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sheriff swanson ([personal profile] sheriffexe) wrote in [community profile] robowest2017-02-03 06:00 pm

[ WEEK THREE – INVESTIGATION ]

INVESTIGATION


The town is quiet, eerily so. All animals, all chatter, all gusts of wind have come to a complete stop this morning. A tumbleweed passes by through the center of town and the rocking chair on the Sheriff's porch sways but remains silent. Everything is muted and as the door of the hotel opens, the only sensation that rings utterly true today is this:

One of your own is gone.

And now, as the rules state, it is your job to discover their fate.



Welcome to the investigation post! If your character decides to search an area, please post the name of the location in your header and wait for the mod replies. Anything to discover or not to will be indicated during the course of the thread.

After the body is discovered, an announcement will be made and characters are free to spend the rest of the afternoons how they like. If there are any questions, please shoot a message either to this journal or at [plurk.com profile] robowest.


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thatsthespirit: (pic#10763746)

[personal profile] thatsthespirit 2017-02-04 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Likely. Especially since both Yuna and I attempted to leave the clinic after we heard the gunshot.

[reaches out to gently tug on one of the frills]

This does seem like something she would wear. But it's too early to tell whether she was the one killed here or not.

[since this is pre-body announcement and there is no Nui body lying around]
insincerely: ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ. (aggggh get that mic away from me)

[personal profile] insincerely 2017-02-04 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
[... Well.

As Shinnosuke approaches, he'll be stopping a safe distance away from Percy and Chane, as he doesn't want to end up as the next corpse today, thank you. Given Percy's demeanour, he can take a guess as to whose corpse he might've found.]


Percy!

[He yells—possibly for the first time since arriving here, at that level—and hopefully loudly enough to register in Percy's head. After glancing at Chane (please do something about Percy, he won't judge), he continues::]

... We need to examine the corpse. Including this, shit hit the fan last night—I'll explain if you calm down.
guiltlevel: (pic#10894231)

[personal profile] guiltlevel 2017-02-04 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Corpse... Gravy?

[ Yikes. But you know, Russell just looks only a tad bit concerned??? Overall, he's still feeling that Max Apathy. ]

Should we bury the skulls later then..?
impulsiveness: (023)

[personal profile] impulsiveness 2017-02-04 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
And too little time to do it.

[Same, Milla. Same.]

If— No, when we catch them, they don't deserve to have someone go easy on them. Not after all of this.
flippity: (pic#10762242)

[personal profile] flippity 2017-02-04 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ she looks relieved and immediately hurries to catch up to him

to the station, then. ]
dubiousalignment: (60)

[personal profile] dubiousalignment 2017-02-04 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
And no matter what we do it's unlikely we'll catch everyone responsible for whatever happened. Someone will be free.

[Since the Tailor shop has been so nicely ransacked, Tarvek looks around, furious]

All I know is that whatever happened last night wasn't mere chance. Someone must have planned this or the camera--

[...dang. He said a bit too much. Tarvek stops, looking contrite]
sating: (I needed surgery icons)

[personal profile] sating 2017-02-04 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ He takes the belt and immediately tightens it around Sei's leg as tightly as it'll go. Hannibal checks the actual area of her leg to see if it's as rough as Natalie's was, but even without that information, he can be fairly certain of his response: ]

Please go to the clinic and gather everything laying out. Assuming no one touched the tools, I left them out to dry after Natalie's surgery. I will need to do the same today, and I would rather not move him.

[ He's calm and focused, which is at least a plus despite the chaotic morning he's already had. ]

Please bring the anesthetic and pain killers as well. I set them next to each other, top shelf on the right.
Edited 2017-02-04 01:00 (UTC)
hydrokinetics: (Well I don't wanna be the blame)

[personal profile] hydrokinetics 2017-02-04 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Chane's almost successful in breaking his wrist, but Shinnosuke's voice gets to him and he stops. He doesn't drop the dagger and he turns to face him with a look of pure anguish and rage while he tries to register what's going on.]

