DiscoDude: ---BEGIN SESSION---
DiscoDude: Session logging commenced
DetectiveCaillou: When last we left off, Harry and Norwick pulled a fast one on Haffner Heffa in interrogation so that he'd spill the beans on a place near the shore. Soon, a combination of research and further questioning got you an address! Alas, it was getting late, and it was time for all of you to call it a night.
DetectiveCaillou: It's a new day now; will you be heading out as soon as physically possible, or will you wait for the sun to come up, first?
Ryusui: Harry is quick to call up the others. "Andie, kid, wake up. It's a new day. We got a crook's stash to check out."
Jejunumiper: Norwick sighs and rubs his eyes, "Alright, alright...Couldn't we have waited just a bit longer, though?" He mumbles to Harry.
DetectiveCaillou: (<@!272524850508333059>?)
Ryusui: "Sooner we get this thing investigated, sooner we can pry the lid off this case."
AthensTG: Andie agrees, but doesn't sound too happy about it.
Jejunumiper: "Fine, fine..." He sighs to himself, "Hopefully we find something incriminating and not just a box of lewd mags, or something."
DetectiveCaillou: > DAY 2 START - Oceanfront Lot #3550, Lowtide, 6:39 a.m.
While it was Still Dark Out, you pull up to what turns out to be an empty lot near the shore, sandwiched between several tall apartment buildings. It's Empty, but Echo-y, according to your impressions. There's nothing in the lot but concrete pavement, crack-sprouting weeds, and a rusted-out vehicle illegally parked near the back. <@!272524850508333059>, the address was vaguely familiar to you, though you're not sure if you can quite place it.
DetectiveCaillou: - BEGIN INVESTIGATION -
Ryusui: Harry whips out a flashlight. There's a perfectly good flashlight function on his phone, but again, Harry has his methods and ways. It's slim and made of translucent plastic but hefty enough to hit someone with in a pinch, the sort you shake to recharge (mind, this is the future, so it charges to full just by carrying it around in his pocket and walking around for a minute or so).
Ryusui: He shines the beam at the rusted vehicle, just in case there's anything of interest, before moving on.
DetectiveCaillou: It's a pickup truck - the non-hovering kind, like with wheels, and it's pretty dang rusted. However, with your flashlight, you immediately catch a glimpse of a brightly colored sticky-note stuck to the side.
Jejunumiper: Norwick paces around the perimeter, casually looking for anything out of the ordinary
DetectiveCaillou: (Norwick, if it's just a casual glance, does that mean you're using QUICK?)
Jejunumiper: (( uhh, Quick I guess ))
Jejunumiper: !f2
DetectiveCaillou: (Alright, unless you're explicitly describing a light-source, the difficulty will be 3.)
Jejunumiper: (( ...what's the fate function again? ))
Ryusui: (you forgot the space)
DetectiveCaillou: (You forgot a space.)
Ryusui: (!f 2)
Jejunumiper: (( Oooh ))
Jejunumiper: !f 2
DiscoDude: <@481723837453434881> rolled 4dF+2 for 5 [4dF = [+][ ][+][+]]
Ryusui: Harry frowns and approaches the truck to get a better look at the note. He's not expecting it to have anything on it that'll exactly crack the case, but it might be interesting regardless.
Jejunumiper: (( Poggers ))
AthensTG: Andie lifts her eyebrows at the wheeled truck, finding the sight to be quite novel. She's following behind Harry with a much smaller, shorter flashlight, given she's Lugging a Whole Lab on Her Back.
DetectiveCaillou: Norwick, you spy some crushed weeds that you can guess were made by the parked truck, but past that... there are Scorch Marks in the Street outside the lot, which you recognize by the directional angle means A Hovervehicle Accelerated Here.
DetectiveCaillou: Scorch Marks in the Street
A Hovervehicle Accelerated Here | ???
Jejunumiper: Norwick relays what he spotted to his crew via a text to both of them, "Somebody's been here, hovervechicle makes on the ground."
DetectiveCaillou: Harry and Andie, the note reads [in trunck - get rid of note when done].
Ryusui: Harry gives Andie a "this guy can't really be this stupid, can he?" look, then walks around to the back of the truck and attempts to pop the trunk.
DetectiveCaillou: The trunk indeed pops open, and inside... you see a Grey. He's in his underwear, and... he isn't moving; doesn't even flinch when you open the trunk.
