Fourth.

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The week has been relatively quiet after the utter debacle that was the previous weekend's trial; access to the fourth floor has generally ensured that no one has any excuse to not keep themselves entertained in one way or another, whether by way of games or by way of copious amounts of alcohol. Of course, that doesn't change the fact that this week's incentive came with a three-day limit this time – something that doesn't seem too geared toward discouraging the pattern that Fridays have fallen into around here. Thankfully, however, there are once again no bodies in the ballroom; it seems everyone has learned a lesson and decided to leave that place alone for the time being. But anybody heading upstairs beyond a certain point is going to have an...interesting time, let's put it that way. >Explore?

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THIRD FLOOR STAIRWELL

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[perpend]

[It seems he does this too often.

What's the state of the body? Are there any obvious wounds or injuries? Bruises anywhere?]

[ninehundredlives]

I'm tired of doing this every week...

[YES LET'S INVESTIGATE THAT THERE CHILD BODY]

[perpend]

So am I.

[This is terrible.]

[trustmods]

[Well, first of all, there aren't any massive open wounds on her body like cuts or scrapes; she hasn't been stabbed, and it doesn't look like she was putting up a fight at all when she ended up down here.

However, she most certainly did end up down here, and it doesn't look like set was gently set down, let's put it that way.]

[perpend]

[So is it safe to assume she was thrown down here, then?

Does it look like she broke her neck on the way down or anything like that?]

[trustmods]

[She looks pretty banged up - there are definitely contusions here and there on her arms and shoulders where she hit the steps, and her ribs and chest cavity don't look like they'd be doing too great, either.]

[ninehundredlives]

What a way to kill someone...

[A bit unreliable, honestly. Does it look like the ribs and chest thing are just from the stairs?]

[trustmods]

[It doesn't look like someone took a blunt object and smashed into her, no, and they're not defensive wounds; they're consistent with having fallen down stairs.

Interestingly, though, her wrists seem fine, as far as potential sprains and breaks go.]

[perpend]

She didn't try to catch herself?

[ninehundredlives]

Apparently not.

[ninehundredlives]

[Sooooooo she didn't try to catch herself? She must have fallen forward, or her chest wouldn't be that way...

Susan takes her wrists, just to make sure. There's no injuries at all here?]

[perpend]

[Do any of these injuries look fatal?]

[trustmods]

[It's not impossible - after all, human bodies are kind of weird and fickle things. Fun fact: You can actually punch someone in the chest so hard they die!

...Okay, that's not very fun, but it's factual.]

[perpend]

[Well, they can't rule out the stairs being the murder weapon, then!

Great.]

[clearasmud]

[ Follow the shouting, find the crime scene.

Alright: is there anything of immediate and obvious note here, asides from luna? ]

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[As our resident not-entirely-human person, how's your sense of smell in general, Youko?

...I promise this is relevant and not solely for the purpose of creeping you out.]

[clearasmud]

[ Pretty damn good! She certainly relies on it a lot. (see: icon pictured) ]

[trustmods]

[If that's the case, she'll notice that it actually smells pretty awesome down here? Kind of faintly awesome, admittedly, as opposed to overpoweringly awesome, but it smells nice.]

[clearasmud]

[ wow, why does it smell so good here? Is the scent familiar? like, say, that of a certain popular blueberry perfume...

and of course, is it coming from anywhere in particular? Is there a point of origin that smells the strongest? ]

[trustmods]

[Actually, it should be very familiar by now - it certainly does smell like blueberries.

How opposed are you to getting near Luna right now?]

[clearasmud]

[ well that's certainly something to note.

and not very, if it's for the sake of investigating! ]

[trustmods]

[In that case, there's a fair amount of that scent coming from Luna's hair.]

[clearasmud]

[ ...fuck damnit, how does she go about this without looking weird to the others...

well, since she's discovered where a lot of it's concentrated by this point, let's go with placing a hand in front of her nose and mouth so that she looks all delicate and ladylike. it also conveniently hides them from sight.

time to peer at a dead child's hair and see if anything catches her eye. ]

AREA CLEAR

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