closed mingle: welcome to amity island.

[highflights]

[ Kara has cleared out a landing site just outside the area of the ship Mimi was camped in. Each member of the party has been given a rough map marking the more thickly forested areas, contours marked for hills, and an arrow in the water indicating the general direction back to the underwater base. There are Xs for where the old shipwreck emerges through the green, but only those visible from the air, if you're on foot you're on your own. In Kon's handwriting, the maps are all labelled Amity Island in block letters. The wildlife is friendly unless provoked; we can't vouch for the plants. ]

[ The body itself is in a sturdy wood coffin resting on a bed of freshly dug earth, the lid can be easily pushed off. Time to get cracking. ]

[ ooc info about the island can be found here and here. any questions should be directed to the mods at the second link. ]

Comments

[splinten]

[Dirk's job here is mainly to do two things. One, a tech scan of the area for any traces of the nanites his shades might pick up. For the most part this proved useless, although ultraviolet mode did reveal that something had been spilled. (It turned out to be coke.)

The other thing was to check if he could sense ISHMAEL's soul anywhere in the area. He isn't sure if ISHMAEL would have a soul, but he's willing to try for it.

This is why a teenager is standing in the middle of the clearing, shades still on, hands in his pocket, and just... being there. In the centre. Standing. For once, Dirk isn't even paying attention to the sounds around him. He is reaching out and trying to sense souls.

Perhaps he'll sense yours? Hopefully it isn't weird af. He might wonder.]

[hopefragment]

...Dirk?

[Dude? Hajime's going to come up from behind him, trying to get a sense of where the other boy is actually looking behind the shades. Is there something important that can only be observed from this perspective? He's hitting the △ button to notice!]

Did you find anything?

[despairing_hope]

[Even if Dirk had been listening, Nagito was a rather quiet person. He tended to not be noticed until he was right on top of people. But, perhaps his presence was sensed in advance? Either way he was standing in front of the other boy looking at him curiously. What was he doing?]

Hello?

[trainees]

[ there are people more experienced with crime scene investigations than he is (he can watch an entire season of csi in one night but peter knows he's far from being an expert), so after he gets his samples, he decides to look into other areas of the ship.

it's on his way out from the dead animal room when he spots dirk standing in the clearing. he seems to be pretty relaxed, but peter decides to approach him anyway, just in case. his fingers run along the trigger for his web shooters hidden beneath his sleeve, but he doesn't do much other than to call out to him. ]

Hey, you okay?

[lightbulbvampire]

[Kanaya approaches Dirk first thing after she returns from her investigation of the burnt area. ]

I'm not interrupting anything of high importance right now, am I?

[Dark matter engine fuel is not her area of expertise, and Dirk is probably her best bet for insight.]

[bonomial]

[It's not like Dirk to just stand there staring into nothing. Don cautiously approaches him, recognizing that sort of intense focus easily.]

Yo, Iniidae to Dirk. Seeing anything interesting on those shades?

[Which he's totally not jealous of, by the way. Not at all.]

[hopefragment]

...We've got to do it.

[It sounds like it's said mostly to himself as he approaches the coffin, taking a deep breath as if to steel his nerves. It's different than the island, not just because it's a stranger, but also that it's been sitting in humid air for... he doesn't know how long. That's not his kind of specialty.]

No blood, meaning... [He's still... talking to himself... moving around the coffin and the surrounding area, paying more attention to the ground and the campsite itself.]

The body wasn't found like this, was it? [That's directed to whoever might be around.] I mean... the ground looks like it was dug up pretty recently.

[Who disturbed the crime scene... he doesn't look too happy about that.

Alternatively, Hajime can be found muttering half-sentences to himself as he moves through the campsite, picking up items to examine as he goes. There might not be a Danganronpa-style class trial waiting for him, but it's become habit at this point.]

[despairing_hope]

[There is a Nagito behind Hinata's shoulder. When did he get there? Just now! Quiet and surprising as always there was no particular indication of his presence until he spoke up.]

