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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[letsplayamod]

[An excellent place to start, Misane!

The shelf in question is actually a standing shelf, more like a medium-height bookcase instead of a hanging shelf. There's no signs it was ever anchored to the wall (hard to do when everything is stone but still, Fantasy Greece OSHA violation right there) but there are visible scrape marks on the floor in the dust between the nearby wall and the anvil.]

[cannotunravel]

[Tremendous OSHA violations? Oh, this really is very Final Destination.

The scrape marks are interesting...how big are they?]

[letsplayamod]

[About the same width as the stout legs of the knocked-over shelf.]

[cannotunravel]

[Huh. So this shelf may have been dragged forward and then placed onto the wall -- in a vulnerable position where it'd fall right onto the unfortunate victim...perhaps?

Having seen this, Misane gets to looking for signs other elements got dragged and moved. The anvil, for example, or maybe the chisels normally are on this shelf here]

[letsplayamod]

[The anvil is exactly where it's always been. It is quite large and heavy*. It appears the shelf was the only thing moved but Misane is perceptive enough to notice something less conspicuous is missing among the tools: a small handsaw.





*Not a precise visual but approximately the right size/length/width.]

[cannotunravel]

[Misane puts the anvil into the Court Record so she can deploy it during the trial for evidence purposes.

I wish but nah, can't do that. This anvil stays right where it is.

So the handsaw is missing, and this shelf was moved...]

This truly was a murder.

[Alright, let's move on. There's the body, the shelf, the anvil...anything else that might be worth investigating in this craft room?]

[letsplayamod]

[Only one thing: a thick (now slightly bloody from what's dripping from Alex's body) line of olive oil between the anvil and the doorway.]