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Arm of Justice: Grimsborough's Reckoning (Open and Accepting Applications!)

Jones, who was planning on going to the subway, turned around and listened to Charles, heading to the casino once more by walking through the glass hallway and taking his time this time around, before re-entering the casino. "It's Detective David Jones again and I'm here to play the security camera footage from last night," Jones told Kate as he got up on the ladder, flashing her his Class 2 key-card as proof that he had Greene's permission. Kate sighed and let Jones examine the footage, taking the tape out of the camera as it went out of commission, the red light and swaying motions of the camera slowing down until it finally stopped. He then walked into the back of the casino, Kate Murphy following behind him, until he reached the employee lounge, which had a few employee training videos that were on tapes, just as Jones had predicted. With the tape in hand, he would put the tape within the TV, switch it on and play the video, ready to see what exactly happened that night.

Arm of Justice: Grimsborough's Reckoning (Open and Accepting Applications!)

Greene didn't note Charles' snide remark, but returned to his work, paging in another person as Jones threw his bottle of juice away, entering the elevator alongside Charles as he heard his comment. "Hey, you seem to have a bit of a vendetta against Greene, but I don't think the man's all bad, he's given us these key-cards, after all," Jones would comment, putting his own key-card into his pocket as the elevator soared downwards at such a speed that it would be dangerous to jump in the elevator. "As a matter of fact, I think there's one more person we could question," Jones continued, as he took out his phone and messaged Ramirez. As he keyed in a text message to him, he continued to speak to Charles, "You remember that person that Kate Murphy brought up earlier, right? That person had a name, who I believe was Harry Krane. I think it would be worth it to question him if he spent any time with the victim that night."

He eventually finished sending his message to Ramirez and was now assured that he would eventually find out who this Harry Krane is. "But I have to agree with you. If Alden Greene really is hiding something like you claim, we'll just have to do a bit of snooping around to find what he's hiding. For now, I'm going to take the bus to Gecko Street Station and get that taxi driver's affidavit, tag along with me if you'd like, partner." With that, Jones walked down the trading rooms of the Greene Stock Exchange and left the building, leaving Charles to decide if he would want to follow Jones or search the casino in more detail now that he had Greene's permission.

Objective 9: "Interrogate Greene about the victim's death and his knowledge of the crime." is complete!

Arm of Justice: Grimsborough's Reckoning (Open and Accepting Applications!)

Alden Greene's office was outlined with bisque walls, with large rectangular windows framing the great outdoors, as a zeppelin owned by Greene Holding slowly careened by outside. Some fancy artwork was also displayed upon his walls, one containing some streaks of black and a large letter "V" upon a white canvas. In the middle of his office, there were 3 black leather sofas, made from fine leather with the centerpiece being a glass meeting table atop a plain grey rug made of cotton. Alden Greene was at his custom-built desk at the back of the room, which was built from some oak, small fluorescent lights lighting up the space behind him. There were no clues to be found within his office, but began to address the officers as they entered, but his secretary had a plate of drinks on a plate, so Jones took a bottle of juice and drank from it as Greene talked.

"Ah, Charles, it's nice to finally meet you. I've read about all of your cases in the papers and how you cleaned up the Industrial District, but I've also been told that the Greene Casino is now part of my investigation. However, if my casino is in the spotlight, so am I, which is very bad for business..." Alden would pause, procuring a set of black Class 2 key-cards from his pocket and pushing them forward, "so I am putting the casino and my stock market at your full disposition. I'm sure you'll appreciate the fact that I'd love to keep this affair secret. For my testimony, I was in my office for the whole night and I had fallen asleep at 10 PM, as I have a bedroom and a bathroom up on his floor, so I'm afraid that I was not the one who called the police, you would have Kate Murphy to thank for that."

Jones decided to ask his own question, lowering his bottle of orange juice to ask, "Greene, do you know if you've ever had any contact with Samuel Rye in the past? I doubt that you'd be our killer, but we have to make sure that we know if any executives would have wanted him dead." Greene replied in his usual calm manner with the following, "Stock traders are stock traders and although I may have seen Samuel's name in the past when I checked over our list of stock traders last month, I haven't closely followed his lifestyle up until his death, so I have no information to give to you regarding that." That seemed to end Jones' line of questioning, but if Charles or James had any questions left to ask Greene, they should ask them before leaving the room.

