Vesti and Lauren's Interdimensional Investigations (A CYOA)

Investigate the glass wall; Attempt to get Lauren hold her hand up to yours like in those cheesy melodramatic movies too since it isn't every day the opportunity arises to do so.

Present your police badge to the chair, before punching it in the face back for being so wobbily. Then move to the security room.

There's some stuff in here, I think.


Present: Police Badge: Magnifi Glass

You show Magnifi your amazing Police Badge. He is not amused. "Why are you showing me that? Are you trying to prove that you're really a detective?" "Of course not!" you reply, "I'm simply informing you of its prescence!" "Oh never mind. I understand," Magnifi explains, "You're just showing me your Police Badge to tell me that you did, in fact, get the necessary degrees from college. Thanks for showing it to me, for I would have been doubtful of that otherwise." (Wow, this guy's such a card.)

You briefly stop investigating to imagine uppercutting Magnifi straight through the roof and into the vacuum of space, where he will drift along for a while until he is unexpectedly hit in the face with Sputnik I. Unbeknownst to you, Magnifi is envisioning something quite similar (Also, this is perhaps one of the best actions I've gotten in any CYOA I've ever run. Either that, or it's a close tie with "Then go kill planetbox and pay yourself a bazillion dollars.")

Talk: Magnifi: Favorite Color

You try to ask Magnifi his favorite color, but he is still rather annoyed about the whole Police Badge fiasco (granted, this guy is annoyed all the time so it's not really anyone's fault). He simply replies, "Dark Gray," and ignores your further questions.

Investigate: Victim (now that I think about it, the prototype case called it "Examine" but whatever)

You take a look at the victim and turn him on his side. You can tell that he has two wounds, one on his forehead and one on his neck. The victim is wearing a police officer's uniform, and some blood has seeped into the collar. The victim is lying face-down in a pool of his blood. You recall that this is the position you saw him in. Those are the only wounds. Magnifi mumbles, "In case you're wondering, the blow to the forehead was caused before the blow to the neck. Our doctor confirmed that." {Crime Scene Notes added to Evidence}

Investigate: Counter Door Thing

You take a look at the counter door thing. It is a simple door that is the size of the counter itself, and held shut with a latch. It's small enough that it could simply be climbed over. Granted, so could the counter itself. All in all, it doesn't really have a purpose for existing. You turn to Magnifi, and ask, "Hey, do you know what this counter door thing is called?" "Of course you wouldn't know. I guess that kind of information is above your level of knowledge." "That doesn't answer my question. Do you know what it's called?" "Well... no..." he murmers, "but that doesn't excuse your lack of knowledge on the subject." "And what excuses your lack of knowledge? Is it your natural awesomeness? The fact that your name sounds like an investigation tool?" Magnifi groans and walks a few steps away. (I'm so glad we had that pleasant discussion.)

Investigate: Evidence Room Door

You leave the Security Room and take a quick look at the Evidence Room Door outside. It is steel, and supposedly bulletproof. The only way to unlock it is to use a keycard on the reader to its right. You go to the reader and take a quick look at the keycard reader. The only keycard used on the night of the murder was your own, so you doubt it has any importance in regards to the case. You climb over the counter and return to the crime scene.

Investigate: Monitors

You take a look at the security monitors. All of them are working correctly, except for one in the middle. It is broken, and glass shards have spilled into the monitor itself and along the floor. Other than that, the monitor is clean. You notice that the monitor would normally be showing the Chief's room. "Was this monitor broken before the incident?" you ask Magnifi. He rolls his eyes and replies, "Yeah, it randomly exploded last week, and we were far too lazy to fix it or order a new one. That sounds about right." (Why is this the first time I've noticed how confrontational this guy is?) {Broken Monitor added to Evidence}

