Rookery

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Nice post Silent :) Just one small formatting problem, add a gap here:

Amidst texting, someone bumped into Lily, causing hot tea to splash on the skin that her cut-off Muse tee exposed. Lily forced the phone back into her tiny skinny-jeans pocket and brushed the steamy liquid off of her chest. Moments later, she arrived at the taped off crime scene. Thankfully, she looked scary enough that people didn’t argue or fight back when she shoved her way to the front lines to get a good view.

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With her hands on the caution tape, Lily leaned forward and squinted in order to get a better picture of the scene. There were some men, probably investigators, surrounding who she assumed was the victim. It looked like it could have been Maria Todd, but something about her hair and clothing was off. Lily and Maria weren’t close friends or anything, but they had partied together on occasion. Lily also sold Maria pot on more than one occasion, if this victim was Maria, she was sad to see such a good customer go. Lily turned and scanned the crowd, looking for Chris to gossip with.

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University - The Crime Scene
Detective Michael Nash

Detective Nash entered the alley where the body was found. Hovering over the victim outline was an elderly man sipping coffee, cloth from chest to toe in standard white forensic jump suits. His hair was gray but Nash remembers how it used to be pitched black. The man was Anthony Smith. They started about the same time in the force and, unlike Nash, accepted the promotion as Chief Forensic Officer. His higher pay grade didn’t drive a wedge between them.

“What’s the preliminary Tony?” Nash asked once he was beside him.

“Asides from the body, nada. The scene is pretty damn clean considering the location. Usable finger prints? Null. Murder weapon? Nix. Not even a trail, blood or otherwise, leading to the crime scene. Even the janitor is pretty damn clueless, seen and heard nothing.”

“Hmff… Anything on the body? Do we have an estimated time of death?”

“No injuries anywhere on her body asides from the stab wound on her gut, just above the belly button, it went deep enough to cut her spine, but it was inflicted post mortem hence the little pool of blood. Such injuries would normally leave you paralyze and bleeding profusely which leads me to conclude that she was killed somewhere else and was dumped here.

Other details my team and I noticed is that her hair was recently bleached and some dye was applied but whoever applied it stopped half way. She was dressed but it look like the murderer put them on her when she was already dead. You also have to consider that the estimated time of death was two days ago.

It’s like the murderer played Barbie and suddenly decided she wasn’t the right doll.”

“Fishy...”

“Anyways Mike, if you want to get more details, you have to wait for the lab and autopsy report. I’m not confident we’ll find anything useful here even if we dusted ‘till kingdom come.”

“Thanks Tony and by the way, may I ask if that’s black?” Nash pointed at the coffee Anthony has been drinking.

“Creamy white, my friend.” A grin appeared on the face of the CFO. “Got it from a shop just outside of campus. The place was jammed with co-eds. Maybe some of them will take an interest on the case, if you know what I mean.” Tony then flashed his eyebrows.

“You got to be kidding me right? Young, wild and free ain’t exactly my type.” Nash lit a cigarette and waved Anthony goodbye, “I’ll see ya at the department. I still have to figure who the vic is and maybe one of these college dim-wits would know her name.”

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Scenario Information

This scenario is considered canon.

Mystery - Who’s the victim? Try to create a character sheet of the victim using your characters. Her name, age, appearance, personality and background are all important but you don't have to answer all of it at once. Remember: You can define her however you like as long as it follows the criteria. You can conform, oppose or take a neutral stance on other players’ description of the victim.

From now on it’s free-flowing, no post order. Use this as an example of a “plot developing” scenario. It doesn’t suspect another player but includes plot-details (the nature of her death).

Case File

VICTIM:

Name: ?
Age: ?
Appearance: ?
Personality: ?
Background: ?

Time of Death: ~2 days ago
Cause of Death: Yet Unknown

TIMELINE:

August 9:

Estimated Time of Death

August 11:

6:39 – Body was found in an alley between two campus building by Herman Reese, a janitor employed by the University.
6:40 – Dispatch radioed Officer Richard Harmsworth and his partner of a possible homicide.
6:44 – Officer Harmsworth and his partner arrived at the scene.
6:54 – Crime Scene Investigators arrives at the scene.
7:14 – Detective Nash arrives at the scene. Body has been transported to the lab/morgue for further examination.

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TheRider said
Wait...so am I posting now? Or do you have to post Rookery?

I will, I'm just giving it a few finishing touches. I'm including a case file as well. 20 mins it's up.

EDIT: Just posted :D

EDIT #2: Sorry it took so long...

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Okay, then I'll just write it up.

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So, I just read BlackCat's posts. So everybody has introduce their characters.

Mr Allen J if you're still uncertain about the scenario thing, I can post one but you won't be able to make a scenario until everybody else made theirs... Basically, you're bump to last place.

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Polyphemus said
Sorry to have kept you waiting, had to deal with some workplace emergencies.

It's okay ma'am (tips hat), wasn't rushing you. I just thought you lose interest, sorry about that :P

EDIT: Corrected the gender :)

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Polyphemus!!!!!!



P.S.: Nice, I laughed hard whilst I read :D

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Mr Allen J said
Yeah, that. I don't have any idea what I should do.

Inquire about the victim and the nature of her death. Example: Your character heard someone say that the girl's name is Annie and she was Stab.

Basically, make your character try to identify the victim and that scenario would translate to everybody. They can either conform to the "rumor" your character heard, or they can believe another "rumor", but don't limit yourself, after your post, everything is free-flowing i.e. no constraining turn order.

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Boboclown89 said
Aww, where's Dan? :(

Opps my bad, added him now.

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TheRider said
Reed is off doing errands, he JUST left his room :P

Oh yeah, I just remember the MOBA part and thought he ain't leaving his room any time soon :))