Third.

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This week has been eventful for the lot of you, if a bit political for some; another resistance meeting, petitions everywhere, group dinners, and the new addition of a bunch of chickens to the group have ensured that at the very least, you've all had reason to keep busy. Of course, there's still that incentive to keep in mind, as well as the fact that there's been a murder every Friday since everyone arrived. Either way, the clock chimes in the morning, as it always does; the doors to the kitchen and the mail room unlock themselves, and all seems quiet. Thankfully, today the ballroom is blessedly corpse-free, as is the rest of the first floor. Maybe it would be good to move upstairs, though, just to make sure the rest of the Academy is likewise. >Explore?

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[ninehundredlives]

[Parka's the outer layer, let's go there first]

[trustmods]

[The hood of her parka obviously has some blood on it, just from the nature of the crime scene; what's unusual is the fact that outside of the expected bloodspatter, there's also a bloody handprint on it.

There aren't any fingerprints or anything, but oddly enough the print is on the outside of the hood.]

[ninehundredlives]

[Susan holds up her own hand alongside the bloody handprint. Bigger or smaller, or about the same?

you know what helps, the right account helps

[trustmods]

[It looks like whomever put their hand there bunched up a lot of the fabric in their hand; more like it was an attempt at grabbing than anything else. So the print's pretty distorted, and it's kind of hard to tell.

It's not noticeably larger, though, so at least there's that.]

[ninehundredlives]

[Well, it was worth a shot.

Is that it for the parka? Can we move on to the shirt?]

[trustmods]

[It was indeed worth a shot! That's it for the parka right now, though, yeah - we can move on to her shirt.

Given the nature of the injury - gunshot wound to the head, apparently while she was on the floor - Ashley's shirt shouldn't have much blood on it, all things considered; the fact is that it does, however, and it's not consistent with either the shot or with being stabbed or otherwise roughed up.]

[ninehundredlives]

[Is it mainly centered on one part of the shirt, or just all over? Does it look like blood spatter, or is it just kinda...smeared?]

[trustmods]

[It doesn't look like bloodspatter, per se; it's tight drops centered near her chest and collar. They're not smeared on, either - they actually look more like they were dripped down from above.]

[ninehundredlives]

[That's fun.

Incidentally, does it look like she was on the floor when she was shot? Like, where did all the blood from that spatter towards?]

[trustmods]

[A lot of it is concentrated around the back of her head - what wasn't absorbed by her hair is kind of soaked into the parka.

So yeah, chances are good that she was lying on her back on the floor.]

[ninehundredlives]

[Any indications she was being held down?]

[trustmods]

[A few indications that she did not go quietly in the general vicinity of her hands. The right kind of has a larger indication than the left.]

[ninehundredlives]

[Let's check that hand out.]

[trustmods]

[It was probably a bit hard to see, given the oversized parka and the blood all over being a little distracting, but it looks like she was holding something when she died.

Namely, a pair of scissors. They look like they came from the supply closet, and they're covered in blood.]

[ninehundredlives]

[Oh, Ashley. Susan is so proud of you.

She's going to gently take those scissors, put them in a baggie, and take them with her. Maybe she'll get a chance to stab the killer again before they die.

Anything else going on here? How about the left hand?]

[trustmods]

[Again, it looks like Ashley didn't go quietly into that good night; it looks like there are some fibers under her nails.]

[ninehundredlives]

[What kind of fibers? It's not totally nondistinct white fuzz again, is it?]

[trustmods]

[Thankfully(?) not - it looks like red yarn.]

[ninehundredlives]

[IT'S THE RED YARN OF FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE

yeah okay taking samples of that too]

[trustmods]

[Good job, Susan.

Unfortunately, though, that's all there is to find here today.]

[ninehundredlives]

[Well, we don't know what on earth the Conductor does with the bodies.

But she's going to try to clean Ashley up a little before she goes.]