It's annoying isn't it? I assume the people who found it had planned to bury it or something. They might have changed their mind after starting. But it makes everything harder than it has to be.

[Because how were you suppose to examine everything properly when the body was moved and the ground disturbed? There were probably valuable clues just completely destroyed.]

It would probably be a good idea to talk to the ones who found all this and get their statement.

[despairing_hope]

[It was a bit harder to find clues when someone had been dead for longer than a few hours. Considering the environment and the state of the body it could be anywhere from a couple days to a couple weeks. Maybe they could narrow it down through an autopsy? It was also hard to say how many things could have possibly been disturbed already. But, that just made it more interesting, right?]

I wonder where I should start?

[Probably looking at where the person came and went would be best. It was the sort of thing people might not think to do at first as well. He should find as many details as he could first, and then go check up on everyone else. He wasn't sure how observant the rest of the group was, but if anything he knew there would be something over looked or casually brushed off when it was more important than it seemed.

Noticing foot prints he decided to take a closer look at those, and ultimately follow them to wherever they went.]

[lightbulbvampire]

[Once Kanaya notices him going to follow the footprints, she promptly tags along... with her chainsaw. Gotta protect the friend from any wildlife. She's honestly a bit worried about whatever made the inhuman tracks being dangerous.]

I do hope that you would not mind my company Nagito.

[And so she continues being oblivious to the whole first name basis thing.]

[bonomial]

[Hopefully those aren't Donatello's footprints that Komaeda decided to follow... though he could be forgiven for the mistake, considering that the Turtle's unfortunately sporting feet that look a heck of a lot like the killer's. Though he's tried his best to mark his path with occasional hole-punching of the sand or dirt, maybe that's just not as obvious as it should be.

Komaeda might catch a bit of Don's frustrated grumbling to himself:]

Did this guy really have to have the same footprints as me? This is making Turtles everywhere look bad.

[goafk]

Hey.

[ It's him again...the one from that dream. She knows him and sees him pondering; might as well get her feet wet first with someone she's familiar with! ]

This is really cool, isn't it? An actual murder mystery--but I feel terrible for whatever happened to her.

[ Not...knowing that Nagito was part of a murder game himself, oops. ]

Mind if I tag along?

[naughty_nurse]

[All right, investigation and autopsy, just like old times! Except Mikan really wanted to get away from the old times. Sob.

But she needs to be useful, and it's time to get this over with. She kneels down next to the coffin, lifting the lid slowly. Once the lid is off, she takes a deep breath to steel herself - AND REGRETS IT BECAUSE FYI CORPSES SMELL - before beginning to go over the body.]

... No outright obvious signs of what caused her death, no immediate injuries... The temperature around us is going to throw off when she died...

[After a gulp, she leans into the coffin and is... is she undressing the corpse?]

[hopefragment]

Ah, Tsumiki...

[Hajime's... breathing through his mouth, doing his best not to look too sick at the sight of a week-old corpse. Aaaand she's undressing it, alright. Well, one of them is the SHSL Nurse, and it's certainly not Hajime.]

Do you have any guesses as to how long ago it could have been...?

[lightbulbvampire]

Ah, hello Mikan.

[That sure is Kanaya Maryam with a chainsaw.]

Are you going to need help conducting the autopsy?

After the autopsy

[despairing_hope]

[It was unpleasant to look at the body, though it was a thing that had to be done. He really wished the body had been left undisturbed. But, he supposed this just made the whole thing harder. Challenge was suppose to be a good thing, right? They would all have to work together, using their best skills and insight. It was a good situation.]

Tsumiki san, did you find any details?

[lightbulbvampire]

[Kanaya is dressed for the beach today, and has a jade sundress and snazzy sunhat on. Also her chainsaw is out. That... is probably the first thing able to be noticed. After being released from Dirk's sylladex, Kanaya can be found examining the area. She'll likely hover around the body until the autopsy has been completed.

After that is done, Kanaya vanishes into the jungle to follow one of the sets of footprints. She can be found inspecting the charred area of land, wrinkling her nose at the smell.