Investigate: Victim's Pocket

You walk back to the body and look in his pockets. Officer Bajj has mostly normal stuff in the pockets of his uniform, such as a five-year old reciept and a wallet (Surprisingly empty. The money was probably confiscated as "evidence".) You also find a two-way radio. You recognize it, as you also have one. Everyone at the department has one with them at all times, and the chief can use his to call them if they are needed. This is probably what Lauren recieved her call on. {Two-Way Radio added to Evidence}

Investigate: Book

You take a look at the book. The dust jacket has been removed, but judging my some of the reviews inside, it appears to be a mystery novel. You close the book before Magnifi can accuse you of reading it and kick you out. The front cover has a somewhat large bloodstain in the top left corner. You ask Magnifi if the stain has been tested. He replies, "Of course it has. The blood matches Officer Bajj. It's pretty clear that this is the murder weapon, and the book only has Lauren's fingerprints on it." {Bloodstained Book added to Evidence}

Investigate: Visit Sheet

You walk over the counter and look at the Visit Sheet. This sheet is used to match the time that people signed in and out of the evidence room or security office. None of these records are particularly important, but the security room sign out sheet is notable for having a large bloodstain on the paper. Magnifi notices you looking at it and interjects, "Before you ask some annoying question, that bloodstain has already been tested. It is a match for Lauren Tehra, which places her at the crime scene. The coroner was able to make a quick examination of the crime scene while you were faffing about in the detention center." "You have quite the interesting vocabulary, Magnifi," you reply. "That's Mr. Glass to you," he interjects. "Sorry, but I refuse to call you that." {Visit Sheet Stain added to Evidence}

You finish investigating the room. There doesn't appear to be anything else of note at the crime scene, but you got a fairly large amount of evidence anyway. Suddenly, everyone's best friend Magnifi Glass starts shouting, "Alright! That's enough! We've done enough investigating of this area! I believe we've obtained enough evidence to prove that Lauren Tehra is our culprit. I'm leaving to write a report for the chief." Magnifi tries to leave but you step in front of him. "Wait a minute! Would you mind explaining your reasoning to me? I feel like a few things are off in the crime scene." "You've got to be kidding me. All the evidence is pointing to Lauren. Even an idiot could tell that she's the culprit." You smile, and reply, "Well then, why don't we just pretend that I'm an idiot so you can explain it to me? If it's so simple, then an explanation shouldn't take too much of your precious time!" Magnifi mumbles something under his breath, but soon continues, "Fine! Take your explanation and get out of here!"

Argument: Lauren Tehra's Obvious Guilt
Magnifi: Lauren was the only one stationed at the security room during the murder.
Magnifi: Her alibi couldn't be backed up by anyone present.
Magnifi: Not to mention her blood was found on the visit report.
Magnifi: The book, the murder weapon, only has Lauren's fingerprints on it.
Magnifi: Lauren dealt two wounds to Officer Bajj with the book.
Magnifi: She is clearly the culprit!
PRESS a statement or PRESENT evidence.
Evidence is on page 1

{{Cross-examinations work as you would expect. You can press a statement for more information, and then present evidence from the record in the first post when you find a contradiction! Just don't press all the statements for the extra dialogue. It just ends up as more work for me.}}

Quotes and Not Much Else!!


Oh geez, this one's going to take a while... Interestingly, only one person got the specific answer I was looking for... Whatever that's not important LET'S GOOOOOOO-



Press: Statement 3

"Excuse me, Magnifi. But I'd like to know, how exactly did Lauren's blood get on the visit report?" Magnifi glares at you and replies, "It fell on it. How else?" You say, "Don't be silly! Of course I know that! I am asking how Lauren could have bled if I didn't see any wounds on her body." Magnifi sighs, "Did Lauren really not tell you. She had a rather long cut across her arm and also onto her hand. However, her sleeve hides most of it, and it was probably bandaged by the time you got there." You shout, "I'm fairly certain I would have noticed something like that!" Magnifi interjects, "Well you didn't. Maybe she was hiding it, or perhaps you're just an idiot. Either way, you can ask her later if you really don't believe me. Moving on!" {Visit Sheet Stain updated in Evidence} Magnifi tries to continue, but you send him back in time and bug him again.

