WEEK ZERO: INVESTIGATION

[retellers]

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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[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.

[sacredchants]

[ why... izumo is also dressed like a decent person. ]

Did you not think to get dressed before coming out here for this?

[retellers]

[ Yeah, Mob, what the fuck.

This is the extent of my mod tag. Here is the river. ]

[exercisms]

[Well, now he's embarrassed? Even the mod tag is judging him.]

I was locked out of my room last night. And I haven't gotten a chance to ask for a new key.

[So was everyone, Mob. So was everyone. But he didn't bother to check whether he could get back in.

Anyway, I guess just - kneeling down to look in the river? Is there anything in there?]

[stillnot]

Couldn't your roommate just let you in?

[ clem starts walking up along the river to see if there's anything further downstream. ]

[sacredchants]

[ izumo will also join in the look around the river bringing her phs out to aid her in case it wants to start being even more useful than sending weird suspicious messages. she'll focus her attention towards upstream since clem has downstream. ]

A new key? Did you lose this— [ she waves her phs. ] already?

[ what happened to being responsible and reliable mob.... ]

[retellers]

[ There are fishies! Hello! Mob can vaguely see something pink in the water close to the shore.

As for the other two, so far, nothing. ]

[exercisms]

It just didn't work. And I don't think Dorothy-san was there. . .

[No bully!

Anyway, hmm. Going to check what that pink thing is? If he has to wade into the water a little to check, he'll do it.]

[stillnot]

[ hmm. well, if nothing is this way, clem is coming back to see what mob found. she is looking at any foliage along the way, just in case? any, like... stuff in bushes or trees or anything? ]

Well - they can probably get you a new one if you go see them after this.

[sacredchants]

That doesn't make sense. Why would they suddenly not work? You sure there isn't more you're not saying?

[ don't say half truths!!! also she will bully!!!

and okay, just because clem gave up early izumo will take a bit of a strained look further up to see if there is anything, but if nothing else then she'll wander back. nothing across the river that they can see, right? ]

[retellers]

[ Shigeo will have to go a little into the river, yes. And when he picks it up he will find... one of the headbands from the goodie bag, a hearts one.

Clementine will see nothing in the grass!

Izumo, however, will see something in the water--but a lot further into the river. ]

[exercisms]

It's a headband.

[Why is it here. . . picking it up and taking a look at it? Anything stand out about it?]

[stillnot]

Some people probably threw theirs away.

[ clem is going to wander over to the bridge. may as well make sure nothing is out of place on or around it, or if she sees anything new from it. ]

[sacredchants]

[ hm.

well, since there's something in the water and there was a message about a disturbance, izumo is going to willingly forget the note about not swimming in the river because of mermaids. it's fine? totally fine. the mods wouldn't do anything too bad this early in the game, right?

wordlessly, she'll drop her phs onto the riverbank and kick off her shoes and pull off her hoodie before wading into the river (or eventually swimming, depending on how far) like there's nothing wrong with this at all. sorry mob and clem. ]

[retellers]

[ The headband is just wet! It's fine.

As for Clementine, she won't see anything on the bridge, but walking closer to it, she'll see something floating right under it in the water. It seems like it was difficult to spot until she was closer.

The mermaids are not morning people. Izumo will wander in, luckily, won't have to go deep enough to swim. Unluckily, she will feel a sharp stab of pain in one of her feet. Guess she stepped in something. ]

[exercisms]

Oh! Be careful!

[He'll try to wade in after Izumo in case she needs help.]

It's cold!

[stillnot]

You're not supposed to swim in the river, right?

[ she says, with concern. before also getting into the river to go obtain whatever is under the bridge. no fear!! ]

[sacredchants]

It's noth—ow.

[ guess she did step in something!!

now what is that something that she stepped on? she's determined enough to not let this dissuade her from investigating, and she'll reach down into the water to make a grab for it and maybe examine her foot at the same time.

is just a sharp pain or did she step on something sharp...like knife sharp. ]

[retellers]

[ More like a broken piece of glass sharp. She should possibly check to make sure there aren't any pieces in her foot. That sucks.

Meanwhile, Clementine will find what looks like a small notebook barely floating along. ]

[exercisms]

Are you all right?

[He'll try to help her get back to shore without stepping down, if she wants?]

[stillnot]

[ clem grabs the notebook and does one last look around from her new vantage point of In The River

if she doesn't see anything else of note, she's head back towards the other two. ]

[sacredchants]

I stepped in some glass.

[ she would definitely appreciate that but she will not ask for it, mob. be assertive!! that also said, she'll see if there's like a source to the broken glass. like a bottle or something...

what the fuck are people just throwing in the river (says the girl who threw her kimono in the river)? ]

[retellers]

[ There is nothing else for Clem besides the NOTE!

But there's seemingly no other source for the glass. Just... the broken piece. ]

[exercisms]

[He will be assertive! With a little confidence boost from affection, taking her arm to help her back.

And then, since we're almost out of time - anything else? Anything along the shore out of place or disturbed?]