WEEK ZERO: INVESTIGATION

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WEEK ZERO: INVESTIGATION (?? remain) On Friday morning at 7am, all the doors will unlock and the participants may traverse between areas again. Participants will find that, as they leave wherever they slept, everything feels... unclear? Did they see whoever they were with? They can no longer remember. Even for those who spent the night alone, they can feel that something is off. It doesn't seem as though the Leaders are around. However, an alert will notify the participants to a new message on their PHS. Hello everyone. Apparently something happened last night while everyone was asleep. We're not sure what's going on, but there has been a huge disturbance with nova and the six of us are going to check it out. But it seems like something also happened in the town. Can you all please go and try to find the source of it? Sorry for troubling you! Time to investigate. ༶•┈┈⛧┈｡o°✥✣ 　　 ✣✥°o｡┈⛧┈┈•༶ Welcome to your first investigation! We will be posting top-levels for searchable locations—one set at 6pm EST and another set at 7pm EST. Each location will contain evidence to find, though it's up to your efforts as to whether you find all of it. Please coordinate investigation groups on Discord, as we ask that group threads consist of no more than 2-3 characters. We will stop tagging each top-level two hours after it went up, i.e. at 8pm and 9pm EST, respectively. Don't worry if you don't find everything! Characters will get the chance to revisit locations tomorrow at trial. At 9pm EST, an announcement will go up, confirming the victim(s). If you have any questions at any time, please let us know by pinging us on Discord!

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KITCHEN

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[chanteuser]

[ leaving her overnight residence and just feeling wrong is concerning enough, but the addition of the ominous phs message and the feeling ... well. the familiar feeling of something being just out of reach in her mind, of memories purposely slipping away from her when she tries to grasp them leaves her feeling cold, clammy and sick in the pits of her stomach.

before anything else, she's making her way to the kitchen. a glass of water should help her get control of that panicked feeling wriggling in her stomach, at the very least. once she gets there, she stops in the doorway to press her hands to her mouth and take a couple of deep breaths before focusing on the room in front of her. ]

[dianxias]

[ it's probably 0% surprising that xie lian's first mission is to beeline straight to find hua cheng. he's always had pretty decent danger senses, and right now, his gut is telling him that something is very, very wrong.

the PHS message only reinforced that, though, so! on his mission to find hua cheng, he sees alex and stops, reaching out to put a hand on her shoulder-- ] -- Miss Alex, are you alright?

[ no xie lian quest is complete without a side quest to help someone or look at wild crime scenes (?) ]

EAST FOREST

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[siblingless]

[WELL... Guess this is happening. Once she runs into Bucky and Alphinaud, she offers them a polite hello, glancing down at her PHS every now and again as if checking for new messages. Conversationally, noticeably worried:]

What do you think could have happened...?

[Sure would be funny if there was a corpse right as they approach the forest! But, no. Glancing around, is there anything visibly off on the ground or their immediate surroundings?]

[frostythehitman]

[ ????? had an easy enough time wandering over here, although he looks a mess. Sleeping in the woods will do that to you. ]

No clue. Something with nova, obviously, but none of us know enough about nova to know what it could be. Is there anything out of the ordinary around here?

RAILROAD STATION

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[pulsecannon]

[ She's here. What do we have here? ]

What do you think even happened?

[bisouled]

I hope it's nothing. Or maybe a monster we need to fight?

[ she's getting rusty!! ]

PLANETARIUM

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[discernments]

[ It's dark in here. Or is it still dark in here discounting the stars? What if murder made it light up?

She's using the light of the PHS to try and see if anything else can be seen in here, if that's necessary. Her brows are furrowed, her expression serious. ]

I hope you slept well, as it seems we may need rest for what we need to find. What do you two think of the message we received?

[evocationary]

[ lup has taako firmly by the hand and will not be letting go for this entire investigation? thanks. ]

Slept terribly, thanks. Also, I hate this. [ she'll start by the door and use her own phs to also light up the room as much as she can. ] As far as the message goes, I feel like we're getting slapped with the other shoe.

RIVER

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[exercisms]

[Well, okay, looks like we got a message to come look around for something? So. He's going to wander off on his own to do that? Wandering all the way down to the river. Still in his jammies.]

Did something happen?

[stillnot]

[ clem raises an eyebrow at him. jammies... she's dressed and ready for the day. ]

That's what the message said. Guess we'll find out.

EAST FOREST.............2!

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[riegan]

Sure are a lot of people awake this morning, huh...

(Nothing like a THING happening to get everyone up and going first thing in the morning. Anyway, things are off so let's go into the forest. And no wiggling out of this, Hilda.)

[reconnective]

[into the forest! sora's jogging up alongside claude, easily keeping pace as they head through the trees. the moment they enter the forest he'll look up to the tree branches more out of habit than anything.]

No kidding. [but...hm.] You guys saw that message, right? What do you think the disturbance is...?

RESULTS

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𝅘𝅥𝅮 ♫𝅘𝅥𝅮 As investigation ends, a song begins to play from everyone's PHS. Oh dear! Oh no! Why did she have to go? Oh no! Oh dear! We are all full of tears Goodbye, so long We can't believe you're gone So long, goodbye Did someone really die? Then, once it comes to a close, each participant will receive an alert to a new message: Hajime Ichinose has been removed from the Realm.

EVIDENCE DROP-OFF

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After the announcement, participants will receive yet another alert, though this one appears to come from the Leaders. We're still trying to figure out what happened last night. If we learn anything or get an answer from the Realm, we'll meet up with everyone tomorrow. Though it's inexcusable, please bear with the wait until then. We've set up designated areas: leave anything you find there and we'll keep it preserved. Hajime Ichinose's body as well—until she can be given a proper burial. True to the message, various areas appear around the Realm where the participants can leave evidence, the corpse, etc. Some time later, everything left in those spots will disappear. Afterwards, although participants can enter the Planetarium and attempt to make a wish, their requests will go unanswered/receive a message stating that the Leader is busy. For the rest of the day, at least, the participants are on their own. ༶•┈┈⛧┈｡o°✥✣ 　　 ✣✥°o｡┈⛧┈┈•༶ Please report under this comment what evidence your character is leaving in the designated areas! If you do not report anything, then your character is responsible for bringing it to trial tomorrow and therefore the evidence will not automatically be available.

[stillnot]

[ Clementine is dropping off the NOTE ]

[exercisms]

[Dropping off a wet hearts headband.]

[exercisms]

[Just looking at this creepy message on his way to drop off a wet headband.]

Huh?

Hajime. . .?

[heartablaze]

H... Hajime-chan?

[Removed?

wh




She's covered in grass and her hair's an absolute mess, but guess who's got a sword and is running straight for the planetarium and staying there for a while!!!!!!!]

[lecarre]

R...removed?

W-wait--what does that mean? "Die"?

[??!????]

Please--they cannot be serious, can they?