Press: Statement 1



You ask, "Why was she the only one there?" Magnifi shakes his head, and explains, "She was stationed there for security duty! She would have been there for three hours. If you had been paying attentio-" "If that's the case..." you interrupt, "Then what was Officer Bajj doing there?" Magnifi appears to ponder the question, then answers, "To be honest, I'm not certian. Perhaps Lauren agreed to meet him there. Perhaps Bajj was simply turning in evidence. However, such an issue isn't important enough to halt the arrest. Officer Bajj is lying on the floor here right now, so he clearly got here somehow." You try to speak again but Magnifi continues on.

Press: Statement 6



You give Magnifi a thumbs up and reply, "The only thing CLEAR here is the pitifulness of your statement! Your arguments are nothing but frail and fragmented statements! Dealing with them all is such a PANE! How can you be so sure?" As you continue breaking down into glass puns, Magnifi breaks down into tears. "Really?" Magnifi replies, "Do I really need to repeat my entire statement? If you insist, I'll say it again, but pay attention this time!" Magnifi starts over and you soon interrupt again.

Present: Broken Monitor/Lauren's Call: Statement 2



You show him your info on Lauren's alibi. "Lauren has said that she recieved a call from the chief at the time of the crime! But the chief didn't back up her alibi! An-" Magnifi interrupts, "Not so fast! Before you go on some kind of tangent, you seem to be assuming Lauren wasn't just lying in a desperate attempt to get herself off the hook! If you committed a crime, isn't that what you'd do?!" You reply, "But wait! The monitor showing the Chief's office is broken! What if the real killer broke it to hide the fact that they made the call?" The room is silent for a minute. Magnifi rubs his forehead with one hand, sighing. "Umm... Vesti... This may come as a surprise to you, but computers and monitors are... not the same thing..." "Wait, what?" "Even if a monitor is broken, the security data can still be recovered from the hard drive itself." You scratch the back of your head, embarrased, and mumble, "Oh... right... wait a minute! That means we can recover the footage from the chief's office! Or even the security office itself!" Magnifi replies, "Nope. The footage got deleted. Everything from the twenty-four hours the crime took place in has been deleted, probably from the security room itself. And we can't recover it." "Really? Why didn't you tell me that earlier?" "No reason to at the time. Now, if that's all you'd like to say, I'll be on my-" "No! Not yet! There's still something fishy about your explanation!" Magnifi mumbles, "Fine. Moving on." {Security Footage Deletion added to Evidence}

Present: Bloodstained Book: Statement 5



"Alright Magnifi," you begin, "You claim that Lauren dealt both of the victim's wounds with the book, correct?" "Of course," Magnifi replies. You continue, "But I see a problem with that statement, one that I'm surprised you didn't notice! If Lauren dealt two wounds with that book, then how come the book clearly only has one bloodstain!" Magnifi appears to look only mildly disgruntled rather than shocked. "If your explanation is correct, then shouldn't the book show two separate or overlapping bloodstains? Since there's only one, what happened to the other one?! Are you saying that Lauren dealt the second blow with her mind?!" Magnifi calmly replies, "Don't be ridiculous! There's a simple explanation. Your contradiction isn't as important as you hoped."

Testimony: A Simple Explanation
Magnifi: So it's true that the book didn't deal both of the wounds.
Magnifi: But it's possible that the second wound was dealt with another method.
Magnifi: For example, the broken monitor that you mentioned...
Magnifi: I believe that after Lauren hit the victim with the book, he was still alive.
Magnifi: So she grabbed Officer Bajj by the neck and slammed him into the computer monitor.
Magnifi: His neck wound was caused by the shards of shattered glass!
PRESS a statement or PRESENT evidence.

Not really. If Lauren got stabbed but the weapon was left in, not much would have fallen out. The most blood comes out when a weapon is removed, so if the weapon was removed later by a doctor then there would be very little blood at the crime scene. Also, I didn't say the wound was particularly deep.

