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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[trustfellows]

[Sure thing! Some of the scorch marks seem to be worse than others - there doesn't seem to be too much of a pattern going on as to where, so it really just supports the notion that accelerant was just kinda...everywhere for whatever reason.]

[brandnewday]

[rin please explain accelerant

Okay. So if that's all for the fires, is there anything else she needs to be checking out? Or is it up to the body team for now? ...Oh, hey, is there anything that points to why the fires died out? The workshop should be full of tables and cabinets.]

[trustfellows]

[That's a good point, given that the workshop should probably be full of a lot of things. Like, you know. Water or some other sort of extinguishing fluid. Or just a lot of fucking fire. But it looks like the room is clear of any of that.

Basically, it doesn't look like the fire was put out by any of you. I'll clarify just as a mod note that that isn't relevant to the case at hand, nor will you need it to solve - it's just something that's definitely noticeable as odd. For the time being, assume that it's kind of like how the rooms/bodies are cleaned - they definitely are, though how is kind of a mystery.]

[brandnewday]

[oh shit. that IS really odd. maybe Hibiki will just conveniently forget to mention it so we don't get hung up worrying about it.

Well, what about anything else? Anything off about the tables or the tools?]

[trustfellows]

[Maybe bring it up at a meeting or something, assuming you don't die this weekend!

That said, though, it looks like you've covered everything there is to cover in here; everything else is...well, it's what you'd expect from a room that had a fire in it, so. Good job! o/ ]

[brandnewday]

[Wait. She'll never touch a body again, but she should probably check for and collect Chie's key if it's on her. Someone has to.]

[trustfellows]

[Have at, Hibiki.]