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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[discernments]

[ pikachu for endgame!!!

Are the things on the ground just near where the twins are, or are they all over the floor of the Planetarium? Jeanne tries to see if what's been left is concentrated or scattered or like a trail.

If only she weren't nerfed so she could light her flag up, but PHS light please help. ]

Can you get a closer look at what it is?

[evocationary]

Taako - Taako, stop, augh -- ! [ AAAA GET DOWN

anyway she nearly falls over with taako like, attached to her, but that means she's closer to the floor to see the crumbs! small and round and colorful - can she tell how big this thing might have been? what is it made of? does it look familiar to her in any way? colorful as in multicolored or... ]

[uhhhmagic]

Is it bones? I thought it was the crunch of bones. I'm not dealing with any bones.

[He's. He's not getting off, but he is helping with the light? WHAT IS THE THING.]

[retellers]

[ Because there is no way Lup won't recognize this I'll be nice and say that she will see that it's cereal. Get off your sister, Taako. ]

[discernments]

I doubt it'd be bones. They weren't here last night.

[ mods please don't ignore me ):

is the cereal just where the twins are standing or is that something jeanne can't tell with dim cell phone lighting ]

[evocationary]

Sometimes bones just happen. [ lup. she won't drop taako though, she just shifts to make it easier for him to cling piggy back if he wants? for as long as she can hold him up, anyway. ]

It's - cereal. Do you see anything over there, meat shield? [ is the cereal the circle... loops, what the fuck was the offbrand cereal joke again. fruit circles. ] Why is there cereal in here.

[uhhhmagic]

Yeah! Sometimes bones just happen.

[He'll. Actually get off if it's just cereal, that's fine. He'll looking around the floor for any more spilled snacks while he's at it.]

Was cereal here last night? Were you here last night?

[retellers]

[ To answer Ara's question that I accidentally skipped I'm sorry, it does not go much further in. It's mostly gathered closer to the entrance.

And it is, in fact, fruit circles. It looks like it might be enough for about two handfuls. ]

[discernments]

Meat shield?

[ She's a little perplexed, but you know what, she accepts it. She'd rather be called that than some other things she's been called before. ]

I know bones can happen, but it's because yes, I was in here last night, and the door was locked, so unless it unlocked again after... someone slipped in while I was asleep.

I don't see anything where I am. I think it's all near you two.

[evocationary]

[ she lets taako down, and then squints across the room. ]

Oh, so the doors locked for you too, huh. Fun. [ she doesn't go far, but she does take a couple of steps into the planetarium, staring up at the stars. ]

Was anybody else in here with you? Anybody snacking on cereal?

[uhhhmagic]

[Just checking the walls just in case. IS THERE BLOOD ON THE WALLS.]

Also, why are we out here tracking down cereal? Who . . . who cares?

[look, no one has said anything about a body so far]

[retellers]

[ There are no blood on the walls, sadly. Lup steps on more cereal. ]

[discernments]

[ If Jeanne goes to the area farthest away from the door, is there anything else on the floor here?

Maybe something not cereal? ]

There were others with me, and if the doors locked for you, too...

[ What a bad feeling. ]

I don't think anyone here had cereal with them. If the nova manifested in random items a couple days ago, maybe something like that happened here?

[evocationary]

Yeah - yeah, right, like, the message made it seem like something big and terrible happened. All I can see here is someone committed food crimes.

[ she makes a face at the cereal on her shoes... actually can she go check the door to the planetarium, is there anything on the inside or outside of the door? ]

Or - actually, you have a good point about the items manifesting...

[uhhhmagic]

Cereal manifestations . . . interesting theory.

[Yeah, Taako's just. Opening the doors? Why didn't we do that in the first place for the light.]

[retellers]

[ There is nothing else further in!

And back at the door, the twins will find some hair. Thank you for going to the door. ]

[discernments]

[ i, ara, have no brain cell

so neither does jeanne, so she walks to the twins, who do have the brain cells. ]

I hope it's only food crimes. Did you two find anything else?

[evocationary]

[ do not entrust the twins with the brain cells ]

Oh. That's... hair. Gross. [ what color is it? is it long? short? how much hair. to taako: ] Don't touch that.

[uhhhmagic]

No thanks! I'm not dying to touch hair!

[Is it just on the door. Is it hanging there. Was it trapped in the door jam??]

[retellers]

[ It is, indeed, trapped in the door jam. It's not very short, but it's also not long either. It's also dark colored. ]

[discernments]

Who has hair like that?

[ Can't be a mod character. ]

Do you think it's better to leave it or collect it? I can touch it, if you two don't wish to.

[ Do we believe in crime scene integrity tonight? ]

[evocationary]

[ lup shrugs. ] I don't know why we'd... need it. I'd like to avoid collecting hair?

[ she has no idea this is even a crime scene... sobs. ] Anyway it's not mine and I'm not touching it. Let's go, Taako.

[uhhhmagic]

Yeah, why do you want some stranger's hair? Weird.

[Weird!!!]

I'm going back to bed now. Pfft. False alarm, I guess.

[discernments]

It could have some meaning, but please have a nice rest. Thank you for being here.

[ But Jeanne thinks it might be nova they have to collect again, so she picks it up.

Until they get the message and then she's... glad(?) she picked it up.

rip hajime ]