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[trustwellness]

The past five days have come and gone, though exactly how easily they've done so is debatable; some have been trying to press onward in their optimism and faith that things will get better, while some seem convinced that things will only go downhill from here. However people have chosen to see it, though, clearly this week hasn't been all bad – after all, attempts at encouraging unity among the group seem to have been at least reasonably successful. ...Seem to have been. Friday dawns like the rest of the week before it – the clock chimes the hour at seven, the doors to the kitchen and the mail room unlock, and the building is quiet. It would seem that maybe the night passed reasonably quietly – were it not for the large red smears on the walls and floor of the southeastern side of the dormitory. It looks like somebody decided to be a damn overachiever and took some initiative of their own. >Explore?

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[elepe]

Ms. Inoue...

[Christ, this is horrifying. Someone killed a child. A damn child...

But Orihime seems even worse off, and she just...tries to put a hand on the girl's shoulder.]

...I'm so sorry that this happened. But...we should leave. We're going to find who did this, but...staying in here is not a good idea.

Re: ADELINA'S ROOM

[modernmedicine]

[All righty, checking the body. Any injuries we can see before flipping her - arms, legs, anything?]

[trustwellness]

[Silver's found something.]

[byday]

[Bruce heads over - this was sloppy. Given its location, is it wet? More importantly, what's the sizing on the uniform like? Does it look like it might have fit Adelina, or is it too big or small for her?]

[trustwellness]

[The fridge is completely untouched, thankfully! You can get your food in peace, Phi.]

[feistytrader]

[Well, damn.

Are they knives? ...Did some heathen leave out the milk?]

[modernmedicine]

I know. I know.

[She gets up and heads over to Estelle, offering a hug.]

[neverheardofhim]

[Varric felt effectively useless, but the feeling only seemed to last as long as it took Orihime to speak. He tilted his head up, looking at Orihime for just a split second, before reaching out to place a hand on her elbow.]

Hey. Come with me. [He wrapped his hand around her arm, and set to pulling her further into the hall. Not that it's any less grim of a locale.]

[trustwellness]

[That's the strange thing, actually. Despite being red and looking kind of like blood, they don't smell like blood. They're a little sweeter, perhaps? It's kind of hard to tell exactly what they are, but they're not blood.]

[officerwilde]

[Well Nick ain't sleeping so he's going to follow Judy's example and look over the hallway. Everyone's pretty much got the blood covered so you know what Nick's gonna do?

He's gonna go around pulling on doors to see if there are any others loose, just in case someone might've stashed evidence somewhere or something.]

[trustwellness]

[The first thing to note is that the blood stains... aren't really blood.]

[iaspis]

[Jasper wanders over eventually.]

...Someone must have tried to destroy evidence.

[Though now that she's said it, she's not so sure.]

[oyashiromama]

[Because the world is cruel is the answer to the question, but how can you say that to someone so innocent? How do you answer the cries of why, why, why, with nothing more than--]

I'm sorry. [Her voice breaks.] Sh- she... This place is a cursed one. Pl-please, come with me, away from here.

[plentyfriendly]

[Well, there's probably not much time to cook; she'll grab something that's good cold.

One of these days she'll need to try baking a pizza though. Speaking of which, how about the oven?]

[avoidcomplications]

[Well, since he was right down the hall anyway...]

[Is there anything notably out of place? Signs of a struggle, general mess or disorder?]

[tsugomori]

[ Right then. He'll probably leave Bruce to take care of that (planning on returning to him and co. in a bit), and then venture a little further in. Is there missing from the laundry's storage room? And if not, are all the chemicals (bleach, etc.) stored within at full capacity? ]

[certaingiant]

...If the ketchup theory is actually correct, that will just make this day even better.

[My god he is not here for this at all.

All right: patterns. Is it more of a splatter pattern, like someone just threw a bunch of not-blood at the wall and called it Modern Art, or is it more of a solid stripe, or something else?]

[trustwellness]

[A pretty good guess, but unfortunately there don't seem to be any finger or handprints anywhere.

There are footprints, however! Most of them seem to be from a pair of boots... but there's one other one.]

[trustwellness]

[It looks like she has some light bruising on her hands, sort of like she managed to hit someone.

There are also some traces of blood on her face, and of course the bruising on her neck which is actually distinctive-looking and should probably be checked out eventually.]

[firstaid]

[Estelle nods and decides it would be best to follow. Some reason mixing into the intense emotion she's feeling.]

Yes, I will come with you. It's... best to let others investigate.

[introspects]

I...I can't do anything... I can't help her...

[ It might sound like nonsense to Lusamine--how can you help someone who's already gone--but for Orihime, she could have tried to resurrect her. It hurts. So much.

She turns towards Lusamine, not saying anything, but she will follow her out. ]

[trustwellness]

[A good idea! Unfortunately, the doors are all locked. Unless one of you guys forgot to lock your doors, but that isn't evidence for the investigation, so!! You're welcome to barge in on Guzma or some other poor unfortunate soul if you feel like it!!]

[firstaid]

[Estelle leans into the hug, embracing the other tightly.]

Sh-she didn't deserve to die. She was so kind and caring...! This...

[She doesn't know what to say, except she cries more. Why... why this?]

[stepout]

[ ...Adelina's room was 25, right? The bloodstains on the hallway to it catch her eye, and she moves a little quicker to in the room proper.

She'll let other people handle the body right now—blood and bruises aren't new to her, but she's not overexcited to deal with it, either. Especially not someone she had a favorable opinion of.

Is there anything obviously out of place, or is she going to have to go digging here. ]

[introspects]

[ So these are the smears on the floor, then? Unless someone walked on the walls because what is logic, but.

What is the other footprint? ]