"Well, clothing is less durable than objects of great value, you must realize."
"
There is literally nowhere on what remains of their persons to put things of great value."
"And what if one of these poor, poor people was at the center of some kind of holy elven prophecy that involved them utilizing an ancient, powerful family heirloom to save a whole lot of people or trees or whatever it is that elves save, and now they're dead and can't do anything about it, leaving priceless or at least fetching elven artifacts lying around?"
...
*smack*
"Besides, one of our fine companions seems to have found a really nifty bracelet in a bush of all places, so we also cannot discount the possibility of wonderful objects being located in a large mountain of corpses, either. It can't hurt to look, can it?"
"A pair of dice coming up twelve once doesn't guarantee it will happen next time."
"I'd like to examine how they were killed as well, which would work as a splendid bit of multitasking, yes?"
"Remarkably, trying to look for two things at once makes you less likely to find either."
"That is, unless it happens to be a trap, good fellow! Demons love nothing more than seeing you die with a stupid look on your face, don't you know. This is why Yagalians never investigate suspicious noises from unknown places! Especially not by themselves!"
*smack*
"There are at least two individuals investigating already. If you don't hurry, you will be the one left alone."
((I don't know what you're talking about. I mean, what could possibly go wrong? ))
*smack*
"Ah, but 'brutally murdered' is such a vague term. The methods of murder, when closely examined, reveal quite a bit about the murderer! If there was, say, a 12-foot demon made of poisonous tentacles roaming about here, I'd assume I'd be able to discover some signs of such a thing from the bodies of its victims. Really, I'm wondering if the beasties in the woods did this or some other, as of yet undiscovered party is the culprit!"
*smack*
"You are not a forensic postcognitive. I highly suspect you will be able to discern no specific information...and any of us can tell, for instance, that that individual was killed by ramming his femur through his chest.
At least, I hope that's his own femur... Anyways, what does that information tell you? That whoever did this was powerful and sadistic. Or powerful and insane. Probably numerous, too. You don't need to investigate the bodies to figure that out, and you
can't figure anything else out."