Turnabout a la Mode! Day 1 Investigation

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The journey is far less painful than might be expected. After arriving in the Champ de Mars in Paris, the arriving strangers go unnoticed by the crowds all around, the people too busy whispering to each other in horror. Several are crying and others are carrying their children away from the Eiffel Tower which stands high above in the dark Paris night.

The area is hauntingly beautiful, with lights covering the trees of Paris's park and banners talking about the great Tic and Tac's final Parisian tour before going worldwide. So why is the entire place so somber?

The fact that the police are scrambling about is the first clue that something is very wrong. As the Visitors were warned, their powers are completely gone, leaving only their mundane skills. With no Persona to call on, it will make this entire journey far harder... but thankfully Minerva can be spotted close by.

But before anyone can do anything, she's being carried away by the policemen, put into a car, and carted off.  The police bar the perimeter, looking at you in annoyance.

"Mesdames et Messieurs, the show is over, and this area is a crime scene. Please move back so as not to cause issues with the investigation."

It seems something terrible has happened...

But just as you're pondering your next move, another car screeches up beside the yellow tape, and a man with a fervent expression and a rather alarming mustache leaps out of the car.  Gesticulating wildly, he descends upon the scene like a storm of extravagantly expensive cologne.

"Get back, get back!  A terrible crime has occurred here!  And I, Chief Inspector Otto Gaffe, swear that I shall not rest until justice is served!"

A flailing arm barely avoids breaking a nose as he impatiently pushes you out of the way.

"Who are you?  ...Is that an attorney's badge?"

Perhaps this would be a good place to start.

((There will be no tag order so as to speed things along!  But each group should only respond to the portions marked for them (A, B, or Defense).  When all the necessary clues have been discovered, we will initiate Day 1 Court. You may respond!))

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[cykedfists]

It had been a few months since Athena has really had a chance to do her job as a lawyer. She had been trying to become one at Hinoto-ri, but that was certainly a process. Having the opportunity to do her job now was great. The fact that France seemed to thing Minerva McGonagall was the culprit made her sad of course, but Athena thought that time moping was better spent investigating.

She didn't waste time to go to the stage. She was careful to not move or touch the evidence. It wouldn't do any good until she had the proper say so. For now, simply examining everything would be good enough until she actually had to pick something up.

[deathboss]

"I can't believe I'm standing here inside the Eiffel tower!" Oops someone was fanboying a little too hard here. "It's even more beautiful than the Tokyo Tower! But Michel isn't too surprised, after all, french is the language of love!"

Eikichi hasn't quite noticed the crime scene yet. Just give him time.

[cykedfists]

Luckily, Athena had been to the Eiffel tower back home a few times. It never stopped her from looking at it in awe, but with a case of her hands, that would have to wait. McGonagall's case was much more pressing than to sight see for her. She glanced over to where she saw Eikichi. Usually, she'd indulge in that sort of conversation, but right now there were more pressing matters.

"It is beautiful, but I have work to do. Although... if you intend on helping, I suggest you get to helping," she wouldn't mind normally. It's just been so long since she could be a real lawyer again.

BTW anyone else can jump in here

[deathboss]

"No worries chica! The true belle of this place shall be put on the side for the task at hand!" Eikichi, it's beau you're doing it wrong. "Good thing I don't have issues with heights!" He looked over to the crime scene and the policemen moving about.

PLEASE DO <3

[cykedfists]

It wasn't until he mentioned issues with heights that Athena really thought about it. Not that she'd ever had issues, either, but it was something to keep in mind.

"Right...," she said.

[boxingemperor]

"Maybe we'll have time to go sightseeing after this is all over." Akihiko had to admit, Paris' charm had him curious as well.

But they were here to be detectives first, and...well, Akihiko wasn't very good at it. Not having Caesar around was a little discouraging as well. But he did look around as thoroughly as possible, making a good effort not to disturb the crime scene.

[cykedfists]

"Sightseeing will have to wait. We have somebody to defend which means we need to get as much information and evidence as we can," she nodded in agreement.

[deathboss]

"I for one, could go shopping on the most famous fashion avenue of the world!" Okay Eikichi, stop being star-struck of being in Paris. He coughed and attempted to get serious again.

"Right! ... so how do we do that?"

[jonathandammit]

"I've not much of a clue on that either." No pun intended. Jonathan kinda comes from nowhere, but that's technically kinda normal for him.

"Could I get one thing clear, though? Is this place really 'France'?"

[deathboss]

"Sure is babe! You can smell the French in the air!"

You can't smell the french in the air. "If it's not France, it's an amazing copy of it! But there's no doubt in my mind, we are in Paris!"

[jonathandammit]

...Babe...?

"Isn't France a fictional kingdom, though?" You would think that, after all this otherworldly shenanigans, he would be used to this.

Apparently not? "Or does it exist in this world...? And your world?"

[boxingemperor]

"France is real...at least in my world. I can't afford to travel though, so I've never been there. Until now, that is. It's a fictional place where you come from?"

[jonathandammit]

"It seems to be. It only appeared as a mention in one of my friend's 'manga'."

France doesn't exist in Jonathan's world, but apparently, manga does!

[boxingemperor]

Jonathan seems not to favor that word. Guess he's not a comic fan. Akihiko really never had time for it with training. "I used to read manga when I was a kid, not so much anymore." Still, it's something their worlds have in common, right?

[stringent]

There is a whipcrack that breaks the lively chatter between them, the sound magnified by the steel floor as Franziska looks furious that they're just standing around being utterly useless and talking very loudly as she arrives to the scene of the crime proper.

"This is a crime scene! If you have time to talk, you have time to find information!"

[deathboss]

"W-w-w-what the hell?!"

Dude, what's with the sudden whipping?!

[stringent]

This is how she keeps the men, women and children in line. But mostly foolish fools.

"There is a dead body here, suspicious circumstances and you insist on wasting valuable time! Do not squander it when there is a trial tomorrow, you fool!"