trusthell | First.

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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[There is that chair in the hallway...]

[ ...Maybe just a peek at it wouldn't hurt, right? ]

[Don't worry, it (probably) won't bite you!

The chair is one of the metal ones from the dining room. It looks sort of banged up...]

[ This couldn't be...the murder weapon, could it? ]

[That's a good question, isn't it? You might want to examine it a little closer.]

[ Don't mind if she does...if it was the murder weapon, there'd be a lot of blood on it, so, that's what she's on the lookout for. ]

[There definitely is some blood on it, but probably not as much as you'd expect from a murder weapon.

More importantly, there are claw marks in the metal.]

[ Now that's very strange... ]

Um, guys? There are weird scratch marks on this chair...

[As Misa walked him through what she's seen so far, Colress bends down to get a closer look for himself. His initial thought since she said it hit something hard, was the possibility of Zagi's arm coming in contact with it considering that he is the victim. However...]

It is exactly as you say. Strange...what would make marks like this?

[He tries to think if he's seen anything capable of making scratches around in the last week.]

Nothing I've seen, I don't think. At least, not recently.

...

[ She wants to say something, but, she doesn't know if he would think it's a joke...but, there's nothing that says there isn't one, so... ]

Um...unless a werewolf did it, or something...

...A werewolf? You'll have to forgive me, but I haven't a clue what that is.

[THE DISADVANTAGES OF BEING FROM POKEWORLD...

He at least looks curious about it though! For all he knows, Misa could have a good lead here.]

P-Please don't take this too seriously! This is probably a really stupid suggestion, but, um...a werewolf is a person that turns into a half-man, half-wolf at night. ...Um, if you don't know what a wolf is, it's like, this rabid animal, with claws and big sharp teeth, like a more feral kind of dog...

They're not supposed to exist, you know? Just, like, a myth. But Mr. Gabriel and I were talking about them the other day, and it says he doesn't like them on the profiles, so, seeing these scratches on the chair just made me think of...that...

It's a really silly idea, though! I mean, there's no way one of us is a werewolf!

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I see... I had wondered what that meant on his profile.

[He hadn't had a chance to ask directly just yet.

Still though, that sounds strikingly familiar to a rare Pokemon he knows of. But barely anyone here seems to be familiar with them, so it can't be that...right?]

You know, considering we have a humanoid shrimp and talking bird in our midst, as ridiculous as it may seem, it couldn't hurt to not rule it out. It would be rather frightening to imagine, though!

Well, if there really was a wolf among us, we totally would have known about it by now! It's been a few nights, and so far nothing would suggest that, so...

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[Stan didn't really follow her to get caught up in more murder shit, but this sure looks like a thing.]

Geez. That's gotta be solid steel...

Whatever it is, it must have been super sharp, right? Was there anything from the machine that could maybe do it? Misa-Misa can't think of anything that anyone has here that would...

Not that I've seen. But who knows what everyone's got?

There's no way it could be just one knife. Unless someone was going out of their way to make it look like a claw! Maybe they wanted to make us think an animal got in or something!

That is a really bad cover-up.

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Holy shit.

[Something, a thought, tickles the back of his head. He makes his way over, spaying his hand over the clawmarks, trying to match them with his own finger positions.

Animals don't have things like pinkies or thumbs, after all]

...maybe... that's what he got hit with?

[His voice is shaky, but Zagi deserves him to do his best and save his getting sick until later]

If it is, that's just brutal...but what's it doing in here, then?

[Exploring the hallway as well, Colress notices Misa investigating the chair. Ah, that's right, he remembers seeing it on the way to the dining hall.]

Hello, Miss Misa. I hope you don't mind my joining you. Is there anything strange about the chair?

O-oh, Mister Colress, um...

[ God, she wishes the circumstances were better, but... ]

It's...very dented. Like it hit something hard...

[Movin' on over to the main thread!]