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A red thread runs through the neon lit shapes -- a man and a woman. A ray of backward motion explodes from the man's mouth, through the window, to the roof outside, widening into a radius: A prime.
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A red thread runs through the neon lit shapes -- a man and a woman. A ray of backward motion explodes from the man's mouth, through the window, to the roof outside, widening into a radius: A prime.
Two neon-lit shapes: a man and a woman having sex. A ray of backward motion explodes from his mouth to the roof outside -- A prime -- to then widen into a radius of locations in Martinaise: B prime, B double prime, and B triple prime.
The ray cast from the man's mouth unravels into a fan of possible directions, all on the roof at first. The shot could have come from any of them. This is composite location A prime -- most likely of the origin points.
That's a 28%, yes. In this model the shot could have come from a greater distance. Nothing excludes the possibility. Should we extrapolate to include every possible point of origin in Martinaise?
The lights were on in here. Outside it was dark. It was like shooting fish in an aquarium -- a well lit aquarium. The victim opened his mouth to let the bullet in. Neither of them would have seen anything outside, in the darkness -- too busy with their own bodies.
Ruby ruled this out vehemently. The shot would have been heard from downstairs -- where no one heard it. The likelihood of A' has fallen drastically. You may be looking for a sniper.
You see the same two neon lit shapes -- a man and a woman. Only now a red thread bisects the room, pointing from the antenna outside, to the cupboard on the wall.
From the roof outside -- location A prime. The glass fractures around the bullet hole. Shards face inwards like a corona behind the woman's back...
There could've been. Then the rain and slush and wind washed it away. This was more than a week ago.
The red thread bisecting the room shows the trajectory of the bullet -- Klaasje has done some amateur ballistics here.
72%. With a weapon that's good for medium range, like a rifle or sports pistol. This is a good short distance, but not too short. The perpetrator aimed with their back against the railing, or possibly kneeling for precision. This would explain why it only took them one shot.
Seven hundred metres away. The likeliest of these B positions, 20% chance. A skilled sniper could have made the shot, provided he had a safe sniper's nest. Even with the light on inside, we're talking military training. At that distance the perpetrator would have had to take wind direction into account.
The man looks directly at the woman. The shot's possible directions converge in his mouth -- a ray cast from somewhere outside, entering his brain.
Your voice alone rings in the room. This visual forensics ability doesn't dispense shopping tips.
The golden light melts away into the blue, glassy darkness of your mind. In it are two neon lit shapes: a man and a woman on the single bed.
Again with this. You're not some kind of super-detective. Question people, bust a lip open. Leave this glass cathedral of ballistics to the smart boys.