First.

[trustmods]

Most of the week has come and gone in relative peace; it's an uneasy peace, but the fact is that it exists, and sometimes that's the most one can ask for. Friday dawns like the rest of the week before it – the clock chimes the hour at seven, the doors to the kitchen and the mail room unlock and swing partially ajar of their own volition, and the building is quiet. Perhaps this week has passed relatively painlessly, and no one's decided to find out what your captor means by that last rule of his; perhaps the communal lifestyle has remained undisturbed, whether due to the lack of threat to everyone's well-being from any sort of outside source or just because no one sees a reason to push their luck. Or perhaps somebody decided to be a damn overachiever and take some initiative. Only one way to find out, isn't there? >Explore?

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[sunsong]

[ Sol will give Hibiki a brief nod when she notices someone come in, but they can save the sharing clues part for after they've both canvassed the area, right? ...Well, or they can talk as they go. ]

...You see the body? [ Sol hasn't quite yet, and she's not sure why she's asking, but. From the area where she's crouched by the chair, she's just going to share what she knows. ] Looks like there was a struggle 'round here. Someone might've gotten stabbed.

[nankurunaisa]

Seein it's kinda of an understatement. I was one of the first ones to find it.

[Hibiki's energy is just gone, completely. It's like she's a different person than the other days. But her determination, that's still there in part, so she can talk and search at the same time.]

Eh? Stabbed? But...wasn't he...h-hung?

[sunsong]

Yeah, but there's blood on that fork. I mean, sure, Kaneki could've been eating something super gorey, I guess - but with the signs of a struggle, isn't it more likely he stabbed his attacker or was stabbed himself?

[ That's her hypothesis, anyway...But really, who knows for sure at this point? ]

...He was hung?

[nankurunaisa]

Mm...

[She looks uncomfortable talking about it, but please hold while she investigates. A book.]

In the ballroom, where I do my mornin' exercises. [Sol has probably seen her there a lot.] Right from the chandelier. I can't believe it.

[She'll think about the stabbing in a second, okay.]

[sunsong]

...Well, fuck.

[ THAT SEEMS TO SUM IT UP. She notes the book Hibiki's holding, and sits back on her heels as she glances up from her silverware investigation. ]

That looks like the book he got from the vending machine. The Black Goat is a serial killer, the egg is her son...apparently.

[ wtf @ kaneki's literature tastes ]

[nankurunaisa]

So it was his...

[Hmm. It seems obvious, but she might as well say it, right?]

That'd mean he came in here, right? He was...everything...started here.

[#TryingNotToCry, you know the drill.]

[sunsong]

I think that's probably likely...he liked to read, right? I mean, he was super fuckin' happy about getting that from the machine, and I saw him with it after he got it...maybe he decided to stay up late reading?

[ HE'S A NERD, THEY DO THAT.

...He was a nerd. Fuck. Although she seems like the cool head in a crisis type - and it's true - Sol's scowling now. It's not directed at Hibiki at all, but at the book, at the mess, at the fact someone's fucking dead. ]

...Shit. I'm gonna kick the shit out of whoever did this.

[nankurunaisa]

I...I dunno, we never really got the chance to talk much.

[And she sheds a few tears at that, because...because now she's never going to get the chance, and...

She sniffles, trying to regain some composure. It's difficult. It's really difficult, but anger helps. She nods in an agreement, adding an uncharacteristic "that bastard."]

H-hey. You said he was stabbed, right Or that someone else? Would that kinda wound still be...noticeable if it was on someone else?

[sunsong]

I think we should check his body for any wounds, yeah. And if there aren't any marks on him, we should check everyone else.

[ There was blood, so it had to have punctured SOMETHING. Or someone. ]

The blood had to come from somewhere, after all. Dunno if it's a someone, but...we have a responsibility to check.

[nankurunaisa]

I'll go tell them, okay? I mean...you're doing a better job here than I am, and Yuuri is trustworthy, too.

[All she's done is notice a chair and find a book, okay, she needs to deliver some news.]

Is that alright with ya?

[sunsong]

Yeah, it's fine with me. Thanks, Hibiki.

[ For conveying the news, she means. ...impulsively, she'll go over and hug the other girl, because Hibiki looks like she could use one right now. And maybe Sol could, too. ]

I'll catch up with you later.