second investigation

[facultwist]

Morning creeps slowly this Friday, after the events of the night before. Waking up is slow, a hard push through the cloud of dread and misery and rage that engulfs you. It's natural to be upset even this early in the game, to fear the worst on a Friday, right?

Well, all of those thoughts and fears and insecurities... they remain where they should, inside your heads. Which might, in turn, bring out other thoughts and fears and insecurities.

Nothing is immediately wrong when you leave your rooms, but at the same time... something, somewhere, must be wrong.

The only way to find out is to look.

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[rednails]

[The real scare is... teens who drink coffee 😱 Mariko is re-filling her mug in the kitchen and taking a look around the place.]

[facultwist]

[ The kitchen is clean and clear! It smells like cleaning products in here in a way it didn't when the body disappeared last week... maybe the headmistress really did make Isabella clean it herself. ]

[sweetsynergy]

[She is not in her and Hawke'els shared room cause she's here getting her morning fix, obviously.]

[She looks tired, taking the pot and pouring a mug. And adding a slightly obscene amount of sugar.]

... it's going to get bad again.

[shellhawked]

[Having only her own thoughts in her head has never been so distressing.

First and foremost she's making sure Vanity hasn't vanished in the night and, regardless of the answer, she's throwing her jacket on over her pajamas and going to check the library.]

[sweetsynergy]

[Vanity is not in the room when Hawke wakes up.]

[facultwist]

[ hey hawke quick q

which library? ]

[tomestones]

[You know, it feels kind of weird keeping your thoughts inside your head even after only a few days...

Anyway. Maybe the Interim Headmistress got bored?? Surely it's not another murder over a motive like this. Dagr's off to the cafeteria this morning.]

[facultwist]

[ Heading to the Cafeteria, unfortunately, brings with it the natural path through the tunnels and into the church, where... something is wrong.

A lot of things, but mostly whoever's laying on the ground near the altar. ]

[eternalfuture]

[Usagi is just going to take her usual spot in the lounge. She's tired and honestly looks like she wants to go right back to sleep.]

[facultwist]

[ You're so valid, Usagi. Get a rest. Love that for you. The Lounge is clear. ]

[ergine]

[ Kohaku, as she so often does, heads first thing to the conservatory. ]

[facultwist]

[ save those plants, plant girl sisyphus!! the conservatory is clear. ]

[goldendoll]

[ fuck.

first things first, yeah, she's checking if lottie is still in the room. either way, she's pouring herself a mug of leftover cold coffee from the night before, throwing on shoes and a jacket, and heading towards the church via the conservatory tunnel. ]

[facultwist]

[ Well, as for the second one... ]

[thanoptical]

[She really hates this. She’s heading towards the cafeteria.]

[facultwist]

[ Not to interrupt your breakfast quest but Uh Oh, Sisters ]

A BODY HAS BEEN DISCOVERED

[facultwist]

[ After a few people have stumbled onto the body, the Headmistress speaks up. ]

The Evergreen is dead. Same deal as last week - do some looking around, and then I'll call you to the conservatory so Isabella can lead you to the trial room.

Good luck.

EVIDENCE LIST

[facultwist]

Church (16/16)
bruises you and bruises you and bruises you
one day a head will be untroubled
the day of all the blood
[knuckles voice] oh no
AP Fingerpainting
pew pew
smudges is such a funny word
blood trail... 2!!
dial whatever this is for uh. well.
No free feet pics!
the altar is aesthetic as hell
[redacted], it's what's for dinner
these knives really get around, huh?
flowers as hell
please note: notes
if you can successfully babyproof the whole campus maybe you'll be allowed to go home early

Quad (4/4)
haven't you people ever heard of-
smudge returns!
everybody scatter! - the furniture, maybe?
hair today, gone tomorrow

Cafeteria (2/2)
hair today, still hair tomorrow
aw shoe-t

CHURCH

[facultwist]

[ when will anyone in this building find christ (not you thomasin you need to find less christ i think) ]

[thanoptical]

[Satsuki is here and she’s got her hands on Lottie. What’s her general state?]

[tomestones]

[They aren't in any state to handle a body, let alone Lottie's. But Dagr needs to be useful. They need to keep moving. They can't just sit here and let grief and terror consume them. They need to do something.

So let's start with the general area of the church - does it look like a fight broke out in here, or is the church oddly serene despite the body? Blood trails anywhere, or anything obviously out of place?]

[hootheart]

[Okay, she trusts Satsuki to do an autopsy, at least. While her roommate's doing that, what else is off here?]

[shellhawked]

[Walks in 5 minutes with (Vanity's) coffee. Ha ha, funny joke.

She needs to look at the body. She can't look at the body. If she looks and sees Lottie's body laying here, in a church of all places, then it's real. If she doesn't she's just investigating the church and her oldest friend at this school isn't dead and she can keep her shit together just a little longer.]

...I hate churches.

[In her hyper aware of Anything But The Body state, is there anything she might notice walking inside? A smell, a weird stain?]

QUAD

[facultwist]

[ the frisbee team would be crushed if they saw this... ]

Re: QUAD

[eternalfuture]

[Just as she was actually falling asleep, too. Rude, Interim Headmistress.

She'll sit bolt upright, then run in the direction of the quad.]

CAFETERIA

[facultwist]

[ yellowjackets love food, right? ]

[ergine]

[ Kohaku sees the state everyone is in, and immediately, she runs off toward the nearest kitchen to prepare everyone a nice cup of calming tea. It just so happens that the nearest kitchen is in the cafeteria. Sure hope there's nothing upsetting to trip over along the way! ]