What others have suggested!


Yeah that one was supposed to be obvious. This is the first case after all.

Ask: Question

Before doing anything with the testimony, you ask Magnifi a question. "Who can delete or alter security footage?" Magnifi responds, "Shouldn't you know that by now?" You reply, "I may know the answer, but some people don't know the answer! I'm simply asking so they'll know." Magnifi is confused, but replies, "...I'll just pretend you didn't say that... Anyway, anyone who has a job at this police station has access to the security computers. This is because security duty is shared between everyone except the chief. So, if you have a keycard, and you can figure out how to use the computer, you can delete the footage. That means anyone could have deleted the footage, even if they weren't on security duty that day." {Security Footage Deletion updated in Evidence}

Press: Statement 5



"Are you saying that Lauren could have overpowered Officer Bajj to smash his neck against the monitor?" Magnifi replies, "Well, Bajj was sixty to seventy years old. He was certainly fit, but he was old enough to have back and knee problems. Not to mention Lauren was possibly under the influence of adrenaline, or perhaps Bajj may have been holding back for some reason. Either way, I wouldn't consider it that much of a stretch." Magnifi Glass attempts to move on with his explanation, but you see an obvious contradiction and present some evidence.

Present: Broken Monitor: Statement 6



You start laughing as loudly as possible and pointing at Magnifi's disgruntled face. "What now?" Magnifi groans. You explain, "It's just the fact that the detective who's called 'The Greatest Detective on the Force' has made such a blatantly obvious logical error." "What are you trying to imply with that statement?!" Magnifi shouts, indignantly. "It's simple. You claim that Bajj's neck wound was dealt by the monitor. However..." you point towards the wall of monitors, and continue, "The shards of the broken monitor are all clean!" Magnifi's eye twitches involuntarily. You explain,"If one of the victim's wounds was dealt with the shards of glass, then logically, shouldn't the shards of glass actually have blood on them? Not to mention the victim's neck wound is clearly not a cut, and was instead caused by a blunt object. Magnifi, your logic is full of holes. This investigation isn't over yet!" Magnifi calmly takes a few deep breaths. He continues, "I'll admit, my logic has a few flaws. However, I would also like to point that Lauren is still the main suspect in this case. You may continue investigating if you wish, but I doubt you will find anything. Our team has been investigating for several hours, and we haven't found anything new in-"

Suddenly, a forensic investigator runs behind the counter, shouting, "Detective Glass! We found something!" Magnifi sighs. He asks, "What is it now?" The man continues, "We found traces of something in the hallway! They appear to be wheel tracks of some kind! And they lead from here to the chief's office!" You reply, "...What?" The officer continues, "To be more specific, it's a trail of paint. The paint has been wiped up, but there were still traces left behind!" You turn back to Magnifi, and ask, "What were you saying earlier?" Magnifi pretends to not hear you. Suddenly, two police officers arrive with a stretcher. They lift up the body and take it off to the coroner's office. Magnifi says, "Alright, Vesti. If you're so intent on investigating more, why don't you go do so. I'll be staying over here if you want to talk to me, but I'd prefer it if you didn't." Magnifi walks away. (Alright... Now that that's over with I can finally start investigating. I have a few options. I could go talk to Lauren again, or I could talk to the coroner, or I could check the Chief's office...)

Investigation: Detention Center
Examine:
Talk:
Magnifi Glass
Magnifi is not interested in talking right now.
Move:
Detention Center
Medical Room
Chief's Office
Lobby
Present:
To Magnifi Glass
What will you do now?

We must go talk to the coroner and show them our badge. Obviously.

We must show Antonio Bridges our badge. This is clearly the important action.

Then talk to the broken violin, following its instructions to give Antonio a wedgie.

I can't decide on a name for this box.


You steal the poster and then laugh maniacally before stuffing it in your pocket. Whether or not it is used as evidence remains to be seen. Since I have little of the confrontation planned out, it could end up that way. {Symphony Poster added to Evidence}

You also try to change your favorite color but fail.

