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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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ADELINA'S ROOM

[trustwellness]

Re: ADELINA'S ROOM

[modernmedicine]

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

[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.]

[modernmedicine]

[That's her next stop, so to speak. What kind of bruises are we talking?]

[trustwellness]

[They look like handprints. They're dark and ringing her neck, and it looks like most of the pressure was applied over her trachea.]

[modernmedicine]

This is awful...

[All right, flipping her over now. Is anything unusual happening during the flip/when she's turned over?]

[trustwellness]

[One second, Mercy, you're not done with her face.

...That sounded better in my head.

But there's something notable about the blood on her face as well - namely, it looks like it was dripped down onto her as opposed to anything that came from a cut on Adelina herself.

As for turning her over, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the body herself - you want to check her clothes, maybe?]

[modernmedicine]

[WAIT HOLD ON I'm dumb and somehow didn't realize she was on her back already.

In that case, flipping back, making notes of the blood on her face, starting to check her clothes.]

[trustwellness]

[...She was on her back, yes, we can abort the flipping, we're good!

Her clothes are, again, stained in red, but it doesn't seem to have the rusty color that one would associate with blood - it's a little too bright for that, and it doesn't seem to be turning the brown shade that happens when blood oxidizes.]

[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?]

[trustwellness]

[The place actually doesn't seem too disorderly, though it isn't perfectly clean, either - it doesn't look like there was a fight in here, anyway, it's not messed up enough for that.

However, it does look like there are some clothes lying nearby. Not like they were discarded roughly or anything, just set out.]

[avoidcomplications]

[Well..could be worse, though Kira may or may not be actively resisting the urge to straighten up an actual crime scene.]

[The clothes seem like a good distraction from making an idiot out of himself. Let's check over those--is there anything significant about them or possibly anything in the pockets?]

[trustwellness]

[Kira, no.

That said, they look like the school uniform that was provided to everyone here. Wonder why the heck those are out.]

[avoidcomplications]

[HE'S NOT DOING IT YET.]

That's peculiar. [Then again, there was blood(???) everywhere. If that wasn't what killed her, then maybe...]

[Is the uniform relatively clean?]

[trustwellness]

[It's clean, actually, yes.]

[avoidcomplications]

[Huh. Well, that's probably normal.]

[Is there anything about the uniform out of place or otherwise noteworthy?]

[trustwellness]

[Nope, you're good!]

[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. ]

[trustwellness]

[Well, outside of the clothes Kira is finding up there, it looks like there may be something lying on top of her trunk that maybe shouldn't be there, if you want to go check that out.]

[stepout]

[ ...Yeah, you know what, let's check that out. What's on the trunk? ]

[trustwellness]

[A room key.

Just kind of hanging out there, near a corpse, as you do.]

[stepout]

[ As you do.

...As no one ever does, what the hell. She'll take it and assume it's probably Adelina's, given that it's in her room. Anything else around? On the ground, on the walls, on the... ceiling...

Or is she clear here and Kira's just found everything else. ]

[trustwellness]

[On...the ceiling...

Okay, but no, actually - one of the corners of the trunk seems like it might have a few loose fibers on it, if you want to look at those.]

[stepout]

[ PLEASE DON'T EVER PUT ANYTHING ON THE CEILING, I'LL CRY. ALL I PLAY ARE SHORT CHARACTERS!!!

Sure, she'll look. What's up with those. ...are they recognizably from something like the school uniform or whatever, or no. ]

[trustwellness]

[Just from eyeballing it, they look like they probably match the dress Adelina is wearing, at least a lot more than they do the school uniform.]