Third Investigation [Day 12]

[calloperators]

[After the very first investigation, it's almost surreal to not wake up to an explosion, especially when you consider the idea that someone's dead.

Still, you remember the phone call, and between the past two murders there is a very likely chance of death happening once more.

It's morning now, and sure everything seems normal in the motel, but when you start to venture outside, well...

Why don't you investigate?]

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[hotlinenpcs]

[His arms and torso are covered in bruises, first of all (fuck all yall I'm gonna say this here so we don't talk about stripping again).]

[iote]

[...I hate that I have to ask this but like

Are we talking about...as though he was beaten, or like...are they more consistently spaced...like they were caused by forced compression...]

[hotlinenpcs]

[They look like he was beaten. They all appear to be blunt marks.]

[iote]

[All right, that's good. Blunt force truama he can deal with, NOT AS FUCKAWFUL AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN.

...That said, who beat the shit out of this guy. He spoke to him once, he seemed inoffensive.

Anyway.

Presumably it's too difficult to tell what made the marks, it's just obvious that they were made by blunt force? If that's so, he'll move on.]

[hotlinenpcs]

[Yup! It just seems blunt

... And perhaps I should have mentioned this earlier

But both of Tim's hands are horribly fucked up in different ways.]

[iote]

[...oh that's lovely

Let's check the hands then and see what's going on, because this is fucking bizarre and while he definitely recognizes the guy, it has not yet set in that this is an actual human person as far as Michalis goes.]

[hotlinenpcs]

[The more notable of the hands is his right hand, which has been pinned to the top of the chute with a knife.]

[iote]

[That sure is happening, isn't it. Also, for my own clarity because I just realized I'm not sure what I'm visualizing here, is Tim on his back here, or is he facedown?]

[hotlinenpcs]

[He's laying on his back.]

[iote]

[...that...makes infinitely more sense than the contortion party I was visualizing, thank you!

That said, yikes. Fortunately, this week Michalis is dead inside and as such this is just kind of happening. What kind of knife is it?]

[hotlinenpcs]

[If you've been to the Gun Store before its tragic closure, it looks like the combat knives you'd see there.]

[iote]

[He has! That's actually where he talked to this guy once, so he wouldn't fight the employees for not letting him fire a borrowed gun haphazardly into the street. Okay. Combat knife, awesome. ...If no one minds, by the time he's done with this investigation that knife is going to be his.

So what's going on with the left hand?]

[hotlinenpcs]

[It's less immediately horrifying at least! ... His left hand is very obviously shattered, however.]

[iote]

[...Ah. Still horrifying, but less immediately do, yes.

Is there anything else of note about the hands? He'll move on if there isn't.]

[hotlinenpcs]

[That's all there is of note with the hands! :D]

[iote]

[Okay, so uh. About the machine and the. point of entry?

...How far in is this dude jammed, and how much blood is there?]

[hotlinenpcs]

[He's stuck from his stomach downwards.

And... ew... there is a ton of fresh blood oozing down the sides of the chute.]

[iote]

[Thanks, he hates it.

Presumably there is a lot of horrifying compression going on there? Because that doesn't seem...healthy. Or physically possible.]

[hotlinenpcs]

[;)

There is! It's so much gross compression it's almost a miracle he fit in there.

The worst miracle possible.]