]

[Woah nelly and other horse phrases]

Hallway

[letsplayamod]

[Between the Stables and Crafts room jsyk]

Lift Room

[letsplayamod]

[Can this raise your spirits? Probably not.]

Training Grounds

[letsplayamod]

[Sports skills are life skills]

Kitchen

[letsplayamod]

[This place will never know peace.]