DetectiveCaillou: (Norwick, do you head out to check the marks?)
Jejunumiper: (( Yup yup ))
AthensTG: Andie purses her lips at Harry's look and turns around, figuring she should watch their backs while Harry examines whatever is in the trunk.
Jejunumiper: Norwick begins to look where the marks were made and follows down the path.
DetectiveCaillou: (Okay, if that's how you're doing it, Nor, I don't even need you to roll. XD)
Jejunumiper: (( uh oh ))
DetectiveCaillou: It doesn't take long; not two blocks from where this hypothetical vehicle accelerated, the road ends in a wharf overlooking the water. There's no guardrail here. No signs of a sudden turn means this hovercraft Went Out to Sea.
Jejunumiper: Nor sends another text to his team, "A vehicle went out to sea, we should probably have somebody from the precinct patrol the area for a hovervehicle."
DetectiveCaillou: (By "I don't need you to roll," I meant "you basically described how you would have found the aspect upon a successful roll." XD)
Ryusui: "Hot damn." He nods to Andie. "Is he dead?" he asks, matter-of-factly.
DetectiveCaillou: (... And of course Nor doesn't get the implication of what he found. XD)
Ryusui: He indicates the Grey in the trunk.
Ryusui: ( <@!481723837453434881> dude you don't get it, the vehicle was the limo )
Ryusui: (we just found where the limo was sent out into the ocean)
Ryusui: (or at least the circumstantial evidence is overwhelmingly in that direction)
DetectiveCaillou: (Hey, it could have been a character decision for all we know.)
Jejunumiper: (( I'll just chock it up to Norwick being slow... ))
AthensTG: "Wh-!?" Andie flinches after looking up from her phone. After a moment of bewilderment, she searches for a pulse...?
DetectiveCaillou: Nope. This is a Grey Murder Victim. Probably murder, anyway. Only one way to find out! After maybe answering Harry's question, of course.
Grey Murder Victim
Stripped of All Possessions | ??? | ???
AthensTG: "...dead as a doornail."
Ryusui: Harry expresses no sign of discomfort at the discovery. "I think we've found our missing driver. Any idea of the cause of death, time of death, the usual?"
AthensTG: Andie shrugs before looking back to the body more carefully this time. (can I roll Careful to get any of those details?)
DetectiveCaillou: (To create advantage? That'll be vs. Average (+1).)
AthensTG: (sure)
AthensTG: !f 1 (Careful)
DiscoDude: <@272524850508333059> rolled 4dF+1 for 2 [4dF = [ ][-][+][+]]
DetectiveCaillou: It's easy to miss it when a grey's eyes are bloodshot, but the strangulation bruises aren't, and the rest follows now that you have an idea of what to look for. Based on rigor-mortis status, you'd say... he was killed sometime two nights ago, at the earliest. Unfortunately, you can't quite say for sure whether he died before or after Mr. Wheeler, or how close it was, but you have the ballpark now.
(Strangled on the Night of Jonah's Murder [!].)
AthensTG: "Strangulation and about the time of Wheeler's death. You read Nor's texts?"
Ryusui: Harry looks, then texts back: "Looks like this is literally the scene of the crime. We just found the missing driver dead in the trunk." He turns to Andie: "We should look around for bloodstains or other evidence. It's possible the murder itself was committed here."
Jejunumiper: Norwicks texts back, "Oh, yeah, I knew that." Before facepalming to himself and returning back with his team at the truck.
AthensTG: "Right," she says before giving the trunk a once over with her A Keen Eye for Residue, "I wonder why the body's still here if whoever's had this long to deal with it."
Ryusui: Harry looks at the post-it. "Could be whoever was supposed to read that post-it didn't get here before we did. Come to think of it, any evidence on the post-it?"
AthensTG: !f 5 (Clever)
DiscoDude: <@272524850508333059> rolled 4dF+5 for 5 [4dF = [ ][ ][ ][ ]]
DetectiveCaillou: (SWS! Galaxy-brain observation inbound!)
DetectiveCaillou: You've moved the body out of the trunk, and immediately when you get in close, the smell of disinfectant nearly overwhelms you. It's also... floral? You immediately deduce that mere residue couldn't produce this much smell, but the padding in the trunk doesn't seem to be soaked. You notice that the smell is stronger where the padding seems loose, and come to think of it, said felt padding seems lumpy and uneven in places.
