FIRST INVESTIGATION

[faentasy]

INVESTIGATION I

Good Morning. Did you sleep well? It certainly feels like you have, perhaps too well, even for those who don't normally sleep. Maybe that's to be expected in this fairy tale, maybe it was only a matter of time.

Regardless, rise and get ready for your day, and keep your eyes to the sky. For who knows if someone fell to temptation?

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[crimson_flamel]

[She nods, kneels down and attempts to replicate what Suga did to get a grasp on whether the prints belong to someone taller or shorter than her.]

[goldencave]

[ Jesus Christ, how did he sleep through breakfast...? Norton's not usually that heavy a sleeper...

... Not that he's paying attention to that. Hamelin's little wake-up call has Norton shaken up.

There are people who actually believe this guy. ]

[faentasy]

[Well! You certainly will be interested in seeing these prints were most likely left by someone taller than Edelgard]

[biqe]

[ All right, guess he'll wrap up in here, then...

For future reference for both the trial and birdapult, what kind of rope is in here? Assuming the rough fiber kind, since I don't think nylon existed in fairy tales, but you never know!! ]

[reallyfishy]

[Just more useless information to add to his repertoire!!]

[faentasy]

[One (1) Sherlock Holmes manifests out of the gutter just to yell boo at William, this is the real plot twist.

Silly meta aside, the gutter isn't huge so he doesn't have to worry about finding a second wholeass body in there, it's fine!! The rope is definitely not that long though, and I'll also save you the trouble of drawing that map too but the rope is pretty close to the edge of the roof where Samidare was found.

Anyways, inside the roof gutter he'll find...! A curved adze, like the kind you can find in the workshop. The rope is wrapped and fastened around the head and the handle of it, so it won't come loose easily but it's not like it's heavy so William should be able to retrieve it without any trouble.]

[warmthbringer]

[ Hamelin's voice isn't a pleasant surprise, but when it registers what he's saying... Riku freezes in place, eyes wide. He doesn't want to believe Hamelin. He doesn't want to believe that someone would hurt her, when she'd been nothing but nice... ]

Why-- Why her?!

[crimson_flamel]

Well, well. It seems our culprit is between the two of us in height. That narrows things down.

[A small smile flickers at her features. It's a grim situation but at least they'll be able to prevent the loss of more innocent people.]

Good job, Suga. I know it's of little comfort, but hopefully this'll help to lead us to the truth in all of this.

[mathodical]

[ murder weapon? murder weapon?! strange that it's tied to the body, though........

he's taking the adze with him if he can (figuring out how to get down from the rooftop is a problem for future william in like the next ten minutes i guess) after he dislodges it from the gutter!

a couple of questions:

1.) would the adze match the bruise on sami's stomach? aka positive match that this is the murder weapon + is there any blood on it currently or is it pristine?
2.) was the adze modified in any way that might be noticeable, like whether it was sharpened, or is something bent out of shape etc. etc.?
3.) what size/weight is the adze, roughly, given that it was able to be stuck in the roof gutter? would koto be able to carry it? again, he's going to call her over to try holding it. ]

[faentasy]

[It's pretty thick, so he can definitely roll up something that wide with the free portion he already does have!]

[faentasy]

[He can absolutely loot take it with him, but he'll probably either need to unwrap the rest of the rope from Samidare's body or cut it or something. Anyways, William has acquired one (1) adze with rope!!

As for the questions:

1. The adze generally looks too narrow to make such a bruise on Samidare's stomach; the bruise is more round-ish in shape while the adze's head is more narrow.

2. Aside from the rope wrapped around the handle and the base of the head (which still leaves the curved metal part exposed), it doesn't look like it's been modified in any other way, nope! With that said, there's a few... brick-colored bits clinging to the curved tip.

3. It's designed as a one handed tool, so it's not that heavy at all. It's probably comparable to a larger hammer in terms of size and weight, but Koto shouldn't have any trouble carrying it around.]

[faentasy]

[That's right! This is some rough fiber!]

[biqe]

[ okay sorry one more thing did you miss me doing this

Is there an adze and/or a chisel currently present in the workshop within view? Like if someone brings them to the trial or describes them would he be like oh yeah I saw one of those ]

[faentasy]

[There are, yes! This would be the worst workshop if there was only one of each tool, after all. Imagine someone holding the hammer hostage.]

[mathodical]

[ loot acquired!

MOAR QUESTIONS SRY

1.) he'd probably try to use the head of the adze to try and cut the rope - is it sharp enough to cut the rope or would it just end up fraying? EVEN IF IT IS, he'll probably spend the time trying to unravel the rope so he can take the whole thing with him. sorry this is holding up your trial plans, hamelin

2.) anyway leading from that - how long is the whole length of the rope? is it possibly long enough that if thrown from the roof would be able to reach the ground?

3.) do the brick-coloured bits match the chipped parts of the tiles, rip rooftop ]

[biqe]

[ Okay! There weren't any empty hooks or anything where extras would usually go though? I guess some general clarification on how the tools are organized would be good ]

[faentasy]

[It's cool, it's what we're here for!

1. It's... well, it's not ideal considering it's made to basically scrape out wood, but he could probably manage it with a lot of effort, it would probably just be extremely awkward and tiring. Also I can't believe William's just going to drop into the trial 15 minutes late with Lucibucks--

2. It's definitely long enough that it can reach the ground if thrown from the roof, yep! This is assuming he doesn't actually cut through it, though.

3. The brick colored bits are more pinkish in tone and they actually resemble the building's outer (brick) walls more. rip rooftop tho we knew ye well]

[mathodical]

[ yeah no he's going to give up like after 30 seconds of trying or when it's evident enough that it's not going to saw through the rope, lmfao.

HYPOTHETICALLY. is it strong enough to hold someone's weight-- hold on, he's going to need some help for this.

he's enlisting the help of suga and rika + anyone else who happens to be milling around around the exterior of the house by asking them to try and climb the rope up and also going to holler at someone to check the walls for any chips made by the adze.

would the rope be able to hold someone's weight enough for them to climb up the wall using the trellis/wall/whatever foothold etc. basically he's trying to figure out how the heckkie the body got up there or how SOMEONE got up/down from there. ]

[hellochildren]

It depents on vhether or not somesing more fitting is found, but ve may have already located the murder veapon.

[It's possible, but not an image that fits clearly for the scene before him. Still, something to keep in mind.

Also, something that's important that only really he can think about-how well wrapped was the body? Was it very neatly done, with the only thing standing out being the feet? Or was it more on the messy side? What's the story.]

[faentasy]

[There weren't any empty hooks, nope! However, it would've been noticeable over the week that things tend to get restocked fairly quickly in these shops.

The tools are generally sorted by type. So for example, all of the chisels (in different sizes and shapes) would generally be clustered on the same 1-2 boards unless someone decided to mess them up. You can assume something similar for most of the tools, so it's not particularly hard to find what you're looking for since they'll be grouped together.]

[goldencave]

[ Look Cindy, Norton just stumbled out of the mansion. He's still clearly tense, and now... ]

Wait, you want me to climb up that?

[ Is he getting dragged into things again? Help. ]

[eternaljune]

[Rika has some theories if the rope is also involved, so...it's probably worth climbing and testing if the rope can sustain her weight. She's one of the closest in size to Samidare after all.]

[mathodical]

Yes.

[ chop chop get with the programme. ]

I need data.

[ ???? william your explanations suck ]

[biqe]

[ That helps a lot, thank you! ]

[libirdian]

I guess so... I'll be more careful next time, sorry.

[ Especially once he hears that body annoucement, that's for sure. ]