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Video; Fiddlesticks Day 17

[Kitty frowns a bit as she inspects the screen, and it takes her another moment before she realizes it seems to be on.]

Oh uh...hello?

I hope I'm working this thing right. [She clears her throat.]

I just had a quick question. I was looking over the passenger roster, and I was just wondering what it means when there's a heart by someone's name?

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[ Kitty's stomach twists. ]

Wh- Is there someone we should tell about this? I know these posts are public, but...

Team leaders, perhaps - those names are in Eva's introductory guide - or the council.

[Webmind still sounds distracted, trying to look at the scene without disturbing it, along with its potentially crucial evidence.]

There is someone here I know will want a look as well; he is listed as Shinichi Kudo, but he answers to Conan Edogawa.

He has practical experience investigating these kinds of scenes.

No need to call me. I came to see as soon as you mentioned the heart.

[He comes through the door of the dressing car behind Webmind, and immediately begins assessing the scene in a very professional manner.]

Webmind. Is everything here the same as when you entered the room?

[He doesn't stop to think that hearing all of this coming from a child's voice might be rather confusing for someone who didn't know his secret.]

[Webmind does his best to recover from his first major Disturbance here since arriving on the platform, managing a likewise-professional smile for Conan.]

Yes, precisely. Where would be the best place for me to stand, in order to help conduct this investigation?

[Because there is no doubt that they ARE investigating, now.]

All that we have left to analyze are the bloodstains, unfortunately, as well as how they are positioned.

We should likely check the Luggage Car as well.

Just away from the scene at the moment. The first step is to collect all of the information from the area before anything is disturbed.

[As he speaks, he is pulling out his notebook and quickly sketching the blood spatter. A camera would be preferable, but he had to work with what he had. ]

The lack of a body will be a challenge, but the bloodstains are enough to start.

[A frown.]

Do you know where to find any lighting?

[Webmind nods, as he's pretty sure the victim isn't going to want to talk about this!

Most humans are more private than he tends to be; he's learned that lesson well.]

As in a flashlight, such as on the SCAs, or-?

[Webmind has some degree of control over his screen; forgoing showing an expression, he sets it to glow a white light.]

Perhaps this will do.

[The carriage itself, given this is daytime hours, is already lit by whatever lights it has.]

After Joss, Conan wasn't willing to put much trust in the victim being both coherent and willing to share information any time soon."

"Anything directional will help. Overhead lighting doesn't always let you catch all the details."

He kneels down beside the seating and frowns. "It was a bladed weapon, longer than a knife." He could easily see that much from the spatter pattern. "And here." His hand passes over the arc of spatters. "This was a slash, not a stab. And the culprit was right handed."

Webmind adds his SCA's light to the efforts, if only as backup. Pointedly trying not to touch some spiderweb-fibers, he joins Conan on the floor.

"Would you call this done by an 'expert', or merely someone proficient in the weapon's use?"

Without a body to analyze, again, this would be harder to pass judgment on. What sort of injury was the perpetrator aiming for, versus what they caused?

"I am recording visual, or as much as my sole webcam will allow."

"That I can't tell from this. He or she knew how to use a blade, but I would need to see the body to say whether they were an expert." He nods in thanks, and peers at the other spatters.

"Something odd about the other two spatters too." He ghosts his hand over the largest stain, where it had pooled on the seat. "For there to be this much blood, the body must have been here for a while. I would estimate at least two hours after death. Although of course we can't estimate time of death without the body." He moves his hand to the other spatter. "And here. This wasn't created by a weapon. The only thing I can think of that could have created this pattern, was if someone had a mouthful of blood, and spat it out."

A frown. "But for that to happen, there must have been damage to her mouth. But why?"

Webmind watches Conan piece apart the scene with rapt attention.

"... There are several possibilities. But the most obvious one is that the murderer aimed for her throat - or, more likely, her tongue. To keep her silent."

Webmind's screen was blank, else he would be frowning as well.

A nod.

"And that does not bring up any pleasant possibilities."

Conan stands up.

"So we're looking for a right handed man or woman, possibly with some knowledge of swordfighting, who is possession of a bladed weapon of some size. And there are also some things missing from this scene. The weapon, for one. Clothing as well. With this much blood it would have stained and needed to be hidden."

If Webmind could sigh forcefully, he would. The task ahead of them is not a pleasant one.

"We need to question, at minimum, everyone who was present in Sleeper One this past evening."

So, everyone, basically.

"The killer could not have traveled far - either with or without the murder weapon. Not while bringing her here, or leaving."

It wouldn't have been practical in terms of avoiding notice, day OR night.

"We should monitor which clothes appear in the laundry with the appropriate bloodstains - and question those who prefer to wash their own clothes separately, to be thorough."

It helps, to be able to coordinate a plan.

He doesn't feel quite so helpless, this way.

Conan nods once, business-like.

"Interviews probably the most logical step to take next. Provided either one of us have enough influence on the train to get people to cooperate. We may need to involve the council for that. As for the clothes, we most likely need to recruit some assistance to monitor the laundry. The rooms also need to be searched, in case the culprit tried to conceal the clothes and the weapon elsewhere."

"It is fortunate that we both are on laundry duty."

That will simplify the evidence-gathering stage.

"Perhaps searching rooms and the interviews could be conducted simultaneously? It would keep things systematic."

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