AthensTG: "Just a sec," she mumbles, now searching for a spot where she can possibly peel back a little of the padding. Just to see if she can get a peek of what's underneath.
DetectiveCaillou: Pulling back just a little, you can see part of a crumpled mass of what seems to be disinfectant wipes hastily stuffed under the padding. These wipes aren't clean in the slightest; they're dirtied with someone's blood, and that smell is starting to mix with the deodorant smell.
DetectiveCaillou: Bloody Disinfectant Wipes
Stuffed Hastily In Trunk After Use [!!] | ???
Ryusui: "...somebody wiped up a bloody mess before dumping this guy in here," Harry says, surveying the mess. "That confirms the theory that the limo wasn't the scene of the murder. Question is, what exactly did they clean up?" He looks around. "Not likely they hauled around all these bloody handy wipes before trying to hide them in here. Another vehicle, maybe?"
AthensTG: "What the actual hell?" she can't help but say as she carefully pulls one of the wipes out. Then she smiles in realization. "So this definitely means the limo wasn't the scene of the crime! Why else would they fake those Blood-Splatters?" She checks the front of the truck, wondering if the seats are leather or otherwise some sort smooth material that these wipes would be effective on.
Ryusui: (actually i misread; somehow i thought the truck was up on cinderblocks or something XD)
DetectiveCaillou: They're leather, alright, but it looks like nothing has been wiped from these seats... if you don't count the driver's seat looking well-used.
AthensTG: Andie clicks her tongue and turns to look around the lot. "The scene of the crime has to be somewhere nearby and somewhere that was easy to wipe down with wet wipes..." she says, not quite sure where to go from there.
Ryusui: "Could be there's another vehicle."
DetectiveCaillou: It looks like a lot of this place is easy to wipe down; the concrete's cracked in places, but otherwise smooth.
Ryusui: Harry looks around for any sign that another vehicle might have been driven away from the scene.
DetectiveCaillou: (This is a conundrum...)
DetectiveCaillou: (What do I do if I think you're right for the wrong reason...?)
DetectiveCaillou: (Well, I guess you would find it, if you succeeded at a roll.)
DetectiveCaillou: (I assume your stunt applies.)
Ryusui: !f 4 (Clever + Detective Senses)
DiscoDude: <@137462772643528704> rolled 4dF+4 for 1 [4dF = [ ][-][-][-]]
Ryusui: (oh dear. can i spend a FATE on my High Concept for a reroll?)
DetectiveCaillou: (Sure.)
Ryusui: !f 4
DiscoDude: <@137462772643528704> rolled 4dF+4 for 5 [4dF = [+][-][ ][+]]
Ryusui: (hot damn! <3)
DetectiveCaillou: (Considering how subtle this one is (i.e. I had planned for this to be an 'explained after the fact' element of the plot), I had it pegged as Good (+3). Regular success, then?)
Ryusui: (sure, i'm cool with that)
DetectiveCaillou: It's subtle, but you notice that some of the weeds near the road are slightly singed, as though a hovercraft was stopped over them for a bit. The dimensions don't really match the the vehicle this all started with; it's even smaller than the pickup truck, in fact.
DetectiveCaillou: Signs of Another Vehicle
Much Smaller than a Limo
Ryusui: "And here we go." Harry whistles: "Kid! Take a look at these." He indicates the site where the other mystery vehicle was presumably parked.
Ryusui: ( <@!481723837453434881> )
Jejunumiper: Norwick heads on over on Harry's call, "Yeah? What is it?" He says, walking over to his team.
Ryusui: "There was a third vehicle here. Probably where the actual murder took place." He points at the place. "Any thoughts?"
Jejunumiper: "Well, it's a small hovervehicle, we could try and see if any of the vehicles are suspects have match it." He says, shrugging a bit.
Ryusui: "Worth checking into. In the meantime." He points at the ground. "<@!272524850508333059>, any chance this is what was wiped down?"
AthensTG: Andie was busy wondering what was the most efficient way to comb a lot this big for blood traces when Harry points out the new hovercar tracks. Very convenient.
"Let's see." she says, fumbling with her bag before pulling out a small bottle of luminol and giving the ground a few sprays.
DetectiveCaillou: (Using your stunt again?)