Obviously. [His voice is shaking, his whole body's shaking but he also knows Shinnosuke's right.] ....we're doing it together. I can't...
bittybat: (Whenever you’re feeling sudden calm)

[personal profile] bittybat 2017-02-04 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Only one bullet had been used. If it hit anything at all, it would have been a fatal shot.
leadastray: (pic#10975696)

[personal profile] leadastray 2017-02-04 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
Either way, it's evidence. We should take it to the others.
glaring: (pic#10507133)

[personal profile] glaring 2017-02-04 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her eyes are watering and she smells pretty bad, but now she's listening to him talk as she wipes her face, her arms, whatever skin was exposed when she approached that hole. ]

How did so much happen overnight...?
feminitis: (naptime.....)

[personal profile] feminitis 2017-02-04 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[The wound is very, very messy. In fact, it looks like someone just sort of hacked at it desperately with a sword!

Incidentally, there's some blood on the sheath of the sword at her waist, and if they draw the blade, it's definitely gross and gory. Yikes.]
leadastray: (05)

[personal profile] leadastray 2017-02-04 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
How can some of you still be so nonchalant about this?

[And here is Elizabeth, arriving from the bonfire with a bundle of frills in her hands, looking pretty fucking done.]

We found these by the fire.
hitsitoff: (019)

[personal profile] hitsitoff 2017-02-04 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. That's likely. Wouldn't even mind that, but with these messed up rules... Who even knows who's gonna end up paying the price for this.

[He really hopes someone else isn't gonna try to take the bullet again this time.]

...Pardon? [Oh no, you can't just stop there, Tarvek. Eliot's looking at him more intensely now.] ...Something you wanna share there?
thatsthespirit: (pic#10763667)

[personal profile] thatsthespirit 2017-02-04 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
[breathes in, and then out slowly. it's time for business, not emotion]

Yuna, Natalie and I slept at the clinic last night. We heard a gunshot coming from the direction of the bonfire around midnight. An investigation of that area this morning turned up blood and partially burned clothing that looked like it belonged to Nui.

Speculating on the meaning of this evidence is probably best left for tomorrow, but I wanted that discovery to be public.
thatsthespirit: (pic#10763733)

[personal profile] thatsthespirit 2017-02-04 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[she nods curtly]

You're right. And tell them about the gunshot we heard, as well as the blood spatter near the bonfire and restaurant porch.

[she had hoped to find a gun or, at the very least, a bullet casing. . . but. ah well]
impulsiveness: (073)

[personal profile] impulsiveness 2017-02-04 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
Corpse gravy.

[He. Doesn't know how else to describe it. But a tad bit of concern is better than none??]

Unless someone wants to reenact a little Hamlet, yeah. We should at least give them a proper grave instead of just... a pit full of chemicals.
bittybat: <user name="oliverqueened" site="www.tumblr.com"> (Cat Mechanic: I’m actually a Vet)

[personal profile] bittybat 2017-02-04 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
[PAPIKA AND DAMIAN ARRIVE.

Annnnd they're going in the station because (Percy is busy rn) fuck their lives, why not bother the Sheriff.

PLEASE DON'T BE NAKED]
dubiousalignment: (17)

[personal profile] dubiousalignment 2017-02-04 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Tarvek sighs]

It's something everyone will hear about during the trial, so may as well say it now.

The camera is missing. Someone stole it from Xion and I's bedroom. There are no signs of forced entry on the door or on the window.

It just...is missing and we haven't found it anywhere.
Edited 2017-02-04 01:11 (UTC)
hitsitoff: (032)

[personal profile] hitsitoff 2017-02-04 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
...Well, ain't that just peachy. [If the ridiculous number of corpses wasn't giving him a headache, this'd probably do the trick.] Someone took it then. Used it for... something.

Yeah, that does reek of someone planning this out in advance. Seriously doubt it's a coincidence.
flippity: (pic#10940899)

[personal profile] flippity 2017-02-04 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ well that is. very familiar. ]

Isn't... that the camera that Xion had?
guiltlevel: (Default)

[personal profile] guiltlevel 2017-02-04 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
Corpse gravy.................

[ Amazing... ]

Maybe... I'm not sure how we'd get them out though.
bittybat: <user name="majorocelot" site="www.tumblr.com"> (am I overreacting or do I have a)

[personal profile] bittybat 2017-02-04 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Fuck, but at least there's no Ken-doll Sheriff.]

The question is: how to get it out. [Cause he's rattling the door, and it's locked. He glances at Papika, and then the lock.] I can try to pick it. The Sheriff has the key.

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