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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[spearheaded]

[ oh aqua's here too now. but she's still lecturing shirazu, so she'll ignore her for a moment!! ]

I understand how you might feel, but you should really leave this to.. [ well. they certainly stumbled across something. ] adults..

What in the world could this be for?

[ignorantly]

But I want to help. [ He says this firmly. ] And investigating things is part of my job. I can do this.

[ Though investigating ghouls is nothing like investigating a murder... ]

[spearheaded]

[ a long, deep sigh. ]

.. Fine. Provided you stay away from the body. [ not that she can really tell anyone what to do here. ] The rest of us are probably searching the other rooms. We should focus on why all this— all this tape is here for discussion later.

[prismbloom]

[ ...

She stands up, looking over at Pearl. ]

The duct tape is clean, which is the strangest part. It seems like whoever put it here did it just because they could.

[spearheaded]

There's no.. blood on it, so I imagine he wasn't taken out here and then moved. But why? It just seems like a juvenile prank.

[ all these people wanting to defile the library ]

[prismbloom]

I can't think of any reason, other than the murderer wanting to distract us, somehow.

It seems... excessive.

[ Those poor books. ]

[spearheaded]

Yes.. though I'd argue the entire act is excessive.

[ murder and all. they could have done it.. far more mercifully, if they really felt the need to do it at all. ]

We may just have to compare it to whatever else the others find. I can't seem to make sense of it like this.

[prismbloom]

Neither can I--it seems so out of place. [ ... ] Let's convene with the others, and see what they've found.