WEEK THREE: INVESTIGATION

[retellers]

WEEK THREE: 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, but at this point, everyone should realize what has happened. Time to investigate. ༶•┈┈⛧┈｡o°✥✣ 　　 ✣✥°o｡┈⛧┈┈•༶ Welcome to your fourth 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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[papasha]

[STOP, YOU TELL HIM WOUNDS SO HE CAN TELL WHO THE HELL IT IS.]

We should go together, and be careful. [He glances to Ru. Is he going to have to carry this corpse back???? FUCK.] Are you all right?

[The TRAP, but she was careful.]

Let's stay together this time.

[evocationary]

I'm fine, I'm being more careful! [ getting a closer look at the scratches and dings... what do they look like they were made by? are they at lup's eye level, above, below ]

I really hope the head is not back there. [ she looks vaguely sick. but she'll stay closer to the two of them this time after she's done looking at the scratches. ]

[cuedoves]

[ okay zuko is going to fucking parkour up the building to check out all the roofs and everything from up above!!! now bring out the leopard so we can fight it ]

[retellers]

[ Sure, there's enough dirt missing from around the area to suggest it was used to make this mound. I don't know mound logistics.

Alyssa or Chiron or whoever is putting their foot in—their foot will sink through the mound ig, and maybe an inch deeper as if the ground underneath has been disturbed. ]

[axecessory]

[ okay let's fight this leopard for five minutes. anyway hilda goes back! is there anything... on the walls. on the ground. by the fishing supplies as she walks past? bueller? ]

[exercisms]

Mm! I think I'm okay. . .

[He's a little tired, but he's trying. While Soo-woo is looking in the branches, he'll look down at Usagi. From here can he see anything that will traumatize him?]

[retellers]

[ Zuko finds nothing up on the roofs, and neither does Sora.

Hilda finds nothing, but a leopard shows up and lunges at her. ]

[retellers]

[ be happy i even gave you a gender without going "are ya looking at the tits, kids". anyway. marks on the wall are mostly under eye level for lup, and they look like they were made with something sharp. they vary a little in height, but don't go any higher than what her eye level.

anyway going that way, they will find

that they are now

at the temple maze. if they want to go deeper in.

good luck. ]

[reconnective]

[OKAY WELL I GUESS THE LEOPARD IS HERE NOW. LEONARD IS GONNA GET FUCKED UP BY HILDA EXCEPT--]

Hey!

[there you go. there's your warning shout while he's busy jumping out of the pen.]

[retellers]

[ The real trauma is seeing a vague shape in the distance that looks like Hilda fighting a leopard. But no, there's nothing to see from up there, and nothing up in the tree, either.

Well.

That's not quite true.

They have disturbed some gorillas. The gorillas are starting to climb towards them. Have fun with that.

Meanwhile, Usagi will be able to tell it's a little plushie from the very first reward! Its tiny arms are wrapped up deliberately in vines, like it is playing jump rope. I'm making you go one more round before I show the picture, because I'm feeling mean. ]

[uhhhmagic]

[oh my god we have ten minutes to solve this stupid maze]

Stop being careful and come on! Geez! Rush in a little!

[i know the trick to mazes is you pick one wall and follow it. So. Doing that? The right wall? I don't know. Is there anything on the ground, like blood trail or drips to lead them?]

[cuedoves]

--- Hilda!

[ zuko parkours off the roof and goes nyoom nyooming to kick this leopard's ass, swords unsheathed ]

[dianxias]

[ mound lore.. mlore

anyway!! let's scan around said mound really quick for a shovel or a murder weapon

otherwise, time to check out the weird ass swamp. are the yellow flowers anything particularly recognizable? since they weren't counted as "wildflowers"? give me flower lore

xie lian describes out loud: ] Archer, there is an entire garden suddenly right here in the forest. There are several kinds of plants...um, wildflowers, the grass is kind of tall, there are vines, and some yellow flowers as well. There's also a pile of dirt, about as tall as [ however tall it is because jan doesn't love me ] and, it's all very damp.

If the ground's been disturbed besides - [ gestures at the garden ] this, then something may have been buried. We should uncover it, if we can.

[axecessory]

[ thanks for the heads up, pals ]

Wh—

[ anyway that transitions into a scream, but she sounds? mad? it's a frustrated scream. hilda is DONE getting attacked by ANGRY ANIMALS this week, so she has her axe out (where did that come from?) and takes a swing at this thing. her shoulder's kind of screwed up, but she's irritated enough to fight back!!! eat shit, cat!!!!! ]

[papasha]

[There's probably traps.

Blanca has a corpse I think? This is hell.]

At least stick together even if we're moving quickly.

[He'll be satisfied with that. He will follow along as fast as possible. He's the mule, but he's tall. Can he see... anything... from this height? It'd be hilarious if he could see over the top of the maze even though I know he can't.]

[retellers]

[ The leopard is very annoyed by Zuko but Nu is the one who asked for this so it continues angrily swiping at Hilda, until her swing gets it in the back.

Then it just goes down sadly. ]

[evocationary]

[ sorry blanca she's going to take a different wall from the two of them and follow it for faster maze solving, as fast as she can!! also looking for blood trail or drips... or scratches/dings!

let me do this maze i've got an intelligence of 20 ]

[moondumplings]

[ so much for my attempt at trauma. usa gently removes the plushie from the vines to take back to the others. does she get to recognize it or non??

otherwise, upon seeing the gori-san's she meeps and quickly backtracks to a spot where she's less likely to get noticed and peeks out nervously. it's fine. ]

Guys..........! Behind you!

[ shouldn't that be 'under you'?? ]

[retellers]

[ There's absolutely traps and Blanca is carrying a corpse, and i flipped a coin and Blanca and Taako are also now meeting face to face with an angry ape. so. that's better than a minotaur at least.

Anyway Lup also has to dodge traps but she does not run into an angry ape and a LITTLE less dead ends. There's unfortunately no way to tell which way is right, because there's nothing in the maze to help. Is there even anything at all. Is this a wild headless goose chase. ]

[reconnective]

[....]

Did you kill it? [now he just sounds kind of sad.]

[assistance]

[ hm. gross! that's enough of dirt checking for alyssa, and she quickly steps back... only to get down on her hands and knees, patting chiron's flank to let him know where she's moving. ]

Well, at least I'm not drunk this time... here I go!

[ she's a field researcher, she's not afraid to do some dirty work! so, she does her best to dig through the dirt mound using her hands. IS THE HEAD HERE ]

[cuedoves]

[ at least zuko was a good distraction!!! also he will carefully check the leopard for evidence ]

I don't think it's real.

[uhhhmagic]

[The tank is busy with a body, so, he can't even grab Taako, who is . . . limping fastly in the other direction already. Look. He's pretty good at booking it when he needs to.]

I hate this fucking place! Goddammit! Fuck! LUP COME ON WE'RE GOING

[recrowns]

[oh.

that sucks.

last check is there anything past the gorillas, like are the gorillas in the back just messing around with a head or anything. soo-won's trying to think of what to do in this situation hm.]

.... perhaps begin climbing down, Shigeo?

[axecessory]

[ hilda is about to cheer for her victory—she just took a leopard down in one shot? wahoo! go her!—but that uh, feels inappropriate. sorry, sora.

she will also examine the leopard while wiping her axe off on the ground. does it look like maybe it's eaten a head recently, perhaps? ]