[It's been a long time since Adachi's gone out on a night stroll, searching for things he probably shouldn't be searching for.
Back home he would tread through the fog in his yellow rain coat, and look at almost every telephone pole in Inaba, waiting (hoping) for a dead body to appear, strewn out on the wires like a cut puppet.
Well tonight it wasn't foggy, and he wasn't really sure yet what he was looking for... but he had found a yellow rain coat like his old one in his closet, so there was that. Thanks, Castle.
He hadn't known the recent murder victim nor did he care. People died. He might not be the most experienced detective, but he'd been a cop for years before and while he might not have seen enough for his stomach to grow immune, he had definitely seen enough to no longer care for dead strangers. No, he was out here simply for a mystery. He was still a detective at heart and that kind of dangerous thrill still called out to him, especially when he happened to be bored shitless.
But it wasn't the murder that finally spurred him to go out tonight. That had sparked the interest yes, but it was the rumors he heard while out in the town today that made him decide that walking alone at night and searching for an abandoned barn was in any way POSSIBLY be a good idea.
Well. He found it.
The first thing he notices is the smell. Faint but... familiar. There was something about its foulness that he couldn't yet place his finger on it. Maybe his mind was intentionally blocking it out. Just the smell alone made him want to turn around... but that's for pussies. Carrying on.
Once inside he takes note of all the damage, looking around with his flashlight (and notices the smell getting worse, ugh). Something had definitely happened here. A fight? Shredded beams and crates everywhere... and holes in the ground...?
Finally though he comes across a cellar door and finally something in the back of his mind starts going off, freezing him up and telling him he needs to go. Get out of here. Going into the cellar is a bad idea, you won't like what you find there, don't do it.
But Adachi's never been very good at listening. Not even to himself.
He reaches for the cellar door...]
(ooc: evidence discovery post for Adachi and Yuan!)