first investigation.

[thevisitors]

[Today's a still morning, mostly sunny with a few clouds in the sky here and there. It's chilly, peaking at 39F, and the birds chirping are likely what woke you up, like every morning thus far.

There's kind of a faint smell of... something metallic in the air when you step out of your cabins. But surely that can't be anything bad, right?


...maybe you should go out and check.]

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i had like a dozen questions here but ill wait until i hear more info

[dearboswell]

I'll do my best.

[He kneels closer. Alright- first of all, how fresh is the blood? Does it appear to have already begun drying and coagulating, or is it still runny and warm?]

[thevisitors]

[It's dry! Like it's been there for more than just a couple of hours.]

[dearboswell]

[Alright cool so that narrows down the time of death a bit. He'll have to check the body for rigor mortis later. Is the blood only on the grave or is it on the gravestone, as well?]

[thevisitors]

[...it's on the tombstone. Because I forgot the difference between the two of them. We don't got no grave markers in the ground here just them stand-up rocks with words on 'em.]

[dearboswell]

[its fine ur still valid

How large is the bloodstain, approximately? Is there anything in the blood- like hair, maybe, like it was from a head wound. And is there a splatter pattern or is it just a big ol splotch of red.]

[thevisitors]

[Well, it's a bit focused in one area, less like someone cut themselves and then just bled all over the stone and more like someone hit themselves against it, and the blood splattered from that wound onto said stone. There might be some hairs mixed in, too.]

[dearboswell]

[uwu...

To Martin, he says:]

Someone, presumably Hux, hit their head against this stone- could have been accidental, but considering our circumstances, it's more likely he was pushed. The blood is dry, so this happened a few hours ago at least- meaning Hux has been dead for a few hours. Unless he bled out slowly over time.

[anything else in this area? Signs of struggle, unidentified footprints, strips of torn fragment...]

[dearboswell]

[nvm that last bit, i see the "area clear message" now and im going to ritually murder the concept of phonetagging bcause i take forever]

[dragongod]

A few hours? And no one noticed in all that time.

[He figures they can check the body to confirm just how long ago it was, too, if no one else has taken note of that.]

I agree, it was very likely purposeful. It may have been an attempt to make it look like an accident-- one might assume he tripped during a late-night walk, I suppose, unless he has other wounds as well. But I'd think a wound to the head involving this much blood could certainly kill someone by itself.

[dearboswell]

To be fair, I think most of us were asleep. And Hux wasn't exactly... well liked.

I think the rest of our number checked into other injuries. I suppose we'll meet up later and discuss our findings.

[Did they ever get the IC memo about the trials i cant remember if the mayor mentioned it]