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[wingedcatgirl]

"Hm." Hitomi >examines the hole more closely.

[LavenderDream]

>Examines the hole more closely. (wingedcatgirl)
It looks like the hole was broken using brute force.

[wingedcatgirl]

"Hrm." She checks closer, >does the hole look like it was broken inward or outward?

[LavenderDream]

>Does the hole look like it was broken inward or outward? (wingedcatgirl)
The hole looks like it was broken from inside the vents.

[wingedcatgirl]

"Seemed likely. Had to check." Next thought: >Who among the living could fit through a hole that size?

[PointMaid]

...Wait a minute. I know I can fit a lot of places, but if that's a small hole, that's still not me. This hole makes me think, though That ball had blood on it. Maybe it was hurled through and hit him hard enough to kill?

> Is the hole the right size for that ball?

>Can you find an injury the ball might have made on the body?

[Zanreo]

>look through the hole

[Billy5545]

"Uh, I'll go see that sharky bubblegum boy, guys."

> Head to Kazuichi's room and start examining his body for injury

[LavenderDream]

>Who among the living could fit through a hole that size? (wingedcatgirl)
It doesn't seem like anyone here could fit through the vents.

> Is the hole the right size for that ball? (Point)
The hole is almost the same size as the iron ball.

>Can you find an injury the ball might have made on the body? (Point)
Lance's skull has been cracked.

>look through the hole (Zanreo)
You can't find anything in the vents.

> Head to Kazuichi's room and start examining his body for injury (Billy)
Kazuichi's skull has also been cracked. You can find another iron ball next to his head.

[Billy5545]

"Uh, what's the ball for?" Patrick then gets close to the ball and starts ridiculously eyeing it as he

> Look closely at the ball

[PointMaid]

Yeah, that's fitting what I thought it might be. Ball through the wall, hitting him on the head.

[wingedcatgirl]

"In that case... >who among the living could fit into the vents?" Hitomi muses, inspecting the vents.

[PointMaid]

[...Wait. Didn't she already answer that with your previous question, saying nobody can fit in the vents?]

[Magolor]

"Somebody managed to shoot a metal ball through a vent... Or maybe they drilled it?"

[wingedcatgirl]

[Maybe? We asked about the hole in the vents, not the vents themselfs, so we assumed the answer was regarding that... :shrug: ]

[LavenderDream]

> Look closely at the ball (Billy)
The iron ball has been dented. You can also find fingerprints on the side of the ball.


>who among the living could fit into the vents (wingedcatgirl)
Nobody currently alive could fit through the vents.

[wingedcatgirl]

"... Huh. That's my first guess out of the water." Hitomi frowns very loudly.

"Clearly, the ball was shot or dropped through the vent to crack Lance's skull open..." Hitomi pauses for thought. "... >Would anyone here be able to do that without entering the vents?"

[LavenderDream]

>Would anyone here be able to do that without entering the vents? (wingedcatgirl)
Actually with the way the vent system is modeled, anyone could've rolled the ball through one vent and have it come out the other.

[wingedcatgirl]

"Hm. Hmmmmmm. They didn't just roll it through, though, they broke it through... Can't figure how they did that at all... Gah. This is such a pain. We've figured out everything relevant except who did it."

[PointMaid]

...Yeah. Dammit.

[Billy5545]

"Guys! I saw weird marks in that round thing." Patrick says, referring to the fingerprints in the ball that killed Kazuichi.

[Magolor]

"I think our best bet is to find out exactly what it is that's smudged on the balls..."

> observe the color of the smudges

[LavenderDream]

> observe the color of the smudges (Magolor)
The smudges covering the side of the ball are a bright red.

[wingedcatgirl]

"Hm. What might make bright red smudges...?"

[PointMaid]

...I was assuming it was blood. But I guess that could just be an assumption.

> Look closer. Does the red stuff really seem to be blood? Human blood?