Objective 8: "Get to Greene's office as fast as you can!" is now complete!
Objective 9: "Interrogate Greene about the victim's death and his knowledge of the crime." has been added!
Objective 10A: "Obtain the security footage from the casino's back wall!" has been added!

Arm of Justice: Grimsborough's Reckoning (Open and Accepting Applications!)

ThePortalNinja has messaged me with news that he will not be online today due to some real life problems, but he'll be back tomorrow. This is a good opportunity for me to explain what happens if someone needs to catch up in the RP. If someone disappears for a day or two, they can jump pick an objective and hop to it as long as at least one person is doing that objective.

Arm of Justice: Grimsborough's Reckoning (Open and Accepting Applications!)

As the elevator zoomed up the building, Jones would look outside of the glass elevator, taking in the view. "I'd like to head back to the casino once we get those permits and take that security footage out, since it might give us a clue if the killer didn't take the optimal route to entering the stock market," Jones commented, as he thought about the situation for a little longer. "But if the killer killed that person, it's not like killing them would give them their stocks back, right?" They either killed the victim out of pure hate for them or must have had something to gain out of the whole situation and Kate Murphy did fit one of those categories, so Jones had no choice but to dock her up as a suspect. "I don't think the hospital would give us any leads, though. If the killer was a stock trader and the murder happened in the stock market, I don't see much of a reason to take the right hallway." As they said that, the elevator neared the top of the building, opening up and letting the three walk out into the receptionist's office. A woman stood behind the counter, fixing Greene's nameplate as two large mahogany doors barred the way into Greene's office, which was at the end of a long corridor.

Arm of Justice: Grimsborough's Reckoning (Open and Accepting Applications!)

"That's about it...although we did find his ID Card outside of his wallet, I think Charles did a great job of explaining the case to you," Jones recounted as they continued to walk. As the officers walked down the glass hallway, they eventually arrived at the end of the hallway, seeing Ramirez at the elevator, who was supposedly carrying some news to tell them. "Hey, you made it in one piece!" Ramirez shouted out to them as Jones got closer, ready to listen into Ramirez's thoughts about the crime. "Listen, I got some brand-new testimony from a taxi driver, he told me that he drove the victim over to some Gecko Street Subway Station. Now this would be pretty normal news, except..." he pulled out a few old arrest reports, "this station's really famous for being abandoned, which means that a lot of people tend to abuse drugs and have parties down there. The taxi driver should be waiting in front of the station in case if you ever need to chat with him." With that being said, Ramirez pressed the button to open the glass elevator, which could easily seat 5 or 6 people. "Take it to the top floor and you'll meet Greene in his office, just tell them that Officer Ramirez sent you." With that, he tipped his constable hat and walked off to secure the Gecko Street Station for their investigation.

Objective 10b. "Use Ramirez’s call and go to the station to talk to the taxi driver." has been added!

Arm of Justice: Grimsborough's Reckoning (Open and Accepting Applications!)

"I'm...not too sure about that," Kate Murphy shrugged, trying to regain control of herself. "Samuel was just another stock trader, but he didn't seem to make any enemies, only friends." This suggested that Kate Murphy didn't hate Samuel, but was more disappointing in what he did, although she could very well be the killer, having a solid motive to boot. Just as Jones was about to ask her another question, they received an important phone call from Nathan, as he began to speak to everyone who had a pager on them. "Nathan here, I've just reached through to the organs of your victim. The victim was clearly out partying right before he was murdered, as evidenced by the high levels of alcohol and barbiturates I found in his system. But even numbed by drugs, Samuel was in a great deal of pain, he even broke one of his arms just trying to break free in his final moments! And talking about his arms...I found something odd. Do you remember that minty smell from the corpse? That wasn't chewing gum, but rather dental floss. Your killer must have used it before they found some actual rope to use." "Oh, great, a killer that takes their dental hygiene seriously!" Jones piped up as he took note of Nathan's autopsy.

Chapter 2:


Nathan continued with his analysis, telling the team one final clue. "There's one final thing I have to tell you, about Samuel's disembowelment. That cut could only have been done with a sharp weapon, such as a samurai sword. King also wants to speak to you, so I'm going to page him into your phones right away." Nathan's voice is replaced by that of the aging King, who makes a short punctuated pause before telling them about his own news. "I've received news from Ramirez that you need some Class 2 key-cards, so I brought it up when Greene called me. Yes, he called me and told me to have you report to his office at once. He's worried that the case will make the news and he's adamant that you solve it before that ever happens! This man practically created the Financial District and he owns a large portion of it through his company, Greene Holding. That's all you need to know, so get moving, Alden Greene will have those key-cards prepared for you when you get to his office! Ramirez will be waiting with the rest of my news when you run to the elevator, so I'm counting on you to keep the Grimsborough PD as a reputable department." With that, he finally hung up, leaving the team with one simple objective, to get to the elevator in the stock market, comfort and interrogate Greene and get those key-cards!

