Sixth.

[trustfellows]

This week has been a difficult one. Between the personnel change and the punishment, the week was already looking to be long; the incentive, however, is one of the harsher ones, adding a layer of hardship to the group that does nothing but compound the already-existing tension. And, as always, there's the ever-present threat of the timer. 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 announcement from Jericho to awaken you, either; once again, this is something that's promising until it's thought about in slightly more depth. Of course, as soon as you leave your rooms and move toward the main portion of the Academy in the morning, it will become immediately obvious that something is horrifically wrong. Namely, there's a very distinct scent coming from the room with the incinerator; not to put too fine a point on it, but let's say that anyone who was in either the bar or the workshop last week will probably recognize it. ...Yeah. Explore?

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[bloodisthicker]

[HE DOESN'T WANT TO GET CORPSE GREASE OVER THESE CUTE MITTS!

...no he'll probably reach in and gingerly pull the body out...]

[heritrix]

[Bodies are heavy and shit, so if he can get it up high enough Rin will like... Try to help pull it out so they can set it on the ground??? She thinks about asking Rideaux for his coat, but that guy looks way too fancy to willingly part with it, ugh.]

[evilfrenzy]

[You're damn right he's not willing to part with it.]

[heritrix]

[TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM SOMETIME, YOU FABULOUS BASTARD.]

[evilfrenzy]

[LOOK HE'LL PROBABLY TOUCH THIS IN THE END.

ISN'T THAT ENOUGH.

HE DRAWS THE LINE AT ACTUALLY USING HIS CLOTHES FOR HALF-CHARRED CORPSES.]

[trustfellows]

[Well, the body seems to have taken about the amount of damage that one would expect from having been burned in the way that incinerators do; the side of the body that was lying against the lower portion of the incinerator seems to have gotten the worst of it - it's incredibly dark with charring and not...in the greatest condition, I will leave that portion of it to your imagination because I am not nearly enough of a sick fuck to describe it to you here - but the rest isn't precisely looking good, either. The body is extremely dehydrated, for lack of a better term; the muscles are taut and constricted, and the skin seems incredibly dried out.

That doesn't mean the body is unrecognizable, however, despite the severe burning; some of her clothes are still clinging to the body, and even if a fair amount of her hair has burned or blackened due to the incinerator doing its thing, there's at least enough left of it to see the original color of it - and not many people around here have light pink hair like that.

With that much identified, the rest will probably start to look familiar, despite the constriction and the seared flesh; it's obvious that she's been dead for a while - here's hoping it was before the burning happened. One way or another, however...

Estellise Sidos Heurassein is dead.]

[bloodisthicker]

[...

FUCK OKAY]

Right. Right. Of course.

[he takes a deep breath and steps back after setting her down. holy... shit.]

[destage]

Wh--who is it, Tarrlok-san...?

[...She says, with Aligula covering her eyes.]

[bloodisthicker]

It's...

[breathe. Breathe.]

It's Estelle.

[destage]

[...No.

Oh--oh god, no...sorry, Aligula, she kind of needs to get your hands away for a moment, but that's...um...]

...No...

[...she's tearing up, god.]

[bloodisthicker]

[fuck this. just fuck this, can't they get an announcement because he just wants to get to investigating, holy shit, he is Real Mad and upset and just kind of...]

[innocentloveholic]

[ It's okay, Aligula's dropping her hands anyway and going to check out the body for herself—

oooh wow, that's fun. Kind of gross, but not Fern-gross, just acceptable-gross. ]

She got totally Char-Nobled, huh? [ charnobled..... ]

[blackmass]

Really, Aligula? Murders were not enough of a crime, now we have to suffer wordplay as well?

[innocentloveholic]

Wordplay's not against the law, so it's not a crime!

[ so: yes. ]

[blackmass]

It should be.

[innocentloveholic]

Only someone as totally unfun as you would say that.

[destage]

...Please don't, not while...

[Aligula bb she likes you but no.]

...Not when Yuri-san's nearby, okay?

[innocentloveholic]

[ ...mmmmmmggghHHHHggg ]

Fiiine, but only because you asked so nicely.

[perpend]

[...Weeell. That's. Horrific.]

[ninehundredlives]

[Susan walks in.......








...aaaaaaaaand back out into the hallway.]

[evilfrenzy]

[Oh.

Holy shit.

Yuri's...here, isn't he...]

[heritrix]

[SHE REGRETS HELPING MOVE THIS BODY SO MUCH. It was the clothes she recognized first, as they shifted it around, and her breath hitched holding back a scream.]

Estelle... [Rin backs away when the body is laid out, and instinctively her hands fly to her face—she catches herself and halts the motion just in time.] This is seriously too much...

[hesperos]

[ .......He's definitely about to be angry soon to the point he won't be of much help for a bit but for now he's going to be literally so surprised he can't. Really say much of anything?

Holy. Shit. ]