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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[heroicact]

[He does indeed take his time taking it in, because he really does not have context for any of this other than that it seems the strangest search-and-not-rescue party he’s borne witness to in some time.

He will have to try not to get underfoot with all the climbers, and so he’ll stay on the ground for now, moving to slightly different angles on the chimney. Anything unusual about it, or is he going to have to join the Trellis circus troupe??]

[faentasy]

[It's a little difficult to examine the chimney both from this distance and this angle so yes, joining the Trellis Troupe would probably be his best bet... is what I would say, but if he tries to climb the trellis, it would quickly become obvious that it can't hold his weight.

So either he'll have to get creative here or maybe rope someone else into this. Of course, there's also that hole in the roof too so technically going through the attic is also an option if he can get a boost, maybe.]

[heroicact]

[Well, that limits his options a fair bit, as the corpse pulley is out and he’s certainly careful enough to thoroughly test such a rickety-looking trellis. He’s really not looking to learn to fly today, no matter what laws of gravity are being broken...!

That being said, he’s also patient enough to try all avenues, so it seems the attic is his best bet — no idea who’s still up in there at this time, but what are the odds a few of those wooden boxes would let him pull himself through that hole up to the roof? He’ll stand on tippy toes??

He could also call for someone up on the roof to help pull him through but after the fiasco with William and The Rope Trick perhaps he will refrain for now.]

[faentasy]

[If he stacks enough of them up, then he sure can improvise some box stairs to get to the roof! The hole is pretty narrow as it is, so he'll probably have to widen it somehow, but what's a little more property damage between friends, eh.

Anyways, assuming the hole is widened and rope crew gets to him, Jack can make it to the roof successfully! Bask in that feeling of accomplishment??]

[heroicact]

[Accomplished, yes, but he kind of wanted to climb that trellis for the full experience...... but no, the important thing here is clearly Murder and not setting sauce, and therefore he must make do with what he has.

Surely he can find something in the house to widen the hole, anywho, even if the chisel’s quite possibly gone to better pastures — one of those endless broomsticks, maybe.

Now: what’s up with the chimney, please, he did not come here to become a chimney sweep but he will do his..... somethingmost.....]

[faentasy]

[And finally, we arrive at our final destination...!

But alright, so since Jack is looking at the chimney, he'll notice that the bricks (and a little bit of the clay roof tiles, tbh) right at the base of the chimney show some signs of damage and scuffing. They're not big and conspicuous marks, but it's kind of like something scraped up the brick and chipped some small bits off of it.]

[heroicact]

[How very odd, or as the Professor and a certain strange girl might have said in another time: curiouser and curiouser. Now, before I forget, perhaps we should add this to our daiagrom court record and figure out where the chimney is in relation to the crime scene itself. Regardless of its current disarray—

He’ll also wave at least one of the more scholarly roof crew over to contemplate this with him, but for now: is there any pattern or trailing marks indicating why these scratches are here?

Don’t mind him crouched at the chimney on this precarious roof made of Jenga tiles like a loser OK.]

[mathodical]

[ hello here be the original instigator of these rooftop shenanigans.

are these patterns/trailing marks/scuff marks consistent with the flecks that are on the adze? ]

[faentasy]

[The brick bits from the adze would match up in color for sure. The flecks on the adze are honestly pretty fine so you can't like... ram one in to fit it into the scratched up brick like some 3-D puzzle though, if that's what you're asking.]

[mathodical]

[ more like! if he were to use the adze to chip at the chimney (i'm sorry but he would) it would kind of match the way the chimney is currently scratched up? he's trying to prove that was what the adze was used for, beyond any doubt! ]

[faentasy]

[The marks made by the adze would be consistent with how the chimney is marked up, yes!]

[mathodical]

[ okay that's one mystery solved - are the marks concentrated on any one particular side of the chimney or would someone be able to deduce moving patterns based off the scuff marks or no?

last question I THINK... would the chimney still be warm. if the oven was warm. are they both linked. ]

[faentasy]

[The marks are mostly on the east-facing side of the chimney although most of it's also at the corner of the chimney. Can't really tell anything about direction, nope.

The chimney is not warm!]

it's time to go off on a completely different tangent while chimney-hugging

[heroicact]

... William. I'm given to understand at least part of this situation is your idea?

[It's a casual inquiry in tone, soft and low and seemingly distracted as Jack tilts his head towards the body wrapped in rope and gutter and potentially adze at the same time as he runs fingers across the chimney, trying to play connect the dots literally and figuratively.

He'll get out of Moriarty's way once he starts literally hacking away at the thing, because the brick facing is the least of their worries, but nevertheless he stays within speaking distance.

They are both somewhat trapped on this roof for the moment, after all. What better time for a tête-à-tête?]

[faentasy]

[The chimney is at the west end of the house, so it's closer to the broken tiles and where Samidare's body was found than Holey Moley.

There aren't any kind of discernable pattern or trail marks coming from the base of the chimney!

Also he's only a loser if he falls, it's fine???]

[heroicact]

[Hmm. Quick check: if one were to eyeball line of sight and rooftop, would there be a clear shot from where the adze landed to the part of the chimney that's all marked up?

Are any of the tiles on the roof messed up along the way in the same line?

Just wondering, you know, while we're chimney-hugging here.]

[faentasy]

[i'm too lazy to describe this so here's an add-on to the map

Also no other tile marks, nope!]

[heroicact]

[THANNK YOU FOR THE UPDATED DAIAGROM I appreciate it ☆]