WEEK ONE: INVESTIGATION

[retellers]

WEEK ONE: 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. oh n Time to investigate. ༶•┈┈⛧┈｡o°✥✣ 　　 ✣✥°o｡┈⛧┈┈•༶ Welcome to your second 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!

NAVIGATION locations ₓ˚. statuses *+:｡ ic profiles :ₓo ic rules ･ﾟﾟ･｡ audience requests murder proposals ｡✧o private conversations ･ﾟo｡ curfew ･ﾟ✧ memories

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[reconnective]

[there she go. he nods and he's going to frown suddenly when he rereads the shirt, but he doesn't say why.]

Do you want me to grab that? [so most of the blood's on the shirt, right? is there a distinct kind of pattern to the streaks or anything?

...also is the castle-set-up of souvenirs all over the floor, etc? if there's nothing else to note he'll start to motion for yoshizawa to follow him to follow jeanne.]

[siblingless]

[Is the t-shirt damaged in any way, or just bloody? When you say pool of blood, is it like........... a large stain or are you saying it's literally soaked and dripping in blood? If it's the former, is it stained on both the front and back or just on one side?

She nods at Jeanne's question, though. Concerning. Shirt, wyd?]

... It's alright, Sora-san. I can handle this much. But, thank you.

[She's not sure where else to check, so that's fine. If there's nothing else suspicious in the area where the shirt was found, she will follow Sora outside.]

[retellers]

[ The streaks are... streaks. Are you thinking of anything in particular, Ty! And also yes, souvenirs errywhere.

It's like a large stain, maybe. Don't take my word for that, if we say something different in trial tomorrow, go with trial. But probably both sides?

Anyway, they head outside. A short distance away, in the plaza, they'll see a figure lying on the ground, with short blond hair. ]

[discernments]

Sora! Yoshizawa!

[ Running for the body! Her eyes are peeled as she hurries to the body.

Is there anything of notice around said body? Things strewn about? Blood splatters? ]

[reconnective]

[I PHRASED THAT BAD SORRY more like does it look like someone was bleeding and dragged while wearing the shirt, basically, but the large stain meta answers that i think. that's a lot of blood what the hell. anyway, he nods to yoshizawa and picks up his sword to begin leaving, holding the door open for her.

except he hears jeanne and then sees the body.]

Oh no. [UH?] C'mon! [he will also run! but he's glancing around the plaza itself, checking the fronts of the shops they pass, the rooftops, and the ground just in case there's something they're about to trip over.]

[siblingless]

[Ah.

She sucks in a breath, faltering in her steps when she sees what has Jeanne so agitated.]

No...!

[AHHHHH. TIME TO SPRINT OVER TO THAT FIGURE. As she nyooms, nearly tripping over herself on the way, is there anything of note in their surroundings? On the ground or the buildings? God.]

[retellers]

[ There doesn't seem to be anything on the ground, except the lone body. As they approach, though, they'll be able to recognize it.

Alyssa Zaidelle is dead. ]

[assistance]

[ haha wouldn't that be wild. looking over alyssa's body reveals two things: one, that the figure in question has bruises and shallow cuts around her limbs in a spiraling fashion, some of which are still letting blood. not a ton, but still enough to be suspect? two...

alyssa zaidelle is alive, just sneepy. this wasn't part of the original plan at all but the mods said it would be funny.

as you were. ]

[discernments]

Alyssa!

[ Her expression hardens, but she drops to Alyssa's side and checks for her breathing. Jeanne lets out a small sigh of relief. ]

She's alive.

[reconnective]

[HIS DISNEY HEART CAN'T HANDLE THIS AHHHH. he comes skidding to a halt, nearly tripping over his dumb shoes as he crouches down to get a closer look at her injuries. that's not great?]

Hey, Alyssa! Can you hear us? [we have no time for sneepy binch disease!!!! but he turns to the others.] Stay here, I'm going to see if I can find anything at the emporium we can use for her injuries.

[AND THERE HE GOES BACK TO THE EMPORIUM I GUESS]

[siblingless]

[............... OH, THANK GOD. Yoshizawa is so relieved even though I, Kyuu, am furious. She will slump to the ground next to Jeanne, sighing in relief.]

I'm so, so happy... Is she just asleep?

[Those cuts, though... Yoshizawa glances at her own limbs for a moment, a frown on her lips while furrowing her eyebrows together. You okay, Alyssa? Also I started typing this before Ty edited, so pretend Yoshizawa opens her mouth to say something — but then Sora is nyooming. Farewell, Sora.]

[retellers]

[ Interrupting this touching moment to inform you that wow when Sora was looking under shelves, he also found a strand of blond hair.

You're free to look around the Emporium more if you want but that's what I forgot to give you. :pensive: ]

[assistance]

[ zzzzzzzzz ]

[discernments]

[ Well, if Alyssa isn't going to wake up from them yelling at her or nudging her, Jeanne will just

lift her up in a princess carry. ]

We'll need to find Archer.

[reconnective]

[for ease of helping jans, we can say that sora was poking around looking for anything like towels or something helpful and he finds the hair. hm. he will just...take that and begin to head back. they can always look around later. this is for investigation tomorrow nods.

he'll go back to his group though and just kind of watch jeanne pick up alyssa. that's it. that's all he's got.]

[siblingless]

[AND THAT'S ALL, FOLKS... Yoshizawa, too, will watch Jeanne pick Alyssa up with a starry-eyed look in her eyes. Oooh, miss Ruler, ooooh. So buff.

Off they go to find a horse doctor. A doctor horse. A horsector.]