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.

"Anybody could be that guy ♫"

(( OOC: Welcome to your third investigation, stay hydrated and refreshed ☆ ))

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[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.]

[solutionary]

[Let's check out some of the bigger wounds... Are there any bits of the metal (either color of them) in any of the bigger wounds? Do the stab wounds look like they happened after death, potentially to distract/cover from some other kind of damage...? Can he tell if it was one of the harpoons that too many people still have or a kitchen knife or another kind of blade?]

[killerwaves]

[Depending on the side of the body and the area (described above), the metal bits can be found in some of the wounds, yes; it looks similar to the arm stump in that the metal bits seem to have been pushed into the flesh by the stab.

Wounds! All right, let's get down to business:

• There's a big ol' stab to the head, on the right, which has bled quite a bit; you can tell by the clothing on that side.

The following wounds have not bled that much:
• 5 deep stabs on either leg
• I somehow forgot to mention this but there's a whole harpoon lodged in the left side of his chest so yes....... yes you can match the harpoon blade, help

Also, before I forget to mention something else important, the entire body smells strongly of high-proof liquor.]

[solutionary]

[Baizhu is basically blind without his glasses, they must have fogged up and conveniently covered just the entire harpoon sticking out of this squid…………

We are not beating the “do you not have eyes??” Allegations today.

So there’s liquor!! And a good effort to cut up some fresh caught squid—- are there any other styles of injury? Charring from a barbecue attempt? Any kinds of marks on the harpoon that could any ownership or previous wear and tear?]

[killerwaves]

[Baizhu is doing his best, as we all must.............

The harpoon is Just Mean.

There's not really other styles of injury -- no charring or anything. Primarily the body just looks like a sad deflated squid. As for the harpoon, it looks just the same as any other harpoon.]

[solutionary]

[Okay so harpoon could be anyone’s and the liquor was just doused over him…

The head wound, if it was the primary bleeding point was probably the killing wound.

Is there any other kinds of things on him? Glass or marks that would have indicated a struggle? ]

[killerwaves]

[Since Baizhu's made the dubious life choice to rifle around in tentacles...

He'll find some pieces of glass and a decent amount of sand amid the folds of Kallamar's clothing. Apart from the existing injuries, there's no other signs of a struggle.]

[solutionary]

[Wrapping up questions then— is the glass also just in shattered bits like the metal, or is there any color/shape/texture indication of what it used to be or was from? It’s not easily identifiable as a drinking glass or a stained glass something-or-other, correct? It’s not tinted or possessing designs on it that point at anything?]

[killerwaves]

[The glass is plain and in slightly bigger pieces than the metal, but still not quite large enough to tell what it was from. You can tell that some pieces are curved, however, and that it's a thick, sturdy glass.]

[butcherspice]

[Since others have Skywarp covered now, Billy is gonna take a gander at Kallamar. He does feel a bit bad about this one since the squid was a decent enough guy.]

Did a number on the poor sod…think someone had a grudge or that our good old Kraken put up a good fight?

[Just to cut to the chase, does this harpoon resemble the way Skywarp configured his own into a makeshift foot at all? Gotta figure out where those feet went.]

[killerwaves]

[Nope, this harpoon hasn't been modified! It looks pretty much like a regular harpoon.]

[butcherspice]

[I see. Just to cover all bases on how connected the two incidents may or may not be, are there any traces of blue robot blood on Kallamar? ]

[killerwaves]

[There are no blue substances on Kallamar! Surprisingly, bipedal squid blood appears to be red.]