WEEK 2 INVESTIGATION

[killerwaves]

INVESTIGATION

The sun rises over sparkling waves and beaches -- and there are far more of them now, double the amount of sun and surf across the two unusual islands you've been forced to call home. Not that you were able to see the breaking dawn, given that you found yourself falling asleep at the stroke of midnight, regardless of how tired you were.

Your restful(?) sleep is brought to a sudden end at 7am with a booming whipcrack of sound; those on Seagull's Playground will hear it first, much louder than the karaoke windows shattering last night. Indeed, a window or two may crack in the arcade, but at least nothing else breaks as a new shockwave flashes out on that island. Those on Sungem's Peak will merely feel a stronger breeze and see some higher waves, but they'll certainly hear an echo of everything as they come to.

Given your sudden sleep and confinement (if you took notice in the midst of everything you were up to), it's understandably harder to keep track of your cabana-and-islandmates.

Now that you're very likely very awake -- perhaps it's time to take a look around outside, and see if this week brings better tidings than the last.

(( OOC: Welcome to your first official investigation! This is similar to last week's peace week investigation: body discovery part comes first, free for all exploration for everyone until a body (or bodies) is found. Then we will move into the detailed investigation of body and locations! Good luck at Costco. ☆ ))

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MINI-GOLF

[killerwaves]

Re: MINI-GOLF

[butcherspice]

[Well, since he's here, looks like this is his job now. Anything that can be seen about Chai's corpse at first glance without needing to start extracting him from the wreckage?]

WRONG JOURNAL AGAIN go me

[killerwaves]

[Well, he’s definitely bloody and lying in a pool of blood. In fact, the bizarre positioning of his body gives you a great look at the blood running sideways down from his chest to the ground once Xiao has finished digging him out of the wreckage of his not-so-life choices a bit.]

[butcherspice]

[Well, what’s the damage in the chest area?]

[killerwaves]

[About that.

It’s kind of hard to tell because the wound is inexplicably full of gummy worms.]

[butcherspice]

Fucking diabolical…

[Billy takes a few gummy worms for evidence. What other wounds has he got if any?]

[plunges]

[ Xiao will leave the body to Billy so he can take a look at the go-kart. What's the state of this thing looking like? ]

[killerwaves]

[This cute purple go-kart has seen better days, but it’s not completely wrecked or anything. It does look like it’s crashed into the side of the course, though, hanging slightly off the top of the incline due to the low wall made for golf balls rather than go-karts.

It’s also smoking faintly. Poor thing.]

[plunges]

[ Yikes. Hm...he's unfamiliar with this kart's components, so he'll go ahead and take a picture of the state of the kart, if that's allowed! If not, that's fine. He tried.

He will look inside the kart first, though. Anything out of place? Footprints on any pedals for instance, maybe something fell out of someone's pocket...? ]

[killerwaves]

[The U-PINION’s functions are back online, so yes, he can take a crunchy picture of the kart!

As for the interior, it looks pretty clear — until he gets down to the floor beneath the driver’s seat. There’s a couple of gumdrops wedged tightly under there.]

[plunges]

[ Oh, hm. Xiao reaches under there and pulls out the gumdrops, inspects them. Is there anything on these? Blood, perhaps...? Or anything else to note about the gumdrops?

Anything wedged behind them? ]

[diabolizes]

[ He eventually snuck his way over here, so while Billy is looking at the body and Xiao is occupied with the go-kart, Wei Wuxian will take a look at the rest of the scene. What else is going on around here? ]

[killerwaves]

[ There's likely a lot of things going on, but a bit away from Chai's body is an overturned, oversized candy bowl that's... moving, every so often. ]

[diabolizes]

[ Well, alright then! Time to go get a look at that candy bowl.

Before he attempts to move it, Wei Wuxian will give it a decent look over for any marks or scratches along with anything else odd around the bowl itself before attempting to at least turn it over, or lift it up a good amount if it's too heavy. ]

[killerwaves]

[ There's not any major scratches, or damage to the bowl. Luckily it's not heavy, as it's made of plastic too. And for his searching WWX will get...

fou

It's a mechanical cat! Maybe you've seen her around before with Chai? Her ears are flat against her head, and she immediately tries to hide in the nearest pile of easter grass but it's really not camouflage. She's also shaking, the poor thing. ]

[diabolizes]

[ Oh! A mechanical kitty! After taking a quick glance under the bowl for anything else, he crouches down in front of the pile of easter grass. ]

Here, kitty...

[ As he's trying to get her to come closer, he looks for any potential damage to her that he can see through the grass. Does she look completely unharmed? ]

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ Honestly, she's just here to see the body, but she just kind of drifts off from the others and pokes around. Is there anything else immediately off around? ]

[killerwaves]

[ It's really not immediately off, but it is notable! There is of course a hole on this course and there's a flag raised in the hole, flapping in the seabreeze. ]

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ Well, no sense in not checking to see if there's anything in the hole. Would the flag be up or down if the hole was finished? Or is it just always there? ]

[killerwaves]

[ It would be up if the hole was finished! But actually since she's looking at it, she'll see it's decorated with a giant smilie face, hole-in-1 written in bright excitable typeface.

Moving to the hole itself, there's a golfball in there. A white, odd-shaped golf ball. ]

[conceivesfrenzy]

Woooow, someone's an overachiever.

[ Still impressive, though. Let's pick up the white ball and see what's going on with it. What's the shape? Does it look like it's been used? ]

[chosenwang]

[ He's here to cheer everyone else on and look good while doing so!

And he's here to investigate. Is there anything noticeable in the different themed areas of the mini-golf course? ]

[killerwaves]

[ Well, he'll notice that in the entrance/exit way (there's only 1 way in and out of mini-golf if you're entering it properly), that there's something glistening on one of the palm trees there. ]

[chosenwang]

[ Oh shiny! Are these fake palm trees or real ones and can he easily climb up there to check it out? ]

[killerwaves]

[ He doesn't need to climb actually! The glistening... well glob, is actually pretty low on the trunk of the palm tree (real), if anything he's going to have to kneel, having looked like it dribbled down a bit from a mark in the bark. ]