DIE HARD [1st Investigation]

[akudamods]

It's been almost a week since the X-Class Akudama found themselves in Dotonbori, and the days since Bunny and Shark's little announcement have gone on, seemingly falling on deaf ears. But now, as the sun begins to rise and turn the hanging smog red across the sky, it truly seems that blood is in the air. Not a soul is around on the streets... who will be the first to venture out?

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[fixingtodie]

[Of course there's blood everywhere............ better take a picture of the scene for evidence anyway before she maneuvers to the other side.

So. What have we got... pools of blood? Trails? What happened with all this blood.]

[akudamods]

[There's plenty of bloody things to be checking, Rachel. It's time to get started and work piece by piece.

For starters! The pool of blood -- noticeable as soon as one enters the rooftop area. It's a quite considerable amount of blood. There's enough blood that, even now, all the liquid still is fresh enough to get onto you if you touch it. Better be careful.]

[fixingtodie]

[All the more reason to watch her step. But she does look closely enough to check and see that yeah... still wet.

Okay. What have we got next?]

[akudamods]

[Next! You have two ways to proceed, Rachel -- there's an object currently lying pretty close to the pool of blood. There also are bloody smears on the far end of the blood, leading away from it.

What will it be?]

[fixingtodie]

[Rachel decides to turn her attention to the object first. Because it might be a weapon.]

[akudamods]

[Anything is a weapon if you use it with enough force, no?

Regardless, the object Rachel will find is a staff -- a staff that, perhaps, she has seen at least once before in Marcille's hands. Now it's lying there, almost right onto the edge of the pool of blood.]

[fixingtodie]

[..........truth.

And now she has a staff!! Definitely could have been a weapon. But definitely definitely evidence, so she's taking that. Is there anything on the staff? It was outside the pool of blood but are there any marks (or blood) on it anyway?]

[akudamods]

[The staff seems to be pretty much intact! It doesn't even have any blood on it, fortunately the blood didn't get onto it despite its proximity. Looks pretty well cared for -- Marcille really must have tried hard to keep her staff on top shape.

All in all, no marks or evidence to be found on the staff itself.

When she takes it, though, she'll notice something a little strange-looking not too far away from it. It's not an object -- it's blood, but the shape is decidedly strange. Getting close to it for a good look is necessary, though!]

[fixingtodie]

[...then she'll take good care of it too.

Time to investigate this other strangely shaped blood mark more closely!]

[akudamods]

[At times like these, images speak louder than words.

It's small, just a couple inches, but its unnatural shape is enough to catch anyone's eye]

[fixingtodie]

[Definitely suspicious. And definitely something worth taking another picture of for the evidence files. She has a few thoughts but-- best to save them for later.

There might still be more evidence to collect! So once she's finished with that, she'll check to see if there's anything else to move on to.]

[akudamods]

[Certainly!

As mentioned before there are smears on one end of the pool, wide, bloody marks left in direction of the edge of the rooftop. As perhaps many would expect, they start quite full of blood and get fainter the closer to the edge they get.

There are scuff marks, too, easily seen when the blood over them gets fainter -- marks following the same path the blood follows, all the way to the edge of the rooftop. Want to take a look over the edge?]

[fixingtodie]

[She follows the marks to the edge of the rooftop, taking another picture of the scrapes and the smears.

Once that's done, she'll peer down over the edge.]

[akudamods]

[Say hi to the people down there, Rachel! Marcille's body's location matches almost perfectly the edge of the rooftop marks]

[fixingtodie]

[HI Y'ALL.

She's taking a picture so. I hope you all wanted a photo to commemorate your first investigation.]

[akudamods]

[Nothing like a memento of investigating a location related to dead bodies. Such is life!

You're pretty much done up here, Rachel -- the only other thing noteworthy are the loose blonde hairs lying around all over the place. There's nothing like a pattern or anything odd about them, though. All there's to note about them is that they exist.

Nice work, Fixer!]