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THIRD INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATION III
Some days are long and some days are short. If this wasn't the third week of your stay, perhaps you might think that exhaustion had crept in from Wednesday's nights activities. But you know better than that by now.
Consciousness comes to you groggily, perhaps uncomfortably depending where you were when sleep suddenly took hold of you. While the world stands on the verge of awakening as the horizon blazes with a fiery glow, the sky remains a navy blue where you are.
The time is 5:00 AM. You could return to your slumber, but do you really think third time's the charm?
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The entrance door, located near the broken shelf with the body.
It's hard not to notice the white string tied around the doorknob inside the store!]
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Regardless, Makoto will find the rest of the string, mostly because it doesn't go anywhere. Indeed, most of the long string is pretty close to the door]
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Also, anything weird about the door while he's looking more closely? ]
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There's enough string for it to go kind of slack in its current state, reaching the floor easily, but also is pretty close to the door. In other words indeed, it's like you say. Although perhaps it's worth seeing that the end of the string is frayed and a little bloodied. Alright!
Nothing weird with the door itself, though. There's a double knot tying the string to this doorknob, and there's also a little blood on it. Also looks kind of frayed!]
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Going to guess there's no blood on the quill if he inspects it? Are the string and quill the kind that the general store stocks?
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On the contrary, dear, on the contrary: there's some blood on this quill -- both on the nib and the body of the quill. In fact, the string is tied around the base of the nib, the shoulders of this part of this object ensuring the string wouldn't slip. Another double knot, just like the one on the doorknob.
Ah, there are string and quills like these ones on a shelf over there! Convenient!]
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Any pattern to the blood? Like is it splatter from the quill or is it smudged like it was held with a bloody hand? Blood on the door? ]
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Moving on, is there anything else to notice if he starts closing the door slowly? Can he even manage that, with all the stuff everywhere?
Straws are being grasped. ]
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But! Perhaps Makoto should note that this is the only entrance to the store. There are no other doors in sight, and there are no windows -- to keep privacy while people buy their dangerous weapons and other people's personal possessions, you know.
All in all, this is the only way into this place]
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Anyway, just going to open the door back up and do one last look over the whole store.
If he walks around, is there anything else out of place on the other shelves?
Is the shop fairy around? ]
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Nothing stands out anymore now that Edelgard got a whole bunch of proof down from the ceiling beams! Although perhaps he should note the distance between the floor and the ceiling beams is a mere 7'.
Looks like the good ol' shopkeeper isn't around right now. Probably isn't too happy with the state of their shop because...can you blame them? Look at this mess!]