First.

[trustharder]

Friday dawns much like the rest of the week before it – that is to say, obnoxiously. The klaxons are as loud as ever first thing in the morning, and anyone wandering out into the main corridor will be pleased to know that- ...Oh. It's a straight shot down the hallway, meaning that everyone's line of sight is likely to be immediately drawn to the unholy mess going on past the threshold leading to the dorms. There's some hints that someone may have been busy out here last night – for one thing, there's a chair lying on the ground for god only knows what reason. That's obviously not supposed to be there. Come on, guys, clean up after yourselves. Of course, there's also a fucklot of blood. That's probably important. It seems concentrated on the far end of the hallway, closer to the elevator than the dorms. There's also a large trail of it leading somewhere. That's probably also important. Despite everyone's best efforts to keep themselves busy and optimistic about escape, looks like somebody got restless last night. >Explore?

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[notjustawriter]

Je-- Jesus Christ!

[wokeupdead]

>[NO. NOT HER FRIEND... Lynne looks absolutely horrified for a few good seconds. But nothing will get done with her standing around in shock.

But of all people.

She runs forward to check for a pulse. No matter how slim the chance.]

[prismbloom]

[ It doesn't feel real. She'd just... he'd just been with her last night-- ]

Zagi!

[amygdalae]

[Oh god.

Oh jesus christ--]

Shit. [Bruce mutters to himself.

It would be foolish to presume that this wasn't entirely unavoidable, but still...

He really had been trying to hold out for the best. For everyone else, rather than himself.

Shit.]

[wokeupdead]

[At least Misa is okay. Lynne will shoot her a reassuring smile.]

If anything looks dicey run back to your room right away, okay?

TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN.

[kingmakereffect]

[A loud blast of that obnoxious alarm should catch your attention. It's followed by two shorter blasts, and if you were lucky enough to sleep through the first one this morning, these three might wake you up.

If they don't, the Kingmaker's announcement probably will.]

It seems like someone was busy last night. They decided to act on Rule Seven and one of your fellow Survivors has paid the price.

From now on, it's all of you against the culprit. Should they successfully fulfill the requirements of rule seven, they will complete the exercise. Can you all really allow that though, after they've taken someone's life?

You all have time to investigate the Vault. Make sure it counts. Once you're done, the elevator doors will open and you'll be allowed into the courtroom to begin piecing together what happened and figuring out who's responsible.

Adaptable is dead. It's up to you all to figure out what happened and bring the person responsible to justice.

[The Kingmaker doesn't sound pleased or displeased with the current situation. He won't answer even if you yell at the PA system, so you might not want to waste your time with that.

After all, you have a murder to solve.]

[kingmakereffect]

EVIDENCE LIST

TOTAL 15/15

HALLWAY (3/3)
- I WONDER WHERE THIS LEADS
- Clean up after yourselves, dammit
- Why is this a thing

DINING HALL (10/10)
- So much for being the best assassin
- You should have hidden those knives
- Stabby McStabs
- Stabby McStabs II
- WHY WON'T YOU PEOPLE CLEAN UP
- Well that's pretty gross
- Okay, when I said "clean up" I didn't mean this
- Zagi deserved every bit of this
- This might be important
- Why did you do this when there's already so much blood

LIBRARY (2/2)
- #aesthetic
- Why this, why any of this

[amygdalae]

[Bruce follows behind her once the initial shock passes. Its clear that she knows what to do at least, but if she needs a medical opinion...

He'll be here.]

[happysweets]

N-no! Zagi, no!

[ Her worst fears confirmed, tears are already starting to form at her eyes. It's so horrifying, and the knife wounds...

The sight of it makes her dizzy. She doesn't faint, but, she looks like she's just about to. What could have happened here? ]

Did...did one of us really do this?

[ratingspoint]

[...Oh.

Mettaton is with the others when it comes to wanting to know what all the commotion is; he seems unfazed by all the blood, maybe because the implications are taking a moment to sink in, and when he sees the state of the dining room his first thought is legitimately "well, how dead can he be, the body is right there-"

And then everything clicks, and his gloved hand is toying with that necklace he's still wearing, and his expression has gone kind of strange. Still sort of smirking a bit, because what the actual fuck should he be doing with his face at this, and he tips his head a bit before simply heel-turning and walking out, calling over his shoulder as he goes.

There's a laugh in his tone; it's very, very dry, because wow, what a goddamn way to start the day.]

Nice job failing Step One, ladies and gentlemen!

[bloodisthicker]

...someone couldn't even wait a whole week, could they.

[Tarrlok's tone is low and dangerous, and he's now scanning the other survivors. He... doesn't actually seem sad, but angry? Oh man, yeah...]

[cherryblooded]

[........

Cherryblod freezes for a good few moments, then kneels beside the body- Zagi.

His voice is soft, but since everybody is crowding around anyway, it's probably fairly easy to pick up.]

I won't wish you peace in the next world, since I think you'd find that boring. I hope you find it challenging instead.

Goodbye.

[spearheaded]

[ here's pearl. here's pearl screaming a little inside. but she's going to run to obscure seeing the body with her arm, a stern look on her face. ]

Everyone should go back to their rooms. We can't let anyone else see him— see him in this state.

[ it was gruesome, disrespectful. like a discarded book, maybe. ]

[ignorantly]

[ Shirazu's blood freezes the moment he sees the blood trail, but despite the feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach he follows it and finds... oh god no.

He doesn't do or say anything, he just stands there and stares. This can't be real, right? ]

[captainobnoxious]

[Oh.

Oh, no. The person she'd felt a kinship with. The guy who had Gotten Her and was possibly the best person she'd gotten to know the past few days, who shared food with her and was an asshole about Mettaton with.

There's people with better experience here in dealing with the body, so they can do their detecting thing or whatever, but she'll still raise her voice for all to hear:]

Let the detectives and the doctor handle this, everyone else out.

[It's a command, putting her experience as a captain to good use.]

[garudynamic]

Shit...no...!

[Don't hurl on the body Yosuke, please. He *does* bolt like a startled rabbit regardless.

He can't handle this, he just TALKED to Zagi recently- how...]

[pokexplorer]

[Practically stone-faced, Colress stares long and hard at Zagi's body. Someone actually decided to try to terminate the exercise this quickly. That's pretty interesting. But what's more interesting, is that Zagi of all people ended up being the victim. The capable fighter who intended to adapt to his brand new mechanical arm.

Such a shame.]

[happysweets]

O-okay...I'll head right in there and lock the door.

But you have to come back and knock when it's safe, okay?

[amygdalae]

[Bruce nods in agreement with Lynne here.]

Take care of yourself first. We'll be able to handle ourselves as well.

[devastation]

Z... Zagi-san...

[Megumi, who has been pretty dead quiet when following everyone to see what the commotion was about, is definitely going to start crying soon, if she doesn't end up fainting first.

This can't be, he was fine yesterday, so why...]

[happysweets]

Got it...but, all of this is...

[ It's really extreme, isn't it? ]

[wokeupdead]

Will do. I promise. It's not in my nature to leave any stone unturned.

[bloodisthicker]

...that seems like a plan, yes.

If anyone interferes with the crime scene, assume they're the top suspect.

[amygdalae]

[It's looking really bad. But that just means everyone's safety is more important.]

Don't worry about us. We'll come and get you when things settle down.

[happysweets]

I just hope it's just...an accident or something, but...

[ Something like this, she's seen it before. She knows what it is. It's a murder. ]