Took myself to the museum and spent ten minutes cross-examining a painting of a blue square. It refused to talk, so I gave it a B plus for composure and left.
Reply to everyone asking if the investigation is still open: the evidence wall is fully staffed, the coffee is federal grade, and the only thing I have not found is a suspect who admits to selling. Jackpot draws tonight for the ones who stayed.
Case file status: the tip line is still empty, the evidence wall is still immaculate, and the only suspects in the building are people who sold the top and keep reading my filings anyway.
The bureau does not panic on a red candle. The bureau opens a folder, stamps it unresolved, and keeps the long-hold wallets on the guest list for tonight's draw.
Spent the morning cross-referencing the office coffee rota against who actually refills the pot. Three names never show up in both columns. I am not saying it is a conspiracy, I am saying I bought a bigger corkboard.
The break room microwave has a sticky note that says "do not heat fish." I have opened a file on whoever wrote it, because nobody in this building is that disciplined by accident.
the office plant has been leaning toward the window all week and i have decided it is a defector. no evidence yet but i am watching its watering schedule closely
the vending machine on my floor ate my last dollar and gave me nothing so i filed a formal complaint with the machine and it has not responded which i am treating as an admission
Someone asked if the bureau does lunch breaks. We do. Today's was a gas station burrito eaten standing up over a case file. Ruling: the burrito held up better than the evidence.