AthensTG: (sure)
AthensTG: !f 5
DiscoDude: <@272524850508333059> rolled 4dF+5 for 8 [4dF = [ ][+][+][+]]
DetectiveCaillou: (Absolutely a SWS! XD)
DetectiveCaillou: At first, nothing comes up... but when you expand your search radius outward, you eventually get a hit! There's a bright blue smear a meter or so in and to the left of the burned weeds, with a petering trail of blood moving towards the street where the acceleration burns are.
DetectiveCaillou: After doing a quick test, you detect a cleaning agent that's the same as the disinfectant the wipes came soaked in.
DetectiveCaillou: Wiped Up Blood-Trail
Same Disinfectant as the Wipes [!]
AthensTG: She smiles and hums, absolutely delighted with this result. "Finally, something unambiguous!" She points to the start of the smear. "This is definitely our murder scene."
Ryusui: "All right, then." He looks around. "Now all we need is some evidence clearly linking the murder to...someone."
DetectiveCaillou: So what do you each do? Investigate the truck further? Reexamine the body? Search for more clues in the lot as a whole?
DetectiveCaillou: (<@&730993990769573898>?)
Ryusui: Harry grabs the post-it. "Can you get anything useful off of this, Andie?"
AthensTG: She grabs it and a magnifying glass with her smuggest face yet. "Let's see." Her Keen Eye for Residue could not fail her by now.
AthensTG: !f 5
DetectiveCaillou: (... SHIT)
DetectiveCaillou: (<@!137462772643528704>.)
Ryusui: (dude re-summoned)
AthensTG: (Oh, DiscoDude's snoozing, despite being a bot lmao)
DetectiveCaillou: (Also, what's the procedure when I, the GM, know there's nothing of note to find? Do I just do my best to cut the player off before they can roll?)
AthensTG: ((Pfff, that works for me))
AthensTG: Andie continues to smile despite saying, "This paper is absolutely useless to me." before dropping it in a little plastic evidence bag.
DetectiveCaillou: You find trace amounts of disinfectant, but this doesn't exactly mark a shocking revelation.
DetectiveCaillou: (Anyone else want to try something?)
Ryusui: re-examines the body, in case the killer left some incriminating evidence on them.
DetectiveCaillou: (Alright, roll it. No stunt bonus this time, since you're looking for another aspect on the same Clue.)
Ryusui: !f 2 (Clever)
DiscoDude: <@137462772643528704> rolled 4dF+2 for 1 [4dF = [-][-][ ][+]]
Ryusui: (DAMMIT)
Ryusui: (okay, another FATE Point on the High Concept?)
Ryusui: (this time a straight +2)
DetectiveCaillou: (Yeah, sure.)
Ryusui: (if that's enough, i mean)
DetectiveCaillou: (It is.)
DetectiveCaillou: (Hmm...)
DetectiveCaillou: You find evidence of his killer, alright; between his fingers and under his nails are caught hairs of what seems to be gaoran fur.
DetectiveCaillou: You have someone who can check the DNA on-hand (*coughAndie*cough*), but you get the feeling her search won't take long.
Ryusui: Harry retrieves a sample with a pair of tweezers. "Is this Heff's fur?" he says. It's less a question and more a declaration waiting to be confirmed.
DetectiveCaillou: (<@!272524850508333059>? (For the record, no roll is required for this.))
AthensTG: (OH sweet)
DetectiveCaillou: When you check, of course, it is indeed Heffa's DNA - he had to surrender a sample when he was processed at the station, so he was already on the record.
DetectiveCaillou: (Just getting the uncertain part out of the way.)
AthensTG: "Yep," she says, looking a little more reserved a serious.
Ryusui: "Then we have the driver's killer. And probable cause to look deeper into Heff's involvement in all this." He nods at the other two. "Anything else worth investigating, or should we head back to the precinct?" It's clear that he's waiting only on their okay to delve into Heff's guilt further.
DetectiveCaillou: (Either way, last lines before we pause and/or end scene, folks.)
AthensTG: "Unless we have any* idea about how we go about tracking that hovercar, Haffner's prolly our best lead at the moment."
Ryusui: "If he's not the man responsible for the body in the car, I'm betting he knows who is." He cracks his knuckles.
Ryusui: (and i'm good)
Ryusui: ( <@!481723837453434881>? )
Jejunumiper: (( I'm good tbh ))
AthensTG: (Also good)
DetectiveCaillou: (Then let us...)
DetectiveCaillou: (... end, because Dude zonked out and dropped the recording. XP)