Examine: Instruments

You take a look at the instruments. The cellos are simply leaning against the wall. They have a thingy that prevents them from falling, though. The viola and violins are simply hanging off of hooks by a string attached under the scroll. Sure enough, the string connected to the broken violin is snapped. Perhaps that's why it fell. Antonio starts shouting, "Ah, so you've taken an interest in my instruments, have you?" "Um... Not really..." you reply, but Antonio doesn't listen. "Now that cello is one I used way back in sixth grade when I first began playing! I bought the others later. As for the viola, I've began learning how to play it recently. I plan to learn to play a double bass as well some day." "That's very interesting," you interrupt before he can go on another tangent. "But I have another question. Would you allow me to forensically investigate that broken violin?" "Sure," he replies "It's not playable now. But you would need some forensic equipment to do so, and you don't appear to have any. There's none here in the office either..." (Perhaps Lauren still has some equipment I could use.)

Examine: Filing Cabinet

You ask, "Could I examine your filing cabinet and some of those documents?" The chief replies, "Sure. I doubt you'd find anything of use though." You take a look at the filing cabinet. It is a fairly standard cabinet, but there is nothing of use inside. To the left of the filing cabinet is a wastebasket containing a pair of white gloves. You decide to take them because you can. {White Gloves added to Evidence}

Examine: Documents

You take a look at the documents on the desk. One in particular looks notable. You show it to Antonio. "What is this document about?" Antonio shouts, "Taking an interest in the police chief's work, I see! Perhaps you're hoping to be promoted to this position." "I'm not actually," you mumble, "Could you just answer the question?" "FINE!" The chief takes the paper and looks it over. "Ah, this paper... This is detailing some thefts in the evidence room." "Thefts?" "Yes. For about two months evidence from past cases has been disappearing from the Evidence Room. We're currently trying to figure out who's doing it, but due to the lack of security cameras in the evidence room, we're having problems." "Why aren't there security cameras in the evidence room?" you ask. Chief Bridges replies, "Because I keep forgetting to put them in the budget." (I'm not certain this man is qualified for his job.) {Evidence Room Thefts added to Evidence}

Talk: Antonio Bridges: Absence

"You said you left your office yesterday. When was this?" Antonio explains, "I left the office at around 10:20. I came back at around 10:30." "Why did you leave your office?" "I had to use the restroom." "That figures," you mumble.

Talk: Antonio Bridges: Antonio Bridges

"So how did you become the chief of police?" Antonio replies, "Well when the last chief retired, he hired me for the job. I was a detective back then, and I had already proven myself to be fairly capable. So I agreed." "Well, you are indeed faily capable." "Well the same could easily be said for you Vesti! Besides, I'm not technically a detective anymore." "That may be true, but you must have been a fairly capable detective to reach this position." "Well of course. That's what I just said." "Oh, right," you mutter. The chief continues, "I'm beginning to question whether you really are that capable. Perhaps you should take that test again..." (Well that conversation was a disaster.)

Investigation: Chief's Office
Examine:
Desk.
Talk:
Evidence Room
Antonio Bridges
Magnifi Glass
Officer Bajj
Instruments
Move:
Detention Center
Medical Room
Security Room
Lobby
Present:
To Antonio Bridges
What will you do now?

Talkees to Lauren about the wound and then be dissapoint at Dimitri continuously disappearing for weeks and then popping back in for two days of responding to one thing.

My AC Adapter is being stupid help.

When life gives you quotes, pretend you know who said them.


You try to combine your Police Badge and Luminol together, but fail. After all, have YOU ever tried combining a liquid with a solid sturdy object? Vesti Gates isn't an alchemist, silly! I'd say we're off to a great start here!

Present: Police Badge

You reach for your police badge. "Stop it, please," Lauren says. You put your police badge away.

