CATCH ME IF YOU CAN [2nd Investigation]

[akudamods]

When you venture outside, there is a single theme in the whispers of any person on the street.

“Shinkansen-sama, I’m so sorry... “ “Forgive us, Shinkansen-sama…” “Can’t believe they defiled Kansai Station…” “Damn you, X-Class Akudama!”

The sky is cloudless above the smog. Does this really have anything to do with you? Did everyone else wake up in the residences this morning? Or will you take the bus route up to Chuo just in case?

Comments

cw: same as above, you know

[hunterandhunted]

[Zenos is quite familiar with head wounds, being the deliverer of a great many: so the first thing he's looking at are the widths of the dents. Is there even one where he can see if the impact was caused by a thin or wide instrument? Or is Akira's skull completely pulped?]

[akudamods]

[Pretty much all the dents are quite wide, both in depth and width -- at least in the few ones he can more or less tell where the dent begins and where it ends. The skull, thankfully, isn't completely pulped but that doesn't change the fact this is all pretty gruesome]

[hunterandhunted]

[Hm. Interesting. Zenos will snap some pictures of the front and sides of the head, careful not to get in Belial or Jake's ways.

Then he's going to slump the body forward and take a look at the back of Akira's skull as well as the elevator doors. What's the dent situation there?]

[akudamods]

[The back of his skull doesn't seem to have gotten particularly damaged. The elevator doors look pretty intact, too! There's a bit of blood on the doors, although it seems to be more because it dripped from the corpse]

[hunterandhunted]

[HMM... snaps a few more pictures.

So the corpse wasn't thrown or anything, but definitely propped here maybe?? Since we have Akira's back in view, what do his wings look like? Is his back as cut up as his front?]

[akudamods]

[The wings seem largely fine! The cartilage didn't get ripped or anything like that, they seem intact. Looks like most of the injuries and noteworthy elements are all over the head and the torso -- given the stuff Conway found.]

cw: more head wound examination

[hunterandhunted]

[This is weird!

Anyways, since there isn't any damage to Akira's back, he's going to give Belial and Jake the heads up before laying the poor boy down on the ground. From here, he's going to take a closer look at those head wounds.

Since there's a lamp post there and blugeoning here: are the wounds consistent with the bloody lamp post? Or are they smaller/bigger?]

[akudamods]

[It certainly is plausible that lamp post caused these injuries! It's impossible to tell with complete certainty given this poor man's head was hit multiple times -- which in turn deformed some of the dents -- but it's certainly plausible.

The one thing that can be told with certainty is that whatever was used wasn't a thin or a small object. It'd require way too many hits to cause all the damage you can see]

[hunterandhunted]

[Large object confirmed, unless there is something else that is noticeable when he squints he's just going to...

See the state of Akira's mouth. Is that also bashed up, or can his jaw be opened? He will stick his fingers in there if need be, he's wearing gloves (albeit they're leather, not medical grade, sorry Rideuax!)]

[akudamods]

[Can be opened! The damage on his face is more to the side of the face instead of to the jaw.

Nothing to report in the mouth over here! Everything looks normal -- at most there's the damage you'd expect to see from the side of the face getting hit like that, like some blood and maybe a chipped molar.

All in all, nothing noteworthy or worth remembering over here]

[hunterandhunted]

[People need to stop being cowards and stick something into the corpses' mouths already.

Well, since Jake seems to be comparing claws to claw marks, Zenos is going to look at those furry legs. There's fur all around the body, how's Akira's leg situation?]

[akudamods]

[The fur is quite thick! And there's so much of it examining the skin is pretty much impossible. No blatant injuries here!

The fur on these legs does match any fur strewn around, though. That much can be told right away]

[hunterandhunted]

[How about the feet?

If not, then his job here is done and he's going to follow the fur trail all the way down into the next investigation top-level.]

[akudamods]

[Feet seem to be okay! Meaning that looks like your job here is done, Zelos. Nice work!]

[hunterandhunted]

[Actually, one last thing that isn't quite a body investigation:

The lamp post. Zenos can pick it up, but how heavy is this thing? For a lamp post to be the murder weapon, wouldn't it completely destroy Akira's whole head?]

[akudamods]

[It's almost 300 lbs, give or take however much strength it would have taken to dislodge the lamp post in the first place.]

[hunterandhunted]

[Interesting.

Zenos will take this info and post to the app now!]