Fourth.

[trustwellness]

It seems that each week is getting harder than the last. You've lost three of your number already this week, and that's before anyone seems to have tried to take the Wordsmith up on his offer – and from the look of it, the incentive has tempted quite a few of you, perhaps even more than the usual. But now, the week is coming to an end; maybe it's too much to hope for that it's passed without anyone killing one another. Maybe it isn't. Only time will tell. The chimes ring out, signaling the hour as they always do; the day seems reasonably normal, with the first three floors of the building seeming clear enough. However, those of you wishing to make absolutely sure may want to head a bit lower down. It's possible that you'll find nothing down there; the more jaded of you will probably suspect otherwise. Either way, there's no point in keeping the possibility open when you can confirm it for yourselves, is there? >Explore?

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[introspects]

[ alright LET'S DO THIS

So. First things first, is there anything off about any of the containers or jars in the room? ]

[trustwellness]

[Straight to the point! Yes, some of those containers are sitting out on the counter.]

[introspects]

[ Wow they didn't even bother to cover it up huh

Any labels on the containers? If so, what are they? ]

[trustwellness]

[There are! You're looking at the following: methanol and various solvents. There's also one other bottle sitting a bit further away.]

[introspects]

[ Methanol, huh? What an unfortunate time to lose the science guy, because she's not really sure what that does.

Let's look at the other bottle. What does that say? ]

[trustwellness]

[Copper chloride! Now that you're looking over here you'll probably notice that there are also some notes over here too.]

[introspects]

[ More stuff that sounds dangerous. Got it.

Alright, time to look at the notes! What's written on those? ]

[trustwellness]

[Well, these are notes you probably don't want to fall into the wrong hands, since it involves a layman's explanation for how to make concentrated chlorine gas. It's a pretty simple explanation, but it still takes up a few sheets of paper.]

[introspects]

[ Okay...now this is something she can sort of understand. Not the concept itself, but at least whatever the person writing these notes was trying to figure out.

She's gonna...take these notes with her, if you don't mind....

Is there anything else noteworthy in the chem lab? ]

[trustwellness]

[You've actually got some more notes underneath those! These don't look exactly the same; it's immediately obvious that they're something different.]

[introspects]

[ Oh, well then! We're just shuffling through the papers now and notice that there's something else going on--what is it? ]

[trustwellness]

[The first thing you'll notice is that this is in another language. You might want to get someone else to look at it if you're not familiar with German. Even if you are familiar with German, it's a lot of dense chemical notation and notes that most people would probably have a hard time reading and understanding.]

[introspects]

[ We have.

No idea what any of this says.

WELP. We're going to bring it anyway in hopes that maybe someone else will know what this says. Though Orihime does recognize it as German, and it makes her sad because she's thinking of Mercy again, she'll see if anyone else has anything to say.

Anything else that's off about the notes? ]

[quadruples]

[ Are any of the containers empty? ]

[trustwellness]

[Nope. They've all clearly been used, but none of them are empty!]

[quadruples]

[ Hm, guess they didn't need an entire jar for whatever they were doing. Once he's checked all the containers he'll take a picture of them with his phone; can't hurt to document the evidence. ]

[trustwellness]

[Good job, Viktor! But while you're over here, you might notice that there's a drawer that's not closed all the way...]

[quadruples]

[ ...Huh. Let's take a closer look at that, then. What's inside this drawer? ]

[trustwellness]

[A note! This one is different than the ones Orihime found. It looks like it wasn't finished.

Hey –
Hell of a way to wake up, yeah? I'll explain later, just meet me downstairs]

[quadruples]

[ ???? What an odd note. But he'll take another picture before he grabs the note and pockets it. ]

[trustwellness]

[Good job, Viktor! You did well. You're all done in here!]

[introspects]

[ Well, now that we're done with our part of the room, Orihime's going to meet up with Viktor and see what he's got: ]

Did you find anything, Nikiforov-san?

[quadruples]

Somebody left an unfinished note in the drawer.

[introspects]

Can I see that really quick?

[ Just gonna go ahead and pull out her notes... ]

[quadruples]

Sure. [ He'll take it out from his pocket so she can look at it. ]