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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[diabolizes]

[ Hmmm. Hmmmmmmm. ]

Look at this bruise.

[ He points to the wedge-shaped one. ]

It seems as if the rest are due to the injuries we're already aware of. Do you see anything of a similar shape around here?

[conchy]

Good eye, Monsieur Wuxian! Let's see here...

[Looking around for any wedge-shaped implements! Will they find any clues as to what left this particular bruise?]

[killerwaves]

[Amidst all the candy-and-course-and-other junk, the ubiquitous gumballs and everything else that should not be on this golf course or at least Not Like This...

What stands out is something that fits right in: one golf club.

Also, since I forgot to note it in the last post and they both have eyes, Chai’s chest also has splatters of blood apart from what flowed down towards the ground from his wound.]

[diabolizes]

[ Is there any distinct pattern to the splatters of blood? Wei Wuxian looks for that, but if he doesn't see anything, he tries something else instead.

Given that he thinks it'll come in handy, he'll try to use Empathy in an attempt to get a read on Chai's emotional state right before death. If it gets blocked, that's fine, but at least he's tried. ]

[conchy]

[The blood splatter seems consistent with the head of the golf club, but wow! Such force! Does the hole in Chai's chest count as a hole in one...?

Anyway, while WWX empathizes, Lobelia takes another gander around the area to see if any more clues can be found.]

[killerwaves]

[The blood splatter is just haphazardly splashed around the entrance of the wound, there’s not too much blood there.

As for the hole-in-one, that one happens elsewhere too! Poor Chai really doesn’t get to put up any more death flags at this point.

While WWX’s Empathy is cooking, Lobelia is free to poke around, but all he will find are more gumballs.]

[diabolizes]

[ Okay, he's gonna keep working on that Empathy!

While he's doing that, Lobelia is free to do whatever he likes. Well, within reason. ]

[conchy]

[As far as Lobelia can tell, they've sussed out all their clues! Too bad he's better at touching bodies than detective work, but unless something else sticks out to him, he'll rejoin WWX and wait for the results of his touchy feely examination.]

[killerwaves]

[WWX's Empathy returns pretty overwhelming feelings of panic and being startled.]

[diabolizes]

[ Good to know. He’ll turn to Lobelia. ]

He was panicked and felt startled before death. Not shocking, to be honest.