WEEK 4 INVESTIGATION

[killerwaves]

INVESTIGATION

Did you enjoy your musical serenade last week? Depending on where you find yourself this bright and sunny morning, you might be getting an encore of a different sort, in the theater.

Are you having the time of your life? Someone is, or more accurately, was if the trend from the last weeks hold. There's not even any extraneous noise to interrupt the musical marathon; the snap and pressure release of past weeks is notably absent, so maybe it's not the time to continue the party scene yet... Those on Dodo will be able to spot the warping haze stretched past the aquarium and almost to the theater by the time they make it outside, while those on Sungem and Seagull will also be able to spot the phenomenon encroaching on the shore from the ocean. Hm.

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BEACH

[killerwaves]

[solutionary]

[The body announcement was ...fairly upsetting all things considered, but after a couple moments to focus himself, he takes off for the beach. When he approaches, Kallamar is there, but is there anything of notice when walking up to him? Or fishing him out of the water, if someone hasn't yet.]

[killerwaves]

[Presumably, Kallamar has been fished up.

We'll have to take a few steps back here, to note that the picture linked in the death post is not entirely accurate. The metal embedded in Kallamar is of two different colors: the gold is on his left side, concentrated around where he's also missing a hand, while his right side is more intact but riddled with normal-looking metal.]

[solutionary]

[Hm. Okay. He's not a vet, and Changsheng doesn't count as an animal he's cared for. Neither does Xiao, for all that he was people-shaped at the time.

So to clarify: the gold shards are centered in his (partially missing) arm? Or are they in that whole side? Does the metal look like gold-the-metal, or like gold-painted-metal?]

[killerwaves]

[Maybe Changsheng is the secret vet in this scenario.

The gold shards -- which you'd probably have to poke at a bit to check what type of gold -- are indeed centered on the arm and stump, in a radial pattern. Moreover, now that Baizhu is looking closely at the stump, he'll notice that there are a number of stab wounds on it as well.]

[solutionary]

[Are you calling Baizhu an animal then, since she's basically his doctor?

The wound that caused the severing, was it one blow or part of the multiple stabbings? Like a slash versus many stabs, clean edged versus jagged?

He'll feel or move the stump around to check that if needed, and poke at the gold too-- are the gold pieces chipped off of the blade(?) that did the stabbing?]

[killerwaves]

[All humans are but slightly taller animals.

As for the wound that took off the hand, it's hard to tell because the wound is so messy -- there's the deep stab wounds, to the point where some of the gold bits have been pushed deeper into the flesh, and the severed stump itself is pretty ragged. Especially as the whole thing is waterlogged too.

For the gold: it's gold the metal, and the gold pieces are too small to tell where they might have come from.]

[solutionary]

[Hm...

Do the shards seem curly or straight? Like metal shavings, or more like slivers/shards? Are the non-gold ones the same, just a different metal to the gold ones?

Are there any other wounds besides the arm?]

[killerwaves]

[The bits are more straight like slivers/shards, and both types of metal exhibit this type of shape; the non-gold ones are also metal, just metalgray-colored.

Also I should note that the stabs to the stump/arm numbered about five, so like, a really good amount for one arm.

Boy are there plenty of wounds! They're on the other side, though, the right side with the gray-colored metal. These are slightly larger and also go in a radial pattern on his head and upper body. The flesh here is also shredded and stabbed, somebody went to town on this squid. There's also more stab wounds all down the body, too.]

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ You know what, let's go to the beach and see if anyone else is laying facedown on the beach. What's immediately off with a cursory glance around? ]

[killerwaves]

[Shuda is also at the beach, but he's up and moving, so Alice is free of a third body this week. ☆

There's a decent area of disturbed sand which is also kind of glittery due to some sundry glass shards lying there. That's not the only thing that glitters, though! If Alice is looking around the beach, she'll also spot something shiny down by the water.]

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ Oh thank God. No one should have to deal with that if that happens.

Let's actually start with the shiny down by the water. If she needs to dig anything up she'll do it, but what're we looking at, here? ]

[killerwaves]

[As she heads down to the water, she'll notice a trail of drag marks going down the beach through the sand and into the waves. Once she arrives by the waterline, she'll be able to see bits and flecks of metal that washed up.]

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ Do the drag marks look like they go into the ocean, or do they stop by the shoreline? How big are they?

And as for the metal, what color are they? I assume they're too small to be reliably places as to their origin, but just in case, could she tell where it's from? ]

[killerwaves]

[The drag marks go down into the ocean, and they're not super big.

The bits of metal are a mix between gray and gold, and are too small to be able to tell the origin. If she's eyeballing them real hard, though, she might also notice some black scraps buried in the sand with them.]

[conceivesfrenzy]

[ Like, Kallamar big?

Fun! Would she be able to tell if its all the same metal painted differently?

Otherwise, she'll move back and go to the disturbed sand. How's it disturbed? Where are the glass shards in relation to it? ]

[killerwaves]

[It could conceivably be Kallamar-sized from a quick eyeballing, yes.

They're a bit small, but since it came up in Baizhu's thread they're different metals.

The messed up sand connects to the drag marks and mostly just looks like there was a lot happening in this area, with dips and pockmarks and whatnot. Most of the glass is near all of this too. There's also small patches of darker sand just visible here and there.]

[dancing_flames]

[... okay, so, inquiring minds want to know: why did he wake up covered in so much sand? What's up with that?]

[killerwaves]

[Shuda woke up with sand on him because somebody messed with the sand! As seen in Alice's thread.

That said, there's also the matter of the long wooden object that was floating in the water not far from Kallamar. Shall we assume he would have retrieved that, or is he going to need to go back in?]

[dancing_flames]

[His primary focus was on getting the body back in to shore, so it's time for Swim #2 of the day! Let's go retrieve that mysterious object.

It's fine, he needs the exercise anyway, etc.]

[killerwaves]

[Way to go for the gold in the Beijing Olympics, Shuda can.

The mysterious object turns out to be a long, wooden stick, so not anything too hard to bring back in.]

[dancing_flames]

[Not what you would be expecting to find floating out in the ocean, especially near a body! So the immediately obvious: are there any sort of marks or damage on it? And about how long are we talking here?]

[killerwaves]

[It's between 5-6 feet long and one end of it is damaged and looks scorched.]

[dancing_flames]

[He'll just be taking a few pictures of that scorched end there.

Anything else of note about it or can he go look for a towel now?]

[killerwaves]

[He could probably use it as a walking stick? He's free to towel off.]