Spray: Lauren: Luminol Testing Fluid

You spray Lauren with the Luminol Testing Fluid. Sadly, this fails. After all, you and your friend are separated by a wall of bulletproof glass. Don't ask me how Lauren got the Luminol to you in these circumstances, because I don't know. Maybe there's a hatch or something. Anyway, the Luminol just gets all over the glass. Lauren sighs, "Vesti, could you please not waste my Luminol. That stuff is expensive, you know." You reply, "This price tag says $9.99 on it." Lauren hesitates before responding, "Uh... that price tag was forged." (Does that mean this Luminol is an illegal good? Maybe Lauren is guilty after all...)

Spray: Everything

You try to spray everything you can reach. You spray the chair, then the wall, then the door, before Lauren says, "Vesti, I don't need to get arrested for murder a second time. Please stop wasting my Luminol." You decide that it might be a good idea to stop.

Present: Lauren Tehra: Visit Sheet Stain

"Do you recall spilling your blood on that Visit Sheet in the Security Office?" Lauren replies, "Of course not. The wound was pretty much fine by the time I got to the security room. Granted, it's not like it really matters, considering there's no real way to prove that. Not to mention we don't really know how my blood could have gotten on the visit sheet otherwise." (She's right... I'll have to look for something like that during my investigation...)

Talk: Antonio Bridges

"So what's your opinion on Chief Bridges?" Lauren replies, "I don't know. He's ok, I guess. It would help if he would stop playing sad cello songs every time I reported a crime." "If you have problems with him, shouldn't you report them?" "Normally I'd do that, but every time I file a complaint he starts playing Vivaldi songs about four octaves too high." "That's weird. He hasn't been doing stuff like that to me." Lauren chuckles, "Perhaps it was because I asked him if the guitar was a string instrument." "Yeah, that would probably do it."

Talk: Magnifi Glass

"What do you think of Magnifi Glass, the other detective?" Lauren grumbles, "He's kind of a jerk." You reply, "I'd say that pretty much sums up his personality." She laughs, and continues, "I suppose he is a fairly competent detective, for what it's worth. Granted, I suppose my opinion is somewhat affected by the fact that he arrested me a few hours ago." (I'd say her opinion is pretty accurate...)

Spray: Luminol: Bloodstained Book

You spray the Bloodstained Book with the Luminol. There is a reaction, of course. It reacts to the single large bloodstain, and a few small specks that were probably too faint to be registered. Either way, you don't see much of importance in these readings.

Move: Manager's Office

You decide that you should probably examine that violin now that you finally have the equipment you need. So you head back to Antonio's office. When you get there you discover that there's no one in the room at the moment, but the door is unlocked. You decide to just check the violin now instead of waiting for Antonio to get back.

Spray: Luminol: Broken Violin

You pick up the two pieces of the violin and put them on the desk. Taking out the Luminol, you spray it on both sides of the broken violin, wait a few seconds, and then shine the light thing on the violin. To your shock, the Luminol reacts to both sides of the violin, showing that there was a rather large bloodstain at the point where the violin broke. You let out a loud gasp for dramatic effect. However, you do not yet know whose blood is on the violin, and you don't currently have the means to test that. {Broken Violin updated in Evidence}

Move: Medical Room

You decide to head to the Medical Room. The victim's autopsy report has probably been completed by now, and so that could be helpful in your attempts to not fail. The room could also have some importance to the crime, so you leave the Chief's Office and head down the hall, and go right to the Medical Room.

Date: Saturday, October 21st, 2015. Time: 10:40 AM Location: Police Department, Medical Room.

