ACE ATTORNEY AU

[enigmaster]

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[agoodname]

Rose. [he opens the file] Rose Schubert.

[enigmaster]

Alright... Time to look for her.

[He's just... going to start walking, then. If they have to take it room by room, so be it.]

[agoodname]

[Oswald will move after him, then, glancing around the room. The next one over is the kitchen; one of the drawers is pulled open. There's a set of knives with, predictably, one missing] The murder weapon was purportedly taken from here. [There's nothing too strange about it at first glance, but...] That's another thing that sticks to me as odd. [Oswald folds his arms] I think it'd be difficult for her not to have heard him, if he came in this way. Considering this--[and he reaches out with his cane, pushing the drawer in slightly with his cane, and it squeaks loudly]--sincerely needs to be oiled.

[enigmaster]

Hmmm... Yeah. That'd be hard to miss.

Everything about this is pretty weird.

[Still no ghost, though... He'll keep going, then.]

[agoodname]

That was my thoughts, yes. But the cameras--[and Oswald swings his cane around to point it out in the corner] --don't show him ever entering the kitchen.

[enigmaster]

...Do they have a blindspot or anything?

[agoodname]

That was my thought, and it's right over here, but...[and Oswald moves towards a small corner] It's only possible if you duck down under the counter here. [he taps it with his cane to indicate the spot. Essentially, there's a couple cabinets here.]

[enigmaster]

[He looks over. Hm...]

Huh...

[Well. Next room, then, if there's nothing else... For now he'll just remember that information.]

[agoodname]

[the next room, they have to go out into the hall for. The break room and the kitchen are connected, but from there it's back into the main hall. There's a couple doors further down.] The labs he was trying to get to are the next two doors on the right and left. He did manage to steal something from there, but he didn't get far. He tripped the silent alarm, which brought the GCPD in fairly quickly. [there's a slight twinge somewhere under his sternum at the mention of the precinct--but he shoves it aside] He was caught in one of the labs, pouring over their notes.

[enigmaster]

Should've just grabbed the notes and ran, really. Sticking around was a mistake. [Honestly... Not very bright.]

[agoodname]

You'd think that's what he would've done. It doesn't makes sense for him to have lingered the way he did. But he did, and hence why he's been caught. [Oswald hums a that, moving for one of the labs.] This is the one that he was caught in.

[enigmaster]

As he should've been.

[Getting caught so easily. Geez. But Edward's just going to look around idly. Still no ghost?]

[agoodname]

[Not immediately noticeable. Oswald motions to an open notebook] That's what he was looking at when he was caught. It's mostly formulas, but apparently it meant something to him. [If Edward goes and takes a look at it, after a moment, he'll realize he hears a soft tapping noise. It's almost unnoticeable, and only becomes so when the tap of Oswald's cane stops its own rhythm.]

[enigmaster]

[Yeah, he is taking a look and... Oh. He does notice that. And carefully, he starts looking around. Where's that coming from...?]

[agoodname]

[It's coming from a waist-high cabinet in the corner. Oswald notices Edward's lack of interest in the notebook and glances over, blinking] ...what is it?

[enigmaster]

[Edward's... a little distracted. So he's not so much ignoring Oswald as not really hearing him. Walking over to the cabinet. ...He'll just? Open that?]

[agoodname]

[just as his hand reaches for the doors, they fly open, revealing....a bunch of cleaning supplies.] Edward? [Oswald's coming over then. The tapping still seems to be coming from inside this cabinet, though.]

[enigmaster]

Ah... [He stares a little. Cleaning supplies... That's normal. But he can still... hear the tapping. Hm.] ...Hello?

[agoodname]

[at the sound of his voice, the tapping gets more frantic. It sounds like it might be coming from the very back of the cabinet, behind the cleaning supplies. Maybe even behind the cabinet itself?? Oswald has come close enough now, but clearly Edward's on to something, so he's simply watching]

[enigmaster]

... [Yeah, okay, first he'll move the cleaning supplies out of the way, but. If that doesn't lead to anything, he'll straight up just. Push the cabinet out of the way.]

[agoodname]

[once he moves the cleaning supplies out of the way, he'll find a small latch at the very bottom back of the cabinet. It seems to be rusted shut, however. Oswald is just...peering over Edward's shoulder, trying to figure out what he's up to]

[enigmaster]

Hm...

[Well, alright. He's... gonna see if there's anything around he can use to deal with a rusted latch. It's a lab, there must be something.]

[agoodname]

[Oswald blinks as Edward moves] What--what is it? What are you looking for? [he's going to try and peer into the cabinet to see what he's got an interest in]

[enigmaster]

Ah...

[Oh, right, Oswald. He got a little caught up in the whole thing...]

I need something to open a rusty latch...

[agoodname]

Ah, then we'll need vinegar--[Oswald straightens, starting to look through the chemicals in the lab.

The frantic tapping has now turned into a full-on pounding of a fist against a wall]