09-28-2021, 19:02:16 PM
The sun rises on Tripford. The Atmosphere is tense. No shots have been fired yet between the various federal agencies and the TCPD, but even the slightest spark might set off a conflagration that could be difficult to extinguish. Appropriately, the sky is in a most gloomy, overcast state. It feels like it might rain. Police forces are widely dispersed throughout the city, and the police encampment is rather less inhabited right now, many of the officers from there having gone to other locations throughout the city. Police cruisers drive around, playing a constant, repetitive urging from Chief Clearday to remain calm and support your local police from mounted radios. There's mutters of discontent among the populace, and journalists flit around the edges, recording everything.
The local news is broadcasting that a suspect has been arrested in the Catkin Lane Killer Case. One "Lindsey H. Clipton, a local warehouse security guard". The newsreader mentions also that the killings have stopped with the arrest, and credits the "good police work" of the TCPD for solving the case. Non-local stations appear to not be picked up for some reason. This is blamed, unconvincingly, on a "power surge" and "atmospheric interference". Cell data and internet alike are apparently unavailable. (Thankfully your phones are very multipurpose and manage to allow you to communicate still, though you do not have an internet connection.)
Meanwhile, in matters that pertain more closely to you, the Spymaster calls in, staticky, indistinguishable voice monotonal, as if reading a script.
You have two days to attempt to graduate left. Snap is dead. You've been delivered the case files. Solve this mystery.
After a few minutes, the Spymaster speaks again, this time noticeably annoyed-sounding.
Do NOT do anything to inflame the current larger situation. Knowing you people, you insist on making things difficult. You blow up the sewers, and that gets the feds involved. One of your own gets into a shootout in the grocery store, and then goes on the run, before getting gunned down by police. I am disappointed that I need to say that you should NOT INFLAME THE SITUATION FURTHER, as it should be obvious that your trail of destruction is NOT A GOOD THING. I don't want to see you doing ANYTHING that doesn't involve attempting to graduate or solving the problem of who killed one of you, should that come up.
The Final Night Phase starts on Friday at 8PM Pacific, 79 hours from this post. After that, the Final Day Phase starts on Tuesday at 10AM Pacific, 185 hours from this post (and 105 from the night phase.)
PREPARE YOURSELVES.
The local news is broadcasting that a suspect has been arrested in the Catkin Lane Killer Case. One "Lindsey H. Clipton, a local warehouse security guard". The newsreader mentions also that the killings have stopped with the arrest, and credits the "good police work" of the TCPD for solving the case. Non-local stations appear to not be picked up for some reason. This is blamed, unconvincingly, on a "power surge" and "atmospheric interference". Cell data and internet alike are apparently unavailable. (Thankfully your phones are very multipurpose and manage to allow you to communicate still, though you do not have an internet connection.)
Meanwhile, in matters that pertain more closely to you, the Spymaster calls in, staticky, indistinguishable voice monotonal, as if reading a script.
You have two days to attempt to graduate left. Snap is dead. You've been delivered the case files. Solve this mystery.
The Case of the Snapped Skull
The Victim is Snap, a bizarre creature made of chalk who is also a police consultant. The body was found in the former offices of The Eye, a minor local paper.
The Cause of death is injuries from a single strike of a blunt object to the front of the skull, which shattered it and caused a severe hemorrhage, leading to death.
There are many pre-mortem internal and external injuries on the body, mostly appearing to be chemical burns. These are multiple days old. There were also drugs in the victim's toxicology screen, mostly cocaine.
CSI Report Attached.
-C.M.E. McCastle.
CSI Report: There are signs of a break-in at the office. The window was smashed inwards and one of the bars was pried out. There was chalk around the windowframe. The victim was found lying next to the pried-out bar, in a corner distant from the broken window. The pried-out bar had chalk-dust on both ends, and is suspected to be the murder weapon. Based on the angle of impact, the victim was struck by someone standing roughly four to five feet tall.
The Cause of death is injuries from a single strike of a blunt object to the front of the skull, which shattered it and caused a severe hemorrhage, leading to death.
There are many pre-mortem internal and external injuries on the body, mostly appearing to be chemical burns. These are multiple days old. There were also drugs in the victim's toxicology screen, mostly cocaine.
CSI Report Attached.
-C.M.E. McCastle.
CSI Report: There are signs of a break-in at the office. The window was smashed inwards and one of the bars was pried out. There was chalk around the windowframe. The victim was found lying next to the pried-out bar, in a corner distant from the broken window. The pried-out bar had chalk-dust on both ends, and is suspected to be the murder weapon. Based on the angle of impact, the victim was struck by someone standing roughly four to five feet tall.
After a few minutes, the Spymaster speaks again, this time noticeably annoyed-sounding.
Do NOT do anything to inflame the current larger situation. Knowing you people, you insist on making things difficult. You blow up the sewers, and that gets the feds involved. One of your own gets into a shootout in the grocery store, and then goes on the run, before getting gunned down by police. I am disappointed that I need to say that you should NOT INFLAME THE SITUATION FURTHER, as it should be obvious that your trail of destruction is NOT A GOOD THING. I don't want to see you doing ANYTHING that doesn't involve attempting to graduate or solving the problem of who killed one of you, should that come up.
The Final Night Phase starts on Friday at 8PM Pacific, 79 hours from this post. After that, the Final Day Phase starts on Tuesday at 10AM Pacific, 185 hours from this post (and 105 from the night phase.)
PREPARE YOURSELVES.
I am the They who says it!