[ Given what he's found, this has become a place he should consider being cautious. But they can't start that now. If there's ever been a need for teamwork and a willingness to trust, it's this, and while he gears up to the decision to share publicly, he'd better start somewhere. ]
Clark's cause of death was strangulation, the bruising indicating the use of something thin and strong. The decapitation was rough, not a clean cut, some level of difficulty on the part of whoever killed or staged him to make it through the neck. The wound was then cauterised completely.
If you can confirm any similar findings on any of the others, I'd like to hear about it.
Unless one killed five, or they all played copycat with the staging after, I imagine they'd have had to
[ That, or... ]
Or the Alpha decided to put on a show once everyone had done what they had to and gone back to sleep But it would've been a lot of moving pieces for one person to handle
[ So his money, for now, is on cooperation. ]
Edited (not the double unless i'm so sorry to everyone's inbox) Date: 2025-10-12 03:51 pm (UTC)
adding the decapitations after the fact could also be a move to muddle some of the evidence around the killings.
other than that... the violence inflicted on the victims is very similar this time around too, right? without considering the bisection and crucifixion of sorts, since they were meant to be shown to everyone as a group of sorts.
bruises, cuts, the bleeding out. is this related to the killers, or related to the game?
the shepherd certainly sees this as a ritual of sorts, so maybe there's a number of ways the wolves can kill. which... kind of makes it harder to tell who might have done what.
[ Adrian's death, that is, and Saber who Stephen assumes was also responsible for at least Sarah - and who is now both behind bars and exceptionally dead. ]
Edited (that sentence made no sense, anyway,,) Date: 2025-10-12 05:11 pm (UTC)
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@strange
Date: 2025-10-12 02:59 pm (UTC)Clark's cause of death was strangulation, the bruising indicating the use of something thin and strong. The decapitation was rough, not a clean cut, some level of difficulty on the part of whoever killed or staged him to make it through the neck. The wound was then cauterised completely.
If you can confirm any similar findings on any of the others, I'd like to hear about it.
[ And, an afterthought but an earnest one: ]
I'm sorry if any of you were close with him.
@bob
Date: 2025-10-12 03:29 pm (UTC)guy named will had his throat slit
paul too
but that’s as close as it gets
this round, eddie says iggy’s throat was cauterised too
can wolves work together?
[ tummy hurt. ]
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Date: 2025-10-12 03:38 pm (UTC)[ That, or... ]
Or the Alpha decided to put on a show once everyone had done what they had to and gone back to sleep
But it would've been a lot of moving pieces for one person to handle
[ So his money, for now, is on cooperation. ]
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Date: 2025-10-12 04:09 pm (UTC)yeah
that tracks
caroline says something similar happened in the second round last year
and that somebody tried to strangle somebody else back then
[ ATTACHMENT: CAROLINE’S NOTES. ]
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Date: 2025-10-12 04:22 pm (UTC)Thank you.
A belt was used to strangle Tim. This was more [ it would be nice to have somewhere else to point their focus, but unfortunately, ] like a garrotte.
The tendency toward collaboration in the second round certainly seems to track.
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Date: 2025-10-12 07:48 pm (UTC)other than that... the violence inflicted on the victims is very similar this time around too, right? without considering the bisection and crucifixion of sorts, since they were meant to be shown to everyone as a group of sorts.
bruises, cuts, the bleeding out. is this related to the killers, or related to the game?
the shepherd certainly sees this as a ritual of sorts, so maybe there's a number of ways the wolves can kill. which... kind of makes it harder to tell who might have done what.
@sriracha
Date: 2025-10-12 04:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-10-12 05:09 pm (UTC)Do we all agree that that was Saber?
[ Adrian's death, that is, and Saber who Stephen assumes was also responsible for at least Sarah - and who is now both behind bars and exceptionally dead. ]
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Date: 2025-10-12 11:55 pm (UTC)He took time to patch himself up after
[ And then he was arrested. Which leaves the rest of the night to fill in. ]