You enter the Medical Room. As you would expect, the room is mostly white, with a tiled floor. There are three hospital beds on the room's right side, and a counter stretches across the other three walls. The counter contains many cupboards and is topped by several objects. There is some kind of cabinet on the far wall, with a bunch of drawers with staff member's names on them. You can see Officer Bajj's body on some kind of trolley thing. Examining it is a middle-aged woman in white clothes and with relatively short blond hair. She turns away from the corpse when you enter the room, and she glares at you. "So, I assume you're here for the Autopsy Report?" "Well... uh... yeah, I suppose so." "That figures. You're the fifth person who's asked for the autopsy report today. It's not like I do anything else. No, I'm the coroner, so I just pump out autopsy report's at the detective's leisure. I suppose if these officers get injured in a street fight, I'm supposed to make an autopsy report before I operate on them, right?" (Between her and Magnifi, this station sets the bar for company pride.) "Alright, Ann Istheesa, I've heard your sad life story plenty of times. Can we just move on with the investigation?" She grumbles, "Alright fine. The report is over on the counter. You can go check it out. I'm tired of performing surgery on this guy." {Ann Istheesa added to Profiles}

Investigation: Medical Room
Examine:
Autopsy Report, Officer Bajj, Counter, Cabinet, Trolley Thing, Door.
Talk:
Ann Istheesa
Coroner
Officer Bajj
Autopsy Report
Medical Room
Move:
Chief's Office
Detention Center
Security Room
Lobby
Present:
To Ann Istheesa
Spray: Luminol
What will you do?

{{Gosh guys why'd you make me write such a long update.}}

IT'S TIME!


Present: Police Badge

You decide to do what you must always do, and show poor Ann your marvelous police badge. She glares at it."Why are you showing me this?" You happily reply, "Because I want to know what you think of it!" "Alright fine. If you really must know, I think it is a useless piece of metal trash that's just an excuse for detectives to act superior to everyone else. Now are you happy?" (That's not the kind of opinion I wanted to hear...

You consider spraying Ann with Luminol, but ultimately decide that that would be a terrible idea. You also consider spraying the next update, but Vesti isn't capable of breaking the fourth wall like that.

Examine: Autopsy Report

You walk over to the counter and take a look at the autopsy report. You scan through it. Plenty of the information about Officer Bajj is stuff you already knew, however the report states that a small fragment of wood was found in the victim's forehead. The neck wound was also dealt postmortem. You show the report to Ann Istheesa and ask, "Is this all the information you could find from the body?" She replies, "Pretty much. The observations made at the crime scene were about the only things the body could tell us. Is that a problem?" "Of course not! I was just asking!" {Crime Scene Notes changed to Bajj's Autopsy Report and updated in Evidence}

Examine: Trolley Thing

You take a look at the aptly-titled trolley thing. It is a raised platform on wheels. The platform itself appears to be cushioned, which is pretty helpful considering it's meant to hold the injured. Ann explains, "We use the trolley to transport injured officers and civilians to this medical room. It's also used to transport corpses during murder investigations." You ask, "Where was this trolley on the night of the murder?" Ann replies, "As far as I know, it was in this room. I had things to do all over the building, so I can't say for certain if it went anywhere. Granted, the same goes for most of the objects in this room..." Once she's stopped talking, you look at the bottom of the cart. You don't notice any obvious paint stains on the wheels. The cart seems pretty clean, in fact. {Trolley Thing added to Evidence}

Examine: Officer Bajj

You ask, "Did you know the victim personally?" Ann sighs, "Not really. To be honest, I don't really know many of the police officers on this force. Being the coroner, I don't really see them much." You try to say something, but she interrupts, "And before you ask, I don't know anyone who would have wanted him dead. I've gone through this conversation at least three times today, and to be honest it's getting pretty old!" (Your bad attitude is getting pretty old.)

