paradisaooc | Villains doin' as they do.

Sooooo. Zelman's finally snapped. :'|

I know that villain plots are generally kind of stressful and have worked out weirdly in the past, and I definitely don't want that to happen here--but I just can't avoid it in-character anymore, what with the string of Very Important People leaving and Zelman being borderline psychotic on a good day.

So here's what I'm hoping is going to happen: Zelman will be murdering poor, unfortunate Adachi (;__;), which will be played out in the log I just put up. Sherlock will be giving the castle a tip-off that there's a dead body to investigate out in town sometime tomorrow (because boy, that guy really needs something to do), and from there, characters in the castle are welcome to investigate, look for clues, chase people down, hypothesize, or whatever happens.

I would very much like to help this along as much as I can. My hopes are that even if the characters don't IC-ly catch Zelman for what he's done after a couple of weeks, Adachi can come back to life and go HEY, YOU GUYS. IT WAS THE DOUCHEBAG IN THE STUPID HAT. I really would like Zelman to be dealt with, even if catching him might initially be kind of tricky.

- Corpse is found just sort of slumped against a wall in an alleyway deep in the industrial district.
- Mostly the corpse is just crushed. Bones broken, chest cavity sort of smashed in.
- Massive head trauma, probably against that blood-smeared brick wall over there. Face is pretty hard to identify.
- The nature of the wounds indicates that the person who did it was very strong, having done this all with their bare (and weirdly normal-sized) hands. This would probably suggest that there's either something crazy in the water in town, or it was one of the castle residents.
- There are no fingerprints, hair, or other DNA left at the scene... but in place of that, there are very small, slight traces of ash. Human ash. Creeeepy.

This debacle is mod-approved. If you have questions or concerns, throw them at me and I will try to help sort it out. Help me help you. Yes.