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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[arcsplainist]

[ Oh blood, neat! Does this blood lead to a trail anywhere? Because if it does, Alphinaud will allow Sora to do the explaining while examining the powder and follow it instead. ]

[supremity]

[ Oh, blood. Fun. ]

Ah. Was there dynamite in here, do we know? [ A glance back towards the abandoned carts and dead canaries, narrowing his eye and pausing in the digging for a moment since Sora is still going and Alphinaud is looking at the blood and powder residue. ]

[retellers]

[ Sora might recognize gunpowder, since it was so difficult to find during pirate week! And yet there's residue of it all over here. Hm.

Also it's not a blood trail it's just blood on the rocks. There's no set pattern, more like they're close enough to what they were looking for. By which I mean, some more rocks are moved and they can now see a body.

Alyssa Zaidelle is probably not shitposting a death this time. ]

[reconnective]

[okay, neat, gunpowder. he can deal with that later because like...

...oh?

...it's fine, right? he's found alyssa before and she turned out to be okay. and if anybody could survive a cave in, somehow it'd be alyssa anyway just by sheer luck and spite.

so he doesn't quite say anything but he does reach forward to kind of try to check if she's breathing by some miracle.]

...Alyssa? [no i didn't fuck up my html he's just very quiet right now thank you.]

[arcsplainist]

—Seven hells.

[ Alphinaud hisses under his breath, and is likewise by her side the moment he sees her lying there. He too will double check to see if she's actually dead there. ]

[supremity]

[ Hua Cheng doesn't rush to join them, but he does turn back around to keep the opening braced, just in case, to allow the two of them to get a closer look at her.

Here's hoping she just sits back up again, like all the other times she's been found at the scene. ]

[retellers]

[ Alyssa does not sit back up. In fact, she is not breathing. She's pale, bruised, dirty and bloody.

She's dead, Jim. ]

[reconnective]

...[there's just a frustrated sound and he slams his hand into one of the leftover rocks? the mods already said no extra cave in it's fine but.]

What were you doing out here? [the body cannot answer you, sora. but okay. gun powder! does it look like it's mostly on the rocks or is it on alyssa herself? is that something he can check or are we waiting for body invest tomorrow?]

[arcsplainist]

[ Alphinaud just. Sighs, quietly, stepping up away from her. They're gonna have to bring her back but he's to little to do it, whoops. ]

You needn't stay, Sora. You may leave the rest to us.

[ don't force yourself buddy... ]

[supremity]

[ Hua Cheng sets his hand between Sora's shoulders, gently nudging him aside to let him look at what he's allowed to look at during an investigation thread. ]

I'll get her. [ He and Alphinaud can handle getting her out, and he'll carry her. Go look at the rest of the evidence while you can, son. ]

[retellers]

[ you can't check the body that is cheating. But, looking around and because it's 8:54 as I write this, they'll see somewhere underneath one of the rocks near the body there's what looks to be dark material of some kind? ]

[reconnective]

I'm not leaving until you guys do. [firmly. it's fine. this isn't upsetting at all. but since he's moving aside and letting hua cheng and alphinaud handle the body, he'll see the material and go snatch it! what is it?

he will move rocks if he has to, that's his now.]

[arcsplainist]

[ PRESSED FOR TIME so yes gonna help HC ]

[supremity]

[ dig dig moving rocks lesgo!!! ]

[retellers]

[ it's ... the remains of a shirt, maybe? it's burnt, shredded and bloody. that's it!! you did it. claps ]

[reconnective]

[...he will take the shirt-shreds.]

We should go.