π§ WHO: Balthier & various! βοΈοΈ WHAT: Quests and other closed threads. π WHEN: Throughout April. πΊοΈ WHERE: Various. β οΈ WARNINGS: N/A, will edit if it changes.
[At least with the present evidence, though they might feel differently once they see the body itself, should someone actually allow them to.]
Any fall long enough to do that sort of damage would have left the body in far worse shape than was reported, but that doesn't mean there aren't other fixtures which might have been used.
[Slamming someone's head against a mantle or a light fixture, for instance. Humes are fragile creatures, in many respects.]
Looking at the options we've been given, we won't have to spend a lot of time in the conference room or the executive office. Both of those have large windows.
[That leaves four rooms to check, which is something. And they can always go back if anything changes.]
[They're starting to narrow things down, at least, which is better than the 'nothing' they'd had to start with. He nods, even as he continues to make his way towards the conference room and they find themselves quickly approaching the double-doors.]
A quick sweep, then, just to be certain. It's too soon to write off any possibility entirely, but you make an excellent point.
Assuming nothing's going anywhere, we can always come back if there's something else to check.
[Without much preamble, he'll open one of the doors and start doing a glance of the room. It's pretty straightforward for a Conference room. A large table, moderately comfy-looking office chairs, large windows to let in light, screens for projection, a couple of tables off to the side.]
[Balthier nods before he proceeds to enter, following his partner inside and quickly scanning their surroundings. Nothing here stands out in particular, but he does note that there are a few scattered items on the tables and the mantle that might be of note— a couple of lamps, a clock, a statuette of some figure he doesn't recognize. All potential weapons, if blunt trauma was truly the cause.
He lets out a soft 'hmm' as he approaches the mantle above the false fireplace beyond the projection screens, reaching out to lay a hand on the clock there and turning it over to examine its bottom. No blood, but it was worth looking.]
Probably not the site of the murder then. There'd be more signs of a struggle.
[Assuming the death wasn't by poison but even then, the victim might have had more time to react. He glances over the tables, looking for anything that might be of note but it mostly just looks like financial documents, spreadsheets and the like.]
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[At least with the present evidence, though they might feel differently once they see the body itself, should someone actually allow them to.]
Any fall long enough to do that sort of damage would have left the body in far worse shape than was reported, but that doesn't mean there aren't other fixtures which might have been used.
[Slamming someone's head against a mantle or a light fixture, for instance. Humes are fragile creatures, in many respects.]
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[That leaves four rooms to check, which is something. And they can always go back if anything changes.]
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A quick sweep, then, just to be certain. It's too soon to write off any possibility entirely, but you make an excellent point.
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Assuming nothing's going anywhere, we can always come back if there's something else to check.
[Without much preamble, he'll open one of the doors and start doing a glance of the room. It's pretty straightforward for a Conference room. A large table, moderately comfy-looking office chairs, large windows to let in light, screens for projection, a couple of tables off to the side.]
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He lets out a soft 'hmm' as he approaches the mantle above the false fireplace beyond the projection screens, reaching out to lay a hand on the clock there and turning it over to examine its bottom. No blood, but it was worth looking.]
The room seems largely undisturbed.
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[Assuming the death wasn't by poison but even then, the victim might have had more time to react. He glances over the tables, looking for anything that might be of note but it mostly just looks like financial documents, spreadsheets and the like.]
Was there anything about motive?
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[A common enough motivator in cases like these, for better or for worse.]
The victim appears to have quite a bit of it— influence, too. Difficult to think of someone who wouldn't find such things to be of great value.
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[All the more reason to speak with the suspects, he figures.]
Guess we'll need to find out who the victim was to all these people.