Fifth.

[trustfellows]

Two people have died so far this week. It's about as many as one can expect to lose per week around here and it isn't even the weekend; furthermore – whatever those two may have died for – it wasn't for the sake of Rule Seven. That much remains untouched, and as such, so does the incentive, begging the question of whether you're prepared for what may happen in a few days, if no one moves. Are you ready? Are you really? 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. You aren't even being awakened by Jericho this morning, which may seem like a good sign until the realization settles in – after all, that means the timer hasn't wound down. In other words, someone is definitely dead. Thankfully enough, as far as corpses go, the first two floors seem to be clear; that doesn't mean that nothing is amiss there, because some things may be, but at the very least there aren't any bodies here. No guarantees for higher up, though. Explore?

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[heritrix]

[Let's check out the art room.]

[trustfellows]

[The art room is clear!

That doesn't mean the rest of the floor is, however.]

[matchbreaker]

[ You know, to her, it makes some sense to go to the top and then work her way down. So... Let's go to the art room first. ]

[trustfellows]

[The art room is clear!

That doesn't mean the rest of the floor is, however.]

[brandnewday]

[Well, the workshop is a pretty big place. Maybe Hibiki will head in there to make sure it's okay? That lack of Jericho leaves her feeling a bit too sick for breakfast.]

[trustfellows]

[You'll notice something in the hallway on the way there, actually - namely, the burn marks starting a few feet outside the door.

That's probably not a happy sign.]

[hesperos]

[ So how's the chemistry lab looking? ]

[trustfellows]

[There are definitely some things amiss in here, but they aren't. Corpse-y things. So at least there's that.]

[perpend]

[There are a whole lot of weapons in the shooting range, so he'll be headed there if he's not interrupted.]

[trustfellows]

[The shooting range is clear!]

[bloodisthicker]

[the bar's a popular location for corpses. let's see if there's anything in the bar.]

[trustfellows]

[Similar to poor Hibiki's discovery in the workshop two floors up, it looks like something definitely happened in here. A very...burn-y something.

Nothing is actively burning, but it certainly smells weird in here, and just from looking around it's very obvious that there was a fire in the room; there's also very much a person tied to one of the chairs in here.

And again, similar to poor Hibiki's discovery, they are looking a little less than stellar, condition-wise.]

TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN.

[trustbound]

[And as usual when someone dies, the clock chimes out, loud and clear and audible to everyone in the building; almost immediately, Jericho can be heard over the public-address system, sounding...almost uncontainably excited, honestly.]

God, and I thought this week was going to be total shit after all the fuckups earlier.

Informative and Ambitious are both gone. I'm pretty sure you guys know what to do about that by now: investigate however much you want, or however little you want, just make sure you're happy with yourselves by the time you get downstairs. As always, we'll be waiting for you. Innocent and guilty alike, do your best!

Oh, and one other thing...

This makes two out of four. You're doing great!

[trustfellows]

EVIDENCE LIST

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WORKSHOP (8/8)
- That's dangerous!
- What a weird smell
- That's strange
- Chie did not deserve this
- Chie REALLY did not deserve this
- Poor Chie
- Ouch
- Who did this to Chie??

BAR (6/6)
- Archer (probably) did not deserve this
- He deserved this, though
- "because archer's life is an exercise in futility" thanks dal
- Chemicals!
- Yeah, fuck that guy
- These are probably important too

FIFTH FLOOR HALLWAY (3/3)
- Burn, baby, burn
- That's different
- Why would you leave this lying around?

GAME ROOM (6/6)
- This is probably important
- So much for whatever game was going on here
- At least it's not broken?
- This might have been useful
- That's strange
- And there goes the chair

CHEMISTRY LAB (3/3)
- There's something missing
- And something else missing
- So much missing stuff in this case!

STORAGE ROOM (3/3)
- Yuri's joke made me laugh
- This might be at least mildly important
- Huh...

THIRD FLOOR MEN'S BATHROOM (5/5)
- What was this for?
- Well, someone certainly used it
- At least it's not blood
- Throw your trash away!
- ...Not like that

WORKSHOP

[trustfellows]

[brandnewday]

[She may be crying, and she may be unable to help with a body investigation, but...she spent some time in here this week.

Hibiki is going to investigate the workshop itself. Is there anything immediately out of place?]

[perpend]

[Well... he's here. Time to look over the body.

He's going to look over the burns first. Does it look like there's a pattern to them, or a smell of anything that could be an accelerant?]

[heritrix]

[...two out of four. Does that refer to Chie or Frank Archer, she wonders?

There'll be time to wonder later. Once Hibiki is settled and she's picked up some gloves, Rin returns to the workshop. She's going to start her examination of Chie's body by checking for any head wounds, given how she's been tired up, but quick check here before that since there's that aforementioned weird smell going on: I'm assuming it's safe to breathe in or we'd have been warned about it, but is it more heavily concentrated around the room, or Chie's body?]

AREA CLEAR.

[trustfellows]

BAR

[trustfellows]

[ninehundredlives]

[Susan sits back on her heels when the announcement comes, looking up.]

Two out of four...him, or Chie, do you think?

[She has her own thoughts, but she's curious if anyone else in the room has some. As for the body, though, what's Archer's face look like? That is to say, is it like someone who was alive while they were on fire?]

FIFTH FLOOR HALLWAY

[trustfellows]

[matchbreaker]

[ she got Sayaka out of the room and was going to go and come back to the workshop... but you know, there's stuff in the hall before then? So let's look around here. So burn marks, right? ]

GAME ROOM

[trustfellows]

[destage]

[Well, alright, let's just...get the fuck outta the workshop. Sayaka's got some things to do later, but for now, it's time to be useful. For...Chie and Archer's sakes.

How's the room lookin']

CHEMISTRY LAB

[trustfellows]

[chessturner]

[Archer was set on fire. Her first thought is that it was done with alcohol, but it's better to cover all bases. What other place is likely to have a lot of flammable liquids? The chemistry lab.

Let's see what's around here! Anything that looks like someone took anything from here?

STORAGE ROOM

[trustfellows]

Re: STORAGE ROOM

[hesperos]

[ So, he's made his way down here because he knows little about chemistry stuff. Anything obviously off here? ]

THIRD FLOOR MEN'S BATHROOM

[trustfellows]

[bloodisthicker]

[woof. okay. it's been a long, rough week and it smelled like hell in there, so he's gonna head to the bathroom to splash some water on his face before he starts investigating.

LITTLE DOES HE KNOW THAT HE WILL BE INVESTIGATING IN THE BATHROOM TOO.]