Examine: Cabinet

"Can I take a look at that cabinet over there?" Ann mutters, "Sure you can, if genetic records really interest you so much." You ignore her last comment, and walk to the cabinet. You open the drawer with your name on it. Inside are various containers holding various objects. You see a bottle of a red liquid, a case containing a lock of hair, what appears to be sweat, among other things. "What is all this stuff?" "Objects containing the genes of the people working here. You know, hair, sweat, blood, and all that. There's also fingerprint records in there. There's a more extensive collection of genetic records in another room." "How did you obtain all this stuff?" "I don't think you need to know." You continue looking through the drawers until you reach Lauren Tehra's drawer, where you notice something odd. "Are all of these glass containers supposed to have the same amount of blood in them?" "Of course," Ann replies, "Why do you ask?" You continue, "Well, the bottle of Lauren's blood appears to have less in it than the others." Ann sighs, "Well, that's not supposed to happen. You didn't spill it, did you?" "I think you'd already know if I had spilled blood all over the room." {Genetic Records added to Evidence}

Present: Broken Violin

You show Ann Istheesa the violin messing up her name as well and then say, "Could you test the blood on this violin? I think it could help us STRING this case together!" Ann shakes her head and says, "Never do that in my prescense again. Anyway, I have the genetic records, so I can test it. Just hand it over." You give her the violin, and she walks to the counter with it. "I should be finished with this in a few minutes. Don't break anything while I'm working." You resist the urge to spill all the liquid containers onto the floor.

Investigation: Medical Room
Examine:
Officer Bajj, Counter, Door.
Talk:
Ann Istheesa
Coroner
Officer Bajj
Autopsy Report
Medical Room
Move:
Chief's Office
Detention Center
Security Room
Lobby
Present:
To Ann Istheesa
Spray: Luminol
What will you do?

{{Sorry, but this one's gonna have to be pretty short. My update schedule got mangled beyond comprehension and turned into a bowl of frosted flakes, so I have pretty much an hour left to write this entire update. Also of note, the next update will come on Thursday because I won't be able to update on Friday. So that's kind of important.}}

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{{Also I think 2/3 of the forums were under the impression that Ann actually left the room, but she's just at the counter in here. Sorry for not making that clear.}}

You tell Ann Istheesa, "Sorry for my attitude earlier. I was hoping we could make this investigation as PAINLESS as possible!" Ann monotonously says, "Looks like I got some of my tears in this blood. This test will probably take me about a minute longer now." Then she gets back to work, muttering rather rude things about your parents under her breath.

Ask: Ann: Favorite Color

"What's your favorite color?" you ask. She replies, "White. Stop talking to me."

You ask, "Can anyone access these records?" She replies, "Sure, if they can get in the door. The door isn't even locked in the first place." "Is it possible that-" She interjects, "I don't need your theories right now. I'm kind of busy, if you don't mind."

You continue, "Hey Ann! Do you know what time the victim died?" She sighs, "Yeah I do. Officer Bajj died at about 10:22. Something like that. Seriously though, I need to test this blood." Ann Istheesa accidentally puts on headphones and then accidentally plugs them into an iPod. She proceeds to accidentally set the volume really high. {{Bajj's Autopsy Report updated in Evidence}}

Spray: Luminol: Trolley Thing

You decide to leave Ann alone for a bit. You spray Luminol on the Trolley Thing, then shine the light across it. There are large bloodstains on the far end, and pretty much everywhere else. This doesn't really surprise you that much, considering the trolley's purpose, and the fact that it was just used to move Bajj, like, ten minutes ago.

Spray: Luminol: Lauren's Blood

Take a guess regarding what happens here. To point you in the right direction, I can tell you one thing. The entire police station didn't explode in a shower of banana peels.

Examine: Door

You take a look at the door on the opposite side of the room. The door is labelled, "Advanced Genetic Records". You attempt to open it, but it's locked. You look inside and see many more drawers with the names of various people in town. One of the closest drawers is slightly ajar. You notice blood, hair, and some of the stuff that was in the drawers outside.

You try to move to Antonio's office, but I don't really have time for that. Or anything else, for that matter. Whoops! Also, Ann will finish with the blood test next update.

Investigation: Medical Room
Examine:
Officer Bajj, Counter.
Talk:
Ann Istheesa
Coroner
Officer Bajj
Autopsy Report
Medical Room
Move:
Chief's Office
Detention Center
Security Room
Lobby
Present:
To Ann Istheesa
Spray: Luminol
What will you do?