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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[akudamods]

[It's...

...it's pretty hard to tell. It's a sizable injury, but the object/weapon it was made with is impossible to determine.

All Gai can tell is that it's rather large and with a flat surface, large enough to not have left any sort of shape nor indentations.

As for the blood, well, it has started to dry -- as expected from a corpse that has been left out there for a while. No anomalies to report on this topic!]

[voidseeing]

[A flat surface, huh... good to know.

Let's move on to those hand marks next! He's a fairly decently-sized guy at close to 6 feet, are these hand marks going to be larger or smaller than his hands? And are there any nail marks too that would indicate that whoever did this had fairly long nails, or just the finger imprints?

Either way, he's going to take a photo of his own hand alongside the marks for a size reference.]

[akudamods]

[No nail marks to report! As for the hand, they seem to be smaller than Gai's. It's really hard to tell anything exact about the size, though -- all he'll be able to tell is that anyone with large hands is ruled out.]

[voidseeing]

[Interesting.

Next to the broken ribs! Is he correct in assuming that all of the fractures are on the front side, or are there any on the back?

He's also going to probe at them a little-- is the pattern of the fractures consistent with an impact (such as falling from the roof), or is it more isolated in specific spots the way it would be if caused by blows from an object?]

[akudamods]

[There are some on the front side, but there are more serious ones on the back. Albeit the front has bruises, the curious thing about them...is that it doesn't seem like they're from a direct impact.

The spine has very serious injuries. Several large, dark bruises -- darker than the ones in front -- indicate this was the point of impact. In contrast, the rib fractures are pretty much at the point where the ribs join the spine and the connection between rib and sternum. Minor blood vessels burst, causing the haphazard bruises.

In other words: hitting the back so hard the weaker points of the ribcage suffered some damage. That's...a lot of strength!]

[voidseeing]

[That sure is. Definitely going to be snapping some pictures of that. And just to confirm, as someone with considerable hand-to-hand combat/martial arts experience, would he be able to recognize them as being injuries of the sort that could be caused by punching or kicking?]

[akudamods]

[They're a tad too large to be from punching or kicking!]

[voidseeing]

[Hmm. Hmmmmm. Anything else on the torso or legs that he would notice?

If not, moving on to that cut on her wrist. Now, Gai has seen both a whole lot of combat and quite a bit of human experimentation. Does this cut look like it was made with a knife or something finer, like a scalpel?]

[akudamods]

[Nothing else on the torso or legs that needs to be examined, yup!

Oh, it indeed was made with a rather thin blade, judging by the way the cut is so subtle and how clean it is. A scalpel would fit such a description, indeed. A kitchen knife or a dagger wouldn't.]

[voidseeing]

[And yet there's no real blood to speak of around it or on the ground? Interesting. Any smears that would indicate that it was wiped away?

What about on her clothing? Any blood/damage/dirt to notice there? Or any defensive wounds to speak of?]

[akudamods]

[No smears! Interesting indeed.

Nothing on her clothes, nor any defensive wounds. There's pretty much nothing else abnormal to report, except...

...well, it's pretty hard to see -- harder than the cut on the wrist. But something about Debbie's hair seems a bit off.

Like a bit of hair has been cut]

[voidseeing]

[... okay, now we're getting into weird territory here. Is it a clean cut - like something made with scissors - or messier, like with a knife? Where exactly on her head is this bit of hair that was cut? A large amount or small amount?]

[akudamods]

[A clean cut, indeed! And close to the scalp, too. What a day this has been, Gai]

[voidseeing]

[He really didn't want to know this much about one of the other X-Class Akudama's fetishes, thanks. But he'll be sure to get photos of both the wrist wound and that bit of missing hair because it's probably important!!!

Anything else of note that he would find while handling the body or can he go ahead and call it a day?]

[akudamods]

[Nothing else to be found! Looks like you're done, Gai. High five?]

[voidseeing]

[Not how he planned on ending his first week here but hey, he's still alive, so that counts for something! High five it is.]