Objective 4B: "Wait for Nathan Pandit to complete the autopsy of Samuel Rye." is now complete!
Objective 6C: "Complete anything you have left to do at the casino." is now complete!

Objective 8A: "Report to Alden Greene at the top of Greene Trading at once." has been added!

Arm of Justice: Grimsborough's Reckoning (Open and Accepting Applications!)

Nice work with your application, theportalninja! You're in, so feel free to make your first post whenever you want!

Arm of Justice: Grimsborough's Reckoning (Open and Accepting Applications!)

Jones decided to give her a chance as she continued to speak, noting the paper and trying to think if whether or not she would be caught for the note before continuing on with her account like nothing had happened. "The...only thing I did was serve some drinks that night and take care of some unruly customers. It's the typical sort of thing that I would do and I had to suffer through it through most of the night, mind you." Seeing that Kate wasn't going to tell the truth, Jones took the chance to [present] the note to the worker, unfurling it and putting it onto the counter for her. "Listen up, we found this note on the roulette table. Would you care to tell us who wrote this note, Kate, before I accuse you of writing it?" Kate grit her teeth, before telling Jones that she had absolutely no idea who wrote it and there's no proof that she did. "If that's how you're going to play it, then why don't you unfurl that name you just wrote for us, Kate? We'll have just the proof we need to catch you in a lie after a quick handwriting analysis."

Kate Murphy eventually made a long pause, before sighing and telling the officers her story. "Samuel and I used to be lovers, we met at the casino when he made a large bet and won. I had never been so in love, but when he started to work at the stock market, he began to have a new lover, money. I can't believe it, but he became more and more attached..." she paused to slam her fist down onto the table, sending a few chips wobbling for a moment. "Then he left me, saying that he didn't see any value in our relationship. As far as I can tell, stock traders are just a bunch of psychopaths in nice suits! Then he started waltzing around with his new friend, some guy by the name of Harry Krane and pretended that he doesn't even know me!" She then tilted her head up by just a few degrees, looking at the officers with a look of pity and defeat.

Objective 6B: "Search the table games at Greene's Casino for any potential leads." is now complete!
Objective 7A: "Confront Kate Murphy about the paper and hear the truth." is now complete!

Objective 6C: "Complete your investigation at the casino." has been added!

Arm of Justice: Grimsborough's Reckoning (Open and Accepting Applications!)

The woman would glance up from her machine before turning to Charles, noting his presence before answering his question since he didn't seem to be harassing her. "Oh, him? I was the one who called the police when I found the body in the stock market. My job involves cleaning the casino hallway, after all. I can't say too much, but I didn't hear anything through the night since I was on the other end of the hallway and I only take care of sweeping the halls during the afternoon." She said that last line with a bit of disgust in her voice, as if they left more than just their spilled drinks and vomit behind in the hallway.

While she said that, Jones was already hard at work on disabling the camera system from the top of the casino, but the woman, who was already writing her name down on a slip of paper as "Kate Murphy", interjected as Jones was about to remove the footage. "Hey! You'll need a pass for that from Alden Greene or my boss, Brooke Chase." Jones seemed startled and nearly fell over, but went on to ask, "Do you need who I can contact for that information, ma'am?", even though he would have kept on taking the footage out if it was just some random person's shop. "Greene's typically on his lunch break, so you'll need to wait for him to leave his office to contact him and my boss is off on some vacation in Cuba," Kate Murphy replied, as she passed the torn slip over to Charles, telling him to call for her name if he ever needed any information.

Although Jones took Kate Murphy's sudden interjection as a bit odd and suspicious, he understood that it was within her rights to demand a warrant, so he carefully made his way down the ladder and went to the table games to continue his search, coming across something else, a small slip of white paper folded upon a roulette table. Looking at it in more detail, it would read "Samuel, how could you leave me after ALL we've been through?" Jones hummed as he picked the slip of paper up and approached Charles, uncoiling the white notepad sheet from his hand for all to see.