WEEK FOUR: INVESTIGATION

[retellers]

WEEK FOUR: 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 fifth 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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PLAZA INN

[retellers]

[sacredchants]

Are you sure you should be pushing yourself like this? I mean, after what happened in the manor.

[ at dorothy ofc because unlike some people she has feelings??? anyway, she's taking a look see around to see what's up and happening. anything that stands out immediately as odd? ]

[lecarre]

[Izumo is a good girl. Ange is just stepping into the lobby area to poke around, almost as if Izumo never said anything.

It's fine, it wasn't directed at her.

What do they see at first glance!!]

[misstrust]

Oh, it's fine, spoopy. It's not like I'm going to be pushing myself too hard here, spoopy.

[ ... And then Dorothy pauses, mouths "Spoopy??" to herself in disbelief, and just kind of. Shakes her head.

Time to look up at the ceiling before checking corners. ]

[retellers]

[ Their first step leads them into the inn lobby which looks pretty much the same as usual. The desk has its usual papers, pens and the computer as well as the added memory book, the three white couches look perfectly clean, and the small kamidama is ... somewhere near a corner, I think, I don't know. Sometimes you just remind yourself what your location looks like with changes.

There's nothing on the ceiling, spoopy. ]

GRAVEYARD

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[bisouled]

[ the graveyard is not her favorite place to be and also seems like a particularly tasteless place to commit a murder, but here they are - someone has to check it. She's relieved to see Homura and especially Rufus still in one piece. ]

Looks like we get stuck with the dirty work.

[ let's go in through the gates and see if anything's amiss... ]

[horologia]

... A poor choice of location, but I suppose there aren't actually any real dead here to disrespect.

[ yeah we're just erasing all of the rich people nonsense from two days ago. it's fine. rich people are stupid.

all right, what's the obvious damage. anything off at a glance to someone who's spent a lot of the week haunting the grave? ]

[soulus]

[Rufus stares blankly at Fiora and Homura before entering the graveyard after them. Let's get an overall look at the location from a distance.]

MINE

[retellers]

[reconnective]

[while others are tackling a mountain, sora will begin to wander into the mine with two others, immediately checking the tracks ahead of them and the roof above.]

How far do you think we're gonna have to go?

[arcsplainist]

[ While Sora does that, Alphinaud gives the area a cursory glance for anything that may seem immediately off. ]

Not far, I would hope. With abandoned mines such as these, the further one goes in, the more dangerous it grows, I have found.

[supremity]

We best watch our step, then, considering we don't know the integrity at all. [ He meanders along behind them, spinosaurus carried in the opening of his Halloween getup, down the middle of the tracks. At least until his stride does bring him past Alphinaud with a very dry: ] Boo.





[ Sora has the tracks and moof...2! covered, and Alphinaud is looking at the surrounding area. Is there anything to be seen with a closer look at the carts and canary cages? ]

MOUNTAIN

[retellers]

[exercisms]

[The mountain! Well, it takes a half hour to hike if you're in good shape, and Mob is. . .

No, Mob works out every day, he actually has stamina. So even though it's a murder investigation, he actually looks interested in climbing the mountain anyway.

What will they see at the base?]

[stillnot]

[ yeah there's not too many uhh, sneaky hiding spots around here with so little vegetation. but clem is going to check out whatever bushes are around and see if anything looks out of place with them. ]

[riegan]

(The mountain is really sparse and dry too so... there's not a whole lot?! But uh, he's gonna check the start of their trail/their path for blood or anything that might have been dropped.

But first

He's gonna yell,)

BOO!

(Surprise @ the children)

RESULTS

[retellers]

𝅘𝅥𝅮 ♫𝅘𝅥𝅮 As investigation ends, a song begins to play from everyone's PHS. Down on the dirt roads With my friends and horses Going to mine for gold And all the missed corpses We shout a sad yeehaw It wasn't Melanie's pa Then, once it comes to a close, each participant will receive an alert to a new message: ??? and Alyssa Zaidelle have been removed from the Realm.

EVIDENCE DROP-OFF

[retellers]

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.

[sacredchants]

The instruction sheet torn from the memory book that reads FORGIVE THEM on the back.

Re: EVIDENCE DROP-OFF

[bisouled]

[ Fiora is dropping off a bag of Mysterious Wet Dirt from the graveyard. ]

[arcsplainist]

- A glove, slightly bloody
- A "gentleman's shoe", scuffed up and dirtied

[supremity]

- Just. Alyssa. Who is not taking a nap this time.

[reconnective]

A burnt, shredded and bloody shirt fragment

[riegan]

A note written on a torn piece of paper from the inn's memory book. It came with a white ribbon.

Instructions from the book are written on the back. On the other side is a message,

dont remember anymore. ill talk. theyll be looking. im gonna find my way back. im sorry niichan.