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?

Comments

[bloodisthicker]

[Tipped a bit? Like, against the table...?]

[trustfellows]

[That's right! There's no sign of blood or any damage to the chair, it's just tipped.]

[bloodisthicker]

[huh, okay. well, it doesn't really take a genius to figure out what that might mean...

Well, he might as well look at that thing on the floor near the chairs, while he's at it.]

[trustfellows]

[Before you check that out, you might want to get a look at the chairs it's under. The chair on this side and the other side of the table are both pulled out, almost like someone was sitting in them at some point. This is also where those items are on the table.]

[bloodisthicker]

[OH.... i thought they were the same chairs my bad. WELL. that's actually easier to figure out. okay.

well, he'll look under those chairs before he looks through the stuff on the table, then.

[trustfellows]

[Congratulations, you've found a room key! I'll go ahead and tell you that it's Estelle's just to save everyone some time.]

[bloodisthicker]

[damn. Rin didn't have to do advanced corpse touching anyway.]

...hm. Well, it'd be really sloppy if the killer left theirs, so I guess this must be Estelle's...

[trustfellows]

[Poor Rin suffers so much.

Ready to move on to the items on the table?]

[bloodisthicker]

[yep, why not? with some difficulty coming from banging his head on the table on way up like a distracted asshole, he rubs his head and looks at the items on the table.]

[trustfellows]

[They're two teacups and a teapot! Both of the teacups have tea in them, though one of them looks untouched. The teacups are set in front of the two chairs that are pulled out, for reference!]

[bloodisthicker]

[... he's going to look more closely at those teacups first. Is there anything suspicious about the tea?]

[trustfellows]

[Surprisingly, no! The tea seems totally fine in both cups. You should be able to tell that it's Versaille lavender tea, though.]

[bloodisthicker]

[yep, because man, does it ever make his hair smell good.

...actually he's going to take a look in the teapot, too, just for insurance's sake]

[trustfellows]

[Probably a good idea, but there's nothing off about the tea in here either!]

[bloodisthicker]

[WELP, unless Rin asks him for moral support he's probably just gonna keep poking around even though the AREA CLEAR comment says he won't find anything!]

[trustfellows]

[Fair enough! Good luck, Tarrlok!!]

[heritrix]

[SPEAKING OF ADVANCED CORPSE TOUCHING.]

Oh. Is that hers?

[Rin sounds perfectly flat as she came in here and lifted up a goddamn chair like she was going to take it out of the room.]

[bloodisthicker]

I'm thinking so, yes. Are you thinking about checking out her room?

[he holds out the key for Rin, because you know, this sucks and there's no reason to make it harder than it needs to be.]

[heritrix]

[She puts the chair down. It's probably worth noting there's like. Extra corpse grease than there was before? Clap your hands if you have fluids on you we don't want to identify or think too long on!]

I tried. I wish you had found this five minutes ago; I was about to give up and break down the door.

[Seriously Rin is sounding way too calm to actually be calm about this, she's fucking noped out of this Friday. Thanks for the key though, buddy.]

[bloodisthicker]

...

Oh.

[...............................]

Look, I'm almost done here, I think. Do you want moral support...?

[heritrix]

[...

I mean, the hanging silence should be taken as a "yes", this is just fucking Rin Tohsaka who has difficulties asking for support.]

I should get to checking Estelle's room. If you finish early I'll be there, but I'll probably see you in the trial room.

[bloodisthicker]

[...he's also emotionally constipated here but]

All right. I'll be over when I finish, then.

[YEAH, ALEX IS HERE, OTHER NIECE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT...]