[ WEEK FOUR – INVESTIGATION ]

[sheriffexe]

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 robowest.

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[bittybat]

[Damian IS PETA, GOD. Unless these are human entrails, then he doesn't care...

But fine, he'll go look more closely at the stupid entrails... or the area near them more specifically. He'll try to make out the tracks, or at least follow them as far as he can to see where they came from or where they went.]

[sheriffexe]

[ Can you... just let me give you this monkey corpse, Damian?

Because there is a monkey corpse burning in the pile of entrails. Charred through pretty badly already.

As for the tracks, it looks like it came from around the train and the person followed the same path back, kicking the dirt around to obscure the footprints. There's only a few tips of footprints, enough to show that it's an adult or a teenager but that's it. ]

[flippity]

[ YEAH THAT'S. sort of good. kind of.

while he is doing that, papika is going to... look over simon's body to see if there are any obvious injuries on him?? besides the drowning, you know.

she also looks like she's about to gag the whole time. ]

[hydrokinetics]

[There. Is sort of an upset face about the bear trap but he's mature enough to be quiet. However...]

We're sure it was just coyotes this time?

[bittybat]

[

It's a pure travesty. A piece of Damian Wayne's soul is ripped right out of his body. It's good it wasn't the cat, but look. An innocent, pure monkey has been brutally murdered and disrespectfully burned in a pile of organs.] I'm sorry.

[He's gonna just... try to put some dirt on it to put the fire out?? But if it's too big of a fire, he'll leave it for now and continue on with following the tracks around the train.]

[impulsiveness]

[The "no way" get him to look up, his (own, thankfully) hand moving automatically to tap out a question — except. Uh. He doesn't have to, because his eyes land on her stump. And her face. And then on the rotting arm they found on the floor.

And.

Yikes.

DROPPING THAT SHIT ASAP??? While choking out something that sounds suspiciously like "holy shit". Definitely a kneejerk reaction. Also, dick move ya dingus.]

[insincerely]

Considering she crawled back to chat with me again before passing out... Well, I'd hope she'd tell me if a wannabe murderer was lurking around.

[How is Yuna real, he doesn't know.]

After that, someone took her inside. Probably Mr. Sheriff, though I obviously can't know for sure since they didn't say anything.

[moraled]

[That's fair because Barnham also feels like he's going to gag. Once he's fetched every last one of those body parts from the water, he drags himself and the net full o' limbs out onto the dock again, setting it down next to her head with a sigh.

Whoo!!!

While Papika looks over Simon, looks like it's Barnham's duty to look over Lust('s pieces) and see...if maybe she didn't die via dismemberment??

Who knows.]

[sheriffexe]

[ Tragic.

He'll be able to kick the fire out, since it's not a large pile -- just you know, one human's insides and a monkey.

It's all pretty burnt up there though. ]

[sheriffexe]

[ There's only the bullet wound for Simon.

Right in the middle of his forehead.

Point blank.

Pretty simple!!

Lust doesn't have anything aside from the dismemberment though. ]

[robitussin]

Oh my god. Oh my god.

[NOPE SHE'S DONE WITH TODAY ALREADY BYE

Seriously though she's backing out of the gunsmith unless Jason stops her?? She looks like she wants to puke. Someone should probably do something with her arm but it's not going to be her.]

[flippity]

[ JUST dismemberment? good for lust!!!

after confirming the bullet wound, papika just stares at it (looking more squeamish by the second) before looking over at simon). ]

Um, should we... go tell the others now?

[ before she adds some new content in the corpse soup lake, which would be her breakfast. ]

[bittybat]

[wtf i hate squee

Damian absolutely gives the monkey a nice little light burial. At least puts it out. He'll come back later with a shovel or something and bury it properly.

Now he'll circle around the train to see if he can find anyone or any more tracks??? HE DOESNT WANNA LOOK AT THIS SHIT ANYMORE.]

[moraled]

[A sigh, and he nods. Good thing they're both drenched.]

...Yes, let us go inform the others. Leave... the bodies here. Those who wish to look... we can inform them of where to find them.

[OFF WE GO, PAPIKA.]

[sheriffexe]

[ Damian, you're so much.

There aren't any other tracks though -- well, nothing fresh. Just the usual walking around. ]

[thatsthespirit]

[Milla Maxwell: advocate for the use of bear traps???]

The Sheriff is likely a good guess. We can always ask Yuna if she managed to get a good look at them after they took her inside.

I'm actually somewhat proud of you, Shinnosuke.

[ONLY SOMEWHAT because she's still also annoyed at him, but whatever!!]

[bittybat]

[God dammit. He's gonna kick someone's ass.

He marches back through town to go get a shovel and come back and bury the damn monkey because it didn't deserve Squee as a mod.]

body announcement

[flippity]

[ so after the great body search of week four, whole ass can be greeted to papika and barnham both walking back to the rest of town! they stop near the sheriff's station and the first thing anyone might notice is that they are both completely and utterly soaked, and they also both look very grossed out.

HUH. WONDER WHAT HAPPENED HERE. (it was bodies. bodies happened here.) ]

Hi... [ she. waves??? ] We found them? Lust and Simon. They were at the watering hole. Someone shot Simon in the head, and then tied him to a rock and threw him into the... lake... [ SHE LOOKS EVEN MORE GROSSED OUT AS SHE'S ABOUT TO SAY THE NEXT PART. ] We found Lust's head on the dock. And the rest of her pieces were in the water. We got it all out? They're back there.

That's, um, all. [ she looks at barnham and whispers. ] Did I do that right?

[moraled]

[Gently, he rests a hand on her shoulder.]

Yes. You did well.

[It's said tiredly, but he means it nonetheless. Good work with those dead bodies, Papika.]

Do not forget to breathe, Miss Papika. [It's been A Lot.]

[generously]

Multiple bodies again?

[thatsthespirit]

[two. . . one better than three, but still]

. . . thank you for the announcement, Papika. Are you all right?

[flippity]

[ yeah she is just gonna lean against him

neither of them are probably gonna want to go swimming any time soon tbh. ]

You too.

[hydrokinetics]

[A blank look...and a nod.] Milla, I'll leave you with him. I'm going to find Dr. Lecter or someone for Yuna.

[tightly]

[ Chane, standing next to her husband, looks equally wide-eyed at the announcement. ]

[elemancy]

...Another two. Dammit...

[why is everyone going so fucking turbo for murder in this town. are the pure beans even pure :( :( :(

suffering ,truly.]