Fourth.

[trustharder]

Friday morning starts as all mornings in the Vault do. The klaxons sound off at seven in the morning; some awaken easily, some don't, but the point remains that for better or worse, everyone has to leave the room they were sleeping in eventually. A few will be spared from the immediate knowledge that something is amiss – those whose rooms are tucked away in the corners of the dorms and don't have a clear view of the hallway may get a few seconds' peace of mind. However, as soon as the main hallway is visible it becomes obvious that something isn't right. It isn't like the first week, where the blood was contained to the far end of the building. This time, the blood starts in the dormitory hallway. It looks like it's starting near one of the dormitory rooms toward the middle of the floor. >Explore?

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[amygdalae]

[Well at least it seems that this time its not done by a professional.. but who knows, really. Its hard to be sure.

Either way, he supposes that's as much as he possibly can get out of the wounds right now (he's really not this kind of doctor). Mouri's looking at her hand and Gabriel seems to have found something too, and Bruce debates for a moment what else to find when he then realizes something very odd--the fact that they're in her room in the first place.

...time to check the pockets in her clothes. Is there by any chance her Kingmaker-given device to be found in any of them...?]

[trustharder]

[Good thinking, Bruce - a device/room key is actually still in her pocket.]

[amygdalae]

[...as much as he hates to do this, he'll... be holding onto that.

And just to be safe he's going to check all her other pockets. Is there anything else in them that he'll be able to find...?]

[trustharder]

[There's nothing else in her pockets!]

[amygdalae]

[Well then, that's nice to know.

...although now that Gabriel is done with what he's spotted Bruce is going to take a look at it himself. Just as with Mion, he's trying to see the general shape of the bruise and if it happened before or after death. If he can make those out, anyway. The hair probably makes it tricky.]

[trustharder]

[It's fairly dark, so it was probably before death - given that her head was turned to the side, it's not like blood would have settled there naturally, so logically there was blood flow there.

As for the size of it, it's difficult to discern.]

[neverafters]

[ There was no way to easily avoid seeing this this time, wasn't there? The King didn't think himself as especially reassuring company--but this time, he was resolve to not turn his eyes away and stick by his roommate in his investigation.

He looks around Megumi's room, where's the lighting placed? ]

[trustharder]

[How do you mean?]

[neverafters]

[ Given that it was in her room, was there any chance she could have been ambushed where she couldn't see? Something like that. ]

[trustharder]

[Her body is closer to the door, but generally toward the center of the room - so everything was well-lit.]

[amygdalae]

[Does the bruise itself have any pattern or indentation to it? Anything that could feasibly show an impression of what had been used to hit her?

...he'll be pressing his fingers against the bruise and trying to trace it out generally, too, just to be sure he has everything.]

[trustharder]

[Actually, no - there's no patterned indentation, and it doesn't feel like anything in her skull broke or anything, either, while you're there.]

[amygdalae]

[Well, at least its good to know that. So there was some blunt force trauma involved, but nothing that could have... well, cracked her skull open.

He does it one more time to make sure he has it right, and when he pulls his hand back he pauses for a moment to close her eyes so that nobody has to keep seeing the blank, vacant stare of death that she's giving now. ...he's seen it far too often himself to want to relive that with somebody like Megumi.

He's pretty sure that's about everything he can find--but before he's done he examines the stab wounds one more time. Does it look like the wounds are deep, or are they shallow? ...and how fresh is the blood that's come out from her, exactly.]

[trustharder]

[They're pretty deep.

The blood is also not all that fresh - this didn't happen, like, thirty minutes ago - but it's not particularly ancient, either.]

[amygdalae]

[Right, all of that will be useful in what will happen soon... Bruce really doesn't want to think about it, ugh.

Before he concludes this he'll examine her body one final time. Other than everything else that's been found is there anything else to spot? Any other injuries on her limbs, neck, etc. that look like it can be relevant. (She was defending herself, yes? Is there anything on her arms to indicate that?)]