[ Rapture just waves her hand through the air, tossing off the comment as if it's nothing to be concerned about. Her lips do curl into a smile though. ]
Think of it this way: the culprit pushes the victim — wether down the shaft or down the stairs — maybe they hear signs that the victim isn't dead. Trying to make sounds to catch someone's attention or just normal sounds of pain. The culprit realizes the victim isn't dead, so he has to finish him off somehow. For his efforts, they have been given two items: a katana and something else.
The culprit, realizing that if the victim is alive it means the chance of getting caught and losing their bonus prize, uses the katana to finish the job. Maybe they've thrown him down the elevator so they climb into it to stab him, maybe they pull him from the stairs and stab him, before pushing him into the shaft. Perhaps they discarded the katana because they knew it would have been impossible to hide?
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Think of it this way: the culprit pushes the victim — wether down the shaft or down the stairs — maybe they hear signs that the victim isn't dead. Trying to make sounds to catch someone's attention or just normal sounds of pain. The culprit realizes the victim isn't dead, so he has to finish him off somehow. For his efforts, they have been given two items: a katana and something else.
The culprit, realizing that if the victim is alive it means the chance of getting caught and losing their bonus prize, uses the katana to finish the job. Maybe they've thrown him down the elevator so they climb into it to stab him, maybe they pull him from the stairs and stab him, before pushing him into the shaft. Perhaps they discarded the katana because they knew it would have been impossible to hide?