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?

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[destage]

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

[brandnewday]

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

[bloodbiter]

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

[icysemblance]

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

[perpend]

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

[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.]

[trustfellows]

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

[destage]

[...No. No, no, no--

Well, Sayaka's just. Going to run up and see who the heck that is. This...this can't be real, right?]

Oh no...

[brandnewday]

[Beautiful! She'll do just that!]

[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!]

[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!]

[sleepytimegal]

[ Alex sees Sayaka enter the ballroom, and then...just about rush toward the stage, before she can even say hi, so naturally time to follow- ]

Sayaka? Hey, what's wrong? [ light jogging and- oh... oh dear- ]

[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!]

[destage]

A-Alex-san--please be careful, I...I think something's...something's happened...

[This can't be real, right?]

[withabigsmile]

Good morning, what's...

[Going on, she almost says, and then she catches sight of the person on the floor and for once in her god forsaken life learns to shut her mouth.]

[shuttermouse]

[ Oh hey guys are we having a party in the ballroom - ]

Maizono-san? [ And then her gaze lands on the body. ...oh. ]

[icysemblance]

[In that case, time to join the ballroom blitz.]

[bloodisthicker]

...

[well fuck.]

Susan has medical training, doesn't she? Someone go get her.

[admittedly he hasn't completely assessed the situation, but...]

[lackinginfaith]

[Caren looks almost grey -- hey, when did she appear behind you? She really needs to stop doing that.]

What's going on?

[icysemblance]

[Weiss rounds the corner and sees Sayaka rush the stage, and she goes a shade paler than usual.]

Sayaka...? What - oh my God...

[zomgboom]

It's, like, not gonna help.

[She is pretty sure that's a corpse.]

[destage]

S--someone's hurt. Someone's really, really hurt, I think!

[didntgetdadslooks]

Sayaka? Is...

[ ... oh, that's less than okay, huh? Angel blinks and looks... a lot less distressed than one might think at the sight of a dead body? ]

... oh no.

[bloodisthicker]

No, I think it will. Even if we are too late, which seems likely, we're going to need someone to serve as a coroner.

[destage]

[GOOD MORNING, CHIE, FINE MESS THIS IS--]

S--someone, please go get some help. Whoever's here needs it really, really bad!