Much later in the day, Kanaya can be found looking through the datapads. The one she is currently holding is the one about the dream Mimi had about vampires fighting mortals. She looks like she is trying not to laugh, as this is a very serious situation, and jfc Kanaya there is a dead body.

[highflights]

[ Not often you see someone so chill with a chainsaw. Kara keeps track of Kanaya now and then in her periphery. She catches up finally when Kanaya is reading the datapad, assuming she's found something intriguing on it. ]

Find anything useful?

[bonomial]

[Datapads are excellent. Under the circumstances, though, Don feels this alien woman should have a little more tact.]

Can you tell me what's on that datapad? There was useful information on most of the others - I've already scoured what I could from them. [The animals' information, and the Jellyshroom sickness logs, are both gold mines of info. What could be on this one that's so amusing?]

[bonomial]

[After the long sub piloting session over here - assuming Don spent time at the controls, which is something he'd be jockeying to do with his baby - they set foot on the island.

It's not the first time Don has been one of the only walking members of a largely flight-capable group. Being a ninja has its perks: the Turtle will scale any nearby trees for necessary height, scribbling down notes even while hanging from branches - possibly even upside-down. He's also brought a test kit, and he'll be gathering samples from the area both immediately around the body and, more reluctantly, the body itself.

Since the Turtle also has two-toed feet, he's making an effort to stay away from any of those footprints, sticking close to designated areas and marking his steps with an occasional bo staff jab into soft dirt. Wouldn't want to contaminate the evidence...

Finally, one might be able to find Donatello after any detailed autopsies have been done, looking rather quietly at the remains of Mimi's body.]

Whatever happened to her, I hope it wasn't for nothing.

[goafk]

[ Oh my god. Oh my god, it's a real turtle. He's a turtle, right? Oh my god. ]

Whoa. A giant turtle! And here I thought I've seen it all!

[ Please don't mind her pointing out the obvious......

But anyway--right. Murder mystery, turtle questions can come later. D.Va joins him in looking at Mimi's body, examining the body to try and determine the cause of death for herself. ]

...Did you figure out anything yet? How did she die?

[trainees]

closed to tony:

[ so it's the big day and while everyone is getting ready to go in the sub in various stages of nervousness and/or trepidation, peter is standing next to tony while trying not to vibrate with excitement. ]

You're sure you're cool with carrying me?

[ listen, he gets to fly. on iron man. he is So Ready for this. ]

open:

[ autopsies aren't exactly peter's forte, so he lets the other dangan kids get their fill first. before they pull the lid back over the corpse, he goes in with his small field kit to take a couple tissue and blood (whatever that's left anyway) samples to bring back to the labs. once that's done, he'll explore the other areas around and inside the ship.

feel free to run into him taking pictures of the tracks on his communicator and poking around the sleep pod, taking samples whenever he finds something weird/interesting. he'll also be copying the data pad entries if he can to send them to himself for later investigation. ]

[goafk]

Hey there, stranger!

[ Look who it is?! Your favorite person :') She's gonna run into him while he's taking those photos. ]

Got any idea of what those tracks might belong to? They're certainly not human, are they?

[voicelog]

[He usually looks forward to traveling around Iniidae, especially if he gets to fly. But their outing today is grave at best, so the opportunity to explore a new area has been dampened by what awaits them upon arrival.

He does try to keep his solemnity to himself, however; because he's definitely noticed Peter's enthusiasm. Don't want to sour the kid's mood.]

Yeah, I am. [He's already suited up. As open as he is about showcasing the armor, Tony still doesn't want to draw too much attention to himself, so suiting up in front of a bunch of people would be the opposite of what he wants.] I wouldn't have offered otherwise.

[Once they're ready to go, he's going to scoop Peter up into his right arm, so hold on tight.]

[highflights]

[ These tracks are worrying. Kara hovers above the ground not to mix up the spoor, she peers over Peter's shoulder as he's examining them. ]

What do you think that might be?