First.

[trustfellows]

This week has been a tense one, despite everyone's best efforts; the meeting on Tuesday was a productive one, the party went well on Wednesday, and people seem to have been trying to keep one another's spirits up... But that doesn't change the situation, nor does it remove the time constraint hanging over everyone's heads like the Sword of Damocles. No one's found a way out yet. Friday morning dawns like the rest of the week before it; the clock chimes, the doors to the kitchen unlock, and there's a heavy silence that's settled over the building. There's no reason think that this won't be just another day – however, whether it is or not has yet to be seen. Feel free to go about your morning routines; either that or check the building just to make sure everything's okay. Maybe it's both, if you're the suspicious sort. Let's see what you find. Explore?

Comments

[destage]

[Well...this seems like as good a morning as any. Let's go check the Ballroom. Anything in here?]

[trustfellows]

[...There sure is a lot happening in here this morning, actually. There are a bunch of things scattered all over the floor - items that shouldn't be in here, some substances that definitely shouldn't be in here, what appears to be a person lying on the floor near the stage...

Oh.]

[brandnewday]

[Morning means one thing! Breakfast! So it's off to the kitchen.]

[trustfellows]

[The kitchen is clear! Go forth and eat, Hibiki.]

[bloodbiter]

[She heads to the laundry room first thing in the morning; anything amiss there?]

[trustfellows]

[There are a couple of things amiss in here, actually, but thankfully none of these things is a body. So you're good for now!]

[icysemblance]

[Then let's head over to the storage room.]

[trustfellows]

[There are a few things that are off in here, actually, but none of those things is of the dead-person persuasion. So you're good for now!]

[perpend]

[He has a terrible feeling about this, so first thing's first and he's headed to the foyer.]

[trustfellows]

[There are probably a lot of reasons to have a terrible feeling about this, but thankfully none of them are in the foyer, it's clear!]

TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN.

[trustbound]

[Suddenly, sounding out from the foyer and through the intercoms of the rooms, a loud sound rings out.

That clock is chiming again.

Once it's done, the public-address system crackles a little bit before clearing up and allowing for the person on the other end can be heard; it seems Jericho is addressing you for the first time in days. He seems...manic? A little manic.]

Looks like someone's decided to be a trooper and go after Rule Seven. Good for you! The game's now you against the rest of the group, hope you have fun.

For the rest of you – Ascendant is dead. There's no returning lives that have been lost, so that's kind of a shame, and if you're going to stand for that feel free to do nothing about it. But otherwise...? I'd suggest utilizing Rule Four, yourselves – check stuff out, investigate what you're left with, maybe see if you can make somebody take responsibility for what they've done.

Kind of disrespectful to do otherwise, yeah? Maybe you guys owe Ascendant over there that much, at least, given that he sure can't do anything about it anymore.

Either way, go get your stuff done, whatever you see fit to do. Then meet in front of that door downstairs from the dorms when you're finished, okay? I'll tell you what to do from there.

Guilty, innocent, whatever you are – good luck and do your best!

[...Holy...shit, Jericho, okay then.]

EVIDENCE LIST

[trustfellows]

EVIDENCE LIST

19/19

BALLROOM (9/9)
- Jean did not deserve this
- Wax...?
- What could this be from?
- What happened here?
- At least this place didn't go up in flames!
- Here's a bucket
- Who brings candy to a murder anyway?
- Thanks, Tabby...
- Beads?

STORAGE ROOM (5/5)
- Huh, that's careless
- Where did this go?
- Or these
- These too
- At least they're in the trash can!

LAUNDRY ROOM (2/2)
- This is probably important somehow
- We sure are missing a lot of things today

JEAN'S ROOM (3/3)
- Thank you, Tabby!
- Not the most useful note
- That's interesting

BALLROOM

[trustfellows]

[zomgboom]

[For real, what's in Jean's pockets ? Because Tabby's touching all of it.]

[greenmamabear]

[Sadly, Fern actually has handled dead bodies in those med school classes she tried and is too self-sacrificing to let kids near it.

So here she is. In front of a dead body. yaaaaaaay]

[perpend]

[Well. He's here.

He doesn't have as much knowledge as a nurse would, but Cabanela does know enough to tell what the fatal blow was, assuming it's obvious enough.]

[blackmass]

[Okay, but let's focus on the most pressing question today.]

[Is the piano okay?]

[bloodisthicker]

[look, he was never gonna be a healer and knowledge of the circulation system isn't going to be that helpful here.

What else is up with the ballroom? What's surrounding Jean?]

only here in the most technical sense, because he's a fucking weirdo

[explosivecombat]

[...Oh. Well, this is certainly a thing that happened, isn't it.

Kimblee isn't particularly here for investigation, and he'll let the people that are do their thing over there without interrupting them. Once they're done with that, however, he'll be approaching the body and just...kind of kneeling next to it and studying the guy, head tipped slightly to the side as he does so. Looking intense as hell, in a way that he usually doesn't.

And then he closes his eyes for a moment before he seems to shake it off a little, and he'll get up like he didn't just do that, and he is perfectly content to move on with his life because all of this is just kind of whatever.

...Yeah.]

AREA CLEAR

[trustfellows]

STORAGE ROOM

[trustfellows]

[icysemblance]

[After running off to the bathroom to splash water on her face, Weiss heads back here. Is there anything she'd spot immediately?]

[sleepytimegal]

[ ...so a dead body you don't know is somewhat easier, but she's still going to hightail it out of there.

What was that Jericho said? Rule Four- investigate...? Well, she finds herself in the storage room. That's as good a place as any. She's poked around here some, so. Is there anything immediately off? ]

LAUNDRY ROOM

[trustfellows]

[bloodbiter]

[This is upsetting, but for now, she wants to focus on what she can do. That's why she's looking around the room; she starts with the area near the washing machines and dryers. Anything there?]

JEAN'S ROOM

[trustfellows]

[heritrix]

[Rin was actually just leaving the dorms when she hears the announcement and... Freezes momentarily. Grits her teeth. But Jean's room was right around here, wasn't it? Right next to the stairwell, and Rin goes to check it. Is it locked?]